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Honda Classic from page 1 In addition to The Glades Initiative - which includes
Loggerhead Marinelife Center from page 1 the Glades Area Food Bank, Nutritional Education and
celebrate this success, our hearts and prayers go out to Residential Navigational services – The Honda Classic
The center’s everybody suffering through these tough times and we continued to make a special effort in Western Palm Beach
c ur re n t wa t e r don’t want to overshadow the tremendous need of those through additional grants to The Literacy Coalition,
system cannot people and their families.” Young Singers, Student Aces and Hope Symphony.
properly screen “We hope that this $5.35 million touches a great number Honda Classic Cares will be aligning with educational
these toxins out of them. We were fortunate that we were able to hold our initiatives throughout Palm Beach and Martin County
of the hospital tournament two weeks before the world shut down.” through Adopt-A-Family, Artist Showcase, Boys and
water, harming The $5.35 million being awarded includes a grant Girls Clubs of Martin County, Busch Wildlife Sanctuary,
their patients’ of $1.4 million to the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Education Foundation, Els for Autism, Hobe Sound Early
chances for Foundation, the fifth-consecutive year the foundation has Learning Center, Loggerhead Marinelife Center, TGR-
recovery. With received more than $1 million from Honda Classic Cares. Tiger Woods Foundation, Suits for Seniors and Urban
its world-class “That’s fantastic,” Jack Nicklaus said. “Honda is the Youth Impact.
mission of sea longest-running sponsor on the PGA TOUR and has been “The continued support we receive from the Palm
turtle and ocean such a great sponsor. We are all indebted and appreciate Beach County community, our sponsors led by American
conservation, the everything that The Honda Classic does year after year.” Honda, the longest-standing sponsor on the PGA TOUR
center has worked “The Honda Classic moving to Palm Beach County and the players who embrace our event and our volunteers
with global water was the catalyst to us starting the Nicklaus Children’s continues to allow us to extend our charitable reach each
quality experts to Health Care Foundation,” Barbara Nicklaus said. “We are year,” Kennerly said. “This year’s virtual Honda Classic
blueprint, design, so proud to be involved. More than $1 million for each of Cares Week gives us a platform to celebrate our grant
and install the the last five years has impacted a lot of families through recipients and view the powerful impact that we are
w orld’s mos t the foundation and will continue to do so.” making on the lives of children in the local community.”
advanced sea Lynne Wells (LMC Board Chair) The Honda Classic Cares mission of giving back to The growth of the Honda Classic’s charitable donations
water filtration and Jack E. Lighton the children of the community is reflected by more than is a testament to American Honda’s 39 years as the
system ensuring Photo by Tracey Benson Photography 80 percent of all distributed funds being allocated to longest-standing title sponsor on the PGA TOUR as well
its mission will improving pediatric services. as partnerships with PGA National Resort & Spa, PGA
move forward uninterrupted. Along with the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care of America, Palm Beach County, the City of Palm Beach
In addition to providing state-of-the-art patient Foundation grant, Bella’s Angels, Cystic Fibrosis Gardens and the PGA TOUR along with the support
protection and redundancy, the system will provide Foundation, Florida Outreach Center for the Blind, from Founders Club sponsors Tire Kingdom and United
guests, students and collaborators with an exciting Healthy Mothers & Healthy Babies Coalition of Palm Technologies and more than 200 other community-
immersive opportunity to see water filtration and Beach County, Gold Coast Down Syndrome Organization, minded local sponsors.
hydrology in action. The center’s new water quality Pediatric Oncology Support Team (P.O.S.T), and Quantum While the tournament strives to provide Palm Beach
“bunker” will offer an exhibit-quality learning House are also receiving grants in that category. County with a premier professional sporting event, the
experience for students interested in water quality, Needs that evolved because of the pandemic were ultimate goal is to positively impact youth in need and
technology and engineering. The center’s educators not a criteria for funds from The Honda Classic, but the create a brighter future for our community.
will use the water quality system as a “show site” to its tournament was able to provide a separate gift of $62,500 The growth of this year’s Honda Class Cares grant
90-plus global collaborators should other organizations to Palm Beach County Schools to help fund the purchase allocations was fueled by expanded sponsor and charity
want to replicate the system internationally. of laptops for children studying at home, in addition to the participation at the 2020 tournament where 22-year-old
“Sea turtles are the ocean’s canary in the coal $205,077 provided to The Glades Initiative in Belle Glade South Korean golfer Sungjae Im won his first PGA TOUR
mine. The health of our oceans and beaches go hand- through a grant and the Birdies for Children program. event. Im is currently the top-ranked player in the PGA
in-hand with the health of our sea turtles,” said Jack Those funds are helping Glades Initiative manage its TOUR FedEx Cup standings.
E. Lighton, LMC President and CEO. “Our center’s growing needs which include weekly food distribution to The 2021 Honda Classic will be played March 18 to
mantra is, ‘The sea turtle tells us the health of the ocean more than 200 families in the Belle Glade area impacted 21, 2021 at PGA National Resort & Spa.
and the ocean tells us the health of our planet.’ This by the coronavirus pandemic.
extraordinarily generous two-million-dollar matching
gift will transform our center’s lifesaving mission,
expand our educational offerings, and help us put the
keystone of fundraising in place for our expansion Get a second opinion on
campaign. We are honored to work with the Cornelia
T. Bailey Foundation to amplify our impact together your financial health.
and invite the community to join us in this dollar-for-
dollar matching gift opportunity.”
The Expansion Will Enable The Center To: Schedule a complimentary, face-to-face
- Double the sea turtle patient capacity
- Deploy a cutting-edge clean water filtration system meeting with a Financial Advisor.
- Add in more than six times the amount of educational
programming spaces
- Double the size of its research laboratory Kevin Prazenica, AAMS® Terrence Burns, AAMS®, ChFC® Timothy Lynch
- Debut a new marine life gallery, interactive exhibits Senior Vice President – Investment Officer Senior Vice President – Investment Officer Financial Advisor
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The expansion’s groundbreaking kicked off in April
of 2019 and will be complete in early 2021.
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marinelife.org or call (561) 627-8280, Ext. 100.
About Loggerhead Marinelife Center
Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) is a nonprofit
institution that promotes conservation of ocean Experience Dentistry with a Woman’s Touch
sea turtle research, rehabilitation and educational
ecosystems with a focus on threatened and endangered
sea turtles. The center features an on-site hospital,
research laboratory, educational exhibits and Cosmetic & Comprehensive Restorative Dentistry
aquariums, and operates the Juno Beach Pier, which
hosts world-class angling and sightseeing. Situated on State of the Art & Same Day Restorations
one of the world’s most important sea turtle nesting
beaches, Loggerhead Marinelife Center is open daily Nitrous Oxide/Oxygen Sedation Available
and hosts over 350,000 guests free-of-charge each year.
The center’s conservation team works with 90 local
and international organizations across six continents Joanne Green, D.D.S.
to form partnerships and share conservation initiatives
and best practices that are core to its mission of ocean 10887 N. Military Trail, Suite 6
conservation. The center is expanding and has broken Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410
ground on its Waves of Progress capital expansion
campaign, designed to accelerate and amplify LMC’s (561) 622-2815 • www.joannegreendds.com
conservation and education impact. When complete, the
facility will offer one of the world’s most advanced and Medical College of Virginia School of Dentistry - Cum Laude
unique experiences for guests and scientific partners. Hospital of the University of Penn - General Practice Residency Training
For more information, visit marinelife.org or call (561) Harvard Dental School - Former Instructor
627-8280. Boston Brigham and Women’s Dental Group - Staff Dentist