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BallenIsles Charities Foundation Provides Funding To The

Palm Beach Gardens Police And Fire Rescue Foundation

BallenIsles Charities Foundation has again set a fundraising record. During their 10-year
anniversary, the foundation awarded grants of $800,000 to 46 local organizations and over $4.6
million since inception. Who could have predicted that? This year’s total includes the funding
of a special impact grant to the PBG Police and Fire Rescue Foundation’s emergency financial
assistance fund of $30,000 which helps our first responders and their families.
The Palm Beach Gardens Police and Fire Rescue Foundation has received funding from the
BallenIsles Charities Foundation to establish an emergency financial assistance fund for police
and fire rescue personnel. The $30,000 donation was provided to support Palm Beach Gardens
first responders in times of extraordinary financial need.
“This multiyear commitment by the BallenIsles Charities Foundation has allowed us to broaden
our mission. It allows our Police and Fire Rescue Foundation to reach the next level of support for
our first responders,” said Irwin F. Edenzon, president of the Police and Fire Rescue Foundation.

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Old Bags Luncheon : Seventh Annual Wild & Scenic
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There’s No Going ‘Bag’ Now! Film Festival – On Tour Returns

April 10 With A Virtual Film
What began as an uncertain, treacherous year for fundraising, turned into a “think
Luncheon , it was how. The creative minds at Center for Family Services took a leap of Festival Experience
outside the box” reimagined success! The question was never if there would be an Old Bags
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faith in their community and delivered something so special and so unique; the consensus
was astounding. Environmental Awareness Films Connect
The focus of the Center’s 60th Anniversary, Old Bags Luncheon Diamond Jubilee, was 180-Plus Communities Around The World,
to raise much-needed funds to continue serving the rising needs of mental health services
in Palm Beach County. The event also gave back to the community; a community that has, Benefits Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse And
for so many years, supported the Old Bags Luncheon with silent auction donations and
generous sponsorships. Due to the reimagined design, over 60 businesses on Worth Avenue Museum
partnered with Center for Family Services to create an event unlike any other held on Palm
Beach Island before. It’s back for a seventh
year and it’s about to get
Old Bags Luncheon on page 2 “wild & scenic!” The
Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse
and Museum is excited
to present the Wild &
Scenic Film Festival –
On Tour (WSFF) to your
living room on Saturday,
April 10, 6:30 to 9 p.m.
This year’s virtual film
festival experience brings
an adrenaline pumping,
heart thumping, curated
collection of films right
to you! They capture epic
international outdoor
adventures and research,
Laura Moore Tanne, Shawn Jana Angel, Stephanie kindle a love for nature,
Jan Schwed, Erin Sykes Judy Harpel, Sonja Stevens and inspire environmental
stewardship through the
art of filmmaking.
Wild & Scenic Film Festival is one of the nation’s premiere environmental and
adventure film festivals in North America. Created by the South Yuba River Citizens
League (SYRCL) the “On Tour” version “Resilient By Nature” is being hosted by 180
organizations around the country and by the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse and Museum for
its seventh year running.
The 11 films featured in the April event are from all over the world and range from

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