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New Mini Golf Course Tees Up Major Conservation Effort – Ribbon-Cutting Event Opens Science Center’s Newest Attraction

New Mini Golf Course Tees Up Major Conservation Efforts

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(West Palm Beach, Fla.) – South Florida Science Center and Aquarium leadership, board members, hole sponsors, project developers and community VIPs were on hand for an inaugural round of play at the Science Center’s Conservation Course, a new miniature golf course now open to guests.

Gary Nicklaus and Jim Fazio, sons of two local icons in the golf community, collaborated on the custom-designed course – a first for the typical competitors. Fazio was in attendance to officially open the course, leading attendees in a ceremonial opening round. Jim Walton of Southwest Greens was responsible for course construction.

According to SFSCA CEO Lew Crampton, the course was developed as a green space to provide recreational and environmental benefits to visitors while educating people about Florida’s native habitats. Each hole is named for a plant or animal found in the Everglades and has signage with educational language. The course was designed with science in mind, with a goal toward fostering interest in golf and conservation initiatives. “It’s a golf course laid out in a huge butterfly garden,” Crampton said.

“This is an important milestone for the Science Center,” Crampton said. “This course represents our ever-expanding programming that is geared toward inspiring the community to keep exploring. This is a one-of-a-kind, ‘destination’ course with no windmills or clown’s mouths to hit through. It’s a 100%, real golf layout designed by local legends and we are very proud of the results and grateful to our supporters who helps us bring these greens to life!”

Science Center educators will host putting clinics and tournaments and use the course layout to teach elementary principles of force, motion and angles. Students will learn how the course’s features, such as the use of native and pest-resistant plants, protect the environment all while learning the camaraderie of the sport. Players of all ages can enjoy the course and its babbling brooks, butterfly gardens and lush landscaping.

According to Crampton, there are even plans for the course to host the Conservation Cup putting tournament this spring with cash prizes for professionals and silver cups for amateur winners.

Now open for play during normal museum hours, rain or shine, the Conservation Course tickets are $5 for members and $7 for non-members. Student groups already attending the Science Center for another program will be charged a $2 fee to play. Members receive a complimentary allotment of passes depending on membership level.

The mission of the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium is to “open every mind to science” and the indoor/outdoor venue features more than 50 hands-on educational exhibits, a 10,000 gallon fresh and salt water aquarium- featuring both local and exotic marine life, a digital planetarium, conservation research station, Florida exhibit hall, Pre-K focused “Discovery Center” and an interactive Everglades exhibit.
For more information about the Conservation Course or other Science Center programming, please call 561-832-1988 or visit www.sfsciencecenter.org. Like the South Florida Science Center and Aquarium on Facebook and follow them on Twitter and Instagram @SFScienceCenter.

 

Palm Beach County Teachers Have Some Fun, Win Prizes at the Third Annual Educator Night Hosted By the Kravis Center

Palm Beach County Teachers Have Some Fun, Win Prizes at the Third Annual Educator Night Hosted By the Kravis Center

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(West Palm Beach, FL) – The Raymond F. Kravis Center for the Performing Arts recently hosted nearly 100 Palm Beach County school teachers for the third annual Educator Night, a fun and relaxed evening highlighting the Kravis Center’s 2016-2017 Main Stage Season. The annual event gives teachers the chance to see how the arts can enhance their classroom efforts, while offering them exclusive ticket opportunities and treating them to live performances throughout the evening.

The Kravis Center will be offering the S*T*A*R (Students and Teachers Arts Resource) Series of presentations for young people during the 2016-2017 season, ranging from Goodnight Moon and The Runaway Bunny to Much Ado About Nothing. Teachers of all grade levels are encouraged to find productions to help support their classroom curricula and to provide complementary programming.

