arthur - News - The Coastal Star2024-03-28T13:20:26Zhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/feed/tag/arthurNature center at Green Cay closed for renovationhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/nature-center-at-green-cay-closed-for-renovation2019-10-29T21:31:37.000Z2019-10-29T21:31:37.000ZThe Coastal Starhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/TheCoastalStar<div><p><strong>By Deborah S. Hartz-Seeley</strong></p>
<p>The nature center building at Green Cay Nature Center and Wetlands (12800 Hagen Ranch Road, Boynton Beach) will be closed beginning this month for new roof construction.</p>
<p>But during the four to six months the work will require, the surrounding wetlands will remain open to the public and the wildlife will not be disturbed.</p>
<p>For updates visit <a href="http://www.pbcnature.com">www.pbcnature.com</a> or call the Palm Beach County Parks and Recreation Services Division, 966-6686.</p>
<p>Other nature centers and wetlands to visit include: <br /> • Wakodahatchee Wetlands, 13270 Jog Road, Delray Beach; 493-6000.<br /> • Daggerwing Nature Center, 11435 Park Access Road, Boca Raton; 629-8760.<br /> • Okeeheelee Nature Center, 7715 Forest Hill Blvd., West Palm Beach; 233-1400.<br /> • Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge, 10216 Lee Road, Boynton Beach; 734-8303.</p></div>Philanthropy Notes: Cotillion Academy teens to learn leadership skillshttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/philanthropy-notes-cotillion-academy-teens-to-learn-leadership-sk2019-07-30T20:55:23.000Z2019-07-30T20:55:23.000ZThe Coastal Starhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/TheCoastalStar<div><p><strong>By Amy Woods</strong></p>
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<p><strong>The Junior League of the Palm Beaches</strong> is recruiting middle school students from South County to sign up for the 2019-2020 Cotillion Academy.<br />The academy — one of the league’s oldest legacy programs as it enters its 62nd year— teaches dance, etiquette and leadership skills through monthly classes that run from October to April.<br />“What these students are gaining is not only just dance and etiquette and leadership skills but also confidence-boosting skills,” President Laura Wissa said. “These children flourish. These children blossom.”<br />They learn everything from the foxtrot and the rumba to the salsa and the waltz as well as how to hold their partners properly in a ballroom-style setting.</p>
<p><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960878886,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960878886,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-left" width="204" height="255" alt="7960878886?profile=original" /></a>“Since we are teaching middle-school-aged students, we use an open-frame partner positioning to ensure that no one is uncomfortable and everyone stays appropriate,” Cotillion Co-Chairwoman Kayla Foriere said.<br />The etiquette lessons include how to greet acquaintances and make introductions — in addition to table manners — all with a modern twist.<br />“I think we have come a long way in making Cotillion relevant and inclusive to middle schoolers while still keeping the tradition alive,” said Foriere, a Cotillion Academy graduate. “The structure of it was very much the same as it is now. We wore white gloves and had instructors teach us dance and etiquette. It was a great experience, and there are so many elements that I have been able to apply throughout my life.”<br />Co-Chairwoman Kelsey Puddington said one of the things that has changed is technology.<br />“For instance, when is sending a thank-you text or email appropriate vs. a traditional thank-you card in the mail?” Puddington said. “Sixty-two years ago, there were no cell phones or texting. All communication was done person to person.”<br />The leadership component will be taught by Craig Domeck, dean of the Catherine T. MacArthur School of Leadership at Palm Beach Atlantic University.<br />“We have taken traditional Cotillion from just dancing and etiquette and modernized it by adding a leadership component,” Puddington said. “This makes our program incredibly unique.”<br />The program culminates April 7 with a ball at the Four Seasons Resort Palm Beach. For more information, call 689-7590 or visit <a href="http://www.jlpb.org">www.jlpb.org</a>.</p>
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<p><strong>Foundation funds to help local youths in poverty</strong><br />Boca West Children’s Foundation granted a record $1.1 million this past season to Palm Beach County nonprofits that support local youths.<br />Since its inception in 2010, the foundation has given more than $8 million to the cause.<br />“Our mandate is to identify and implement projects assisting at-risk children and their families for partner agencies in our community,” Chairman Arthur Adler said. “This record amount of funding will go a long way toward feeding, educating, clothing and keeping safe and healthy more than 5,500 children in need every day.”<br />It is estimated that 25 percent of local children live at or below the poverty level.</p>
