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June, 2011 – Parenting Plus and the Love & Cancer Benefit Card

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Parenting Plus Teams Up with The Love & Cancer Benefit Card


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Parenting Plus Magazine and The Benefit Card team up to support the community. 
Providing discounts to South Florida families and support to our cancer patient community.

 

 

This week Parenting Plus Magazine has endorsed The Love & Cancer Benefit Card as its preferred family discount card. The two have teamed up to provide support to the local cancer community through card sales and every day discounts and giveaway programs to South Florida families.

 

Love & Cancer and The Benefit Card caught the eye of Parenting Plus Magazine’s publisher, Posie Thompson. Thompson has been a respected and essential leader in the South Florida community since 1996. She maintains and family owned and operated product that exceeds expectations each and every month. Thompson puts her profound sense of child rearing trends and an informative and inspirational spin on important family topics in her monthly magazine that has always been free to the public. Thompson stated “I love the work that Love & Cancer and The Benefit Card is accomplishing in our area and I am delighted to be a part of it. It’s natural that Parenting Plus supports such a compassionate concept that will only benefit our readers.”

 

Launched in January of 2011, The Benefit Card has quickly become the must have discount card for Florida families. They boast every day repeat discounts to the most popular kid’s spots, restaurants and attractions. The card was developed as a fundraiser for Love & Cancer a service program developed by Erin Greaves. Greaves gives over 50% of all card sales, internet advertising and promotional revenue to provide treatment patients with connections to meal delivery, home care and transport assistance. Love & Cancer was honored as an American Cancer Society National Network Resource in 2010.”Working with Posie and Parenting Plus Magazine is such an honor. Posie and I are in sync with our goals to support families in South Florida and we have big plans for the future.” said Greaves.

 

The release of the June edition of Parenting Plus Magazine will promote their first joint project awarding valuable prizes donated from premier local attractions and service businesses all featured on The Benefit Card. Prizes for the Just 2 Clicks Summer Giveaway  include free attraction passes, complimentary services and fun free gifts.

 

Giveaway prize sponsors include but are not limited to

  • Lion country Safari
  • Butterfly World
  • Putt’n Around Delray
  • Xtreme Karting
  • Time for Pix Photography
  • LKB Photography
  • Indigo Studio Day Spa
  • Lifestyle Martial Arts
  • Leaping Lizards.

 

To enter to win prizes from these sponsors and more simply become a Facebook fan of both The Benefit Card and Parenting Plus Magazine in the month of June. Winners will be chosen in a random drawing and no purchase is necessary. You must be a Facebook Fan of both pages to qualify. Winners will be notified via Facebook messaging.

 

www.Facebook.com/parentingplusmagazine

www.facebook.com/TheBenefitCard

June, 2011 – Kids Eat FREE, Summer Movies and More!

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June, 2011 – Kids Eat FREE, Summer Movies and More!

KIDS EAT FREE AROUND WELLINGTON

 

This is your one-stop source for your favorite restaurants aroundshawnthompson town where your kids can eat free!  All restaurants listed offer one free child meal (10 and under – some are 12 and under) per adult entrée purchased unless specified (drink offers vary).  Since most places change their kids eat free promotions from time to time, please call ahead to make sure the offer is still good.

 

If you have a favorite restaurant that offers a freebie meal not listed, please feel free to share!

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MONDAY

 

Smokey Bones    10260 Forest Hill Blvd.  383-8240

From 5-7 p.m. – drink included

 

Brass Ring Pub   10998 Okeechobee Blvd., RPB  296-4563

After 5 p.m. – drink included

 

Hurricane Grill & Wings  11071 Southern Blvd, RPB  753-4868

After 5 p.m. – drink included

 

Perkins  7859 Lake Worth Rd. 964-3933

After 4 p.m. – drink + cookie included

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TUESDAY

 

Applebee’s  10600 W. Forest Hill Blvd. 790-2994

All day – drink included (and free bounce house)

 

