Photos from the hottest events Around Wellington from the week of 3.6.22. Please send 3-4 photos of your social event, print-ready, with names in order from left to right to [email protected] to be considered for publishing.
Photos biyi Carol Porter
The 19th Annual JustWorld Gala, held Friday, March 11, surpassed all expectations, as the event returned to its traditional in-person setting at Belle Herbe Farm. With tremendous support from the equestrian community, new records were set for attendance, auction proceeds, and funding raised to support JustWorld’s life-changing projects for impoverished children in Cambodia, Guatemala, Honduras, and the United States.
Caryl Philips and Frank Zeiss generously returned as Presenting Sponsors of the gala and were joined this year by Jenny Oz LeRoy and her new Wellington restaurant, Maxwell’s Plum. Gala guests walked down the Yellow Brick Road into an Emerald City where The Wizard of Oz theme was ever-present. The Voltaire Design-sponsored wall encouraged attendees to use their brains, heart, and courage to support JustWorld’s work, while the cupcake tower provided by Christy’s Bakery was surrounded by lollipops, a hot air balloon, and giant ruby red slippers. Jewelry sponsor Karina Brez Jewelry contributed a “huggable hooves” bracelet to the silent auction and dressed JustWorld Founder, Jessica Newman, in a rainbow gemstone horseshoe necklace. Generous monetary and in-kind donations to support the gala’s success were made by ProElite, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, and Wölffer Estate Vineyard. Entertainment for the evening was provided by Tom Blake, DJ Adam Lipson, Bismarck Morgan, and Ki-Juan Minors, whose incredible rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” was one of the evening’s highlights, while equestrian events announcer Steve Wilde served as emcee for the ninth consecutive year. Read on . . .
Lighthouse Art Center‘s (LAC) 9th Annual Plein Air Festival brings together thirty award-winning artists from all over the country to compete and capture the beauty of local scenes through the practice of painting “in the open air” or “en plein air.” The festival takes place March 27 – April 3, 2022 and includes free artist demonstrations, workshops, events, and wet art for purchase. The festivities begin on Sunday, March 27 with a “Paint Out Competition” at the historic Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens; March 28 – March 31, the artists provide free live demonstrations in the most picturesque places throughout Palm Beach and Martin Counties; April 1 is the “Collectors’ Party & Sale” at the LAC Gallery; the festival ends on April 2 at the LAC Gallery with an art sale, “Battle of the Brushes” live painting competition, and an Awards Ceremony. The art will be displayed throughout the week and is available for purchase at Lighthouse ArtCenter Gallery at 373 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, FL 33469. The artist demonstrations and events at LAC are free and open to the public. A list of the participating artists and a full schedule of events and details can be found at lighthousearts.org/pleinair.
“The Plein Air Festival celebrates our local landscapes and landmarks,” said Lighthouse ArtCenter’s CEO, Nancy Politsch. “These participating artists are known to be the best of the best in their art form and they are here to capture our community through their painting. Come enjoy the free live demonstrations, the events and workshops, and buy some fresh art for your home or office.”
Known to be the premier Plein Air Festival in the Southeastern United States, the carefully selected artists come to the Lighthouse ArtCenter’s Plein Air Festival to compete for over $20,000 in cash and prizes. The artist’s work will be judged by Patrick Saunders. Saunders is an award-winning artist who travels North America, creating fine art, teaching painting workshops, and judging painting competitions. He began plein air painting in 2013 and has earned awards from numerous nationally recognized events.
Free artist demonstrations take place in picturesque locations from 9 – 11am on March 28 – 31. Monday, March 28 from 9am – 11am, Artist Marc Anderson will be painting at the House of Refuge Museum located at 301 SE MacArthur Boulvard, Stuart, FL 34996. The stunning scenery provides a breathtaking setting to learn about creating beautiful plein air. Tuesday, March 29, Artist Natalia Andreeva will be painting at the Juno Beach Pier and focusing on the logic behind making decisions on picking subject and mixing color. Wednesday March 30, 9 – 11am, Mary Hertler Tallman will be using pastels to show the light and shadow in the picturesque DuBois Park. Thursday, March 31, Artist Richard Sneary will be doing a watercolor paint demonstration at the stunning Port Salerno Waterfront District. All of the paintings can be viewed and will be available for purchase at the Lighthouse ArtCenter Gallery. Real-time updates are available on instagram @lighthousearts.