Teachers attending Educator Night were treated to exclusive ticket opportunities while socializing over wine and cheese and enjoying a performance by members of Soul Crooners, one of the 2016-2017 featured shows in the Rinker Playhouse. Students from The Broadway Artists Intensive, a Broadway training program held each summer at the Kravis Center, performed “At The Ballet” from A Chorus Line, and Lauren Nicole Chapman, a star in the Broadway and touring companies of Kinky Boots, sang a selection from the musical, which comes to the Kravis Center in April. Chapman later helped give away a pair of tickets to Kinky Boots while teachers enjoyed a video greeting from the Tony Award-winning Director and Choreographer of Kinky Boots, Jerry Mitchell. Teachers won prizes, including tickets to other Kravis On Broadway hit shows. The event was free of charge to all Palm Beach County educators and was hosted by WPEC (CBS 12) contributing reporter and host of Good Sports on WXEL South Florida PBS and The Education Network, Ric Blackwell.

Since it opened in 1992, the Kravis Center has helped students of all ages fuel their imaginations and expand their lives through comprehensive arts education programs. Last season, nearly 60,000 children from Palm Beach, Broward, Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties attended performances, such as Click Clack Moo, presented in Dreyfoos Hall through the S*T*A*R Series. The Center’s Admission Waiver Program ensures that no child is denied access to a performance based on ability to pay.

To learn more about education opportunities, please call the Education and Community Outreach Department at 561-651-4251 or visit the Kravis Center’s official website, kravis.org, and click on Education and Community Outreach, where you also can view and print a 2016-2017 Kravis Center Education Brochure. To help support the Center’s education mission through membership or sponsorship opportunities, please call the Development Department at 561-651-4320.

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Thanksgiving in our Community: Quantum Foundation Gives Away $750,000 To 80 Local Nonprofits

 

Thanksgiving in our Community 

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Quantum Foundation awards $750,000 to grassroots nonprofits
Palm Beach County organizations receive funds for basic needs

RIVIERA BEACH, Florida (Nov. 18, 2016): On Friday, Nov. 18, Quantum Foundation hosted a celebratory breakfast at the Riviera Beach Marina to award grants totaling $750,000 to 80 grassroots organizations in Palm Beach County. In a season of Thanksgiving, the annual Quantum in the Community initiative provides funds for operating support in amounts up to $25,000 to qualifying nonprofits that help meet the basic needs of the county’s most vulnerable residents. The grantee organizations represented all four corners of the county, from Tequesta to Boca Raton and from Belle Glade to Riviera Beach. The atmosphere was spirited and filled with gratitude as these organizations received funds to continue their good work in the community.

“We want to make a real difference in Palm Beach County,” said Quantum Foundation President Eric M. Kelly. “We are empowering organizations to provide for people’s basic needs. Good nutrition, proper clothing, housing and a healthy community can equip a person to do great things. We’re so inspired by what these organizations do on a limited budget and we are proud to be able to continue supporting them.”

Quantum Foundation is a private grantmaking organization with a mission to inspire and fund initiatives that improve the health of Palm Beach County. According to the latest data compiled by the Florida Philanthropic Network (FPN), Quantum Foundation is the largest Palm Beach County-based health funder with 100% of grant dollars used to support local communities. Since its founding in 1995, Quantum Foundation has given away more than $120 million in grants to more than 450 organizations.

During the breakfast, a few of the grant recipients were invited to address the gathering to share how the funding would impact their organization. Parents Pam and Hector Morales told their story of what one of the grant recipients, Hope for Mobility, provided their family. Their son, Lenix, who was born with special needs, received equipment and support from Hope for Mobility so he could go to daycare.

“When you have a child with special needs, you want to do everything you can to help them, and sometimes finances prohibit that,” said Pam Morales. “Without this organization, we could not have worked full time and provided for our other kids. Hope for Mobility provided us the help and support we needed and the Quantum Foundation’s funding for them is priceless.”

Their testimony drew tears from those in attendance as the day would have been Lenix’s 5th birthday. He passed away in 2015.

Suits for Seniors is an organization that provides tailored suits to graduating high school seniors in exchange for completing an eight-week program to empower the young men with leadership skills and a professional image.

“Through my own mistakes in life, I know we need mentors and role models,” said Jervonte Edmonds, founder of Suits for Seniors. “These funds will give us more tangible resources like scholarships. So far, funds have allowed 300 seniors to receive suits to date, 60-70 of whom have graduated and moved on to college.”

