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Impact The Palm Beaches Announces Finalists

Winners Of The $100,000 anchor for ESPN 106.3 on

Impact Grants Will Be WPTV and FOX29 in West
Palm Beach, Fla.
Announced At The Seventh “Our members share the
commitment to invest in
Annual Impact Awards innovative projects in our
community,” said Elizabeth
Celebration On April 28 T ruong, 2021/2022
president, Impact the Palm
Impact the Palm Beaches will host the Seventh Annual Beaches. “We are excited
Impact Awards Celebration Thursday, April 28, at 5:30 that we currently have over
p.m. at FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West 224 members this season
Palm Beach. During this special evening, Impact the and continue to grow!”
Palm Beaches will award high impact grants to nonprofit Lauren Sterlacci,
organizations in Palm Beach County. Impact the Palm 2021/2022 vice president
Beaches is thrilled to announce the four Impact Grant of Impact the Palm Beaches
finalists: Feed the Hungry Pantry of Palm Beach County notes, “The collaborative
– Feed the Hungry Solar-Powered, Refrigerated Container structure of this type
Project; Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County – of philanthropy really
Building Better Readers; Project LIFT, Inc – Pathway empowers women to create
Academy of Innovation; and Vita Nova – Transportation waves of positive change. I
for Success! encourage all of those who
The 2022 Impact event will be an exciting evening are interested in learning
where finalists present their request for funding to Impact more about this dynamic
the Palm Beaches members, a vote is taken, and the group of women to join us
awards are distributed. With each member contributing at the awards celebration or
$1,000, Impact the Palm Beaches will award this year visit our website to learn
two $100,000 Impact grants and two Merit grants. Impact about how to become a
the Palm Beaches has awarded $886,000 in grants in the member.”
past six years and will have awarded over $1 million by Impact grants fund the
the end of this season. following service areas:
Members and guests of the evening will enjoy cocktails Arts and Culture, Education,
and light bites while mingling with the finalists before the Environment and Animal
presentations begin. The emcee of the event will be Keli Welfare, Health and
Ferguson, née Fulton, an Emmy award-winning sports Wellness, and Family. Impact

the Palm Beaches $100,000 Palm Health Foundation and ESPN West Palm.
Impact Grant Awardees have Impact 100 is a worldwide organization with more
included: Center for Trauma than 60 chapters and steadily growing. Their motto is
Counseling, Center for Child “One Woman, One Meeting, One Vote.” It is designed for
Counseling, Project LIFT, women who wish to find an efficient and collaborative
Palm Beach Dramaworks, means of creating transformational change in their
Clinics Can Help, and West community. Women can become as involved as they wish
Jupiter Community Group. in the process.
Admission to the Seventh Impact the Palm Beaches is a charitable fund of the
Annual Impact Awa rds Town of Palm Beach United Way.
Celebration is complimentary The 2022 Impact Grants will be announced on April 28.
for Impact the Palm Beaches Photos by Capehart of past
members and $20 for guests. Impact Grant Award winners
For more information or
to R.S.V.P., please visit
ImpactPalmBeaches.org. Northern Notes from page 4
Sponsors of the Seventh
Annual Impact Awa rds been fed are prone to injury by cars as they cross the
Celebration are Baptist Health, street to get to the yard. They are also more vulnerable
to predation by dogs or cats, especially the young
cranes. Occasionally, birds have been known to cause
CAMPBELL AND KARLIK, P.A. damage to property as a territorial defense behavior
upon seeing their reflection in cars or window screens.
Pesticides in yards and urban areas can also be of
ATTORNEYS AT LAW concern as they forage for food in the ground.
Look around and enjoy these beautiful birds as
they interact within our Florida environment. Many
of them can be found in the preserves and marshes in
Wills • Trusts • Estate Planning • Probate our area. Give them their space if you come across

Taxation • Real Estate • Corporations them and be mindful of them crossing or walking in
our roadways. Finally, please do not feed them for the
good of the cranes and Florida’s delicate ecosystem.
For more information, please visit the Florida Fish and
Wildlife Conservation Commission website at www.
myfwc.com.
NPDES tip: Safely use and dispose of pesticides.
If all of the pesticide cannot be properly used, check
with your solid waste management authority to find
out when and where to properly dispose of this type
of hazardous waste.

Diane L. KarLiK

Tel: (561) 625-5220
3450 Northlake Boulevard Suite 210 Fax: (561) 625-5201• Mobile: (561) 797-5004
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33403 EMail: dlkarlik@aol.com