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Wounded Veterans Relief Fund

Fourth Annual Dive For Freedom Shark Dive

Wounded Veterans Relief Fund is a nonprofit organization
which exists to provide emergency financial support to
qualified disabled veterans living in Florida. Saving lives and
keeping families together is our mission. On Independence
Day, Wounded Veterans Relief Fund took combat and purple
heart veterans out for the fourth annual “Dive for Freedom”
shark dive with the “shark addicts” located in Jupiter, Fla.
The Palm Beach Sheriff’s Department did a fly by with their
helicopter to kick off the dive prior to the veterans getting
in the water. Below are photos from the dive, one including
Wounded Veterans Relief Fund’s executive director, Army
combat veteran, Mike Durkee swimming with our country’s
flag and some silky, dusky, lemon and sandbar sharks. We

Wounded Veterans Relief Fund on page 2 Mike under water with the American flag
Susan G. Komen Florida Recruiting BigWigs Campaign

It’s all about having fun and raising funds and Susan G. and sharing informational
Komen Florida’s BigWigs campaign does both while helping tips about breast health,
in the fight against breast cancer. The organization is proud personal stories of their ties
to once again host their BigWigs fundraising campaign and to breast cancer, and asking
invites area business and community leaders to join in raising for donations to help support
awareness and funds during a friendly competition that runs Komen’s efforts to create a
from September 21 through Oct. 31. world without breast cancer.
Throughout the competition, BigWigs will work to Each participant is
encourage friends and colleagues to support their efforts challenged to raise a
of raising funds for lifesaving breast cancer diagnostics, minimum of $1,000 to
navigation, education, screening and treatment services support breast health
provided throughout Florida. It won’t be unusual to see programs and services in
these participants popping up around social media (and
hopefully around town soon enough) donning their pink wigs Susan G. Komen on page 2 Chief Michael Gregory Luke Pingleton Matt Goldstein
Loggerhead Marinelife Center Invests In Its Leadership To

Support Long-Term Planning For The Expanded Campus

Center Appoints Jack E. Lighton As Senior “We entrusted Jack with our center’s mission nearly internationally recognized
Advisor And Promotes Caitlin Farmer And eight years ago, and in that time, he has completely teaching hospital
Tim Hannon As Co-Interim CEOs transformed LMC. Thanks to Jack’s leadership, LMC • added additional
is now a world-class sea turtle and ocean conservation campuses and operations
As Loggerhead Marinelife Center (LMC) prepares to institution,” said Lynne L. Wells, LMC Board chairman. at the Juno Beach Pier and
open its newly expanded facility in early 2021, the center has “Jack is methodical and passionate about our future and at FPL’s Manatee Lagoon
announced investing in its leadership to enhance operations I look forward to working with him to deploy his proven • expanded the center’s
and focus on the institution’s strategy and vision. Effective expertise for our long-term success. international partnership
July 1, Jack E. Lighton will be appointed as senior advisor Under Lighton’s leadership, the nonprofit has network to over 90
and Caitlin Farmer and Tim Hannon will be promoted as experienced catalytic growth and has become the world’s global partners in sixteen
co-interim CEOs. leading authority for sea turtle conservation. In his near- countries
decade of leadership, he has: • positioned the center
• launched the Waves of to win multiple awards,
Progress Capital Expansion including the Providencia
• grown the annual Award for tourism impact, Jack E. Lighton
operating budget by 175 the Muse Award for cultural
percent since 2012 impact, the Palm Beach North Chamber Nonprofit of the
• increased the guest Year Award, and more
count by 70 percent • assembled world-class philanthropists and board
• transformed the center’s members to fulfill LMC’s mission
scientific equity through
its research laboratory and Loggerhead Marinelife Center on page 2