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April, 2010 – Earth Day Tree Plantings

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For Immediate Release

Contact: Sharon Lowenstein

Phone: (561) 793-2649

 

 

Temple Beth Torah Leonie Arguetty Preschool and The Village of Wellington Collaborate on Earth Day Celebration.

 

The Village of Wellington donated saplings to children at Temple Beth Torah Leonie Arguetty Preschool to help the students learn about Earth Day.  In a celebration to take place Thursday, April 22 at 9:15 a.m. at the preschool, children will learn that they can make a difference by planting trees to replenish the environment.  Trees will be planted in the children’s play area to provide additional shade.  All children participating will have the opportunity to help plant the trees as their parents look on.  Discussions about Earth Day will continue in the classrooms where children will learn about recycling and other ways they can help the environment.

 

For more information call the Preschool office at 561-793-2649. Temple Beth Torah Leonie Arguetty Preschool is located at 900 Big Blue Trace in Wellington. 

March, 2010 – Spring Boutique to benefit cancer research

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Wellington Cancer Research Unit (PAP CORPS) announces…

 

Spring Boutique at the Wellington Community Center

 

Wednesday, March 24, 2010   10:00 AM – 3:00 PM 

30 Fabulous Vendors….Jewelry, Handbags, Gift Items, Clothing, Accessories, Personalized Children’s Items, Hand Painted Shoes, Pet Portraits & Much More Come for Lunch and Shop

Food will be available for purchase from Chick-Fil-A

Bake Sale by the Lake Worth Community High School, Culinary Academy

RAFFLES EVERY 15 MINUTES

FREE ADMISSION and FREE PARKING

For more information call Karen Paull 561-333-8858

March, 2010 – Passover 101

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For Immediate Release

Contact: Sharon Lowenstein

Phone: (561) 793-2649

 

Temple Beth Torah’s Leonie Arguetty Preschool & the Friedman Commission for Jewish Education present Seder “How To” Workshop for Parents.

 

 

Passover is fast approaching, and you’re feeling stressed. You’d love to have this holiday become one of your family’s annual traditions, but you’re not sure how to begin. That’s because hosting a Passover Seder can be intimidating. There are so many rituals involved, special foods to prepare—and where do you get a shank bone, anyway?

 

Take a deep breath and plan to attend a fun, informative workshop at Temple Beth Torah in Wellington. The workshop, which is entitled “Passover 101: How to Host a Seder at Home, A Beginner Workshop for Parents” will be held Wednesday, March 17, from 9:15 to 10:30 a.m. at Temple Beth Torah. It is free and open to the public.

 

This workshop will include answers to these and other questions:

-What goes on a Seder table (traditional and NOT so traditional)?

-What ceremonial foods are involved?

-What do I cook? Do I have to cook?

-How can my Seder table look beautiful?

-How can I make my Seder fun and interactive for young children?

-What is a Haggadah and, which one do I use?

The workshop’s presenter is Amy Bergman, Director of Jewish Family Life, Friedman Commission for Jewish Education. For more information about this event, call the Temple’s Preschool office at 793-2649.

March, 2010 – Women’s Chamber’s 15th Annual Giraffe Awards

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Women’s Chamber of Commerce of PBC 15th Annual Giraffe Awards in honor of Women’s History Month

 

PURPOSE OF EVENT:  For the past 14 years, the Women’s Chamber of Commerce has been honoring women in our community who have “stuck their necks out” to “break the glass ceiling” and help other women in our community.  This Event, called The Giraffe Awards, is held each year in March, which has been designated as Women’s History Month.  This year, the 15th Annual Giraffe Awards will be held on March 24, 2010.

 

DATE:            Wednesday, March 24, 2010

 

TIME:              5:30 pm – 7:00 pm — Registration, Cocktails, Auction & Exhibitors

                        7:00 pm — Awards Dinner

 

VENUE:      West Palm Beach Marriott – 1001 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach

 

COST:            $   75.00 – Members

                        $ 100.00 – Non-Members

 

CONTACT:   Theresa LePore, Chair & Immediate Past President

                         (president@womenschamber.biz)

                        Women’s Chamber of Commerce of PBC

                        (561) 684-4523

 

Thank you and please let me know if you have any questions.

