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VOL. 29 NO. 1 www.seabreezepublications.com JANUARY 2021

Southern Spotlight

Opportunity Offers A Fresh Approach To Fundraising

Champagne, shopping, and crisp December holiday music by the
air drew guests to Opportunity Early Childhood American Sirens and
Education & Family Center’s holiday event. pop-up vendors added
Alexis Bonner, Hilary Cohen, and Mae Ferguson a festive vibe. Many of
cochaired the stylish, outdoor fundraiser on the stores also donated a
Wednesday, Dec. 2 at The Royal Poinciana percentage of their sales
Plaza. The modernized version of the charity’s to the charity.
traditional luncheon allowed attendees to be safe Si nc e 1939,
yet social. Opportunity has worked
Guests at Opportunity’s Holiday Sip. Savor. to end the cycle of poverty
Stroll. Shop! were greeted with champagne and in Palm Beach County by
signature cocktails. Swag bags stocked with providing educational
designer face masks, a gourmet to-go lunch,
and exclusive discounts at brands throughout Southern Spotlight
the plaza, allowed attendees to choose how on page 2 Ali Eger, Lisa Stella
much or how little they wanted to interact. A
stunning floral wall created by Renny & Reed
provided the perfect backdrop for photos, while Greg and Alexis Bonner Michelle Trottier, Erin Sayer holidAy hAppeningS

Art hAppeningS
Annual

Call For ‘The Love Of Art’ Themed Christmas Boat

Student Entries Parade Begins

For 2021 ArtiGras Youth Art Competition

The 2021 ArtiGras Fine Arts Festival, With Fireworks
presented by Hanley Foundation and
produced by the Palm Beach North Report and Photos by Penny Sheltz
Chamber of Commerce, has a call for The 26th Annual Palm Beach Holiday Boat Parade
student art for the ArtiGras Youth Art launched the 2020 holiday season as many fully-
Competition which this year will carry the decorated boats of all sizes made their way up the
theme “The Love of Art.” The theme will Intracoastal Waterway from the North Palm Beach
encompass a student’s representation of Marina to Jupiter.
art, what they love about art, or what art
form they love best. All submissions need
to incorporate the theme in some way, but
the interpretation is completely up to the
student.
Students in grades kindergarten through
12th grade are encouraged to submit their Photograph of the Best in Show winners with the officials from the ArtiGras
Fine Arts Festival. From left to right: Honorable Mention in the sixth grade,
Art Happenings on page 4 Tamar Kamrat from Jupiter Middle School; Best of Show for elementary
schools, Angela Pereira from
Binks Forest Elementary
School; CEO of the Hanley
Foundation, Jan Cairnes;
Best of Show for middle
schools, Julian Lupyan from
The Weiss School; Best
of Show for high schools,
Geneve Fredette from Palm
Beach Central High School; Holiday Happenings on page 3
and Judy Dellosa.