A caravan through John Prince Park on Oct. 10 in Lake Worth Beach raised money for Gold Coast Down Syndrome. The organization used a caravan instead of its traditional walk for the second consecutive year. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
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By Amy Woods
Delray Beach’s Aid to Victims of Domestic Abuse has announced a $40,000 challenge from a foundation that wants to remain anonymous.
Donations to AVDA’s Purple Pajama Party, a virtual fundraiser running through Dec. 1, will be matched dol
Dozens of golfers showed their support for the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County at an outing that included lunch and a silent auction. A total of $25,000 was raised for programs serving children and adults in need. The winning foursome was Cra
Players who plan to take part in Literacy Links include (l-r) Amy Brewer, Leanne Adair, Brenda Medore and Ginny Barbary. Photo provided
By Amy Woods
The CEO of the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County is hopeful that, following a challenging yea
Holly Mattson, Stephanie Kahlert, Debra Ghostine, Joumana Dagher, Patricia Knobel and Sandra Awaida.
Susan O’Connor, Rosie O’Connor and Ghostine. Photos provided
The 11th annual Loop for Literacy raised a record $80,000-plus to help fight illiter
The winning foursome has played together since the tournament’s debut four years ago: (l-r) Peter Bonutti, Glen Calder, Harrison Calder and Iain Calder.
ABOVE: (l-r) Amy Brewer, Leanne Adair, Brenda Medore and Ginny Barbary. Photos provided
Supporter
Lantana Town Manager Debbie Manzo gets a group hug Oct. 19 after reading the book Quackers by Liz Wong to kindergartners at Lantana Elementary School during the annual Read for the Record competition coordinated by The Literacy Coalition of Palm Beac
More than 350 cyclists, runners and walkers -- including (l-r) Kendall Apte, Susan Tusting
and Margaret Blume -- turned out for the annual fundraiser that had cyclists pedaling 40 miles
and runners and walkers doing 3.1 miles. There also was a 1-mile
Participating models are: (l-r) Gabrielle Kiminyo, Sophia Dickenson, Caroline Calder and Grace Vera.
Photo provided
By Janis Fontaine
Calling all young ladies: It’s time to party, American Girl-style!
The Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach Co
AmeriCorps members Michael Owen, 27, and roommate Cathy Hentschel, 23,
relax with their dogs in their pet-freindly Las Ventanas third floor loft apartment.
Photos by Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
AmeriCorps member Courtney Cambra works on spelling
By Ron Hayes
All together now.
Read!
But what to read?
In 2002, the Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County introduced “Read Together Palm Beach County,” hoping to persuade as many as 20,000 residents to read the same book at the same time.
The book