 

Theresa

 

Theresa LePore, Chair – 2010 Giraffe Awards

Immediate Past President – Women’s Chamber of Commerce of PBC

Chair – Women’s Chamber Foundation

4201 Westgate Avenue, Suite A-16

West Palm Beach, FL  33409

PH:  561-684-4523

FAX:  561-684-4533

www.womenschamber.biz

president@womenschamber.biz

March, 2010 – King’s Academy Preschool in Lake Worth

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TKA Preschool’s Growth Continues                        

New Location in Lake Worth, Infant Care

Now Available

March 8th ,  2010

 

 

Contact:

Tina Tutwiler

(561) 686-4244 ext 354

 

 

The King’s Academy Preschool’s Growth Continues:

New Location in Lake Worth, Infant Care Now Available

 

WEST PALM BEACH – Wednesday, March 10th – In less than two years, The King’s Academy Preschool (TKAP) has grown from a startup operation to three locations in Royal Palm Beach, Greenacres, and Palm Beach Gardens serving over 90 two- and three-year old students.  In 2010, Mary Dulkowski, Preschool Director, and her staff expect continued growth and are excited to report the following new opportunities for King’s preschool families:

 

·        LAKE WORTH:  NEW SOUTHERN LOCATION —TKAP is opening a fourth location at West Pines Baptist Church, on the southeast corner of Haverhill Road and Melaleuca Lane, for the 2010-11 school year.  This new center will serve approximately 40 two- and three-year old students.  TKAP will continue to operate its center in Greenacres (Community Life Center) with a capacity for 53 two- and three-year olds.

·        ROYAL PALM BEACH:  INFANTS AND ONE-YEAR OLDS NOW WELCOME—At TKAP’s existing location (First Baptist Church of Royal Palm Beach), five new preschool classrooms have been constructed.  This expansion will allow TKAP to serve families with infants and one-year old children for the first time in addition to the classes currently provided for two- and three-year old students.  The newly constructed space will also increase the center’s licensed capacity from 57 to approximately 85 students.

·        PALM BEACH GARDENS:  NEW PRE-KINDERGARTEN CLASS FOR FOUR-YEAR OLDS—At TKAP’s existing, north county center (Maranatha Church), a new pre-kindergarten class for four-year old students is being offered for the 2010-11 school year.  This class will be taught by a certified King’s teacher and will include the K-4 curriculum used on The King’s Academy’s main campus.  The location will continue to provide early education opportunities for two- and three-year old students.

 

As a result of the changes above, The King’s Academy Preschool will offer programs for infants to four-year old students at four locations throughout Palm Beach County.  This new expansion will also increase TKAP’s licensed capacity to over 250 students.  More information about The King’s Academy Preschool is available online at www.TKAP.net or by calling the preschool admissions department at 561-686-4244, extension 335

 

The King’s Academy is a nationally recognized private Christian school serving approximately 1,200 students from preschool through twelfth grade and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Association of Christian Schools International, and the Florida Association of Christian Colleges and Schools. The King’s Academy serves students and their families across Palm Beach and Hendry Counties at its main campus at Belvedere Road and Sansbury’s Way in West Palm Beach, Florida, its Clewiston, Florida campus on Caribbean Avenue, and its satellite preschool campuses in Greenacres, Lake Worth, Palm Beach Gardens, and Royal Palm Beach, Florida.  The King’s Academy also provides remote learning at TKAOnline.net.  More information about The King’s Academy is available online at www.TKA.net and www.TKAClewiston.net.

March, 2010 – PNC “Women in Power” Luncheon on March 23rd

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Contact: Suzanne Turner, CEO

YWCA of Palm Beach County

561-640-0050

 

PNC “Women in Power” Luncheon

 

 

 

West Palm Beach – Jane Swift, the only woman to serve as Governor (Acting) of Massachusetts and the only female Governor in the country to give birth while in office, will be the honored speaker at the March 23rd PNC “Women in Power” luncheon benefiting the YWCA of Palm Beach County.  Her topic will be “A Working Mom in the Public Eye.” The luncheon will be held at noon at the West Palm Beach Photographic Centre, 415 Clematis Street, West Palm Beach.

 

In 1990 after graduation from Trinity College, Swift, at the age of 25, was the youngest woman to be elected to the Massachusetts Senate. In 1998 she was elected Lieutenant Governor, and in 2001 she became Acting Governor when Governor Paul Cellucci resigned to become the United States Ambassador to Canada. She served as Governor until 2003. During her public service career, Swift focused on educational reform, economic development, fiscal discipline and improvement in the state’s children’s protective services. Since leaving office, she has served as a General Partner at Arcadia Partners, a leading venture capital firm focused exclusively on education. Within the last year, she has formed Education Smart Spine, LLC, the exclusive partner to Oracle’s Center of Excellence. She also is an instructor in the leadership studies program at Williams College.

