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VOL. 30 NO. 7 www.seabreezepublications.com JULY 2020

Jupiter Medical Center Raises Nearly $1.8 Million

For COVID-19 Relief Fund

Support from donors is needed to sustain Jupiter Medical that connects golf organizations with local communities to
Center at any time, but it is particularly critical in times of provide critical resources in times of need, Jupiter Medical
crisis. In the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Jupiter Center was “adopted” by the Seminole Golf Club. Members
Medical Center Foundation received nearly $1.8 million in stepped up collectively, raising more than $250,000 for
philanthropic donations. Jupiter Medical Center Foundation’s COVID-19 Relief Fund.
“We are extremely grateful for the generosity of the The foundation also received an interfaith donation from
community and our donors during this uncertain time,” said JupiterFIRST Church, St. Peter Catholic Church and Temple
Liv Vesely, president of Jupiter Medical Center Foundation. Beth Am of more than $45,000. Additional generous donors
“Gifts received are helping to offset losses due to decreased contributed funds through #GivingTuesdayNow and through
volumes, and have allowed us to purchase additional medical other efforts, which enabled the medical center to purchase
equipment to address the hospital’s highest priority needs.” equipment needed for FDA-approved rapid molecular testing.
The hospital received multiple donations as the community Jupiter Medical Center was also able to acquire a telehealth cart
rallied to support Jupiter Medical Center Foundation’s
COVID-19 Relief Fund. Through ClubsHELP, an organization Jupiter Medical Center on page 2
Loggerhead Marinelife Center Secures Lifesaving

$2 Million Matching Gift From Cornelia T. Bailey

Foundation To Propel Campus Expansion

Supporters Can Double Their Financial Since opening its facility in 2007, the center has treated
Impact And Help The Center’s Sea Turtle and released thousands of threatened and endangered sea
Patients Receive Clean Ocean Water For turtle patients back into the ocean. However, the current
Recovery hospital water system does not provide inbound water
filtration for its patients. Over the past decade, Florida’s
In partnership with the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, coastal waters have suffered from dangerous levels of:
Loggerhead Marinelife Center is proud to announce a two- - Blue-green algae
million dollar-for-dollar matching gift towards their Waves of - High bacteria counts from watershed
Progress campus expansion. This lifesaving matching gift will - The recurrence of deadly red tide
help the center raise critical funds to deploy the world’s most The center’s current water system cannot properly
advanced clean-water filtration system at a sea turtle hospital. screen these toxins out of the hospital water, harming
The leading filtration system will provide quarantining, filtration, their patients’ chances for recovery. With its world-class
heating, and chilling for each individual hospital tank and patient
regardless of water quality or environmental conditions. LMC Aerial Rendering Photo courtesy of LMC Loggerhead Marinelife Center on page 3
The Honda Classic To Distribute Record $5.35 Million To

Local Charities, Impacting The Lives Of 91,000 Children

Virtual Honda Classic Cares Week Celebrates PGA TOUR event has been able to increase its impact on The money is being distributed during Honda Classic
14th Straight Year Of Record Gains the lives of local children and their families. Cares Week, June 22-26, which is being held virtually for
The Honda Classic has now surpassed $50 million in the first time due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Honda Classic is awarding a record-shattering charitable contributions as American Honda approaches The tournament’s annual Celebration of Philanthropy,
$5.35 million to 103 South Florida philanthropic its 40th year as title sponsor of the PGA TOUR June 25 will also be held via WebEx with a virtual drawing
organizations in 2020, the 14th consecutive year that the event, including almost $35 million in the 14 years taking place among four finalists in the Birdies for
since Children’s Healthcare Children program for a new 2020 Honda Insight Hybrid
Charity, Inc. became the vehicle. Fans donate each year for the chance to guess the
host organization and moved number of birdies in the tournament. Forty-seven entrants
the event to PGA National each correctly guessed the total of 1,172 birdies recorded
Resort and Spa. The $5.35 at the 2020 Honda Classic. The field is being pared via
million is up from the $5.1 drawing to four individuals who will participate in the
million distributed in 2019 virtual event to determine a winner.
and is impacting more than “We are very proud of what we have been able to
91,000 children and their achieve with another record distribution to so many
families this year in Palm
Beach County. Honda Classic on page 2