Centanni Italian  10107 Southern Blvd., RPB, 792-7677

Dinner only – drink not included

 

Roadhouse Grill  3887 Jog Rd., Lake Worth, 967-0532

Dinner only and drink + ice-cream included – 7 p.m. bike drawing

 

Denny’s  300 Civic Way, RPB  793-0772

From 4-10 p.m.  – no drink included (2 kids per one adult meal)

 

Tequila Cancun  2202 Jog Rd., Greenacres  641-5100

After 5 p.m. – no drink included

 

Bru’s Room  11111 Southern Blvd., RPB  790-2771

From 5-9 p.m. – drink included

 

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WEDNESDAY

 

Nature’s Table  13889 Wellington Trace, Suite A7, Wellington Marketplace  383-8343

After 4 p.m. – adult must buy a sandwich + a drink

 

Moe’s Southwest Grill  2605 St. Rd. 7 (Bay 410) 792-5712

After 3 p.m. – drink, cookie + chips included

 

Duffy’s  11935 Southern Blvd., RPB, 792-4045

Dinner only – drink included

 

Tequila Cancun  2202 Jog Rd., Greenacres  641-5100

After 5 p.m. – no drink included

 

Sal’s  11995 Southern Blvd. #2, RPB 784-0778

After 4 p.m. – drink included

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THURSDAY

 

See Everyday section

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FRIDAY

 

See Everyday section

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SATURDAY

 

Bru’s Room  11111 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach  790-2771

For kids in their sports uniforms!  From 11-4 p.m. – drink included  (2 kids/adult)

 

Steak ’n Shake   133 S. State Rd. 7, RPB, 333-6474

All day – drink included

 

On the Border  11121 Southern Blvd., West Palm Beach  798-5035

From 11-4 – drink included

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SUNDAY

 

Steak ’n Shake  133 S. State Rd. 7, RPB, 333-6474

All day – drink included

 

The Gypsy’s Horse  12794 W. Forest Hill Blvd.  333-3700

All day – drink included

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EVERYDAY/ALMOST EVERYDAY

 

Butterfields Southern Café  1145 Royal Palm Beach Blvd., RPB 792-8723

4-8 p.m. every day except Wednesdays – no drink included

 

Golden Corral  10100 Fox Trail Roads, RPB  793-0201

Under 3 only –  drink included

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ALMOST FREE

 

Sandbar & Grill   NW corner of RPB Blvd. and Okeechobee Blvd. 795-8500

.99 every day after 4 p.m. – no drink included

 

McDonald’s  1470 Greenview Shores Blvd, Wellington 790-7071

.99 4-piece chicken nuggets everyday

 

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Summer Movie Fair at the Movies at Wellington (Wellington Trace & Greenview Shores in the Wellington Marketplace)

 

A 10-Week Series of Fun Surprises and Great Movies

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays

Starting June 7th, 8th and 9th

Tickets are just $5 per person for all 10 weeks!  On Sale Now!

Movie schedule below…1st movie “How to Train Your Dragon” (June 7-9).  (561-792-7334 for more info).

 

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Here’s a cool science experiment, thanks to a DVD called “The Best of Beakman’s World.”  You can create a rocket out of a 2 liter bottle (please use the help of an adult for this one).  Here’s what you need: a plastic 2 liter bottle, 4 pieces of cardboard, a cork, an inflating needle (like for a basketball), water, tape, a nail, a funnel. See below.

 

 

 

Shawn Thompson has two children, Aaron age 9 and Audrey age 4.  She enjoys volunteering at her children’s schools, attending their activities and taking evening walks with her family and their dog BB.  Shawn also helps her husband Tony with his business Relylocal.com.  Please e-mail her any free deals you find and would like to have included to chefshawnt@comcast.net.

May, 2011 – Art for Autism

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The 1st Annual FL Lil’ Picasso Art for Autism

 

The Lil’ Picasso Arts Foundation, The Palm Beach Autism Society of America and The Extra-Ordinary Empowerment Network present The 1st Annual Florida Lil’ Picasso Art for Autism “Paint-A-Thon.”

