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VOL. 31 NO. 3 www.seabreezepublications.com MARCH 2021

Recent Hats Off Awards Celebrate Nonprofit Heroes

Nonprofits First, Inc. recently hosted an exciting evening Hats Off to Heroes Award:
of awards and entertainment at its fourth annual Hats Off Sharon L’Herrou, 211 Palm Beach/
Nonprofit Awards. The event, which was held virtually Treasure Coast
and streamed live, honored more than 100 nominees and Community Collaborators
10 award winners from Palm Beach County’s nonprofit Award: Buccan Provisions, The
sector for their dedication to service and the business of Ember Group & Living Group
doing good. This year’s Hats Off Nonprofit Awards went People’s Choice Award: Center
to the following: For Child Counseling
Nonprofit of the Year – Small: Suits for Seniors Best Hat Award: Rhonda Rogers
Nonprofit of the Year – Medium: El Sol, Jupiter’s and Saidy Garzon of Lake Worth
Neighborhood Resource Center West Resident Planning Group
Nonprofit of the Year – Large: The Lord’s Place Chaired by Natalie M. Alvarez
Lifetime Achievement: Bill Bone, Esq. of Key Private Bank, the Hats Off
Nonprofit Executive of the Year: Laura Kallus, Caridad Nonprofit Awards night was also
Center made possible by its sponsors, 2020 Honorees back row left to right: Travis Conway (Edna W. Runner Tutorial Center);
Nonprofit Professional of the Year: Travis Conway, Edna including The Palm Beach Post, FPL, Suzanne Cordero (El Sol, Jupiter’s Neighborhood Resource Center); Rhonda Rogers (Lake
W. Runner Tutorial Center The Jim Moran Institute for Global Worth West Resident Planning Group); Jessica Cecere (Nonprofits First); Renee Layman
Nonprofit MVP of the Year: Gabriel Herrera, 211 Palm Entrepreneurship, Valley Bank and (Center for Child Counseling, Inc.); Sharon L’Herrou (211 HelpLine); Gabriel Herrera
Beach/Treasure Coast IT Solutions of South Florida. (211 HelpLine); Georgia Anderson (El Sol, Jupiter’s Neighborhood Resource Center).
Nonprofit Volunteer of the Year: Harry Adwar, Front row: Bill Bone and Jervonte Edmonds (Suits For Seniors); not pictured: Harry
Achievement Centers for Children & Families Recent Hats Off on page 4 Adwar (Achievement Centers for Children & Families); and Laura Kallus (Caridad Center)
There’s Lots To See And Do

At The Lighthouse ArtCenter’s Plein Air Festival

Enjoy Outdoor Painting Events throughout the country. The weeklong festival features a

And Art For Sale In-Person Or “Paint Out Competition” at the historic Ann Norton Sculpture
Gardens, five days of the real-time painting competition,
Online, March 14 To 20 artist demonstrations and workshops, a livestreamed awards
ceremony, and a virtual or in-person art sale. The one-of-a-
The Lighthouse ArtCenter’s Eighth Annual Plein Air kind art can be purchased at the gallery or through a virtual
Festival features national, award-winning artists coming catalog and online store. For a complete schedule of events
together to paint outdoors, or “en plein air,” to compete for and activities, visit lighthousearts.org/pleinair.
over $20,000 in cash and prizes. This year’s festival (March 14 “For the first time ever, our invited artists will be participating
to 20) has been revamped and reimagined to meet our current from their home studios from coast to coast, bringing us the
times. Twenty-four artists will come together; however, eight of most diverse collection of artwork in the festival’s history,”
the artists will be painting local landscapes and culture, while
16 of the artists will be participating virtually from locations Into the Mystic by Mark Shasha, 24x36 There’s Lots To See on page 2
Jupiter Police Foundation Event Goes Virtual

Star-Studded Celebrity for, however this time
Entertainment At “Back The participants can enjoy from
the comfort of their home
Badge” for free. “Our foundation’s
primary objective is to
Jupiter Police Foundation is proud to announce its first raise money for the Jupiter
virtual fundraiser event, Back the Badge on Friday, March Police Department, but also
26 at 7 p.m. on Facebook. The foundation will continue keeping our supporters safe
its fun-filled event spirit that the nonprofit is known and healthy is still of vital

Jupiter Police Foundation Event on page 6