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VOL. 22 NO. 7 www.seabreezepublications.com JULY 2020

‘Wear The Bear. Show You Care.’ Campaign Extended

Initiative Has Raised $150K of golf” and their embroidered with the iconic
For COVID-19 Relief foundation have Golden Bear wearing a
renewed their
protective face mask and the
commitment to words “Wear the Bear. Show
Helping children is not seasonal, and efforts to bring help protect health You Care.” The popular hat
pediatric care to families in need certainly does not end care workers, is part of an initiative to
after a holiday. So, after successfully launching the while sharing a fund the supply of personal
“Wear the Bear. Show You Care.” campaign just prior message of hope protective equipment (PPE)
to Father’s Day, Jack and Barbara Nicklaus and the and healing. and other needs for front- Wear the Bear Hat (Photo
Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation will extend The Nicklaus line health care workers. courtesy of Nicklaus
the program to continue raising money for the COVID-19 Children’s Health For every $100 you Children’s Health Care
Relief Fund at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. Care Foundation donate, the Nicklaus Foundation)
The campaign has already raised $150,000 for the and their headwear Children’s Health Care
COVID-19 Relief Fund at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. partners at AHEAD Foundation will match your donation, sending $200 to
As more states, including Florida, report record-setting USA created a Jack and Barbara Nicklaus (Photo by
daily numbers of COVID-19 cases, the “first family limited-edition hat Tracey Benson Photography) Wear The Bear on page 6
2020 Bigs And Littles Of The Year For BBBS

Of Palm Beach And Martin Counties

By Jackie Holfelder conference, where
Every year, Big Brothers the annual winners
Big Sisters (BBBS) honors are chosen.
two outstanding matches: In addition to
Big Brother/Little Brother these two important
and Big Sister/Little Sister selections, BBBS
of The Year. The pairs are of Palm Beach &
nominated to illustrate how Martin Counties also
mentoring relationships nominates a Volunteer
help Littles achieve their of the Year and Teen
biggest possible futures and Big of the Year.
makes a long lasting affects In the local BBBS
the Big, too. of Palm Beach &
After nominees are Martin Counties Jessica Grassi with Cynteria John Sedwitz with Erick
selected by local staff, chapter, the 2020
their names and stories winners are: • Volunteer of the Year: John Sedwitz
are submitted to a state • Big Brother of the Year: Lawrence Howell • Little Brother: Erick
association chair, who • Little Brothers: Zakai and Zamir Although they weren’t the national awardees, the life-
ultimately selects the • Big Sister of the Year: Jessica Grassi changing effects these Bigs have on the lives of their Littles
state’s winning pair in each • Little Sister: Cynteria make them winners in anybody’s book!
category. These designees Lawrence Howell with Zakai • Teen Big of the Year: Emily Osborn
then go on to the national and Zamir • Little Sister: Janiya 2020 Bigs And Littles on page 2
25 United Cleans Up Hobe Heights After Flooding

By Jackie Holfelder More than 300 people took only nine hours to clean Harold Jenkins; State Senator Gayle Harrell and U.S.
25 United is a nonprofit organization that was born out up nine affected homes, removing waterlogged furniture, Representative Brian Mast.
of the Treasure Coast Relief effort in the Bahamas after taking out ruined appliances and cabinets, stripping Martin County Fire Rescue Chief Bill Schobel and his
Hurricane Dorian wreaked its havoc. drywall and baseboards, pulling up carpeting and padding entire emergency management team also helped facilitate
Under the leadership of Stephen Leighton, 25 United is and getting each house down to essentially pad and studs. the effort.
dedicated to providing worldwide relief to areas impacted A group of concerned local political leaders have
by a disaster, whether natural or man-made. been involved with the cleanup and will be focusing 25 United Cleans Up on page 3
Within the last several weeks, they didn’t have to travel on the fragility of Hobe
far, as the Hobe Heights neighborhood was basically Heights’ drainage problems
devastated by heavy rainfall and flooding in early June. going forward. Included
Between 11 to 12 inches of rain fell in the area. in the group are Martin
Just a few days later – on June 11 – 25 United County Commissioners
volunteers showed up in response to a shoutout issued Ed Ciampi, Sarah Heard,
by Leighton. Stacey Hetherington and

Some of the 300 25 United volunteers who responded to the call to action in Hobe Heights