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“Arts With Heart” Online Cultural And Lifestyle
Fundraiser Advances Habitat For Humanity’s Mission:
Building Homes, Communities, Hope
To “ring in funds” during the holiday season, Habitat Something for Everyone Who Embraces “The Arts” Habitat builds because it believes that everyone,
for Humanity of South Palm Beach County hosted an The auction gallery featured a broad spectrum of the arts, everywhere should have a healthy, affordable place to
“Arts with Heart” fundraiser, an art-full online auction including signed originals (oils and acrylics, watercolors, call home, especially those hard-working, low-income
of cultural and lifestyle arts. The robust “Works of the painted tiles, Tryptych pairings, sculptures, crafts (planters, families who have yet been able to qualify for traditional
Arts” gallery showcased the talents and generosity of jewelry, accessories), Murano-style glass and resin objets d'art mortgage financing. To give a “hand-up, never a hand-out”,
Florida fine and visual artists, sculptors, art galleries, to the performance, designer fashion, lifestyle and experiential the nonprofit depends upon volunteer labor, tax-deductible
photographers, crafters, performing artists, home/jewelry/ arts. Fine arts and crafts themes included sports, florals, donations of money, materials, services and property and
fashion designers, beauty and wellness authorities, abstracts, wildlife, animals, geometrics, gardens, inspirational, fundraising initiatives like Arts with Heart to fulfill its
lifestyle brands, golf and country clubs, culinary artists etc. Pieces and experiences ranged in value from $65 to $2,500 mission. To learn more about how to register to bid on Arts
and vintners. and items sized from small jewelry pieces to original paintings with Heart silent auction items or more about HFHSPBC,
According to “Arts with Heart” Co-Chairs Bonnie as large as 48’ x 48’ square. visit: www.habitatsouthpalmbeach.org.
Kaye of Kaye Communications and Lisa Vander Ploeg “Every year I venture out of my comfort
of VPA Interior Design, who are both annual Habitat zone to join hundreds of women to raise
for Humanity of South Palm Beach County WOMEN the roofs and power tools to build homes
Builders, 100% of the “friend and fund” raiser sales went during annual Habitat for Humanity’s
directly to advance the organization’s mission of “building WOMEN Build and so pleased this year
homes, communities and hope.” The funds helped to to help drive this new arts initiative that is
provide a “hand up” for hard-working, low-income in my everyday wheelhouse,” noted Arts
families who have qualified for a zero-interest mortgage with Hearts Co-chair Lisa Vander Ploeg.
with Habitat and are waiting for their safe, well-built, “So proud that in addition to our interior
affordable homes to be completed. design firm’s art donations, more than a
Novel Way to Raise Awareness and Financial Support dozen of our vendors stepped up in this
“Arts with Heart was a new, creative way to raise holiday season to help raise much-needed
awareness and financial support for the local Habitat funds so that more Habitat families can
for Humanity organization during the age of Covid-19 realize their dream of homeownership.”
by providing the general public with an upbeat, visually
beautiful interactive, yet apart “community moment
of giving,” shared Co-Chair Bonnie Kaye. “Since we Board Of Directors
know that most donors and sponsors during the Covid
crisis prefer to support entertaining and/or enlightenment
initiatives in which 100% of funds go directly to fulfill April 2019 – April 2020 Officers/Executive Committee
the nonprofit mission, this online auction delivered the
perfect mix.” Arts with Heart Co-Chairs and committee Chairman and President Barry J. Haberman District 5 Dan Gabrielle (La Corniche)
members that include the organization’s Board Member Vice Chair Steve Retzer Esplanada, Caravelle, Palomar, La Corniche,
Alisa Cohen of Cohen Laser & Vision Center, Rita Ursini Vice President Gail Ehrlich and El Dorado
Bartmon of Frame-It and Pat Howard of Sklar Furnishings 2nd Vice President Jim Collins District 6 Marvin Lazarowitz (Villa Stel)
Villa Flora, Montego Bay, Villa Stel, and Palladium
Secretary
began arts community outreach in early summer. Steve King
Treasurer Harvey Kaplan District 7 Joyce Britt (Villa Sonrisa)
The Plum/Cortina, Villa Sonrisa and Pointe 100
District Directors District 8 Len Kagan (Costa del Sol)
District 1 Costa del Sol and Costa Brava
Encantada, Valencia and The Palms District 9 Robin Gliboff (Edgewater)
District 2 Steve King (Imperial Royale) Edgewater Pointe Estates and Stratford Court
Promenade, Imperial Royale, Imperial, Regency
and Panaché At Large Directors At Large Directors
District 3 Steve Retzer (La Mirada) Through 2020 Through 2021
La Mirada and Meridiana Carsten Bethge (Valencia) Howard Davis (La Corniche)
District 4 Bob Greenstein (La Paz) Jim Collins (Caravelle) Gail Ehrlich (Villa Flora)
El Viento, La Paz, and Southwinds Harvey Kaplan (Meridiana) Barry J. Haberman (Encantada)
Class size is limited. Book your free trial now!
954.531.1771 www.onlineforseniors.com