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

Initiative Has Raised $150K For COVID-19 Relief For every $100 you donate, the Nicklaus Children’s
Health Care Foundation will match your donation, sending
Helping children is not seasonal, and efforts to $200 to Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. As a gesture of
bring pediatric care to families in need certainly heartfelt thanks, you will receive the special hat.
does not end after a holiday. So, after successfully “This pandemic has reminded us of the things we hold
launching the “Wear the Bear. Show You Care.” dear, our families and our health,” said Barbara Nicklaus,
campaign just prior to Father’s Day, Jack and founder and chair of the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care
Barbara Nicklaus and the Nicklaus Children’s Foundation. “As the threat continues, we want to make sure
Health Care Foundation will extend the program to the professionals who risk their health to care for us have Wear the Bear Hat (Photo
continue raising money for the COVID-19 Relief the protective equipment they need to stay safe. We have to courtesy of Nicklaus
Fund at Nicklaus Children’s Hospital. pull together to get through this challenge.” Children’s Health Care
The campaign has already raised $150,000 for Nicklaus Children’s Hospital is currently spending Foundation)
the COVID-19 Relief Fund at Nicklaus Children’s $20,000 a week to provide PPE for the staff. This expense is
Hospital. As more states, including Florida, report expected to increase as the hospital implements a universal mask policy to protect patients,
record-setting daily numbers of COVID-19 cases, workers and visitors. Funding from the “Wear the Bear. Show You Care.” campaign will
the “first family of golf” and their foundation have help the hospital to continue its critical work, while safeguarding patients, their families and
renewed their commitment to help protect health Jack and Barbara Nicklaus (Photo by health care workers.
care workers, while sharing a message of hope Tracey Benson Photography) The “Wear the Bear. Show You Care.” campaign will continue through the crisis and as
and healing. long as the need for PPE exists. Donations can be made on the Nicklaus Children’s Health
The Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation and their headwear partners at AHEAD Care Foundation website at nchcf.org/wearthebear.
USA created a limited-edition hat embroidered with the iconic Golden Bear wearing a Jack and Barbara Nicklaus founded the Nicklaus Children’s Health Care Foundation in
protective face mask and the words “Wear the Bear. Show You Care.” The popular hat is 2004 to provide world-class, pediatric care to children in Palm Beach County and beyond
part of an initiative to fund the supply of personal protective equipment (PPE) and other – raising more than $125 million to date. The foundation supports Nicklaus Children’s
needs for front-line health care workers. Hospital, which has helped children from every state in the union and 119 countries.
2020 Bigs And Littles Of 25 United Cleans Up

The Year For BBBS Of Palm Hobe Heights After Flooding

Beach And Martin Counties By Jackie Holfelder

25 United is a nonprofit organization that was born out of the Treasure Coast Relief effort
By Jackie Holfelder in the Bahamas after Hurricane Dorian wreaked its havoc.
Every year, Big Brothers Big Sisters (BBBS) honors two Under the leadership of Stephen Leighton, 25 United is dedicated to providing worldwide
outstanding matches: Big Brother/Little Brother and Big Sister/ relief to areas impacted by a disaster, whether natural or man-made.
Little Sister of The Year. The pairs are nominated to illustrate Within the last several weeks, they didn’t have to travel far, as the Hobe Heights
how mentoring relationships help Littles achieve their biggest neighborhood was basically devastated by heavy rainfall and flooding in early June. Between
possible futures and makes a long lasting affects the Big, too. 11 to 12 inches of rain fell in the area.
After nominees are selected by local staff, their names Just a few days later – on June 11 – 25 United volunteers showed up in response to a
and stories are submitted to a state association chair, who shoutout issued by Leighton.
ultimately selects the state’s winning pair in each category. More than 300 people took only nine hours to clean up nine affected homes, removing
These designees then go on to the national conference, where waterlogged furniture, taking out ruined appliances and cabinets, stripping drywall and
the annual winners are chosen. baseboards, pulling up carpeting and padding and getting each house down to essentially
In addition to these two important selections, BBBS of Palm pad and studs.
Beach & Martin Counties also nominates a Volunteer of the
Year and Teen Big of the Year. 25 United Cleans Up on page 3
In the local BBBS of Palm Beach & Martin Counties
chapter, the 2020 winners are:
• Big Brother of the Year: Lawrence Howell
• Little Brothers: Zakai and Zamir
• Big Sister of the Year: Jessica Grassi
Lawrence Howell with Zakai
2020 Bigs And Littles on page 2 and Zamir

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