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Major League Baseball Will Be Returning

In February Of 2023

The St. Louis Cardinals will kick off the action at Roger
Dean Chevrolet Stadium when they host the Washington
Nationals on Feb. 25, 2023. The Miami Marlins will make
their home debut on Feb. 26 against the Cardinals. In total
there will be 30 games played at the complex this February
and March, with both clubs hosting 15 games.
The Boston Red Sox, New York Yankees, Tampa Bay
Rays, and Detroit Tigers will be making the much anticipated
cross-state trip to Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium this
upcoming spring training season. This will be the first time
since 2020 that Grapefruit League teams will travel across
Florida for Spring Training contests.
The Houston Astros, New York Mets, and Washington
Nationals will also return to Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium
this year. The Treasure Coast Spring Training teams will all Additionally, Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium will be hosting Information regarding the ticket on-sale date, pricing,
visit Jupiter a total of six times, three against the Marlins two World Baseball Classic (WBC) exhibitions in 2023. The and available packages can all be found at www.
and three against the Cardinals. In addition, the Roger Dean WBC is slated to make its return to Jupiter on March 8 and 9 rogerdeanchevroletstadium.com.
Chevrolet Stadium neighbors from St. Louis and Miami will before moving south to Miami and loanDepot park for Pool D
face each other a total of six times this season. group play, the quarterfinals, semifinals, and championship.

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accomplishments were recognized with the well-deserved Abacoa Community Garden
Science Educator Award.”
As part of the major accomplishments in creating
community outreach programs and initiatives dedicated The Abacoa
to expanding the public’s knowledge of neuroscience and Community Garden
reducing the stigma of mental illness, Blakely is credited is supported by our
with launching the institute’s ASCEND (Advancing STEM: membership fees
Community Engagement Through Neuroscience Discovery) and two generous
program at FAU. ASCEND, funded by the Stiles-Nicholson sponsors. Those
Foundation, is an innovative program addressing the national include a donation
shortage of middle and high school students studying science, by the Abacoa
technology, engineering and math through scientists-led Property Owners
mentoring and educational activities in Palm Beach County. Association which
Additionally, Blakely is credited for developing “Brainy also functions as an umbrella organization providing by Dawn McCormick of Waste Management, meeting
Days,” FAU’s monthlong celebration of the neuroscience administrative and management support. Waste with garden members to discuss organic gardening
initiative. Brainy Days is designed to supplement the Management also makes a financial donation annually techniques and future plans. Thanks everyone – members
recognition of national Brain Awareness Week (celebrated and has done so for the last nine years. This funding has and sponsors – for supporting our efforts to garden, to
annually during the second week of March), through been crucial to the garden’s success. grow nutritious organic food, and to foster our sense of
creative community programs that pull back the curtain Recent examples of improvements that we have been community.
on the mysteries of the mind and promote brain health and able to fund through this generosity include: framing and Garden membership runs from Aug. 1 to July 31.
education, and is sponsored annually by the Palm Health rabbit fencing for the community beds, upgrading and Download forms at https://www.abacoa.com/abacoa-
Foundation – Palm Beach County’s community foundation maintaining the irrigation system, creating seven waist- community-garden or find one in the mailbox at the
for health. Blakely also notes the key role played by Nicole high beds, adding fruit trees as well as a pop-up tent for garden entrance at 1022 Community Drive. There is a
Baganz, Ph.D., director of community engagement and shade on Saturday work days, offering a respite from the waiting list for independent beds but if interested, just
programming, FAU Stiles-Nicholson Brain Institute, and Florida sun. check the box. Stop by, especially Saturday mornings,
research assistant professor, FAU Charles E. Schmidt College These pictures are of a recent visit to the garden and check out our Facebook page.
of Medicine, and her team in moving both ASCEND and
Brainy Days to realization.
Blakely also has fostered relationships with integral
community partners to inspire neuroscience in the
community. Most notably is the partnership with the Cox
Science Center and Aquarium in West Palm Beach where
Blakely serves as the lead scientific advisor for FAU Stiles-
Nicholson Brain Institute’s permanent exhibit, “Journey
Through the Human Brain,” which has served more than
500,000 children and adults with engaging, interactive and
tech-savvy installations. Previously, while serving as the
director of the Vanderbilt University/NIMH Silvio Conte
Center for Neuroscience Research, Blakely developed the
interactive brain exhibit “Brain Matters” located at Vanderbilt
Health One Hundred Oaks. The exhibit offered the public
an interactive experience to engage with state-of-the-art
technologies depicting current neuroscience research and
its contributions to mental health and well-being.
“The ultimate goal is to bring both basic neuroscience
research and solution-oriented brain science efforts to
society,” said Blakely. “We often find that researchers limit
their activities to what moves through their laboratory but that
just isn’t enough in a world where neurogenerative disease
and mental illness is at the forefront of our communities –
still stigmatized, particularly for mental illness. We need to
continue growing a more humane and scientifically literate
society, erasing the stigma that all too often shadows those
with brain disorders.”
An official statement released from SfN said that the Science
Educator Award is one recognition among many others received
by Blakely and is “a testament to his commitment to reaching
and training individuals from underrepresented and underserved
groups … [the award highlights] his passionate commitment to
training, mentoring, and outreach [that] has inspired both the
next generation of neuroscientists and the community at large.”
To learn more about the Society for Neuroscience, visit
https://www.sfn.org.