Denis Coleman, a Quantum board member, thanked the organizations for their work and dedication to the community. “This is a great payback for us with all of these organizations who do great work,” Coleman said.

Applications for Quantum in the Community grants open in the spring every year and funds are awarded each November. To qualify, applicant organizations must be based in Palm Beach County and have annual operating budget of less than $500,000. The board of Quantum Foundation approved the Quantum in the Community initiative in 2011 when economic surveys showed local nonprofits were to struggling to keep their doors open in the troubled economy. Since then, the Quantum Foundation has awarded a total of $4 million to this initiative in addition to the millions it invests each year in other major health-related initiatives.

To learn more about the Quantum in the Community initiative, please visit the organization’s website at: www.quantumfnd.org/quantum-in-the-community

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The Grinch who Stole Christmas

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The Grinch who Stole Christmas

As our gift to the community, Wellington Ballet Theatre is excited to present its original production The Grinch Who Stole Christmas on Saturday, December 10th at 7PM and Sunday, December 11th at 4PM at the Wellington High School Auditorium. This is a family-friendly show! Tickets are free and can be picked up on a first-come first-served basis at the Dance Arts Conservatory Studio Box Office (11120 S. Crown Way, Unit 4, Wellington FL 33414) or by calling 561-296-1880. Tickets may also be picked up at the Wellington High School Theater, an hour prior to showtime.   

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Gerwig Celebrates the Grand Opening of Bethesda Health Urgent Care

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Wellington Mayor Anne Gerwig Celebrates the Grand Opening of Bethesda Health Urgent Care/Women’s Health & Imaging Center
(Saturday, November 26 at 9:45 a.m.)
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(Wellington, FL) – With the first one-stop-shop outpatient health center of its kind in Wellington, moms can get their mammograms, while their kids get their back-to-school physicals.  Bethesda Health is proud to introduce its new Bethesda Health Urgent Care/Women’s Health and Imaging Center. This new state-of-the-art medical plaza is redefining healthcare and providing quality not-for-profit health services in a caring manner, Bethesda Health’s mission in serving Palm Beach County since 1959.
On Saturday, November 26, 2016, at 9:45 a.m., Wellington Mayor Anne Gerwig and Vice Mayor John McGovern will speak at the official Grand Opening and Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with Bethesda Health President and CEO Roger Kirk. This historic occasion will commemorate Bethesda Health’s commitment to serving the residents of Wellington with a multi-level care outpatient health facility to call their own, with not-for-profit Bethesda Hospital West, located on State Road 7/US-441.
The Grand Opening Celebration will include free health screenings, tours, refreshments, as well as face painting and a teddy bear hospital for the kids, that lets kids be “Doctors and Nurses” for the day.
Located at 10520 Forest Hill Boulevard, Bethesda Health Urgent Care is open 7 days a week, 365 days a year, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Bethesda Health Urgent Care sees everyone from babies to seniors.
With the Bethesda Health Imaging Center located in the same building, patients can receive any needed X-rays or CT scans during their visit.

The Bethesda Women’s Health Center offers a comprehensive array of breast care services including 2D and 3D mammography, as well as bone density screenings and ultrasound. With spa-like amenities, Bethesda Women’s Health Center offers a tranquil and healing setting for their healthcare.

For those seeking a physician, the Bethesda Health Physician Group (BHPG) is located in The Plaza at Wellington Green, just around the corner. With physician specialists in Primary Care, Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Cardiology and General/Vascular Surgery, the BHPG Wellington office is located at 2465 State Rd/ 7. Suite 800, across from Office Depot.
About Bethesda Health
Founded in 1959, Bethesda Health, Inc.’s mission is to provide quality health services in a caring manner. With two not-for-profit hospitals, 401-bed Bethesda Hospital East and 80-bed Bethesda Hospital West, Bethesda Health is comprised of more than 670 physicians and 2,500 employees.  Bethesda Health and its affiliates offer a full array of healthcare services, including the Bethesda Heart Hospital for cardiovascular services; the Bethesda Orthopaedic Institute; general, vascular and endovascular surgery, maternity, neonatal and pediatric intensive care, cancer services and women’s health. Bethesda Hospital West, which opened in January 2013, is an 80-bed, all private room, state-of-the-art hospital, with a 24-hour Emergency Department for adults and children, located on the corner of Boynton Beach Boulevard and US-441. Services include: general, medical, surgical and intensive care, a state-of-the-art interventional hybrid OR suite, as well as diagnostic imaging and rehabilitation. Bethesda Health is honored to be part of a consortium of Palm Beach County hospitals selected to partner with Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine Graduate Medical Education program. Visit us at www.BethesdaWeb.com.

