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13644811874?profile=RESIZE_710xBoca Helping Hands supporters dressed the part and danced the Charleston at the sold-out event with a 1920s theme. Donning flapper dresses and pinstripe suits, they enjoyed an unforgettable evening of music, auctions, cocktails, dinner and the crowni

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13571169897?profile=RESIZE_710xEat Better Live Better in Delray Beach is worried about filling all the bags it needs to supply the 1,500 households it serves each month. ‘We were able to come up with June, but we’re not sure about July,’ says board member Jackie Ermola. ABOVE: Vol

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Andy Hagen is the new executive director of Boca Helping Hands after volunteering there for years. Photo provided 

By Janis Fontaine

Andy Hagen, the senior pastor at Advent Life Ministries in Boca Raton, donned a new hat on June 1: “I’m moving from

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The Butterfly Boutique is a newly opened thrift store on southbound Federal Highway at Northeast Fifth Street in Delray Beach. The store benefits Wayside House, which helps women overcome addiction. Photo provided 

By Amy Woods

Bargain hunters now c

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13230077295?profile=RESIZE_584xBilli and Bernie Marcus. Photo provided

 

An unprecedented $32 million gift from the late co-founder of the Home Depot has been made to the Marcus Neuroscience Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
One of the last acts of generosity personally d

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13080533278?profile=RESIZE_710xIn 2023, Cason United Methodist Church hosted its inaugural Thanksgiving dinner. It brought together more than 100 congregants, the underserved in the community and the Seekers ministry to enjoy donated turkeys and food prepared by the Caring Kitchen

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12305216696?profile=RESIZE_710xThe groundbreaking ceremony for the new station at 651 Linton Blvd. included (l-r) John Scherer of contractor Gulf Building, Delray Beach Public Works Director Missie Barletto, Commissioner Adam Frankel, City Manager Terrence Moore, Commissioner Rob

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12304847298?profile=RESIZE_710xSpecial Olympian Margie-Lee Rodriguez created a collection of Holiday Joy cards. Photo provided

The Arc of Palm Beach County is offering a creative collection of handmade holiday greeting cards crafted by its talented clients.

Proceeds from sales of

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12280874872?profile=RESIZE_710xCereal4All founders Luke and Jett Justin. Photo provided

During September’s Hunger Action Month, Boca Helping Hands in collaboration with Florida Atlantic University and Cereal4All organized the Tackle Hunger cereal drive.

In its third year, the driv

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12175309694?profile=RESIZE_710xThe Rev. Ray Simms has been appointed provisional pastor and moderator at Metropolitan Community Church of the Palm Beaches. Photo provided

Three P’s we all seek — purpose, pleasure and peace — are the topic of a workshop offered by Unity of Delray B

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11172830072?profile=RESIZE_710xDonations of $1 million each from three couples — (l-r) Hilary and Matthew Rosenthal, Debra and Michael Coslov, and Toni and Martin Sosnoff — have helped the Boca Raton Regional Hospital Foundation meet its fundraising goal for the hospital’s expansi

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11061274269?profile=RESIZE_710xThe stained glass windows and sweeping roof line help to define the interior of the Church of the Palms. Photo provided

Church of the Palms is repairing the stunning stained-glass art in its sanctuary and narthex that has decorated the church since t

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