Three of the exceptional artists will be offering in-person workshops for all levels starting at $125. Neil Hughes is offering 2-day workshop, “Interpreting the Landscape,” March 30 – 31. The workshop will discuss and demonstrate technique and various approaches to the applications of the paint giving students the opportunity to paint and receive individual instruction. Carl Bretzke’s “Painting Sunset and Dusk,” takes place April 2 from 4:30-8:30pm starting at the LAC and traveling to DuBois Park. The mini-workshop will focus on painting sunset and dusk and will include a slide presentation, demo, and a group paint out during the sunset with individual help. Then on April 3, Erin Dertner is offering a full day of oil painting instruction, demos, and painting in “Afraid of Color and Texture?”
About Lighthouse ArtCenter:
Lighthouse ArtCenter Gallery & School of Art is 501c(3) not-for-profit founded in 1964 by eight artists and Christopher Norton. The ArtCenter is dedicated to the visual arts whose mission is to inspire, engage and connect our community through a vibrant school of art, unique exhibitions and diverse special events. The center has grown into a three-building campus consisting of a Gallery & 2D Studio, 3D Studio, and a Jewelry & Textile Studio. Supported by memberships, tuition, grants, and donations, Lighthouse ArtCenter serves over 20,000 visitors, 3000 students, 45 faculty members, 400 summer art campers, and a comprehensive outreach program to benefit under-served populations. For more information visit https://www.lighthousearts.org.
Calendar Listing:
March 27 – April 2, 2022, Lighthouse ArtCenter presents the 9th Annual Plein Air Festival with thirty award-winning artists from all over the country coming together to compete and capture local scenes through the practice of painting “in the open air” or “en plein air.” The festival includes free artist demonstrations, workshops, events, and fresh art for sale. On Sunday, March 27 the festival begins with a Paint Out Competition at the historic Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens; March 28 – March 31, the artists provide free live demonstrations in the most picturesque places throughout Palm Beach and Martin Counties; April 1 is the “Collectors’ Party & Sale” at the LAC Gallery; the festival ends on April 2 at the LAC Gallery with an art sale, “Battle of the Brushes” live painting competition and an Awards Ceremony. The art will be displayed throughout the week and is available for purchase at the Lighthouse ArtCenter Gallery at 373 Tequesta Drive, Tequesta, FL 33469. A list of the participating artists and a full schedule of events can be found at lighthousearts.org/pleinair.
Join Smokey Bones Wellington for their NEW Trivia Tuesdays starting March 15 from 7-9 p.m. Grab your friends and head to Smokey Bones (10260 Forest Hill Blvd., Wellington, FL 33414) to flex your knowledge of fun facts. Prizes include $10, $20, and $30 gift certificates to Smokey Bones, so you can indulge in your favorite meats and drinks.
Great Big Trivia will be hosting the weekly trivia night for Smokey Bones. The event is open to the public.
Smokey Bones are ‘Masters of Meat.’ The full-service restaurant delivers on great barbecue, award winning ribs, and good times. Smokey Bones also has a full-bar featuring a selection of domestic, import and local craft beers; a variety of bourbons and whiskeys; and signature, handcrafted cocktails. Smokey Bones is open for lunch, dinner, and late night. The restaurant offers a variety of meats that are slow-smoked, fire-grilled, and available for dine-in, pick-up, online ordering, catering, and delivery.
For more info, visit www.SmokeyBones.com or call 561-383-8240
Equestrians Bring Brains, Heart, and Courage to Support the Nineteenth Annual JustWorld Gala
Wellington, Florida – The 19th Annual JustWorld Gala, held Friday, March 11, surpassed all expectations, as the event returned to its traditional in-person setting at Belle Herbe Farm. With tremendous support from the equestrian community, new records were set for attendance, auction proceeds, and funding raised to support JustWorld’s life-changing projects for impoverished children in Cambodia, Guatemala, Honduras, and the United States.