Angle Uncorked 2017 Wine Dinners

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ANGLE UNCORKED 2017 WINE DINNER SERIES 
 
Wednesday, January 18th
Hanzell Vineyard’s Winemaker Michael McNeill
Reception and Dinner $195

Join Hanzell Vineyard’s Michael McNeill for an evening of fine food and wine featuring Hanzell’s Burgundian-style Chardonnays and Pinot Noirs, handcrafted high in the Mayacamas Mountains above Sonoma. He will discuss Hanzell Vineyard’s philosophy and approach to creating these beautiful examples of Old World reserve-style California wines, during a lively, beautifully paired five-course dinner.

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Wednesday, February 8th

Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles with the House of Ruinart
Reception and Dinner $205

One of the world’s most iconic brands is Ruinart. Ruinart’s history began in 1729 as the first established house in all of Champagne, France. Renowned for their work with chardonnay, this grape is at the very soul of Ruinart and even Champagne itself. Your host for the evening is Lacey Burke, the United States Brand Ambassador. What a unique opportunity we have to offer these rare wines in an intimate and tranquil setting. 

Thursday, March 15th

Silver Oak Owner David Duncan
Reception and Dinner $205

Since its founding in 1972 Silver Oak has devoted their efforts to the pursuit of a single wine with a style all its own, Cabernet Sauvignon. Owner David Duncan continues this commitment to excellence and will share several vintages of Silver Oak’s Alexander Valley and Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon blends, as well as their Twomey Cellars Pinot Noirs and Merlots.

Wednesday, April 12th

Opus One Winery Winemaker Michael Silacci
Reception and Dinner $195

Considered by many to be America’s first growth, Opus One is a legendary winery whose name is synonymous with perfection and harmony. Join winemaker Michael Silacci for an exquisite dinner with these popular and highly desirable wines from California.

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Thursday, May 11th

Cakebread Cellars Winemaker/Owner Dennis Cakebread
Reception and Dinner $165

Celebrating their 42nd Anniversary, Cakebread Cellars continues their dedication to making the highest quality wines. For those lucky enough to have reserved their spot already, the evening will not disappoint, as Dennis Cakebread will host this event featuring a variety of their Sauvignon Blanc, Merlot and reserve wines from the Napa Valley.

Angle Uncorked dinners will begin with a reception at 6:30 p.m. and dinner to follow at 7 p.m. Preferred pricing is available when the entire series is purchased.  Please Call 561-540-4924 for a special Angle Uncorked rate, based on availability. 

Joey’s Outback during the Holidays

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Joey’s Outback during the Holidays

 

Steve Parker’s Traffic Jam

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Steve Parker’s Traffic Jam

WHEN: Wednesday, November 30-Saturday, December 3, 2016

 

WHERE: Various times + locations, culminating in a free, interactive, public performance of unconventional music-making when artists will “play” their vehicles on

 

Final Performance Saturday, December 3 @ 3pm

 

Tickets: Free & Open to the Community

 

Presented by MDC Live Arts at Miami Dade College

 

Information: 305-237-3010, or visit mdclivearts.org

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Highlighting a hot topic in Miami—ranked as 7th worst congestion in the nation—Traffic Jam is a quirky and thoughtful project which engages community to create compositions for an ensemble of cars, trucks, motorcycles, bicycles, and conventional instruments.

 

On Sat., Dec. 3 @ 3pm in the MDC surface parking lot on Biscayne Boulevard between Building 3 and the Freedom Tower between 5 & 6th Streets will be an all day free, interactive, public performance of unconventional music-making when artists will “play” their vehicles.