 

The Paint-a-Thon will kick off the Florida State Lil’ Picasso Art For Autism art contest which will gather hand-painted art work from kids 2 to 18 who have autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). All the work gathered from the artists in this statewide contest will be published later for distribution to specific special needs communities and nationally with portions of proceeds going to Autism and the Arts. 

 

The benefit is being sponsored by Picasso’s Paint Your Own Pottery and will be a day of fun, friends and of course PAINTING! There will be activities for kids, food and a raffle giveaway!

 

Donations from pottery painted that day at Picasso’s by people in support of this cause will go to Autism and The Lil’ Picasso Arts Foundation. Kids who have ASD will be able to paint pictures for the “Paint-A-Thon.” So bring the family, paint a piece of pottery for autism awareness — and support the arts at the same time!

 

When: Sunday, May 22, 2011; noon to 4 p.m.

Where: Picasso’s Paint-Your-Own-Pottery (SW Corner of Jog and Lantana in Lake Worth)

 

CALL (561) 439-4000 FOR MORE INFORMATION!

May, 2011 – Armed Forces Night at the Museum

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May, 2011 – Armed Forces Night at the Museum

 

CELEBRATE OUR TROOPS AT ARMED FORCES NIGHTS AT THE MUSEUM
 
Salute our country and support our troops at the South Florida Science Museum’s Armed Forces “Nights at the Museum” on Friday, May 27th.  The event will be from 6 to 10 p.m. and kicks off the Blue Star Museums program which runs from Memorial Day through Labor Day.
 

SG Robert Mariani and SSG Ben Carman check out the mummy at the South Florida Science Museum.
SG Robert Mariani and SSG Ben Carman check out the mummy at the South Florida Science Museum.

Honor soldiers oversees by creating a special card for them, make models of military vehicles, learn Morse code in the Ham Radio center, talk to local military officers who will answer questions and enjoy the sights and sounds of the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps Color Guard during the evening.  Guests can also view the waning moon, rings of Saturn, the brightest star in the spring sky through the new and improved Museum’s observatory. 

 
“Our Armed Forces Nights at the Museum is an excellent way to thank area military personnel and to kick off the summer program,” said Lew Crampton, chief executive officer for the South Florida Science Museum. “The evening will feature many fun activities and guests can also check out our newest exhibits Attack of the Bloodsuckers and Tree Houses.”
 
Admission to Armed Forces “Nights at the Museum” for museum members and military personnel with current ID and their family is $5.00 for adults and children are free.  Non-members admission is $10.00 for adults and $6.00 for children.  Children three and under are free.
 
Blue Star Museums is a partnership among Blue Star Families, the National Endowment for the Arts, and more than 1,000 museums across America. First launched in the summer of 2010, Blue Star Museums once again will offer free admission to active duty military personnel and their families from Memorial Day, May 30, 2011, through Labor Day, September 5, 2011.
 
The South Florida Science Museum delivers entertaining and educational journeys through the many worlds of science and technology for curious minds of all ages. The Museum features more than 50 hands-on exhibits, a digital planetarium, freshwater and saltwater aquariums, as well as natural history exhibitions.  Current happenings at Museum include It’s a Nano World exhibit, Bugz! exhibit, an Amateur Radio Center open on weekends and holidays as well as aquarium feedings and shark petting on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 1:30 p.m. Each year the museum welcomes more than 125,000 visitors and reaches more than 45,000 students through workshops at the museum and outreach programs to local schools. Established in 1961, the museum is a non-profit organization dedicated to exciting curiosity and furthering the understanding and appreciation of science and technology.
 
The South Florida Science Museum is located at 4801 Dreher Trail North in West Palm Beach. For more information about the South Florida Science Museum, call 561-832-1988 or visit www.sfsm.org.

May, 2011 – Picasso’s Summer Camps

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Picasso’s Pottery Summer Camp Schedule

 

Week 1: Under the Sea: Monday 6/13, Tuesday 6/14, Wednesday 6/15

Paint and create art dealing with ocean life and water.