Caryl Philips and Frank Zeiss generously returned as Presenting Sponsors of the gala and were joined this year by Jenny Oz LeRoy and her new Wellington restaurant, Maxwell’s Plum. Gala guests walked down the Yellow Brick Road into an Emerald City where The Wizard of Oz theme was ever-present. The Voltaire Design-sponsored wall encouraged attendees to use their brains, heart, and courage to support JustWorld’s work, while the cupcake tower provided by Christy’s Bakery was surrounded by lollipops, a hot air balloon, and giant ruby red slippers. Jewelry sponsor Karina Brez Jewelry contributed a “huggable hooves” bracelet to the silent auction and dressed JustWorld Founder, Jessica Newman, in a rainbow gemstone horseshoe necklace. Generous monetary and in-kind donations to support the gala’s success were made by ProElite, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, and Wölffer Estate Vineyard. Entertainment for the evening was provided by Tom Blake, DJ Adam Lipson, Bismarck Morgan, and Ki-Juan Minors, whose incredible rendition of “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” was one of the evening’s highlights, while equestrian events announcer Steve Wilde served as emcee for the ninth consecutive year.
The JustWorld live auction was another major fundraising element, and showcased several once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Live auction featured packages included a chance to dine with Olympians Laura Kraut and Nick Skelton at Maxwell Plum’s, a fabulous three night stay in Costa Rica at the Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin, a one-week stay in Aspen presented by Wellington Equestrian Realty, and a one of a kind, hand-painted Wizard of Oz themed jump. The Longines Global Champions Tour was proud to donate a VIP table for up to six guests in the exclusive hospitality lounge at their spectacular event in the iconic destination of Miami Beach, which will take place April 14th – 16th, 2022.
“We are grateful to have been able to host our Nineteenth Annual JustWorld Gala in person this year, with our amazing supporters and friends,” said Founder Jessica Newman. “Providing vulnerable children with the opportunity to build bright futures for themselves and their communities through education has engaged the equestrian community for many years now, and I am overwhelmed by everyone’s commitment and generosity. Thanks to equestrians, JustWorld will directly help nearly 10,000 children this year alone.”
The date for the 20th Annual JustWorld Gala has been set for Friday, January 27, 2023.
About JustWorld International
Established in 2003, JustWorld was founded to provide equestrians a way to help fracture the cycle of poverty by supporting carefully-vetted education and nutrition programs around the world. Thousands of Ambassadors from more than 40 countries have since committed to “ride for a cause” and assisted in numerous ways to support the organization. Equestrian-based companies and events worldwide support the JustWorld mission, and the governing body of the global equestrian sport, the FEI, has endorsed JustWorld by declaring the organization as an official charity partner.
To donate, become an Ambassador, or learn more about JustWorld, please visit www.justworldinternational.org or @justworldinternational on Facebook and Instagram.
JustWorld International is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization in the United States and tax-deductible donations are accepted in the United States. JustWorld International has no political or religious affiliation.
Plantation, Florida – – – The Florida-Georgia District (FL/GA District) of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) seeks to engage and showcase the ethnically and racially diverse communities in which their Lutheran churches are located as well as the diversity of its US church congregations. For this initiative, the LCMS FL/GA District President Dr. Gregory S. Walton recently established a Multicultural & Ethnic Task Force. Although LCMS Worldwide has church plants and ministries in 25 African countries plus in Latin America and the Caribbean Islands, the impetus for this is notable in his statement that “Nation-wide the membership in LCMS churches is 98 percent White Anglo-Saxon,” states Dr. Walton. He continues “This is unreflective of a U.S. population that is 40 percent people of color.”
Considering the current US nation-wide picture of diversity of the LCMS church membership, one of the goals of President Walton’s concept of a Multicultural & Ethnic Task Force is to raise awareness in the district.
To carry forward the stated goals, the Rev. Tony Durante, Pastor at Our Savior Lutheran Church & School Plantation, Florida has been appointed by Dr. Walton to chair the Multicultural & Ethnic Task Force (MEDTF). Currently other members of the task force include Rev. Dr. Victor Belton, Rev. Frank and Rebecca Marshall, Deaconess Ligia Morales and Rhoda Reilly.
