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Go Blue Awards Winner, 4ocean, Helps LMC Celebrate

One Of Its Largest Sea Turtle Releases

It takes a village, and in this case a committed toy truck, a 2- by 3-foot plastic sheet, and other forms of LMC’s released sea turtle hatchling patients.
conservation partner, 4ocean, to support one of the largest plastic waste. Properly send off LMC hatchlings! Visit LMC’s website
sea turtle releases to date for Loggerhead Marinelife Center “Sea turtle research and conservation are built into our and name a hatchling to directly benefit the continued care
(LMC). On Friday, Oct. 18, LMC released 242 hatchlings DNA,” said 4ocean cofounder Alex Schulze. “Our sea and treatment of sick and injured sea turtle patients.
and post-hatchlings who were “blown in” after Hurricane turtle and leatherback bracelets support critical research About Loggerhead Marinelife Center
Dorian coasted Florida, including two juvenile turtles in that advances rescue and release efforts that coincide with Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) is a nonprofit sea
partnership with The Georgia Sea Turtle Center (GSTC). LMC’s mission.” turtle research, rehabilitation and educational institution
Due to erratic wave and wind patterns from Hurricane 4ocean was the recipient of the Blue Business Award that promotes conservation of ocean ecosystems with
Dorian, hundreds of local hatchlings were left stranded on Friday, Oct. 25 at LMC’s 11th Annual Go Blue Awards a focus on threatened and endangered sea turtles. The
and disoriented on beaches managed by the center. Another Luncheon as voted by an independent panel of judges. The center features an onsite hospital, research laboratory,
problem created by Dorian was blowing all of the sargassum company has removed over seven million pounds of trash in educational exhibits and aquariums, and also operates
seaweed out to sea – seaweed offshore is home and habitat to just two and a half years. 4ocean is building the first economy the Juno Beach Pier, which hosts world-class angling and
baby sea turtles. For many weeks, LMC sought the support for ocean plastic while creating a cleaner, more sustainable sightseeing. Situated on one of the world’s most important
of local fishermen, helicopter pilots, and the Florida Fish future for the ocean by creating jobs, utilizing the latest sea turtle nesting beaches, Loggerhead Marinelife Center
and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) to detect technology and raising awareness about the impact of trash is open daily and hosts over 350,000 guests free-of-
nearby sargassum for hatchlings to strengthen their chances in the ocean and on marine life. Together LMC and 4ocean, charge each year. The center’s conservation team works
of survival. Findings show only one in 1,000 hatchlings make both based in Palm Beach County, share like-minded values with 90 local and international organizations across six
it to adulthood – a 20- to 30-year journey. Sea turtles spend to protect our most important natural assets. continents to form partnerships and share conservation
the first one to two years of life floating in the Sargasso Sea. The two juvenile loggerhead sea turtles, Boomerang and initiatives and best practices that are core to its mission
A lack of seaweed used as floating mats can increasingly hurt Friend, were patients from GSTC located on Jekyll Island, of ocean conservation. The center is expanding and
their chances of survival. Ga. Both Boomerang and Friend arrived to the center in has launched its Waves of Progress capital expansion
The week of Oct. 18, LMC was notified of a large patch the summer of 2018 as straggler hatchlings. Upon arrival, campaign, designed to accelerate and amplify LMC’s
of sargassum drifting north toward West Palm Beach. Staff Boomerang weighed only 9 grams, equivalent to the weight conservation and education impact. When complete, the
members proactively contacted 4ocean to transport the of a pair of dice, but left weighing more than a soccer ball. facility will offer one of the world’s most advanced and
hatchlings to the site. 4ocean also offered its services to Over time, Boomerang became an educational ambassador unique experiences for guests and scientific partners. For
remove plastic debris from the floating sargassum prior to and was one of GSTC’s most symbolically adoptable more information, visit www.marinelife.org or call (561)
release, including four partially deflated balloons, a floating patients. The two made their debut back in the wild alongside 627-8280.
Academy Award Winning Actress Helen Hunt Will Headline

