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VOL. 28 NO. 4 www.seabreezepublications.com APRIL 2020
Southern Spotlight
Life-Changing Stories Inspire Guests At
The 2020 Chef Event Benefiting Seagull Services
Guests attending the 2020 chef event benefiting The event held at Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa in
Seagull Services had the privilege of hearing Manalapan raised more than $50,000 for the vocational
firsthand how the agency had changed the lives and educational programs of Seagull Services. Gardens
of its program participants. Wealth Management was presenting sponsor for the event.
Several of the students and adults with
developmental disabilities in Seagull’s programs Southern Spotlight on page 5
and their family members shared personal stories
during the gourmet luncheon event held on Feb. 13.
“Seagull was a Godsend,” said Jim Weber,
whose son Zachary graduated from Seagull’s Charity event
charter school, Seagull Academy for Independent
Living. “They challenge the kids, but they love
the kids. If you ever have an opportunity to spend
time and go see the kids at the school, they would BallenIsles
open your eyes. Some people just look the other From left seated: Bonnie Cullen, Jeanne Painter, John Behrens, James
way. They don’t know how to deal with it. But if Kibble; Back: John Rinaldi, Olivia Morris, Judy Dynia, Kyle Hauser,
you open your eyes, you’ll open your heart.” and Martin Zipern Charities
Foundation
FundraiSing event
Raises $720,000
Oscar-Winning Actress Geena Davis BallenIsles Country Club’s Charities Foundation
announced yesterday that it will donate $720,000 to 42
Headlined Cancer Alliance Of local charities and organizations in the civic, health and
human services, environmental and educational spheres.
Help And Hope’s 2020 Luncheon The $720,000 charity donation includes $665,000 in grants,
plus the final payment of $55,000 for the Feed the Hungry
Pantry refrigerated truck.
Funds were raised over the past year by 140-plus
Over 500 attended one of the most dedicated volunteers and BallenIsles Country Club members
exciting luncheons of the philanthropic through various fundraising events, including the Serena
season. Cancer Alliance of Help and Williams Tennis Charity Event that took place on Monday,
Hope’s 2020 Shop The Day Away Dec. 23, 2019. Williams and tennis professionals such as
Luncheon took place on Feb. 26, Brenda Schultz-McCarthy, Johan Kriek and Ann Grossman
™
at The Breakers, Palm Beach with donated their time so that all proceeds could be distributed
celebrity speaker Oscar-winning actress to The BallenIsles Charities Foundation.
Geena Davis.
Guests enjoyed Palm Beach’s most Charity Event on page 2
fabulous silent auction featuring more
than 500 new luxury designer items
from the world’s finest designers and
luxury brands, followed by lunch, and Barbara Zand and Sheila
the first live auction that raised $34,000 Jeff Fowler, Abigail Beebe, Geena Davis, Amie Swan Buchbinder
with the one exclusive item
for bid – a private chef’s
ultimate dinner party for 12
courtesy of Creative Edge
Parties. The excitement of
the day continued when
Geena Davis took the
stage and shared with the Chere Goldstein, BICF; Division Chief of EMS Corey Bessette;
Fire Chief Keith Bryer; Mark Freeman, president BICF
Fundraising Event on page 3