<p><br /><strong>Hab-a-Hearts Luncheon raises nearly $150,000</strong><br />More than 370 guests attended a sold-out benefit at the Mar-a-Lago Club for the Palm Beach Habilitation Center, a nonprofit that provides programs and services to adults with disabilities.<br />The 28th-annual Hab-a-Hearts Luncheon, themed “Jazz Up Your Giving,” included a performance of jazz favorites by students from Palm Beach Atlantic University. David Lin, the center’s CEO, thanked all of the donors, sponsors and volunteers.<br />“Their support of the event has a direct impact on our ability to provide a wide range of programs and services to adults with significant disabilities in Palm Beach County,” Lin said.<br />Nearly $150,000 was raised, which will help support the more than 500 men and women the center serves.</p>
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<p><strong>Grant to help Faulk Center meet growing need</strong> <br />The Faulk Center for Counseling has received a one-time grant of $65,000 from the Quantum Foundation to fund ACCESS: Child and Family Counseling for Medically Underserved & Uninsured Children and Families.<br />The grant will enable the center to meet the growing need for mental health services for the at-risk population in Palm Beach County. It also will provide education and training to the next generation of mental health professionals through a community-outreach intervention program.<br />“Through this generous grant from Quantum Foundation, the Faulk Center will work to strengthen children and families with mental health services provided by graduate students pursuing master’s or doctoral degrees in psychology, social work and mental health counseling,” CEO Vicki Katz said. “As a direct result, these students — engaged in the mental health community — receive an enriched sense of purpose in their lives to pursue professional careers in the Palm Beach County workforce.”<br />The foundation’s mission is to fund initiatives that improve the health of the community and its residents.</p>
<p><br /><em>Send news and notes to Amy Woods at flamywoods@bellsouth.net</em></p></div>Philanthropy Notes: Junior League leaders announced for coming seasonhttps://thecoastalstar.com/profiles/blogs/philanthropy-notes-junior-league-leaders-announced-for-coming-sea2019-07-02T19:59:23.000Z2019-07-02T19:59:23.000ZThe Coastal Starhttps://thecoastalstar.com/members/TheCoastalStar<div><p></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960870880,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960870880,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960870880?profile=original" /></a><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960871854,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960871854,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-center" alt="7960871854?profile=original" /></a><em>ABOVE: Serving on the Junior League board are (l-r) Krista Downey, Alexandra Chase, Emily Schachtel, Laura Wissa, Ann a, Pam Schanel, Sue Gibson, Felice Shearer, Julie Rudolph and Sarah Cohen.</em> <br /><em>BELOW: The management team includes (l-r) Aimee Shaughnessy, Jeana White, Natasha Rawding, Felice Shearer, Kathryn Sexton, Nadia Islam Spivak and Sarah Kudisch.</em><br /><strong><em>Photos provided by CAPEHART</em></strong></p>
<p>The Junior League of the Palm Beaches has named its 2019-20 board of directors and management team.<br />Leading the cause is President Laura Wissa, who has been a member of the league since 2006 and served as vice president of fundraising as well as chairwoman of numerous committees.<br />“In my 13 years of being in JLPB, this organization has changed me,” Wissa said. “It has taught me how to become a community leader and a better person.”<br />Members of the board of directors are President-Elect Julie Rudolph, Executive Vice President Felice Shearer, Secretary Krista Downey, Treasurer Ann Breeden, Nominating Chairwoman Kristen Laraia and members Alexandra Chase, Sarah Cohen, Sue Gibson, Emily Schachtel and Pam Schanel.<br />The management team, which oversees the league’s day-to-day operations, includes Shearer, Executive Vice President-Elect Sarah Kudisch, Membership Vice President Jeana White, Community Vice President Kat McGinley, Communications Vice President Aimee Shaughnessy, Treasurer-Elect Nadia Islam Spivak, Fundraising Vice President Natasha Rawding and Fundraising Vice President-Elect Kathryn Sexton.</p>
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<p><strong>Community Foundation caps year of giving</strong><br />The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties’ year of charitable giving — focused on community revitalization — included grants totaling over $1.3 million to area nonprofits. The foundation also awarded more than $1 million in scholarships to 104 county high school students in amounts that ranged from $1,000 to $26,000, with Alexander W. Dreyfoos School of the Arts, Atlantic High School and Lake Worth High School earning the most scholarships.</p>
