MISSION STATEMENT

We will strive to facilitate creative, effective programming that addresses the immediate needs of children in crisis while seeking long term solutions to the abuse, neglect, and abandonment problem facing the children of our community.

ABOUT THE FOUNDATION

The Paul Palank Memorial Foundation was formed to aid abused, neglected, and abandoned children in Dade and Broward counties The funding became possible because of the successful conclusion of a legal battle that lasted more than nine years, ending in the United States Supreme Court over the wrongful death of Paul Palank. In addition to being a husband and devoted father of two small children, Paul was a Sergeant with the Miami Police department, who focused his professional and personal efforts on helping children. Sadly, he was killed, along with seven others, in a train derailment wherein CSX Railroad was found by a jury to have put enormous profits above human life. When the jury punished the corporation with a large financial verdict, Paul's family contributed proceeds of the jury award to this cause in an effort to honor Paul's values as well as Paul himself for his examples of courage and commitment to the most vulnerable in his community, the children.

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