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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 Donations will still go towards buying gifts for children in
than ever before this holiday season and beyond. For the need during the holidays but this year, donations will also
first time this year, to meet the rising demand, Little Smiles benefit the 23 hospitals, shelters and facilities the nonprofit
plans to use donations from its annual toy drive to help local serves. Little Smiles throws monthly pizza and movie nights
children all year long! at several local hospitals for children battling life-threatening
“Our role in the community is more important now illnesses in addition to stocking hospital pantries with comfort
than ever before,” said Nicole Mercado, executive director foods. Funds from the toy drive also go towards fulfilling
of Little Smiles. “With the global health crisis and kids individual family requests which has also seen a huge increase
quarantined for months, we saw a huge increase in the in demand. A $100 donation stuffs a stocking with presents
number of families desperately needing help and we want and holiday treats for children! A $150 donation helps
them to know we will be there for them during the holidays produce a movie night!
and long after.”
That’s why this year, Little Smiles set a really big goal Tequesta Spotlight on page 2
for its 11th annual Little Smiles Toy Drive of $250,000. Jerry Somma, Virginia Sinicki and Nicole Grossmayer
arT happenings
Fundraising evenT
Grants Foster
BallenIsles Country Club Leaders Modernization
Play Charity Golf For First Tee Of The Lighthouse
BallenIsles Country Club
General Manager and Chief ArtCenter
Operating Officer Ryan Walls
and Director of Golf Jeff 300K Grant From The Cornelia T. Bailey
Fitzherbert played a combined Foundation And A 200K Anonymous
250 holes of golf on Monday, Dollar-For-Dollar Matching Gift Challenge
Nov. 2 to raise funds for First
Tee of the Palm Beaches. Will Help Modernize Facilities
Walls and Fitzherbert were The Lighthouse ArtCenter (LAC) welcomed a sizable
participating in the 5th Annual grant from the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation and an
100 Hole Challenge held at anonymous donor to help cover the cost of modernizing
Jupiter Country Club and raised their gallery and school of art facilities. The Cornelia T.
more than $15,000 for First Tee
through BallenIsles’ member
donations and pledges.
The two played 125 holes
Participants in the 5th Annual First Tee Palm Beach 100 Hole Challenge, Nov. 2 each, over eight and a half
hours, covering approximately
18 miles, while playing three
balls on every hole but one.
Walls used seven Callaway
golf balls (lost four), went
through one Callaway glove
and remarkably, made it
around using only one tee. Newly built outdoor classroom for art classes
Fundraising Event Art Happenings on page 4
on page 3