 

Swift resides in Williamstown, Massachusetts with her husband and three daughters. She is quite involved in local activities.

 

While in the area, Swift will spend time with the young girls enrolled in the YWCA’s  Y-Girls program.  

 

For further information or to make a reservation for the luncheon, please call 561-640-0050, Ext. 134.   

March, 2010 – 1st Annual Curry Cook-Off on March 21st

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For Immediate Press Release


The Trinidad & Tobago Citizens Association of Palm Beach

1st Annual Curry Cook-Off Festival

 

The Trinidad and Tobago Citizens Association of Palm Beach will host its First International Curry Cook-Off Fiesta on Sunday, March 21, 2010, from 1.00 p.m. to 12.00 midnight. . The venue will be the Phi Delta Kappa Club, 5060 South Haverhill Road, Lake Worth. This will be a fun-filled occasion, with an emphasis on highlighting the different methods of preparation, cooking and presentation of various curry dishes which are becoming increasingly popular throughout the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America

 

Activities will include a live curry cooking competition in four categories: Duck, Chicken, Goat and Fish.  Each category will be judged according to strict criteria and prizes will be awarded to the winners in each category. There will live displays of the different ingredients used in curry dishes, methods of preparing curry dishes, and sale of curry-making ingredients. There will be music, food and games for the entire family. Admission is Free. Food and drinks will be available for sale.

 

This is an important annual Fiesta hosted by the Trinidad & Tobago Citizens Association of Palm Beach. The Association recently made donations to the Haiti relief efforts, and is prominent in providing assistance to national and international causes.

 

For further information, please contact: Kenneth Nandlal (President): (561) 609-6250; Inshan Hosein (Vice President): (561) 313-0085; Dr. Ron Peterson: (561) 697-8800.

March, 2010 – Flavors of the World Tasting on March 23rd

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For Immediate Release

Contact: Lauren Belinsky

561-904-4000

Lauren.Belinsky@WholeFoods.com

 

 

Flavors of the World Tasting Event

Benefitting the Whole Planet Foundation

 

What:  Whole Planet Foundation Block Party “Flavors of the World”

Join us at Whole Foods Market Wellington for our Flavors of the World Block Party, a free tasting around the store!  Each department will have an international dish representing a country that benefits from the Whole Planet Foundation, an organization that empowers women through microcredit.  Participants will have an opportunity to vote on their favorite dish, a chance to win free products from our prize wheel, and enjoy live music.  Donations will be accepted in any dollar amount at each table for all that choose to donate. You can make a difference and help us reach our store goal of raising $12,000.

 

Who:  Whole Planet Foundation is a private, nonprofit organization established by Whole

Foods Market, that provides grants to microfinance institutions in Latin America,

Africa and Asia who in turn develop and offer microenterprise loan programs,

training and other financial services to the self-employed poor. 

To learn more visit: www.wholeplanetfoundation.org

Music will be African balafon by Mohamed

 

 

When:              Tuesday, March 23rd   5:30-7:00pm

 

Where:  Whole Foods Market                       

               2635 State Road 7, Wellington 33414

               Phone: 561-904-4000

 

Contact: Lauren Belinsky at Lauren.Belinsky@WholeFoods.com  or by phone 561-904-4000

AboutWholeFoodsMarket®
Founded in 1980 in Austin , Texas , Whole Foods Market (www.wholefoodsmarket.com), a leader in the natural and organic foods industry and America ’s first national certified organic grocer,  was named “ America ’s Healthiest Grocery Store” in 2008 by Health magazine. The Whole Foods Market motto, “Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet”™ captures the company’s mission to find success in customer satisfaction and wellness, employee excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Thanks to its more than 50,000 Team

 

Lauren Belinsky

 Marketing and Community Relations Specialist

 Whole Foods Market| Wellington

April, 2010 – Teen Parssi’s Photo Exhibit at Dolly Hand

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For Immediate Release                                  

Contact: Bill Underwood 

 (561) 267-2632

bill@libertymediagroup.net

 

 