 

Featuring:

 

Inlets Ensemble presenting new site specific works for skateboarding ukulele players, car stereos, and electric car windows by Jorge Gomez and Robert Blatt.  Inlets Ensemble is a Miami-based new music ensemble comprised of some of the city’s most adventurous musicians and sound artists.

 

Kunstwaffen 1916 will perform a quartet for choreographed musical bicycles.  Prepared in the manner of John Cage and Frank Zappa, bicycle wheels will be outfitted with guitar strings and other noise-making objects.  These sounds will be amplified and processed, ultimately creating a lush and unusual sonic fabric.  Think a pretty junkyard music box.  Kunstwaffen 1916 plays plays concert band music from the 1910s that is intentionally distorted and obscured.

 

Karen Peterson Dance presents an intimate duet for mixed ability dancers Katrina Weaver and John Beauregard.  A live musical score will be created from amplified and processed components of the wheelchair and dancer bodies.

 

Emerge Miami will create interactive automobile installations that examine the different ways people engage with their vehicles. Featuring a make out car complete with an artificial “make out point” vista to facilitate canoodling! Emerge Miami’s mission is to strengthen social bonds between progressive individuals, organizations and independent businesses in South Florida in order to more effectively accomplish our individual goals.
Manita Brug-Chmielenska and Randy Burman will present a large scale, interactive xylophone made from automobile hoods and parts.  The parts will be amplified and can be played by audience members with a variety of objects provided.

 

Students from Guitars Over Guns will present new works on car stereos made from sampled car sounds and field recordings.  Created in workshops using DJ program Ableton Live. Guitars Over Guns delivers high impact arts-based mentoring programs to empower at-risk youth.

 

Leading up to the performance, visiting artist Steve Parker will lead workshops for community members to convert their bicycles into musical instruments.  These fleets of bicycles will appear in pop-up performances throughout downtown Miami.

 

“Music in a traditional auditorium is well and good, but if we’ve learned one thing from Steve Parker, it’s that all the world’s a concert hall. His boldness and fervor inspire us and carloads of other music lovers to go off-roading with him at every opportunity.” –The Austin Chronicle

Vrooom! It’s SuperCar Time

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Vrooom ! It’s SuperCar Time…

Luxury, Racing, History, “ The Art & Technology of Speed & Design”, a fitting description and slogan for SuperCar Week, the annual series of auto enthusiast events held throughout Palm Beach, Florida each January.

Even Palm Beach County and the City of West Palm Beach have issued official proclamations proclaiming the second week of January as SuperCar Week.

The nine days of VIP and Free to the public events, Jan 7- 15, 2017, all lead up to SuperCar Week’s SuperCar SuperShow Sunday January 15th on the new $30,000,000 West Palm Beach Waterfront where over 500 cars (75% private owners and car clubs) and 60,000 plus spectators are estimated to attend this year.

Designed as a cityscape of vehicles there’s: SuperCar Street with the latest and greatest exotics and luxury brands, i.e. McLaren, Lamborghini etc., Muscle Beach, Memory Lane (classics), Corvette Court, Viper Blvd, Porsche Place, Green Street for electrics, ArtCar Ave and a Race Village for racecars and teams and driving experience event producers. SuperCar Week’s Presenting Sponsors are Palm Beach International Raceway, the City of West Palm Beach and the TIDELINE Ocean Resort & Spa, and it’s mission, is to define Palm Beach County as a premier auto enthusiast travel destination each second week of January.

From the Saturday Jan 7th 2017, VIP Kick-Off Party at Host Hotel, TIDELINE Ocean Resort & Spa and the Sunday January 8th SuperCar Race Experience family event at Palm Beach International Raceway, with Road Course action in your car or theirs, autocross, karting, music and entertainment, the Jan 7-15th mid week events in Boca Raton at Excell Auto Group, Tuesday Jan. 10th, Palm Beach Garden’s, Downtown at the Gardens, Wednesday, Jan. 11h, Delray Beach at SALT, Thursday, Jan. 12th are followed by more free to the public and VIP ticket events leading up to the Grand Finale SuperCar SuperShow on the West Palm Beach Waterfront 10 am – 5 pm.

