El Sol improves the quality of life for the community of Jupiter by providing services to day-laborers and their families.
About Us
El Sol, Jupiter’s Neighborhood Resource Center, was founded in 2006 by a grassroots
public/private coalition to improve the quality of life for residents of Jupiter and
surrounding communities by providing services primarily to day laborers, their children,
and families.
Today, El Sol is recognized as a national model. It has not only created an organized
service for employers looking to hire day laborers, over the past 17 years El Sol has
expanded to offer services in six different program areas: Labor, Adult Education,
Community Care, Community Life, Food and Nutrition, and Youth Development.
El Sol is a shining example of a community coming together to devise an innovative solution to a challenging problem.
Our 2023 Impact
from our kitchen
vocational training
Featured Worker: JORGE
Sitting in the El Sol Labor Hall in 2016, Jorge chatted with others waiting for work. While he enjoyed the community and conversations, like everyone else at El Sol, his eyes and ears were focused on the employer line. One morning, Jorge helped an employer lift and transport AC equipment…
JORGE's story
Sitting in the El Sol Labor Hall in 2016, Jorge chatted with other workers waiting for work. While he enjoyed the community and conversations, like everyone else at El Sol, his eyes and ears were focused on the employer line. One morning, Jorge helped an employer lift and transport AC equipment.
Impressed by Jorge’s work ethic and initiative, the employer asked Jorge to work for him 40 hours a week for him. Jorge says, “I had achieved consistent work. I never imagined I would work in air conditioning, but I wanted to learn the technical skills so the employer would explain concepts to me while I helped him do more sophisticated tasks”.
His boss funded his enrollment in an apprentice program at Palm Beach State College and, after four years, Jorge obtained an AC Technician Certificate. “That AC textbook was my Bible”, Jorge jokes. “Every day, I would learn the mechanical words in the textbook first so I was ready to learn the application”.
Today, Jorge continues his work in the AC sector and is starting his own business. He says, “Thank you El Sol for this life changing opportunity. My advice to others: keep working hard and know that any day can be that first day of stable work!”
Our Accolades
Nonprofit’s First Accreditation for Excellence in Nonprofit Management at the “Excellence” Level since 2016.
2022 Heroes in Medicine Award, Community Hero Category - Palm Beach County Medical Society.
2022 Excellence in Education Award - Florida Literacy Foundation resulting in a $2,500 gift to the organization.