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VOL. 24 NO. 7 www.seabreezepublications.com JULY 2021
Fundraising EvEnt
The Honda Classic To Distribute A Near Record $5.1 Million
To Local Charities Despite The Challenges Of The Pandemic
More Than 100 Charities And 100,000 Children Will Be Impacted By Honda Classic Cares
The Honda Classic is awarding $5.1 million to 100 South Healthcare Charity Inc. became the host
Florida philanthropic organizations in 2021, a number that organization and moved the event to
approaches tournament record levels despite the widespread PGA National Resort and Spa.
impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The $5.1 million was just $250,000
The $5.1 million distribution during Honda Classic below the record distribution of $5.35
Cares Week (June 7 to 10) will impact the lives of more million of 2020 and equaled the
than 100,000 children and provide a much-needed boost to distribution in 2019. The support of
South Florida community charities that faced their own fiscal the local community and sponsors
challenges in a tough year. combined with rigorous cost
The Honda Classic has now surpassed $55 million in management by the tournament team
charitable contributions as American Honda approaches made it happen.
its 41st year as title sponsor of the PGA TOUR event,
including almost $40 million in the 15 years since Children’s Fundraising Event on page 4
tEquEsta ProFilE tEquEsta sPotlight
Executive Women Of The Palm Beaches Philanthropist
Foundation Supports Dress For Success Lois Pope And
Worldwide/Palm Beach Affiliate American Humane
And Raises $65,000 At 37th Annual Women In Leadership Awards Dedicate Monument
National Monument Honors Courageous
More than 250 sponsors, Canines Who Served In U.S. Armed Forces
nom i ne e s a nd gue st s From Civil War To Today
participated in the Executive
Women of the Palm Beaches There are some 2,700 dogs currently in active
Foundation’s (EWPBF) 37th military service and about 700 who are deployed
Annual Women In Leadership overseas, according to the U.S. Department of Defense.
Awards (WILA), a virtual But for the most part, these courageous canines – like
celebration launched on the countless thousands who served in the military
YouTube on Friday, April 30. dating back to the Civil War – have not been given the
In partnership with Keynote credit due to them for their heroic acts on and off the
Speaker Joi Gordon of Dress battlefield.
WILA honorees (volunteer sector) Natalie M. Alvarez; (public sector) Dorothy Jacks; (private for Success Worldwide and Lois Pope, the nationally prominent philanthropist
sector) Bridget Berry; and Emerging Leader Lauren R. Whetstone. Not shown (nonprofit the Palm Beach affiliate of and disabled veterans and animal welfare champion,
sector) Renee Layman Dress for Success, EWPBF changed this by bestowing upon military service dogs
donated a $5,000 honorarium the honor they deserve. She and Dr. Robin R. Ganzert,
to the organization as part president and CEO of American Humane, the country’s
of the event. In addition, first humane organization, dedicated the American
WILA attendees donated Military Hero Dog Monument on Saturday, May 15,
19 business suits and more at Tri-County Animal Rescue in Boca Raton, Fla. The
than 30 pairs of shoes, 24 American Military Hero Dog Monument is a national
handbags, undergarments, tribute to the canines who serve in the five branches of
and makeup in a drive-up the Armed Forces.
donation event.
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