 

Week 2: Peace, Love & Pottery: Wednesday 6/22, Thursday 6/23, Friday 6/24

Paint and create peace-themed pottery that you will LOVE!

 

Week 3: All Around the World: Wednesday 7/6, Thursday 7/7, Friday 7/8

Learn and practice art from cultures around the world.

 

Week 4: Let’s Eat: Monday 7/11, Tuesday 7/12, Wednesday 7/13

Customize and paint your own dinnerware that you can actually use!

 

Week 5:  Groovy Camp: Wednesday 7/20, Thursday 7/21, Friday 7/22

Tye-dye and bright colors will be everywhere this week!

 

Week 6: Green Machine: Monday 7/25, Tuesday 7/26, Wednesday 7/27

Create art using recycled items, Go Green!

 

Week 7: Sweets & Treats: Wednesday 8/3, Thursday 8/4, Friday 8/5

We’re painting sweet pottery this week; ice cream and cupcake boxes!

 

Week 8: Back to School: Wednesday 8/17, Thursday 8/18, Friday 8/19

Pencil cups and pottery painting to get ready to go back to school.

 

Camp Hours will be 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on all camp days.

Early drop off and late pick up may be available by request only at rate of $10/hour.

 

Each artist must bring a packed lunch to camp everyday.

Camp cost includes all crafts, pottery, paints, snack and fun!

 

1 day of camp- $32.95

Any 3 days- $92.95 save 6

Any 6 days- $185.95 save 12

Any 9 days- $278.95 save 18

Any 12 days- $371.95 save 24

Any 15 days- $464.95 save 30

Any 18 days- $557.95 save 36

Any 21 days- $649.95 save 42

All 24 days- $550.80 save 48

Call Picasso’s at (561) 439-4000 to reserve your spot or for more info.

May, 2011 – Many But ONE at My Gym

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May, 2011 – Many But ONE at My Gym

Meet and Greet at My Gym

 

You’re invited to My Gym in Royal Palm Beach on Tuesday, June 7th at 6pm for a “Meet and Greet!” Find out more about the “Many But ONE” Christian Performing Arts Summer Camp, happening at My Gym this summer!!

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May, 2011 – Introducing Macaroni Kid

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May, 2011 – Introducing Macaroni Kid

Introducing Macaroni Kid

 

new-mac-ad7Macaroni Kid was founded in 2008 and provides a valuable service to families.  It’s a weekly newsletter and website that provides a comprehensive, weekly listing of all great things for kids and their families to do in all of our Macaroni towns.  We also offer helpful parent related articles and giveaways to family events taking place in town or nearby.

 

The response has been overwhelming:  thousands of families have registered to receive the Macaroni Kid weekly e-newsletter and thousands more visit the site each month from locations all over the United States.  And now Macaroni Kid is available to reach families in Wellington and Royal Palm Beach!

 

Just recently we expanded our services to offer families huge discounts on products which we call Macaroni Deals.  We currently offer it on our national site for discounts on the web, and soon it will be available to families in Wellington and Royal Palm Beach for discounts to your favorite local places.

 

You can begin receiving this informative weekly newsletter, by subscribing at www.wellington.macaronikid.com.

 

Local Macaroni Kid Editor Kellie Bohne

May, 2011 – Whole Foods Market Hosts Support Our Troops Cookout for Forgotten Soldiers

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WHOLE FOODS MARKET WELLINGTON & BOCA RATON Host SUPPORT OUR TROOPS COOKOUT TO BENEFIT Forgotten Soldiers Outreach

 

Palm Beach County, FL  – Just in time to kick-off summer and celebrate Memorial Day weekend, Whole Foods Market – Wellington and Whole Foods Market – Boca Raton are each hosting a Support Our Troops Cookout, benefiting Forgotten Soldiers Outreach, Inc. (“FSO”), on Sunday, May 29, 2011, from noon to 4:00 p.m.