Wellington Teen’s Photo Exhibit

 Palm Beach: One County, Two Worlds,”

Opens April 15 at Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center

 

“This project does not pass judgment in any way. Its intent, using photography as a medium, is to highlight the stark differences that exist between two parts of one Florida county.” – Allison Parssi

 

 

Exhibition runs April 15 – May 20, 2010

Dolly Hand Cultural Arts Center / Palm Beach Community College

1977 SW College Dr, Belle Glade, FL 33430 / (561) 993-1160

Sponsored by Chandler Gallery, Fine Art & Custom Framing in Jupiter

 

 

Wellington, FL When she first envisioned the photo exhibit she titled Palm Beach: One County, Two Worlds Wellington teenager Allison Parssi hoped that her photos and the story they told would resonate with viewers.  The reaction, she said, has been “amazing.” 

 

The exhibit, a collection of forty side-by-side images taken in Belle Glade and Palm Beach , explores the great disparity that exists between the eastern- and western-most regions of Palm Beach County.  To the east is the town of Palm Beach, ranked as the third-richest community in America with a per capita income of $109,219 and an average estimated home value of $1,130,739. On the western edge of the county is the city of Belle Glade , where the median household income is around $22,000 and the average estimated home value is $130,170.  (sources: income data, 2000 census; home values, AOL real estate chart, April 2009). 

 

Parssi’s photographs offer side-by-side comparisons of such things such as schools (Palm Beach Pubic School /  Lake Shore Annex); watercraft (a luxury yacht docked in Palm Beach / a meager fishing boat in Belle Glade); churches (an ornate church in Palm Beach /  a simple metal building that houses a church in Belle Glade) and other side by side comparisons that bring into focus the extremes that can be found in this one county we all call home.

 

“This project does not pass judgment in any way,” said Parssi. “Its intent, using photography as a medium, is to highlight the stark differences that exist between two parts of one Florida county.”

 

Parssi was inspired to create the exhibit while reading The Story of  My Life by Helen Keller.  In 1902 Keller wrote: “Several times I have visited the narrow, dirty streets where the poor live, and I grow hot and indignant to think that good people should be content to live in fine houses and become strong and beautiful, while others are condemned to live in hideous, sunless tenements and grow ugly, withered and cringing.” 

 

Just as she was finishing the book, Parssi said she heard about the people of Belle Glade being forced to live with contaminated water; and children of migrant farm workers who were born with missing limbs and other birth defects due to chemicals used in the fields where they work. 

 

“I had the opportunity, prior to beginning work on this project,” said Parssi, “to visit both communities, so I already had an understanding of the differences between the two.” Parssi believes that many people do not know about the huge difference between eastern and western Palm Beach County, and this exhibit will help them better understand those differences. “The license tags on our vehicles have the words ‘Palm Beach’ on them, because we live in Palm Beach County .  When we travel, people always ask what it’s like living in Palm Beach . They think we live on ‘the island.’  I always tell them we live in Wellington , which is in Palm Beach County but worlds away from Palm Beach .”

 

“Palm Beach: One County, Two Worlds”  is sponsored by Chandler Gallery, Fine Art & Custom Framing in Jupiter.

 

Allison Parssi contact information (not for publication): 561-792-7731.   -END-

March, 2010 – Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

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For immediate release

Contact: Bill Underwood (561) 267-2632

 

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards Program

Recognizes Students from Area High Schools

 

 

Wellington, FL —  A total of 42 area students, eighteen each from Wellington and Royal Palm Beach High Schools and six from Wellington Christian School, were among those honored on Sunday, March 7 in an awards ceremony in the auditorium at Alexander W. Dreyfoos High School.   The students received certificates of merit, with some also receiving and Gold and Silver Keys, which were awarded as part of the Regional Scholastic Art & Writing Awards competition, which was open to students from Palm Beach and Martin Counties.

 

The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards recognize student achievement in the visual arts and creative writing—in more than 30 categories, including poetry, graphic design, fashion and science fiction.  Each year, 15 recipients (8 visual artists and 7 writers) receive the Portfolio Gold Award, plus $10,000.

 

Through the Scholarship Provider Network, hundreds of seniors who are recognized with a national Award are eligible for nearly $4 million worth of college scholarships at 60 schools and universities.  The Awards offer opportunities for creative teens such as scholarships, recognition, exhibition and publication. An Award signifies to parents, teachers, community and colleges that a student is an accomplished artist or writer.

