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VOL. 30 NO. 12 www.seabreezepublications.com DECEMBER 2020

Little Smiles Expands Holiday Toy Drive

To Help More Local Children Than Ever Before

For The First Time Little Smiles

Toy Drive Will Benefit Local

Children In Need Year-Round

Little Smiles plans to bring big smiles to more children than
ever before this holiday season and beyond. For the first time
this year, to meet the rising demand, Little Smiles plans to use
donations from its annual toy drive to help local children all
year long!
“Our role in the community is more important now than
ever before,” said Nicole Mercado, executive director of Little
Smiles. “With the global health crisis and kids quarantined
for months, we saw a huge increase in the number of families Donations will still go towards buying gifts for children battling life-threatening illnesses in addition to stocking
desperately needing help and we want them to know we will in need during the holidays but this year, donations will hospital pantries with comfort foods. Funds from the toy
be there for them during the holidays and long after.” also benefit the 23 hospitals, shelters and facilities the drive also go towards fulfilling individual family requests
That’s why this year, Little Smiles set a really big goal nonprofit serves. Little Smiles throws monthly pizza
for its 11th annual Little Smiles Toy Drive of $250,000. and movie nights at several local hospitals for children Little Smiles Expands on page 2
BallenIsles Country Club Leaders

Play Charity Golf For First Tee

BallenIsles Country Club General Manager and Chief
Operating Officer Ryan Walls and Director of Golf Jeff
Fitzherbert played a combined 250 holes of golf on Monday,
Nov. 2 to raise funds for First Tee of the Palm Beaches.
Walls and Fitzherbert were participating in the 5th Annual
100 Hole Challenge held at Jupiter Country Club and
raised more than $15,000 for First Tee through BallenIsles’
member donations and pledges.
The two played 125 holes each, over eight and a half
hours, covering approximately 18 miles, while playing three
balls on every hole but one. Walls used seven Callaway

BallenIsles on page 3 Participants in the 5th Annual First Tee Palm Beach 100 Hole Challenge, Nov. 2
Grants Foster Modernization Of The Lighthouse ArtCenter

300K Grant From The Cornelia T. Bailey their gallery and school of
Foundation And A 200K Anonymous Dollar- art facilities. The Cornelia T.
For-Dollar Matching Gift Challenge Will Bailey Foundation, known
Help Modernize Facilities for its commitment to the
arts, donated $300K and an
The Lighthouse ArtCenter (LAC) welcomed a sizable anonymous donor pledged
grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation and an a $200K dollar-for-dollar
anonymous donor to help cover the cost of modernizing matching gift challenge.

Grants Foster Modernization on page 4