With a $5 per person donation, supporters can choose from a fresh grilled hamburger, classic hot dog, or portabella burger, along with a side and choice of drink.  There will also be a toiletry collection (new products only) and a letter writing station to create encouraging cards for the soldiers.

Attendees can lunch with pride, as 100% of the money raised will go to FSO, a non-profit organization that collects, produces and ships care packages to US troops overseas.  To make the deal even sweeter, both the Wellington and Boca Raton stores will match up to $250 in donations, per store.

“We are so pleased to be able to help this wonderful organization again this year, and we’re thrilled that we’ve expanded fundraising efforts to the Boca Raton location as well,” says Lauren Belinsky, Marketing Team Leader for Whole Foods Market Wellington.  “This is an opportunity that hits close to home for so many people.  We urge everyone in the community to bring their family and friends to have a great time and help us reach our goal.”

“FSO is truly grateful to Whole Foods Market for organizing this event and supporting our cause,” says Lynelle Chauncey Zelnar, FSO Executive Director and Founder.  “Their donations will certainly help our mission of sending a little bit of home to our troops abroad.  The company is setting a great precedent in this community and we greatly appreciate it.”

 

Whole Foods Market Wellington is located at 2635 State Road 7, Wellington, Florida

Whole Foods Market Boca Raton is located at 1400 Glades Road Suite 110 Boca Raton, Florida 33431

 

About Whole Foods Market®

Founded in 1980 in Austin, Texas, Whole Foods Market (wholefoodsmarket.com, NASDAQ: WFM) is the leading natural and organic food retailer. As America’s first national certified organic grocer, Whole Foods Market was named “America’s Healthiest Grocery Store” by Health magazine. The company’s motto “Whole Foods, Whole People, Whole Planet”™ captures its mission to ensure customer satisfaction and health, Team Member excellence and happiness, enhanced shareholder value, community support and environmental improvement. Thanks to the company’s nearly 60,000 Team Members, Whole Foods Market has been ranked as one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” in America by FORTUNE magazine for 14 consecutive years. In fiscal year 2010, the company had sales of more than $9 billion and currently has more than 300 stores in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom.

May, 2011 – South Fla Science Museum Named Finalist in Toyota 100 Cars for Good Program

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SOUTH FLORIDA SCIENCE MUSEUM NAMED FINALIST IN TOYOTA 100 CARS FOR GOOD PROGRAM

 

Toyota to Donate Vehicle to Local Nonprofit Organizations Based on Public Votes

 

[WEST PALM BEACH, FL] – [May 11, 2011] – West Palm Beach-based organization, South Florida Science Museum is one of 500 finalists in Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program, which will award vehicles to 100 nonprofit organizations based on votes from the public beginning May 9, 2011.

 

Toyota’s 100 Cars for Good program will showcase five non-profit organizations each day for 100 days on Toyota’s Facebook page, facebook.com/toyota. Visitors to the page can vote once a day for the organization that they feel is most deserving of a new Toyota vehicle.  The South Florida Science Museum will be one of the five organizations highlighted for voting on May 20, 2011.

 

Local residents are encouraged to support the South Florida Science Museum and their quest for a new Toyota Highlander Hybrid.  If the South Florida Science Museum receives the most votes of the five competing organizations on May 20 and is awarded the vehicle, it will be used to reach more than 45,000 school children as part of the Museum’s award-winning Educational Programs and outreach, all based on Florida Sunshine State Educational Standards.  Currently, the Museum’s outreach vehicle, the Science Safari Van, is almost 10 years old, has well over 100,000 miles on it, has no working air conditioning and the side door will not open. The van is vital for the success of the Museum and is in critical condition. Outreach programs by the South Florida Science Museum provide expert educators, transportation and materials such as van der Graaf generators to learn about electricity, animal specimens to teach about life science, and EKG monitors to visualize heart function. These hands-on experiences reach diverse learning styles and are proven to be more effective with under-served students.  The van is also used for the highly requested Science Passport Program as well as community events such as the South Florida Fair and Sun Fest to name a few.   The Museum’s very popular Science Passport program is aimed specifically at providing Title I schools in the tri-county area with access to science education and knowledge about careers in science.  Without the Safari Science van, the Museum won’t be able to continue to offer outreach programs to area children. 

