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VOL. 33 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 That’s why this year, Little Smiles set a really big goal nonprofit serves. Little Smiles throws monthly pizza and
quarantined for months, we saw a huge increase in the for its 11th annual Little Smiles Toy Drive of $250,000. movie nights at several local hospitals for children battling
number of families desperately needing help and we want Donations will still go towards buying gifts for children life-threatening illnesses in addition to stocking hospital
them to know we will be there for them during the holidays in need during the holidays but this year, donations will
and long after.” also benefit the 23 hospitals, shelters and facilities the Little Smiles Expands on page 2
BallenIsles Country Club Leaders Grants Foster

Play Charity Golf For First Tee Modernization Of

BallenIsles Country Club General Manager and Chief golf balls (lost four), went through one Callaway glove and
Operating Officer Ryan Walls and Director of Golf Jeff remarkably, made it around using only one tee. The Lighthouse
Fitzherbert played a combined 250 holes of golf on Monday, “It was a fun, windy day. I got to hang out with the best
Nov. 2 to raise funds for First Tee of the Palm Beaches. pro in town and play golf, literally all day,” said Walls.
Walls and Fitzherbert were participating in the 5th Annual “But importantly, a huge thank you to our incredibly ArtCenter
100 Hole Challenge held at Jupiter Country Club and supportive members who helped us surpass our initial
raised more than $15,000 for First Tee through BallenIsles’ goal of donations. A big thank you to the leadership of
member donations and pledges. Carl Mistretta, executive director of First Tee, who does so 300K Grant From The Cornelia T. Bailey
The two played 125 holes each, over eight and a half much to give back to our local golf community. He is such Foundation And A 200K Anonymous
hours, covering approximately 18 miles, while playing three a contributor and I am so thrilled knowing good things will Dollar-For-Dollar Matching Gift
balls on every hole but one. Walls used seven Callaway come to kids in our area because of Carl’s work. Also, to the
Challenge Will Help Modernize Facilities

The Lighthouse ArtCenter (LAC) welcomed a
sizable grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation
and an anonymous donor to help cover the cost of
modernizing their gallery and school of art facilities.
The Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, known for its
commitment to the arts, donated $300K and an
anonymous donor pledged a $200K dollar-for-dollar
matching gift challenge.
The exciting renovations are currently under way
in the newly renamed gallery and 2-D studio which
is scheduled to reopen in January 2021 with a season

Participants in the 5th Annual First Tee Palm Beach 100 Hole Challenge, Nov. 2
staff and members of Jupiter
Country Club who allowed
us access to the golf course
all day (and we didn’t have
to rake the bunkers after
ourselves). A lot of people
in our community pulled
together for an important
cause.”
Grants Foster Modernization on page 4
BallenIsles on page 3