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From the Desk of from page 11 opened a new monoclonal antibody therapy treatment site at The nonprofit was founded in 2007 by Irwin Strovoff,
Westgate Park and Recreation Center at 3691 Oswego Ave. a highly decorated WWII veteran and liberated Prisoner of
Beach County (HCD) recently opened three large vaccination in West Palm Beach, offering services seven days a week War, and it has changed the lives of many retired veterans. To
sites at the following locations: from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The treatment is available at no cost to learn more about Vets Helping Heroes, call (561) 927-8387.
• Mid-County Senior Center at 3680 Lake Worth Drive individuals 12 years of age or older who have been diagnosed Hurricane resources. Our hurricane season has become
in Lake Worth; with COVID-19 or exposed to someone with COVID-19, extremely active. Please take some time to prepare and access
• South County Civic Center at 6700 Jog Road in Delray and are at high risk for severe illness and hospitalization. To the resources below:
Beach; make an appointment, call (850) 344-9637. • PBC DART (app) for vital information such as storm
• Palm Beach County Gardens Branch Library at 11303 Nonprofit Highlight: Vets Helping Heroes. Twenty- surge evacuation areas, flood zones, shelter locations, and
Campus Drive in Palm Beach Gardens. two percent of veterans suffer from Post-Traumatic Stress locations with emergency generators.
The sites are open seven days a week from 9 a.m. to 7 Disorder or major depression. Consequently, Vets Helping • AlertPBC is the county’s Emergency Alert & Notification
p.m., and no appointments are required. All vaccines and Heroes, a non-profit located in Boca Raton, provides System that notifies users of imminent threats via text
testing services are free. Moreover, local businesses and professionally trained assistance dogs to military heroes with messages, email, or telephone calls. To sign up, visit www.
organizations can schedule an onsite mobile vaccination psychological and physical injuries. These special dogs are alertpbc.com.
clinic through the HCD’s website (www.hcdpbc.org) by trained to carry/retrieve items, open doors, and even sense a Please contact our office if you require assistance, at (561)
clicking the purple “Mobile Clinic Vaccination & Community seizure before it happens, enabling our veterans to return to 355-2204 and/or email me at rweinroth@pbcgov.org.
Event Request” button. a self-reliant life. All of the services are provided at no cost
Monoclonal Antibody Therapy. The State of Florida to the veteran.
Memo from County Tax Collector Anne M. Gannon:
COVID-19 Vaccines Update
By Anne M. Gannon, Constitutional Q: I am going away to college in the fall and do not named a 2021 APEX Award Winner in Publications
Tax Collector serving Palm Beach want to continue paying for auto insurance while my car Excellence in the “One-of-a-Kind Publication” category.
County. You can reach her office sits in my parents’ driveway. What should I do? With nearly 1,200 entries in the competition, each is judged
by Email: ClientAdvocate@ A: If the decal on the license plate is unexpired, surrender on excellence in graphic design, editorial content, and the
taxcollectorpbc.com. Phone: (561) the plate first and then cancel your insurance. This will success of the entry in achieving overall communications
355-4271. prevent your driving privilege from being suspended. You effectiveness, by a panel of Apex judges. The Guide is
With the arrival of September, can drop the plate off at one of our convenient drop boxes available in convenient, digital flipbook format at www.
we are preparing for the end of the or mail it in with a written request to cancel and recycle the pbctax.com, or email us at ClientAdvocate@pbctax.com to
annual Business Tax Receipt (BTR) plate (see above for the address). request a printed copy.
renewal period, which runs July 1st through September Q: What should I do with an old plate that I found in Thanks! You Liked Us! Last month, we invited you to
30th. I urge local business owners to renew their receipt my garage? join us on social media and “Like” our Facebook page @
online at www.pbctax.com/local-business-tax if they A: The proper way to dispose of a plate is to surrender PBCTAX for a chance to win a free TCO Prize Pack. We
haven’t already done so. It is fast and easy to do. it, as outlined above. were overwhelmed with the response, so a huge “thank you”
Our office is also gearing up for the 2021-22 tax season And the Award Goes to all who liked our Facebook page. As promised, after the
as we prepare to mail out over 615,000 property tax bills to...I have heard from many July 25th deadline, we randomly selected three winners.
on November 1st. Needless to say, it is our largest mailing clients that our Tax Planner Congratulations to Fernanda Elena Bozzo, John Daniels, and
of the year, and our team is ready to deliver! I hope you and Services Guide is their Larry Weiss! To claim your prize if you haven’t already done
enjoy the remaining days of summer and that you and your favorite publication from so, please email ClientAdvocate@pbctax.com and provide
family remain safe and healthy. our office. I am thrilled to your contact phone number and mailing address. A sincere
Ask Anne: Surrendering License Plates. Did you share that our 2021 edition thank you to all who participated.
know that license plates are of the Guide was recently
the property of Florida, and
are assigned to you, not the
vehicle? If you are selling,
trading in or otherwise
changing vehicles, it is your
responsibility to make sure your plate is removed and
handled properly. Read on for the answers to common
questions concerning license plates, and please visit: www.
pbctax.com/frequently-asked-questions for additional
information.
Q: My elderly parent no longer needs the car. We
plan to sell it, but what should we do with the license
plate?
A: Properly surrendering your plate will protect you
from any future possible fraud or misuse of the plate, as it
is associated with your parent’s name and address. Include
a written request to surrender with the name, address and
phone number associated with the registration, and drop it
in a Drop Box at one of our six Service Centers (M-F, 8:15
a.m. - 5:00 p.m.) or send it by mail to PBC Tax Collector,
P.O. Box 3715, West Palm Beach, FL 33402.