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VOL. 15 NO. 11 www.seabreezepublications.com NOVEMBER 2020

Jupiter Medical Center Tax Talk

Commemorates Breast Cancer

Awareness Month With Its Third Special Edition: 2020 Property Tax Season –
Pay Smart. Pay Online.
Annual Pink Chair Project The 2020 property tax season begins Sunday, Nov. 1,

Campaign Celebrates Local Breast Cancer when we begin accepting payments online at www.pbctax.
com. This year, take the stress out of paying property taxes
Survivors And Highlights The Inspiration For by paying online. It’s safe, simple and smart! Please keep
reading to learn more about the benefits of paying online.
Their Journey A quick reminder our offices will be closed Wednesday,
Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. I offer my
Jupiter Medical Center and The Margaret W. gratitude to all veterans for your service to our nation on
Niedland Breast Center are commemorating Breast Veterans Day and always.
Cancer Awareness Month with its third annual “Pink We will also be closed for the Thanksgiving holiday
Chair Project,” a campaign that honors breast cancer on Thursday, Nov. 26 and Friday, Nov. 27. Have a happy
patients and survivors and raises awareness about breast and healthy Thanksgiving!
health during the month of October. Best wishes,
Celebrating its third year, the project features chairs decorated by local breast cancer survivors Anne M. Gannon,
and patients whose designs reflect the inspiration that helped them navigate through their diagnosis Constitutional Tax Collector, Serving Palm Beach County
and treatment. Now through the end of the month, the chairs will be on display at businesses in
The Gardens Mall and surrounding Jupiter communities throughout Breast Cancer Awareness Pay Smart. Pay Online.
Month. Each chair is as unique as the designer and is accompanied by a display that explains
the origins of each survivor’s inspiration and encourages men and women to schedule their We have all experienced more than enough stress and uncertainty due to the pandemic.
mammograms regularly. Take the stress and uncertainty out of paying your property taxes by paying online at
“Each year, far too many people and their families are affected by breast cancer and we www.pbctax.com.
must do more to educate people about the importance of getting mammograms for early Top Five Benefits Of Paying Property Taxes Online
detection,” said Dr. Amit Rastogi, president and CEO of Jupiter Medical Center. “We are – It’s safe! Protect your health. Stay home and pay online.
proud to support such an important and personal campaign for Breast Cancer Awareness – It’s easy! In just a few clicks, you’re done. No login or password required.
Month through our Pink Chair
Project and bring more awareness Tax Talk on page 3
to the community about these
incredible survivor stories.”
With one in eight women Vita Nova
estimated to develop breast
cancer each year, the Pink Chair
Project aims to raise awareness Receives $17,000 Grant
of the importance of diagnostic
screening, with the goal of early
diagnosis and treatment to save Vita Nova recently received a $17,000 grant from Admirals Cove Foundation. This generous
lives. Many of the participants’ grant will go towards the Vita Nova Village ~ Homeless Youth Transitional Housing Program.
stories stress this message, with As the voice of homeless young adults, Vita Nova is working to eliminate homelessness
many attributing their survival for youth ages 18 to 25 years old in Palm Beach County. Vita Nova helps young adults who
story based on catching their are aging out of foster care and other homeless youth transition to independence by providing
cancer at its earliest stage and a stable, nurturing, environment that includes housing, counseling and education.
encouraging women to get “Admirals Cove Foundation is
their mammograms and other committed to making a positive
diagnostic tests annually. difference in our local community
and we are grateful for their support
Breast Cancer Awareness Month on page 2 with this grant,” said Jeff DeMario,
CEO of Vita Nova. “These funds
will directly benefit young adults
at Vita Nova who find themselves
homeless and seeking the guidance
and support to their fragile budgets
especially during times of COVID
when they have been furloughed,
or let go due to the pandemic,”
added DeMario.
Rebecca Divine, David Zaret and Ashley Berry (director
Vita Nova on page 8 of development and community relations at Vita Nova)