Page 4 - The Islander - May '22

Page 4, The Islander

Singer SPotlight from page 1 The other star of the show was Maja, a Bak Middle old, she was diagnosed with a rare bone cancer in her leg
School of the Arts student and a former patient at Nicklaus and received treatment at Nicklaus Children’s. Today, she
left ear. She considers her hearing loss to be a superpower, Children’s Hospital in Miami. When Maja was 9 years is a cancer-free 12-year-old who wants to be a broadcast
and luncheon guests agreed. After performing Fields of Gold, journalist. She gave guests a video tour of Nicklaus
Blackbird, and Somewhere Over the Rainbow, Maelyn closed Children’s Hospital in Miami, as well as the hospital’s
out the show with an encore of Hallelujah, which brought inpatient, emergency, and neonatal intensive care units
guests to their feet. Maelyn travels the country in support of at Jupiter Medical Center.
children’s hospitals, sharing her inspirational story. The event raised $490,000 to help children like
Maelyn and Maja get the medical treatment they need.
Jack and Barbara Nicklaus founded the Nicklaus
Children’s Health Care Foundation in 2004 to provide
world-class pediatric care to children in Palm Beach
County and beyond, raising more than $160 million
to date. The foundation supports Nicklaus Children’s
Hospital, which has helped children from every state in the
union and 119 countries. The Nicklaus Children’s Health
System includes the main hospital campus in Miami, and
17 outpatient and urgent care centers from Monroe County
to Martin County, as well as a pediatric partnership with
Jupiter Medical Center.
Photos by Tracey Benson Photography

Thais Vogel, Sara Jolly, Diana Jaeger

Lilly Bates, Mackenzie O’Leary Tiffany Kenney Diane Perrella, Beth Neuhoff

Nan O’Leary, Barbara Nicklaus, Patty McDonald

Hillary Gumbel, Susan Johnson Roberta Golub, Dr. Evelyn Higgins Erin and Barbara McGould Kelly O’Leary, Nan O’Leary

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