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VOL. 12 NO. 11 www.seabreezepublications.com NOVEMBER 2020

Jupiter Medical Center Commemorates Vita Nova Receives

Breast Cancer Awareness Month With $17,000 Grant

Its Third Annual Pink Chair Project Vita Nova recently received a $17,000 grant from

Campaign Celebrates Local early detection,” said Dr. Amit Rastogi, president and CEO Admirals Cove Foundation. This generous grant will go
towards the Vita Nova Village ~ Homeless Youth Transitional
Breast Cancer Survivors And of Jupiter Medical Center. “We are proud to support such Housing Program.
As the voice of homeless young adults, Vita Nova is
an important and personal campaign for Breast Cancer
Highlights The Inspiration Awareness Month through our Pink Chair Project and bring working to eliminate homelessness for youth ages 18 to 25
more awareness to the community about these incredible
years old in Palm Beach County. Vita Nova helps young
For Their Journey survivor stories.” adults who are aging out of foster care and other homeless
youth transition to independence by providing a stable,
Jupiter Medical nurturing, environment that includes housing, counseling
Center and The and education.
Margaret W. Niedland “Admirals Cove Foundation is committed to making a
Breast Center are positive difference in our local community and we are grateful
commemorating Breast for their support with this grant,” said Jeff DeMario, CEO of
Cancer Awareness Month with its third annual “Pink Chair Vita Nova. “These funds will directly benefit young adults
Project,” a campaign that honors breast cancer patients and at Vita Nova who find themselves homeless and seeking the
survivors and raises awareness about breast health during guidance and support to their fragile budgets especially during
the month of October. times of COVID when they have been furloughed, or let go
Celebrating its third year, the project features chairs decorated due to the pandemic,” added DeMario.
by local breast cancer survivors and patients whose designs Admirals Cove Foundation (ACF) is the philanthropic
reflect the inspiration that helped them navigate through their foundation of The Club at Admirals Cove, a private
diagnosis and treatment. Now through the end of the month, community in Jupiter, Florida. The foundation board,
the chairs will be on display at businesses in The Gardens Mall members and volunteers are comprised exclusively of
and surrounding Jupiter communities throughout Breast Cancer Admirals Cove residents. ACF, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, was
Awareness Month. Each chair is as unique as the designer and founded in 2004 by then Club President, Donald Daren, who
is accompanied by a display that explains the origins of each saw the need to strengthen the community outside Admirals
survivor’s inspiration and encourages men and women to Cove’s gates. Countless members have generously donated
schedule their mammograms regularly. and volunteered their time to support their mission.
“Each year, far too many people and their families are About Vita Nova
affected by breast cancer and we must do more to educate Vita Nova is a safe bridge to independence for former
people about the importance of getting mammograms for Breast Cancer Awareness Month on page 2 foster care, LGBTQ and other homeless youth through
supportive housing, education, employment and life skills
Tax Talk training. As the voice of homeless young adults, Vita Nova
is working to eliminate homelessness for youth ages 18 to 25
Special Edition: 2020 Property offices will be closed Wednesday, Nov. 11, in observance of years old in Palm Beach County. Vita Nova, Inc, located in
West Palm Beach, Florida, is comprised of three components:
Tax Season – Pay Smart. Pay Veterans Day. I offer my gratitude to all veterans for your the Spot, Housing (The Village) and Independent Living.
Vita Nova means “new life” in Latin, and was founded by
service to our nation on Veterans Day and always.
Online. We will also be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Father Leo Armbrust, a man who believed that foster youth
Thursday, Nov. 26 and Friday, Nov. 27. Have a happy and deserved a better quality of care. Through the efforts of the
The 2020 property tax healthy Thanksgiving! Vita Nova team members, its volunteers, and its benefactors,
season begins Sunday, Nov. Best wishes, older foster and homeless youth are given the opportunity to
1, when we begin accepting Anne M. Gannon, lead lives characterized by independence, self-determination,
payments online at www. Constitutional Tax Collector, Serving Palm Beach County and personal responsibility.
pbctax.com. This year, take To learn more about Vita Nova or to donate, visit www.
the stress out of paying Pay Smart. Pay Online. vitanovainc.org or call (561) 689-0035.
property taxes by paying
online. It’s safe, simple and We have all experienced more than enough stress
smart! Please keep reading to and uncertainty due to the pandemic. Take the stress and
learn more about the benefits uncertainty out of paying your property taxes by paying
of paying online. online at www.pbctax.com.
A quick reminder our Top Five Benefits Of Paying Property Taxes Online
– It’s safe! Protect your
health. Stay home and pay
online.
– It’s easy! In just a few
clicks, you’re done. No login
or password required.
– It’s fast! Online
payments take only one
to three days to process. Rebecca Divine, David Zaret and Ashley Berry (director
of development and community relations at Vita Nova)
Tax Talk on page 3