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Renta Spring 2020 Collection with a personal appearance programs and services
by fashion designers Laura King and Fernando Garcia and to help those in need
the CEO of Oscar de la Renta Alex Bolen. Following the of hospice services.”
fashion show, guests enjoyed dinner and dancing to the As Palm Beach
lively music of the Danny Beck Band. Island Hospice
“We are so grateful to Gaye and Jim Engel for their Foundation celebrated
creative leadership as this year’s gala chairmen, and for its 37th anniversary,
their commitment to this event and to the mission of Palm Cook announced to
Beach Island Hospice Foundation,” said Mark W. Cook, guests at this special
president of Palm Beach Island Hospice Foundation. e ve nt , t ha t t he
“Thanks to our generous, committed supporters and foundation is now
sponsors, we can continue and expand the local hospice Walter and Helen Ross Tom Quick and Lucy Musso providing individual
grief counseling in
Palm Beach in the
newly renovate d
newS from Jupiter p.d. offices at The Palm
Beach Towers. The
move into a larger Ann Jeffrey, Ralph Watson,
space has allowed the Colleen Bain
foundation to establish
Chief’s Corner a grief counseling program through the longstanding
partnership with Trustbridge, who is providing a certified
hospice bereavement counselor.
Dear Resident, As a result of this enforcement, I am happy to report Palm Beach Island Hospice Foundation continues
Traffic safety and that after evaluation and analysis of traffic crash data from its commitment to the support of hospice services in
enforcement continues to 2019 compared to 2018, crashes decreased by 9.5 percent Palm Beach County. Through fundraising efforts and the
be one of the top priorities which equals 209 less traffic crashes that occurred within dedicated work of their independent volunteer group, the
for the Jupiter Police the Town of Jupiter. In addition, these enforcement efforts foundation provides resources for programs that support
Department. In 2018, in have contributed to a decrease in the number of pedestrian end-of-life care for patients and their families and grief
an effort to decrease the and bike related injuries. There was a 21 percent decrease counseling for those who are experiencing grief due to the
number of traffic crashes in injuries from 2017 to 2018 and a 31 percent decrease in loss of a loved one or their own diagnosis of a terminal
and related injuries and injuries from 2018 to 2019. illness.
fatalities, the department We are committed to your safety when utilizing our To learn more about Palm Beach Island Hospice
was able to fully staff the roadways; and our goal is to be visible throughout the Foundation, please call (561) 832-8585 or visit www.
Traffic Unit. community, so that we can continue to see a decrease in hospicepb.org.
The Traffic Unit’s main objective is to provide education traffic related crashes.
and awareness to motorists on safe traffic laws and conduct Please continue to visit us on our website at www.jupiter. Photos by CAPEHART
enforcement in target locations that have been identified fl.us/jpd, and on Facebook @JupiterPolice to learn about
as high crash locations. A traffic grant was also applied new and happening events within the Town of Jupiter.
for and received for education and enforcement related to Sincerely,
pedestrian and bicycle accidents. Daniel J. Kerr, Chief of Police

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