<p><strong><a href="{{#staticFileLink}}7960871474,original{{/staticFileLink}}" target="_blank"><img src="{{#staticFileLink}}7960871474,original{{/staticFileLink}}" class="align-left" alt="7960871474?profile=original" /></a>Major legacy gift to benefit Boca Helping Hands clients</strong><br />Boca Helping Hands has announced that the late Arthur Remillard Jr. left the organization $1 million as a legacy gift to its endowment fund.<br />“This is huge in our world,” said Gary Peters, Boca Helping Hands board president. “Arthur Remillard’s first major gift to Boca Helping Hands in 2006 enabled us to purchase the building we are in today, allowing our organization to expand from its beginnings as a small soup kitchen. His estate gift will help ensure that we can keep growing and serving those in need for decades to come.”<br />When Remillard initially contacted Peters, Boca Helping Hands was providing 36 meals per day. Now it is feeding nearly 200 poor and hungry a meal six days a week, serving 4,000 per month.<br />“As a longtime Boca Raton resident, our father was passionate about wanting to help establish a comprehensive resource center for the less-privileged citizens of this great town,” son Regan Remillard said. “Boca Helping Hands is the culmination of that passion, and our father’s legacy gift will help Boca Helping Hands continue its critical, compassionate mission of providing food, access to medical care, financial assistance and job training to Boca’s neediest residents.”</p>
<p><strong>Glades seniors get college scholarships via Take Stock</strong> <br />Fifty seniors from Glades Central High School received $440,000 in Florida Prepaid scholarships as a result of their commitment to the Take Stock in Children Palm Beach & Johnson Scholars program.<br />The students joined the program in 2015 and have maintained their participation in the Glades Climate Change Initiative. The initiative paired the then-freshmen with volunteer mentors and set them on a course to academic success. The graduation rate nearly doubled in four years.<br />“Our students in the Glades are so deserving of this opportunity,” said Nancy Stellway, Take Stock in Children’s executive director. “Belle Glade is an area that can often be overlooked because of the economic disparity, but it is so encouraging to know that we are giving the students an opportunity to further their education and improve their future lives and the lives of their family members.”</p>
<p><strong>Moran Foundation aids environmental education</strong><br />Sandoway Discovery Center in Delray Beach has received a two-year grant totaling $90,000 from the Jim Moran Foundation.<br />The money will be used to support the center’s education and animal-care programs that allow students and visitors to learn about the environment through hands-on activities and live-animal encounters. The money also will enable a book to be sent home with every student from a Title I school participating in the Junior Naturalist Program.<br />“This is a tremendous opportunity to enhance and strengthen the student experience at Sandoway,” Executive Director Danica Sanborn said.</p>
<p><strong>CROS Ministries event raises nearly $50,000</strong> <br />CROS Ministries welcomed 200 supporters to its “Raise Your Glass To End Hunger” event at Delray Beach’s Old School Square Fieldhouse.<br />The fundraiser included wine and beer tasting, as well as signature dishes from local restaurants and caterers. Guests bid on a variety of donated items in both the silent and live auctions.<br />The nearly $50,000 in proceeds will benefit the faith-based organization that brings together members of the community to help alleviate hunger.</p>
<p><strong>Arts grant to fund Spady comic book project</strong><br />The Spady Cultural Heritage Museum has been awarded a $20,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to create an exhibit and a series of community events exploring the origin and impact of multicultural comic book heroes.<br />The history of multicultural comic book characters extends far beyond Black Panther, Falcon and Storm — heroes made famous by recent movies — and the project, titled eroica: black, brown, red and yellow comic book narratives, focuses on the origins and representations of superpowers of color. <br />“eroica will be an opportunity to engage people in conversations and reflections that deal with pop culture, iconic imagery, cultural representation, civil rights, modernism and history — all through the depiction of heroism in comic books,” museum Director Charlene Farrington said. <br />Additionally, The NEA awarded an Art Works grant of $10,000 to Palm Beach Poetry Festival in support of the 2020 festival, which will be Jan. 20-25 in Old School Square, Delray Beach. </p>
<p><strong>5K run/walk benefits four local charities</strong><br />The 12th annual Rooney’s 5K Run/Walk held in April at Palm Beach Kennel Club raised $19,039.41 for Greyhound Support Transport, Palm Beach County Police Athletic League, Potentia Academy and Westgate/Belvedere Homes Community Redevelopment Agency, with the help of sponsorships and nearly 600 participants.<br /> The fourth annual Rooney’s Spring Golf Tournament, at Abacoa Golf Club, raised $16,000 to benefit Awesome Greyhound Adoptions/Hounds & Heroes, Florida Atlantic University Honors College, Forgotten Soldiers Outreach and Wounded Veterans Relief Fund. </p>
<p><strong>Office Depot employees assist at Boys & Girls Club</strong><br />Boca Raton-based Office Depot recently had its second annual Depot Day of Service volunteer initiative. In South Florida, more than 300 volunteers helped to complete a revitalization project at the Naoma Donnelley Haggin Boys & Girls Club in Delray Beach.</p>
<p><em>Send news and notes to Amy Woods at flamywoods@bellsouth.net</em></p></div>