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BWCF Eighth Annual Golf Challenge from page 1
cruises on dates that work for them, courtesy of Scott Grody
Travel. Raffle tickets are on sale through the end of the year
with proceeds directly benefiting the partner charities. fundraisers this year so the golf challenge served as
Golfers had the opportunity to golf on courses that have
been ranked among the best in the world, alongside St.
Linda and Manny Richman, Barbara and Donald Janower
Adrienne Weinstein, Ellen Shapiro, Linda Weiss
Andrews, Pine Valley, Pebble Beach and Pinehurst. The The foundation’s mission is to identify and fund projects
event was socially distanced, with a limited number of to assist children and their families in need in the area.
participants, stringent guidelines, and assigned tee times. Since its inception, the foundation has granted more
“Many of our charity partners had to cancel their than $10 million for specific programs of more than 31
charities.
a fundraiser for each of our participating children’s For more information, visit www.bocawestfoundation.
nonprofits,” said Pamela Weinroth, executive director of org, call (561) 488-6980 or email foundation@
Boca West Children’s Foundation. bocawestcc.org.
Visit bocawestfoundation.org
to purchase raffle tickets or for
more information.
About Boca West Children’s
Foundation
The Boca West Foundation
was launched in 2010 and came
about as a desire by the thousands
of volunteers from the Boca West
Country Club to give back to
children in Palm Beach County.
Michael Sneider, Steve Seigel, Phil Kupperman and Chuck Isroff
Steven Forman, Jeffrey Getelman, Richard Weiner, David Dorman, Matthew Kauget
Mayor’s Update: Reasons For
Gratitude This Month In Boca Raton
Scott Singer is the 35th Bloomberg Harvard City Leadership Initiative, a yearlong
Mayor of Boca Raton. educational program. I was excited to be picked for the
A South Florida native, Initiative’s Recovery Leadership Program because it
attorney, mediator and meant Boca Raton would gain access to major academic
small business owner, Scott support for an eight-month innovation project that we
and his wife, Bella, live in kicked off yesterday. The project will help speed our
Broken Sound with their recovery and likely result in untold benefits for the way
two young children. we provide services. I look forward to our continued work
As 2020 and the holiday to bring best-in-class ideas and practices to our city. Glad
season draw to a close, and to help bring home the brainpower bacon to Boca Raton.
even after the year we’ve 5. Medical Technology Leadership: This month,
had, we still have many the Gift of Life Marrow Registry, a nonprofit leader in
reasons to be thankful in Boca Raton. Here are a few fighting blood cancers, opened its Center for Cell and Gene
points of gratitude for our wonderful community. Therapy, which will make stem cells readily available for
1. Caring Residents: Boca Raton residents have transplants and medical technology by local companies.
generally been considerate of our neighbors in practicing This follows their opening last year of the Southeast’s first
safe behaviors in response to COVID-19. Please keep it stem cell collection center here in Boca Raton.
up, and continue to safely distance, wear your masks, 6. City Employees: It’s easy to take for granted the
wash your hands, and follow CDC guidelines. We all hard work of our nearly 2,000 city employees. Our first
want to get back to normal as quickly as possible, and responders and sanitation teams have persevered through
responsible behavior will help us get there sooner. the challenges of public interaction in a pandemic. Just
2. Veterans and Servicemembers: This year’s the same, so many unseen employees work 365 days to
Veterans Day felt a little closer to home, as City Council make sure our water is clean and safe, our roads and
Member Jeremy Rodgers, a U.S. Navy Reservist, is traffic signals work, and so much more. I’m grateful to
deployed overseas in the Middle East. We are thankful be one member of a group of professionals who serve us
for his service in this role and pray for his safe return. all every day.
For the interim, until the coming March City Council 7. Strong Economics: Boca Raton has shouldered
election, Yvette Drucker has been appointed as a City the large costs from COVID-19 without any tax increase,
Council Member. Council Member Drucker formerly and with no cuts to essential services, even as other cities
chaired the city’s education task force and served on other had tax increases and major cutbacks. We’ve provided
city boards, and has been active in our city as the former relief to small businesses, and mortgage and rent relief.
president of the Boca Raton Historical Society, a former In my roles with the Florida League of Mayors and U.S.
PTA president, and cochair of the recent Junior League Conference of Mayors, as well as a working group of
of Boca Raton Women Volunteer of the Year event. local mayors, I continue to advocate for more funding
3. Nonprofits and City Help: Speaking of the Women from the state and federal legislation. The continued
Volunteer of the Year, this year’s virtual event recently attractiveness of Boca Raton is keeping property values
raised more than $160,000 and provided funds for more high, with steady and increasing sales of homes. People
than 40,000 diapers for the Junior League’s diaper bank. and companies across the nation want to be where we are
Charities like Boca Helping Hands, the Spirit of Giving, already blessed to live!
Florence Fuller CDC, and so many others have been These are just a few of the many reasons to be thankful.
meeting essential needs. The City of Boca Raton maintained You can share any thoughts you have at ssinger@myboca.
its funding for nonprofits in our annual budget, and your com, and stay connected on Facebook, Twitter, and
help for our local charities is always needed. Instagram at @scottsingerusa. As always, I’m grateful
4. Access to Great Minds: Earlier this year, I was to serve the people of Boca Raton.
selected as one of 40 mayors nationwide to join the Wishing you and yours a safe, happy, and healthy new year!