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             Help The Arc                                     Spred The Dub Hosts The Annual


            Drive Change                                    Bark Back Benefit At Bryant Park,

                                                                      Lake Worth Music Festival
        – Enter A Special                                            To Benefit Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League


        Chance Drawing                                   Saturday, Oct. 15


                                                            The popular, local band, Spred the Dub, will once again
           The Arc of Palm                               host the annual music festival, Bark Back Benefit, on Saturday,
        Beach County is                                  Oct. 15 at the new location – Bryant Park in Lake Worth from
        driving change for                               12 to 11 p.m..
        children  and  adults                               The seventh annual Bark Back Benefit benefiting Peggy
        with developmental                               Adams Animal Rescue League, is set to be the biggest musical
        disabilities with                                festival to date! The daylong event will feature 11 bands, South
        a  special chance                                Florida’s best food trucks, artisans and vendors, outdoor bars,
        drawing. Open to the                             and everyone’s favorite part of Bark Back – the annual First
        public, entrants can win                         Responders Rescue Runway Walk! Guests will also enjoy
        several amazing prizes,                          a new addition to the event – a car show, as well as all the
        including a 1930s hot                            adoptable shelter animals looking for their forever homes!
        rod, while helping  Photo courtesy of The Arc of      The music lineup includes live entertainment from: Leafy   Fast Pass to all the bars and one free drink ticket (for those over
        support a great cause.  Palm Beach County        Greens Band, Paper Carcass, The Killbillies, The Copper   21), VIP meet and greet with the adoptable dogs from Peggy
           The grand prize is a                          Tones, Firewater Tent Revival, Joel da Silva, Joey Calderaio,   Adams and more! VIP tickets must be purchased in advance and
        1937 Chevrolet Master Deluxe 4-Door Sedan Hot Rod valued   The Shake, The Resolvers, Boxelder Reunion, Spred the Dub,   will not be sold the day of the event. Visit BarkBackBenefit.com
        at $32,000. The car is black cherry red with pinstripes and   and Palm Beach Fire Bagpipers & Drum Corp.   to learn more and/or purchase your VIP tickets.
        has approximately 62,000 miles. If a classic car is not quite      General admission tickets will be sold at the gate on the day   About Bark Back
        your speed, other amazing prizes include a Gucci bag and   of the event for $10. VIP tickets include admission to the festival,      Bark Back Benefit – an annual festival for the benefit of
        matching wallet, a TAG Heuer watch, a Tiffany necklace, a                                          animals in need, began when longtime friends wanted to create
        $1,000 American Express shopping spree, and a two-night                                            something beautiful after the tragic loss of family pets. This
        stay at the Palm Beach Marriott Singer Island Beach Resort                                         annual show benefits Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League
        & Spa.                                                                                             each year in South Florida in memory of the wonderful dogs
           The Arc recently joined forces with Seagull Services                                            that we have lost. barkbackbenefit.com spredthedub.com
        and Palm Beach Habilitation Center, making it one of the                                           About Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League
        largest disability-focused nonprofit organizations in the                                             Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League provides critical
        state. With this extended presence, The Arc transformed                                            services to more than 34,000 animals each year and
        its 15,000-square-foot North Campus Achievement                                                    collaborates with local area rescues to expand the lifesaving
        Center in Riviera Beach into a dynamic educational and                                             work in Palm Beach County.
        career development hub for adults with intellectual and                                               The mission of the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League
        developmental disabilities.                                                                        is to provide shelter to lost, homeless, and unwanted animals,
           “Our recent mergers have created incredible opportunities                                       to provide spay and neuter and other medical services for
        for our agency to enhance and elevate our services through                                         companion animals, and to care for, protect, and find quality
        the combined effort of the most experienced disability                                             homes for homeless and neglected companion animals,
        professionals in the county,” said Kimberly McCarten,                                              to advocate animal welfare, community involvement, and
        president and CEO of The Arc. “This drawing is a fun way                                           education to further the bond between people and animals.
        for the community to come together and support the important                                       Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League has a 4-star rating from
        work we are doing.”                                                                                Charity Navigator, America’s largest independent charity
           Take the chance to fulfill your dreams and support the                                          navigator. Peggy Adams is an independent nonprofit animal
        life-changing work at The Arc for the disabled community –                                         rescue organization operating continuously since 1925.
        where every person feels welcome, connected, and accepted.                                            For more information and  to  donate,  please visit
        Tickets for the drawing are one for $100, three for $250,                                          PeggyAdams.org.
        and eight for $500. For a full disclosure of the rules and
        guidelines, and to purchase tickets, please visit arcpbc.org/                                      Good Works on page 10
        events/chancedrawing.
        About The Arc Of Palm Beach County
           The Arc is changing the conversation around disabilities   local haPPeningS from page 1            The TD Bank Dirty Flight Suit Party takes place in the
        by defying definitions, inspiring possibilities, and improving                                     VIP area at Witham Field and includes front row center
        the lives of the people we serve, their families, and our      The Twilight and Fireworks Show is included in   seats from which to view the Friday Night Air Show and
        community. Since 1958, The Arc has envisioned a community   the general admission price: $25 through Sept. 30, $30   fireworks, buffet dinner, open bar and a meet and greet with
        where every person feels welcome, connected, and accepted.   from Oct. 1 to 31 and $35 thereafter. Gates will open   show performers, sponsors, VIPs and pilots. Also included
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