“Our hope is that the task force can identify any obstacles the ministries might have in connecting with other multicultural people and ethnic groups in the neighborhoods that surround Lutheran churches within LCMS’s Florida-Georgia district and provide some insights on what can be done,” Pastor Durante stated.
The list of President Walton’s goals in establishing the Multicultural & Ethnic Task Force are:
Members of the LCMS Multicultural and Ethnic Task Force have developed resources to be used by congregations in efforts to create awareness about multicultural relations and for personal reflection about attitudes toward other races. These include a recorded theatrical drama, and a confession and absolution liturgy specific to racism.
Last summer the MEDTF conceived a “Multicultural Church Award” as a center piece of its efforts. Some of the task force’s goals by inviting congregations to compete for the recognition of their efforts/achievements in multicultural outreach/awareness. “The inspiration for the idea is the All-America Cities Award,” Durante explained, “a community recognition program in the United States given by the National Civic League. The award recognizes the work of communities in using inclusive civic engagement to address critical issues and create stronger connections among residents, businesses and nonprofit and government leaders. Once called by the organization the “Nobel Prize for Constructive Citizenship” – it has been awarded to more than 500 communities across the country.”
Similarly, the MEDTF seeks to present the Multicultural Church Award to a FLGA District
congregation that demonstrates a multicultural approach to mission and ministry in following aspects in in-reach and outreach:
1. Education
2. Engagement
3. Improvements
4. Legacy
About Pastor Tony Durante, Appointed Chair of the LCMS FLA-GA Multicultural & Ethnic Task Force:
Prior to becoming an ordained Lutheran minister, Tony Durante served as a Christian missionary for LCMS in Hokkaido, Japan and he is fluent in Japanese. Upon his return from Japan, Tony Durante was recruited by and joined the Police Department in year 1995 in his hometown of Delray Beach, Florida. In year 2001, he was recruited by and joined the ministry staff at his hometown Lutheran church in Delray Beach. His position at that Lutheran church was that of Director of Discipleship. He also pursued certification in theology to earn his pastoral ordination from Concordia Seminary. After receiving the pastoral ordination, he then became the Assistant Pastor and Pastor of Outreach at that same Lutheran church in Delray Beach. In year 2013, Pastor Durante was asked by theDelray Beach Police Department if he would also serve with them as a volunteer police chaplain to which he agreed and he still does so. In year 2018, Pastor Tony Durante was Called, offered and accepted the position as Pastor of Our Savior Lutheran Church & School in Plantation, Florida where he currently serves. Our Savior Lutheran is microcosm of cultures with church members and/or school families from Haiti, Jamaica, US Virgin Islands, Trinidad, Venezuela, South Africa, Sweden and Scotland, to name a few.
Pastor Tony Durante is a native of Delray Beach, Florida and was raised in a historic Black neighborhood in Delray Beach and grew up as a member of the Lutheran church in Delray Beach. His parents are natives of and grew up in Alabama (his mother’s home State) and North Carolina (his father’s home State) where they were raised in the historically Black Baptist church tradition during the Jim Crow era. Both of his parents participated in the Civil Rights Movement events of the 1960s. Pastor Durante’s parents did not know of each other at the time of the Civil Rights Movement and they were involved in the Movement in different States.
The parents of Pastor Tony Durante decided to join the Lutheran church in Delray Beach in 1972 after the birth of both of their children – Tony Durante and Lori Durante. The Durante family was the second Black family (the other family was native of the Caribbean) to join the local Lutheran church that was established by German settlers in year 1904. The Durantes are the longest continually serving Black family of a LCMS church in Palm Beach County, Florida.
The other reason Pastor Tony Durante brings a unique qualification to the LCMS Multicultural & Ethnic Task Force, is because his father participated in the Civil Rights Movement and attended the Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. in year 1963, where Dr. King made the “I Have A Dream” speech. In year 1965, Pastor Tony Durante’s mother attended the rally for the Selma to Montgomery March with fellow students from the historically black Tuskegee Institute (now Tuskegee University). What’s more, on the maternal side of Pastor Tony Durante’s family who originates from Greene County, Alabama was the first-born nephew of Pastor Durante’s mother who is the late Rev. Dr. Thomas Gilmore of Greene County, Alabama who served as an aide to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and became the first Black Sheriff of Greene County, Alabama. The effective style of Rev Gilmore’s reign as Sheriff and his work in the Civil Rights Movement has been profiled in documentaries and there are also photos of him at the Smithsonian Museum and at Stanford University. In addition to Rev. Gilmore’s work as Sheriff, he was also a Biblical based Baptist minister that inspired the production of an excellent rated movie about him wherein the actor Lou Gossett, Jr. played the role of late Sheriff Thomas Gilmore.
