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Ibis Friends Of Veterans

Presents $150,000 To Local Charities

Every year the Ibis Friends of Veterans (IFOV) holds there are a lot people
a golf tournament at The Club at Ibis to raise money to who are not working,
provide financial support and services for veterans in Palm can’t put food on the
Beach County. table and can’t pay the
This year’s charity tournament in April was canceled rent, it’s even more
because of the coronavirus pandemic, but that didn’t stop critical to help out our
Ibis Friends of Veterans from raising almost $150,000 that veterans.
were distributed to four local charitable organizations who “In our eight years
support former military personnel June 18 at The Club at of supporting the
Ibis. local military, the Ibis
“A lot of people who signed up for the golf tournament Friends of Veterans has
just told us to keep their money,” said Harvey Gingold, raised almost $900,000.
IFOV’s chairman of the board. “Given these times, when We’re fortunate to have
some very generous
residents at The Club
it’S the law at Ibis.”
The nearly $150,000
will be distributed
among four military- Ana Thomas from Palm Beach State College; Roy Foster from Stand Down House; Harvey Gingold,
support organizations: the chair of the Ibis Friends of Veterans; Bill Emerson, board member of Ibis Friends of Veterans;
Did You Know The Wounded Veterans and Mike Durkee from Wounded Veterans Relief Fund
Relief Fund to assist
veterans in financial stress, Stand Down House that takes charitable organizations providing support and services
That, In Florida … homeless veterans off the streets, Paws 4 Liberty that for veterans in need who reside in Palm Beach County.
provides veterans with support dogs and the Palm Beach
IFOV has raised almost $900,000 since its inception. The
By Adam S. Gumson, Esq. State’s veterans Research Center to assist student veterans. IFOV is totally managed by Club at Ibis volunteers and its
Mike Durkee, executive director of the Wounded administrative costs are less than 2 percent of net funds
A guar dian i s Veterans Relief Fund, said the donation from Ibis Friends raised.
appointed by the court of Veterans comes at a crucial time because of the About The Club At Ibis
to make decisions on economic hardship caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Ibis is a gated collection of 33 distinctly different
behalf of a child or His program assists more than 400 veterans every year. neighborhoods, located on the quiet edge of northern
other incapacitated “We have had to make adjustments in a lot of areas West Palm Beach and just minutes from the heart of the
person (the ward) with because individual donations have decreased substantially city. It is adjacent to the pristine Grassy Waters Nature
the ward’s best interests or are nonexistent,” Durkee said. “Having a community Preserve, a 12,000-acre, state-protected preserve, with
in mind. like The Club at Ibis, that is so giving, even though they wildlife, birds and tropical vegetation. The clubhouse
Property can be had to cancel the event, is a big deal for our veterans who completed a major enhancement and expansion to include
transferred at death in are struggling. They know a community like Ibis will three new dining venues and banquet accommodations. A
different ways. Two continue to have their backs.” sports village opened in 2014 to include fitness facilities,
common ones are: 1) And, hopefully, veterans will continue to have a safe pools, a 4,500-square-foot spa and a yoga wall. The
via a valid will (a legal document created to place to live and be with their families. 16-court tennis center holds friendly tournaments and
express how a person desires his/her property “It takes a lot less money to keep veterans in their homes weekly group play. Golf is center stage and offers 54
to be distributed at death; or 2) via beneficiary than to get them off the street,” Durkee said. “And it’s a holes on three Nicklaus family-designed championship
designations (such as life insurance policies, death lot less stress on them. It keeps families together.” golf courses. Top golf instruction is headed by Martin
benefits of a retirement plan, payable on death About The Ibis Friends Of Veterans Hall, ranked by Golf Digest as one of the game’s Top 50
accounts, etc.). The Ibis Friends of Veterans (IFOV) was founded instructors. For more information call (561) 625-8500 or
A prenuptial agreement is not enforceable in 2012 with a singular goal of raising funds for local visit www.clubatibis.com.
if: 1) one party did not execute it voluntarily; 2)
it was the product of fraud, duress, coercion, or
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