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Jupiter Medical Center from page 1 About Jupiter Medical Center Foundation Center, The Anderson Family Orthopedic & Spine
Since its founding in 1989, Jupiter Medical Center Center, the Frank E. and Mary D. Walsh Robotic Surgery
The COVID-19 Relief Fund is part of Jupiter Medical Foundation has empowered Jupiter Medical Center Program, and the Florence A. De George Pavilion.
Center Foundation’s $300 million Vision. Innovation. with the financial resources to reimagine the delivery of As a leading, not-for-profit medical provider in the
Impact. Campaign, which is guided by a vision to bring health and wellness to the region. Jupiter Medical Center region, Jupiter Medical Center relies on philanthropic
world-class clinical programs to the community, while Foundation, together with Jupiter Medical Center, is gifts to maintain patients’ well-being and quality of care
providing the highest standards of quality, safety and patient committed to transforming regional healthcare through and Jupiter Medical Center Foundation is dedicated
experience. To show support, the executive members of leading-edge technology, patient-centered care and to securing this financial support in order to fulfill the
the foundation team have also committed nearly $50,000 enhanced facilities. The foundation has funded a number mission of the organization. For more information, please
in payroll deductions toward the COVID-19 Relief Fund. of major projects at Jupiter Medical Center, including the visit jmcfoundation.org.
To date, more than $210 million has been raised as part De George Pediatric Unit in partnership with Nicklaus
of the campaign. Children’s Hospital, the Margaret W. Niedland Breast Photos by Andrew Ray

Loggerhead Marinelife Center from page 1 - Add in more than six times the amount of educational center features an on-site hospital, research laboratory,
programming spaces educational exhibits and aquariums, and operates the
The center’s current water system cannot properly - Double the size of its research laboratory Juno Beach Pier, which hosts world-class angling and
screen these toxins out of the hospital water, harming - Debut a new marine life gallery, interactive exhibits sightseeing. Situated on one of the world’s most important
their patients’ chances for recovery. With its world-class and a new auditorium sea turtle nesting beaches, Loggerhead Marinelife Center
mission of sea turtle and ocean conservation, the center - Offer large-scale event and symposium venues for up is open daily and hosts over 350,000 guests free-of-
has worked with global water quality experts to blueprint, to 400 guests charge each year. The center’s conservation team works
design, and install the world’s most advanced sea water - Open a large outdoor ocean-view café with 90 local and international organizations across six
filtration system ensuring its mission will move forward The expansion’s groundbreaking kicked off in April of continents to form partnerships and share conservation
uninterrupted. 2019 and will be complete in early 2021. initiatives and best practices that are core to its mission
In addition to providing state-of-the-art patient For more information on how you can get involved in of ocean conservation. The center is expanding and has
protection and redundancy, the system will provide guests, this dollar-for-dollar matching gift opportunity, please broken ground on its Waves of Progress capital expansion
students and collaborators with an exciting immersive contact President and CEO Jack E. Lighton at jlighton@ campaign, designed to accelerate and amplify LMC’s
opportunity to see water filtration and hydrology in action. marinelife.org or call (561) 627-8280, Ext. 100. conservation and education impact. When complete, the
The center’s new water quality “bunker” will offer an About Loggerhead Marinelife Center facility will offer one of the world’s most advanced and
exhibit-quality learning experience for students interested Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) is a nonprofit sea unique experiences for guests and scientific partners.
in water quality, technology and engineering. The center’s turtle research, rehabilitation and educational institution For more information, visit marinelife.org or call (561)
educators will use the water quality system as a “show that promotes conservation of ocean ecosystems with 627-8280.
site” to its 90-plus global collaborators should other a focus on threatened and endangered sea turtles. The
organizations want to replicate the system internationally.
“Sea turtles are the ocean’s canary in the coal mine.
The health of our oceans and beaches go hand-in-hand
with the health of our sea turtles,” said Jack E. Lighton, $59
LMC President and CEO. “Our center’s mantra is, ‘The Introductory Massage
sea turtle tells us the health of the ocean and the ocean
tells us the health of our planet.’ This 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 campaign. We are honored to
work with the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation to amplify
our impact together and invite the community to join us
in this dollar-for-dollar matching gift opportunity.”
The Expansion Will Enable The Center To:
- Double the sea turtle patient capacity 561-745-1002
- Deploy a cutting-edge clean water filtration system
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Lynne Wells (LMC Board Chair) and Jack E. Lighton
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