The Farmworker Coordinating Council is a private, not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing comprehensive social and human services to Palm Beach County's farmworkers and their families. The FWCC began in the winter of 1977-78 with a group of volunteers who responded to the emergency needs of farmworkers affected when a sudden freeze destroyed much of the area's fruits and vegetables. Since then the unique and acute needs of the farmworkers of Palm Beach County have been served by the efforts of this small but productive agency. The FWCC has grown from its beginnings as a small group of volunteers to a full-service United Way agency with eleven employees, two offices, and multiple funding sources.