Black Pioneers within LCMS during Jim Crow in America:
While a current picture is being presented of diversity of (Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod) LCMS church membership in the USA, LCMS has not been ignoring or not ministering to people of other nationalities because LCMS has many ministries of church plants in predominantly Black nations which include several countries in the continent of Africa, in Haiti and in Caribbean Islands. Additionally, LCMS has available the Rosa J. Young scholarships to support African American church work students attending LCMS Concordia Universities. This scholarship is so named to honor the legacy of Rosa Young an African American who traveled to various locations in Alabama in the early 1900s teaching African American children who were not allowed to attend public schools. Because LCMS was known for its mission work among African Americans in the South, it was suggested to Ms. Young by Booker T. Washington that she should contact LCMS for some help and LCMS was immediately impressed with Ms. Young’s faith and love of education. With the support of LCMS and the work of Ms. Young, this resulted in over 30 historically Black schools in Alabama. The Rosa J. Young scholarships is one of the ways today that LCMS reaches out to the African American community. According to the documents for the Rosa J. Young scholarship foundation, LCMS will provide significant support to African American students wanting to become pastors, teachers, directors of Christian education and other church work vocations in the ministries of LCMS.
The Two Martin Luthers:
Lutheranism comes from Martin Luther, the German cleric who resisted the Roman Catholic Church for charging indulgences to gain forgiveness of sins when Luther posted the 95 Thesis on their church door in 1517. Essentially, Martin Luther’s posting of the 95 Thesis was one of the first Civil Rights Movement and non-violent protests at the advent of modern technology, the printing press. He sparked the Protestant Reformation. Luther was up against a global power of that day, the Roman Catholic Church. Luther was ostracized, ex-communicated from the Roman Catholic Church and branded an outlaw. Fast forward to 1899 to the birth of an African American named Michael King in Stockbridge, Georgia who changed his name to Martin Luther (the father of Martin Luther King, Jr.). Michael King became Reverend at the Ebenezer Baptist Church in Atlanta, Georgia. During a trip to Germany, he learned about the German theologian Martin Luther, his non-violent protests and the Protestant Reformation that Luther led. Reverend Michael King was inspired by the German cleric and changed his name to Martin Luther King, Sr. and the name of his son to Martin Luther King, Jr. which is the Civil Rights namesake celebrated with his own holiday. The same way the German Martin Luther was outspoken against a global power and the unjust denial of people’s free Christian right to salvation, so were both the Reverend Kings of the Baptist denomination with the denial of African Americans civil rights in the United States of America. Similarly, in his advocacy for freedom for his people, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was branded an outlaw just like the German monk. There are many parallels between the German Martin and the African American one
Who:
The Florida-Georgia District (FL/GA District) of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) seeks to engage and showcase the ethnically and racially diverse communities in which their Lutheran churches are located as well as the diversity of its US church congregations. For this initiative, the LCMS FL/GA District President Dr. Gregory S. Walton recently established a Multicultural & Ethnic Task Force. Although LCMS Worldwide has church plants and ministries in 25 African countries plus in Latin America and the Caribbean Islands, the impetus for this is notable in his statement that “Nation-wide the membership in LCMS churches is 98 percent White Anglo-Saxon,” states Dr. Walton. He continues “This is unreflective of a U.S. population that is 40 percent people of color.”
Considering the current US nation-wide picture of diversity of the LCMS church membership, one of the goals of President Walton’s concept of a Multicultural & Ethnic Task Force is to raise awareness in the district.
To carry forward the stated goals, the Rev. Tony Durante, Pastor at Our Savior Lutheran Church & School Plantation, Florida has been appointed by Dr. Walton to chair the Multicultural & Ethnic Task Force (MEDTF). Currently other members of the task force include Rev. Dr. Victor Belton, Rev. Frank and Rebecca Marshall, Deaconess Ligia Morales and Rhoda Reilly.