The H.O.W. Hearing The Ovarian Cancer Whisper

19th Annual Time Is Of The research in ovarian cancer through the Jacquie Liggett Research Florida medical students interested in gynecologic oncology
by working with a gynecologic oncologist during their elective
Fellowship. Women with ovarian cancer experiencing financial
Essence Luncheon need are helped through the Jacquie Liggett Angel Fund. H.O.W. time in medical school through the Dr. Robert C. Knapp Medical
is dedicated to promoting awareness and recent advances in Student Award.
H.O.W. Hearing the ovarian cancer by presenting educational programs to women For more information please call (561) 406-2109 or visit
Ovarian Cancer Whisper primarily in our area. H.O.W. also provides scholarships to www.howflorida.org.
is excited to announce that
Oscar, Golden Globe, and
Emmy winning actress ‘Tis The Season To Be Jolly . . .
Helen Hunt will be the
celebrity speaker for the And Giving!
19th Annual Time is of
the Essence Luncheon on
Monday, Jan. 27, 2020, at The end of the year is the best time to assess your You may have a general goal in mind when it comes
11:30 a.m. at The Flagler financial wellbeing, and to consider your capacity to retirement, but you need a specific plan for effective
Museum in Palm Beach. for Charitable Giving. As with other aspects of your savings. Reassess your retirement planning goals annually
Hunt will answer questions Helen Hunt finances, it’s important for charitable giving to be part and prioritize spending needs based on what will make
from best-selling author, Lee of a broader financial plan, this is why we discuss this you happy and comfortable. Create a budget for early,
Woodruff, about her stellar career in movies and television when applicable during a year-end portfolio review. middle and late retirement, taking into consideration
and her advocacy regarding women’s health. By giving a large amount one year and not the next, different expenses for each stage. Don’t fool yourself that
Hunt has enjoyed a distinguished career not only as an you could maximize your itemized deductions in that life in retirement will be less expensive than now. Did you
award-winning actress but more recently as an accomplished year and take the new increased standard deduction the know that the average cost for health care for a couple in
writer, director and producer. As an actress, her extensive next year. Some CPAs refer to this as “lumping and retirement is close to $300,000? Don’t you think that health
and diverse body of work includes roles in film, theater, and clumping.” Giving appreciated assets in this manner care and Long-Term Care is something to plan for? We are
television. She won a “Best Actress” Oscar for her role in is a great way to maximize your charitable giving here to help!
As Good As It Gets, for which she also won a Golden Globe deduction, and a donor-advised fund (DAF) could be
and a Screen Actors Guild Award. For her role as Jamie used to facilitate that gift.
Buchman in Mad About You, Hunt garnered four Emmy
Awards, four Golden Globe Awards (three as lead actress If you’re 70½ or older, you can donate directly from
and one as producer for best comedy), and a Screen Actors your retirement account using a “Qualified Charitable
Guild Award. Distribution.” There are many tools available, designed
Chairwomen for the 19th Annual H.O.W. Time is of the for the maximization of charitable giving deductions
Essence Luncheon are Mary Cirillo-Goldberg and Ellen that Asset Advisory Services can illuminate, making it
Sosnow, and Honorary Chair is Valerie Goldfein. much easier for our clients to understand the benefits
Wilmington Trust is a major sponsor of this event and and positive implications of well-timed donations.
longtime supporter of H.O.W. As year-end approaches, retirement planning often
Tickets are $375 each. For more information or to request becomes a focus for investors. Year-end planning
an invitation, please call H.O.W. Executive Director, Jennifer discussions address other topics as well, such as required
McGrath at (561) 406-2109; email jennifer@howflorida. minimum distributions (RMDs), beneficiary reviews, Crafting financial solutions with insight and integrity since 1980.
org or visit www.howflorida.org. Proceeds benefit H.O.W. and Roth IRA conversion strategies. Missing an RMD We look forward to hearing from you at: 561.747.9550
Hearing the Ovarian Cancer Whisper. or an aggressive Roth conversion can be quite costly. to schedule your Complimentary Financial Review
H.O.W. raises money to support basic or translational
This is why we have planning sessions with our clients’
CPAs in order to be pro-active versus reactive.
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