A special Supercar Week “SuperCar HoresPower” Preview Exhibition January 1st, opening day of polo season at the International Polo Club Palm Beach, Wellington, FL (the number one polo club in the world).

Special hotel accommodation rates are provided by SuperCar Week’s Host Hotel, TIDELINE Ocean Resort & Spa from Friday January 6th through Monday January 16th. http://tidelineresort.com.

For more information please see http://supercarweek.com email [email protected] or call 954-296-5204

Contact: Neil London [email protected]

 

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Furry Friends is Growing

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Furry Friends is Growing!  Ribbon Cutting for the new State-of-the-Art Facility!!

December 1, 2016, at 12:00 noon

Building Our Future…For the Love of Animals

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Jupiter, FLFurry Friends Adoption Clinic and Ranch is proud and excited to announce the ribbon cutting and groundbreaking for their new almost 15,000 square foot facility in Jupiter Industrial Park.  The building, located at the corner of Industrial Way and Capital Road in Jupiter Industrial Park, will be the home to the adoption center and the state-of-the-art clinic.

The Ribbon Cutting will be performed by the North County Chamber of Commerce on December 1, 2016, at 12:00pm.  Several Jupiter dignitaries, community leaders, and beloved donors will be attending as well as chamber ambassadors The public is welcome. Light refreshments will be served.

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Chief veterinarian Dr. Todd Vinoski said, “We are very excited to see the plans for the new spacious and cutting edge clinic.  The new building will afford us the opportunity to be more efficient so we are even better equipped to serve the community.”

 

The ribbon cutting and groundbreaking will kick-off a capital campaign to raise approximately 2.5 million dollars. There have already been several generous donations pledged but much more is needed. There are numerous ways to donate and no donation is too small. There will be many naming opportunities available in the new building, for all levels of commitment.  To learn more, contact Pat Deshong, President of Furry Friends, at 747-5311 ext. 1.

 

A substantial part of our operating expenses relies on raising funds through our various events, solicitations, and our thrift shop.  While the clinic is a source of income, it doesn’t come close to being able to sustain all of our rescue and life-saving efforts.  Without the support of our donors, we would not be able to rescue as many of the animals in dire need of help in our community.

 

Currently, Furry Friends is headquartered in Maplewood Plaza in Jupiter Florida and expands beyond Jupiter’s borders with a 27-acre ranch located in Palm City.

At any given time, the Maplewood location has about 75 dogs and 60 cats.  The new building will provide greater opportunities to house and treat the many pets in need of housing and care with  four exam rooms, a laser treatment room and many other much-needed upgrades to the current clinic.

 

Additionally, Furry Friends veterinary clinic provides affordable animal healthcare to resident animals and to the public.  Services include annual wellness checks, in-house bloodwork, X-rays, dental cleaning, spay/neuter surgery, and more.  The clinic also offers an online pharmacy for all of your pet’s needs

 

Furry Friends serves both the local Jupiter community besides being a refuge for dogs and cats from the islands and Miami all the way to North Florida and beyond. Included in the building will be a birthing suite for mothers and puppies.  Furry Friends has birthed and found homes for hundreds of puppies and looks forward to being able to continue and expand this service.

 

Furry Friends also operates a 27-acre ranch in Palm City that is home to approximately 30 dogs, 70 cats, and 4 horses, most of which are available for adoption, making Furry Friends the largest no-kill shelter in the North Palm Beach County and martin County.

 

Humane Society of Greater Jupiter Tequesta Inc. dba Furry Friends Adoption, Clinic & Ranch has been rescuing, rehabilitating and rehoming homeless animals in our community for more than 30 years.

To learn more, about Furry Friends and how you can support the organization visit www.furryfriendsadoption.org or call Pat Deshong, President at 747-5311 ext. 1.

Furry Friends Adoption, Clinic and Ranch, 401Maplewood Drive, Suite 8, Jupiter, FL 33458.