 

There are 96 Regional Affiliates throughout the country, and at least 30,000 teen artists and writers will be recognized in their regions.  Each work is reviewed by a panel of arts professionals for the following criteria: originality, technical skill, and emergence of personal vision or voice.

 

The Alliance for Young Artists & Writers runs the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards program.  It is a not-for-profit organization with the mission to identify, motivate and validate the next generation of artists and writers. They provide resources for creative youth to encourage, connect and empower them, through event and online networking, workshops, scholarships and career exploration with alumni role models and industry mentors.

 

The Alliance also serves as source of information for organizations and individuals who wish to support the creative development of our nation’s teenagers.  The Alliance identifies teenagers with exceptional artistic and literary talent and brings their remarkable work to a national audience through The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

 

Founded in 1923, The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards is the oldest, longest-running, most prestigious recognition program for student achievement in the visual arts and creative writing in the United States.

 

At the conclusion of the Palm Beach and Martin County regional exhibitions, one of almost 100 like it across the country, Gold Key-winning artwork and writing is forwarded to the national program in New York City, where a distinguished panel of prominent artists and arts professionals will select the national award winners. National award winners will be honored at Carnegie Hall in June, and the award-winning artwork is installed in galleries in New York, and at the Cochran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, adjacent to the White House. 

 

Our young writers and artists now join a celebrated list of alumni from The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, including Richard Avedon, Truman Capote, Red Grooms, John Lithgow, Sylvia Plath, Robert Redford and Andy Warhol, to name just a few.    For more information, visit http://www.artandwriting.org.

 

 

Students recognized at the awards ceremony on March 7 are:

 

WELLINGTON HIGH SCHOOL

 

Name                           Grade               Award 

Gabrielle Byrd 10        Gold Key, writing        

Debra Marcus              10        Gold and Sliver Keys, writing   

Benjamin Copan           11        Silver Key, writing       

Sara Fabben                 10        Silver Key, writing       

Joselyn Fonseca           11        Silver Key, writing       

Samantha MacLaren     11        Silver Key, writing       

Megan Byrne                12        Honorable mention, drawing    

Andres Camacho          12        Honorable mention, design       

Hailey Garrett               10        Honorable mention photography          

Rebecca Gawron          12        Gold Key, photography           

Gavin Hanley                12        Honorable mention, comic art  

Devin Kelly                  12        Honorable mention, photography         

Max Lasure                  12        Honorable mention, drawing    

Corey Lucas                 10        Honorable mention, digital art   

Allison Parssi                10        Gold Key, photography; silver Key jewelry      

Maria Romero              10        Honorable mention, photography

Joseph Wallace            12        Honorable mention, architecture

Brittany Woodcock      12        Honorable mention, photography

 

 

ROYAL PALM BEACH HIGH SCHOOL

 

Name                           Grade               Award 

Amanda Alard              12        Silver Key, Honorable mention, photography

Maggie Anderson         11        Honorable mention, photography

Brittany Bell                  12        Honorable mention, ceramics

Brittany Dampier          12        Honorable mention, photography

Ashlee Duerr                12        Honorable mention, digital art

Charlotte Ford              12        Silver Key, photography, Honorable mention digital art

Marisa Gianoutsos        12        Silver Key, photo portfolio; Honorable mention digital art

Michael Hoffman          12        Honorable mention, ceramics

Allison Leonard            11        Honorable mention, photography

Emily Mille                   11        Honorable mention, photography

Jawanna Moore            12        Honorable mention, digital art

Erica Morra                  12        Honorable mention, digital art

Rachael Parry               12        Honorable mention, photography

Jillian Reilly                   11        Honorable mention, digital art

Lauren Rice                  12        Gold and Silver Keys, Honorable mention, photography

Alex Spears                  12        Honorable mention, photography

Sara Walde                  10        Gold Key, digital art

Brandon Weaver          12        Honorable mention, photography

 

 

 

WELLINGTON CHRISTIAN SCHOOL

 

Name                           Grade               Award 

Kelly Baez                    11        Honorable mention, photography

Michelle Baez               11        Gold Key, drawing; Honorable mention photography

Beau Britt                     8          Honorable mention, drawing

Victoria Hart                8          Honorable mention, photography

Britta Smythe                10        Gold Key, phograph, Honorable mention photography

Stephanie Weil 8          Honorable mention, photography

 

 

 

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