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Brice Makris Brunch from page 5
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t h ro ug h p re v e nt i o n,
advocacy, treatment,
and recovery support. In
addition to offering recovery
scholarships to those in need
and facilitating training to
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misuse, the foundation works
to reduce stigma and inform
policy through its advocacy
efforts. Hanley Foundation
educates, changes minds, Dana and Steve Clarfield
and saves lives with its
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more information about Hanley Foundation, please visit
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Max Weinberg, April Lewis John and Michelle Makris led by trained specialists, wheelchair yoga, a live concert,
Andrea Levin O’Rourke and Michael Indivigilio, Mark
George O’Rourke Larkin
Sharon DiPietro, Bruce Spizler, Kim Champion
Dawn Silver, Steve Alembik, Sue Heller
Cindi Krost, Dr. Stuart Krost, Robin Coven, Lori Rimland
Save The Date! Annual Boating
And Beach Bash For People With
Disabilities Returns On March 4
After Two Years Away
Nation’s Largest, Free,
One-Day Event For People
With Disabilities – Both
Seen And Unseen – Returns
To Boca Raton
What: The Annual Boating and Beach Bash for People
with Disabilities – the nation’s largest, free, one-day event
for people with disabilities, both seen and unseen – returns
after a two-year suspension, due to the COVID pandemic
in 2021 and the COVID-19 surge in 2022. The American
Disabilities Foundation volunteer committee is working to
once again welcome families from across the country.
Designed as a Spring Break event for people with
disabilities, along with their family members and supportive
caregivers, the Bash has welcomed guests from as far away as
California, Arizona, Michigan, Maine and New York. It is the
only event of its kind, offering complimentary, scheduled boat
rides, special access to the beach and ocean with Mobi Mats
and floating wheelchairs, a kids’ fun zone, therapy workshops
costumed superheroes and cartoon characters, therapy dogs
and miniature ponies, a “choice” lunch, and more.
When: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, March 4
Where: Spanish River Park, 3001 North Ocean Blvd. everyone’s wildest expectations welcoming more than 5,000
(A1A), Boca Raton, FL 33431 guests in 2020. By that point, the Bash became the largest,
Cost: Everything is free and all activities are geared free, wholly disability-friendly event in the country with a
toward the guests’ special needs. full schedule of entertainment, recreation, boat rides, beach
For More Information: info@BoatingBeachBash.com access, vendors, exhibitions, workshops and food in the
About The Boating And Beach Bash For People With nation. A true celebration of diversity, the Boating and Beach
Disabilities Bash demonstrates how a community can honor and salute
The Bash was started in 2009 as a barbeque picnic hosted those among us who struggle each day with unimaginable
by the City of Boca Raton’s Advisory Board for People with challenges. It has also become a Spring Break destination
Disabilities. Jay Van Vechten served on the Board for a event in South Florida, drawing families from as far away as
number of years and always added new elements to the city’s California, Arizona, Michigan, Maine and New York. Learn
Bash including boat rides and live entertainment. By 2011 the more at www.boatingbeachbash.com.
city relinquished the management of the Bash to Van Vechten, If You Go
his wife Lowell and an all-volunteer Board of Directors and 14th Annual Boating and Beach Bash for People with
planning committee. Since then, through community support, Disabilities, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, March 4, Spanish
dedicated volunteers and donations, the couple and the Bash’s River Park, 3001 North Ocean Blvd. (A1A), Boca Raton,
planning committee have pushed the event’s growth beyond FL 33431, www.BoatingBeachBash.com; (561) 715-2622.
March 5-26, 2023
My Festival...My Way,
a multi-access festival
both virtually and in theaters
Enjoy a wide variety of premiere, Jewish-themed films
from around the globe, including feature films, shorts,
documentaries and comedies presented by one of
the world’s largest in-theater Jewish Film Festivals.
Cinemark Palace 20 Boca Raton • Movies of Delray
Beifield Auditorium at the Levis JCC
561-464-3086 • bocajff.org
Adolph & Rose Levis Jewish Community Center • 21050 95th Avenue S., Boca Raton, FL 33428