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.

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.