“Our hope is that the task force can identify any obstacles the ministries might have in connecting with other multicultural people and ethnic groups in the neighborhoods that surround Lutheran churches within LCMS’s Florida-Georgia district and provide some insights on what can be done,” Pastor Durante stated.
What:
The Florida-Georgia District (FL/GA District) of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (LCMS) seeks to engage and showcase the ethnically and racially diverse communities in which their Lutheran churches are located as well as the diversity of its US church congregations. For this initiative, the LCMS FL/GA District President Dr. Gregory S. Walton recently established a Multicultural & Ethnic Task Force. Although LCMS Worldwide has church plants and ministries in 25 African countries plus in Latin America and the Caribbean Islands, the impetus for this is notable in his statement that “Nation-wide the membership in LCMS churches is 98 percent White Anglo-Saxon,” states Dr. Walton. He continues “This is unreflective of a U.S. population that is 40 percent people of color.”
Considering the current US nation-wide picture of diversity of the LCMS church membership, one of the goals of President Walton’s concept of a Multicultural & Ethnic Task Force is to raise awareness in the district.
To carry forward the stated goals, the Rev. Tony Durante, Pastor at Our Savior Lutheran Church & School Plantation, Florida has been appointed by Dr. Walton to chair the Multicultural & Ethnic Task Force (MEDTF). Currently other members of the task force include Rev. Dr. Victor Belton, Rev. Frank and Rebecca Marshall, Deaconess Ligia Morales and Rhoda Reilly.
“Our hope is that the task force can identify any obstacles the ministries might have in connecting with other multicultural people and ethnic groups in the neighborhoods that surround Lutheran churches within LCMS’s Florida-Georgia district and provide some insights on what can be done,” Pastor Durante stated.
Where/Contact:
Pastor Tony Durante of Our Savior Lutheran Church & School is located at 8001 NW 5th St Plantation, FL 33324. (954) 473 6888. oslplantation.church
Both Admission & Parking are FREE;
Visitors are Encouraged to Bring a Plant Wagon
(West Palm Beach, FL – March 10, 2022) The Palm Beach Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International, Inc., a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and further cultivation and use of tropical and rare fruit in South Florida and around the world, is hosting its annual Tropical Fruit Tree & Edible Plant Sale on Saturday, March 26. The popular event will be held from 9 am to 2 pm in the Agriplex Building on the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach. Both admission and parking are FREE.
At this year’s Tropical Fruit Tree & Edible Plant Sale, vendors from all over the state will offer a wide variety of delightful and delicious fruit trees, including Avocado, Banana, Barbados Cherry, Black Sapote, Canistel Citrus, Dragon Fruit, Fig, Guava, Grumichama, Jackfruit, Jaboticaba, Longan, Lychee, Macadamia, Mamey Sapote, Mango, Miracle Fruit, Mulberry, Papaya, Peach, Persimmon, Soursop, Sugar Apple, Star Apple, Tamarind, herbs and spices, plus specially formulated fertilizer, and more.
Fresh honey from the Palm Beach County Beekeepers Association will also be available for purchase, promises group president Kevin Easton.
Visitors are encouraged to bring a wagon to help carry purchased plants. Also available will be educational information on the planting and growing of fruit trees, along with knowledgeable volunteers and vendors to answer any questions.
About The Palm Beach Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International, Inc.:
Established in 1970, the Palm Beach Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council (RFC) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting and furthering the cultivation and use of tropical and rare fruit in south Florida and throughout the world. RFC has several hundred members interested in learning about, growing and enjoying tropical fruits, and is currently holding virtual meetings on the second Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m.
Membership is $30 yearly, and benefits include:
+ Monthly newsletter – filled with informative articles about growing rare fruits and related topics.
+ Propagation classes – members learn how to graft & air-layer tropical fruit trees.
+ Plant Sales – members can bring fruit trees and edible plants to sell to the general public.
+ Organized field trips to regional fruit tree collections and plantings.
+ Periodic field trips to member yards and local orchards.
+ Volunteer opportunities for many interesting & exciting committees and events.