 

About the South Florida Science Museum

The South Florida Science Museum delivers entertaining and educational journeys through the many worlds of science and technology for curious minds of all ages. The Museum features more than 50 hands-on exhibits, a digital planetarium, freshwater and saltwater aquariums, as well as natural history exhibitions.  Current happenings at Museum include It’s a Nano World exhibit, Bugz! exhibit, an Amateur Radio Center open on weekends and holidays as well as aquarium feedings and shark petting on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays at 1:30 p.m. Each year the museum welcomes more than 125,000 visitors and reaches more than 45,000 students through workshops at the museum and outreach programs to local schools. Established in 1961, the museum is a non-profit organization dedicated to exciting curiosity and furthering the understanding and appreciation of science and technology.

 

About Toyota.

Toyota (NYSE: TM) established operations in the United States in 1957 and currently operates 10 manufacturing plants, including one under construction.  Toyota directly employs nearly 30,000 in the U.S. and its investment here is currently valued at more than $18 billion, including sales and manufacturing operations, research and development, financial services and design.

 

Toyota is committed to being a good corporate citizen in the communities where it does business and believes in supporting programs with long-term sustainable results. Toyota supports numerous organizations across the country, focusing on education, the environment and safety. Since 1991, Toyota has contributed more than $500 million to philanthropic programs in the U.S. 

 

For more information on Toyota’s commitment to improving communities nationwide, visit http://www.toyota.com/community.

May, 2011 – MorseLife to Host 1st Annual Stroke of Hope 5K Run/Walk

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May, 2011 – MorseLife to Host 1st Annual Stroke of Hope 5K Run/Walk

MorseLife to Host 1st Annual Stroke of Hope 5K Run/Walk May 22

Building Awareness of Stroke – One Step at a Time

 

     West Palm Beach, FL (May 5, 2011) – MorseLife, the charitable nonprofit senior care organization in Palm Beach County, will host its first annual Stroke of Hope 5K Run/Walk on Sunday, May 22nd at 7:00 am on its 37-acre campus in West Palm Beach at 4847 Fred Gladstone Drive (off Haverhill Road, 3 miles north of Okeechobee Boulevard).

     The event will be chip-timed run, combining runners in five-year age groups.  People of all ages and abilities are invited to run or walk, including youngsters under the age of 18 with the permission of their parent or guardian. 

     The goal of the event, noted organizer Judy Gelpey, is to build awareness of stroke and stroke prevention.  Additionally, she said, funds raised will help to support MorseLife’s Aphasia Center, which provides therapies, education and support to stroke survivors (called victors) with communication deficits. 

     The event takes its name from The Stroke of Hope Club, the nonprofit founded 27 years ago to provide therapies, counseling and support to stroke victors and family caregivers. The Stroke of Hope Club is now under the auspices of MorseLife.

     The general registration fee for The Stroke of Hope 5K Run/Walk is $25.00, except for children under the age of 12 who would pay a $5.00 registration fee.  Donations are gratefully accepted.

     To register for The Stroke of Hope 5K Run/Walk on Sunday, May 22, visit www.morselife.org/strokerunregistration, or contact Judy Gelpey at (561) 687-5743 or judyg@morselife.org for a registration form.

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     MorseLife is a nationally-recognized provider of health care and residential services for seniors and their families in Palm Beach County.  A charitable, not-for-profit organization, its programs include short-term rehabilitation, long term care, independent and assisted living, home care, Alzheimer’s care and research and education.  Founded in 1983, MorseLife has built a reputation and tradition of caring for seniors with excellence, dignity and compassion — honoring senior living — now and forever.  For more information, visit www.morselife.org.

 

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