In addition, specially formulated fertilizer is offered at a discount for RFC members.
For more information about the Palm Beach Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International, Inc., please call 855.732.7273 or visit www.pbrarefruitcouncil.org.
Impact 100 Palm Beach County celebrates 10 years of philanthropy
(Boca Raton, Fla.) – Impact 100 Palm Beach County (PBC) celebrated over 10 years of philanthropy in Palm Beach County last week at Neiman Marcus in Boca Raton. The evening of celebration was full of nostalgia as members and guests reminisced on the last decade of community giving and impact.
Guests enjoyed hors d’oeuvres, cocktails and acrobatic dancers as they mingled before listening to previous grant winners speak about the impact that Impact 100 PBC had and continues to have on their organizations. Speakers included Jason Hagansick, YMCA 2016 Grant Recipient; Julie Peyton, Women of Tomorrow 2013 Grant Recipient and Charles Bender, Place of Hope 2018 Grant Recipient.
“Impact 100 PBC has become the second largest chapter in the world out of 63 chapters all thanks to the dynamic, philanthropic women of Palm Beach County who continuously support our mission,” said Holly Schuttler, president of the women-only, volunteer-based philanthropic organization. “Within the past decade we have grown so much in numbers and in heart; I am very proud of the work we’ve accomplished.”
Since its inception, Impact 100 PBC has awarded more than $4.5 million in grants to 41 local nonprofits. For the 2021 grant year, the organization had 652 members and granted $652,000 to local nonprofits between Lake Worth Rd South and the Broward County line.
Impact 100 PBC was founded in 2011 by three women: Lisa Mulhall, Tandy Robinson and Cindy Krebsbach. These three women formed a Board and made the first $100,000 grant from Impact 100 PBC in April 2012 with 143 members. The global philanthropy has now collectively given more than $100 million to nonprofits across the world.
“When Tandy, Lisa and I started the Palm Beach County chapter of Impact 100, we had high hopes and with our ambitions we knew that this organization would be influential; we didn’t know it would grow to almost 700 members in only 10 years!” said Cindy Krebsbach, Impact 100 PBC founder. “Our goal was for this chapter to leave an impact on our community that lasts long after we are all gone, and we have successfully done that by awarding $4.5 million to nonprofits in southern Palm Beach County over the last decade.”
Impact 100 PBC, a women’s 501c3 nonprofit organization, is comprised of a growing number of women who donate $1,000 annually, pool all funds and vote to award multiple $100,000 grants to nonprofits serving southern Palm Beach County in five focus areas: Arts, Culture and Historic Preservation; Education; Environment and Animal Welfare; Family; and Health and Wellness.
Save the date for the Impact 100 PBC’s Grand Awards Ceremony on April 19, 2022, at Lynn University in Boca Raton. For more information about Impact 100 Palm Beach County or to join this chapter, please visit www.impact100pbc.org or call 561-336-4623.
WHO: Calling all families with students entering kindergarten through 4th grade in Fall 2022 (Must be age 5 by 9/1/22)
WHAT: Families interested in learning more about The Foundations School’s 2022-2023 school year are encouraged to attend upcoming free Open House events.
The Foundations School provides an inspiring learning environment through a student-centered, creative, arts-integrated approach to meet the needs of all learners. Students love the school so much, they don’t want to leave! Many students stay after the end of the school day for the innovative aftercare program.
The Foundations School will open in a new location in Fall 2022 and will offer 4th grade openings at their new campus, with plans to expand with a 5th grade in 2023.
The Foundations School uses a sliding fee scale based on household size and income, and no one is turned away for inability to pay. Class sizes maximum 15 students, ensuring that students benefit from small group and individualized academic instruction.
Families will have the opportunity to participate in a fun art activity led by The Foundations School teaching artists as well as explore the art gallery at the school, which will be curated with a selection of the students’ work from the past semester.
WHEN AND WHERE:
HOW MUCH: The Open House is FREE and open to anyone with reservations.
TO REGISTER: Interested families can contact CCE to register and arrange a time slot to attend.
MORE INFO: Visit www.cceflorida.org/the-foundations-school/, call 561.805.9927, or email Dr. Kevin Kovacs at [email protected] to register.
Photos by Jacek Photo
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