Members of Caring Stitches gather at Joy Banton’s home with the first batch of blankets and hats they will donate to children this year. BACK ROW (l-r): Annu Sharma, Doris Clark, Banton, Carla Linn, Dottie Costonis, Liz Geller, Susan Goldberg, Joset
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Les Girls of Palm Beach, a group of multinational women who have met for the past 46 years to foster friendship and understanding and exchange ideas among various cultures, enjoyed a holiday gala in Ocean Ridge. Henya Betras, Andree Dowling and Carle
More than 125 women teamed up to raise $208,000 for the Habitat for Humanity of South Palm Beach County’s initiative. Many of the volunteers went above and beyond their personal fundraising goals of $1,000 to underwrite the cost of construction mater
Donning pink hard hats and pink sapphire-and-diamond earrings, more than 100 women gathered to kick off Habitat for Humanity of South Palm Beach County’s Women Build 2018. Guests enjoyed taking photos in their bling and being inspired by a homeowner’
The Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County’s Jewish Women’s Foundation welcomed more than 160 guests to its special occasion and announced $105,000 in donations to organizations in the local community and in Israel. ABOVE: (l-r) Co-Chairwomen R
Vice Mayor Alysen Africano-Nila (above)
and Commissioner Peggy Gossett-Seidman (right) are sworn in to office in Highland Beach. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Rich Pollack
Voters in Highland Beach turned out in record numbers during
The Advisory Council of FAU’s Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies organized a special event highlighted by actress Sharon Gless. More than $30,000 was raised for scholarships. LEFT: (l-r, front) Mary Wong, Gless, Lalita Janke, and Gabriel
WomenHeart coordinators Rhoda Kitzes and Nancy Edelman say women’s concerns can be different from men’s when it comes to heart disease. Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Lona O’Connor
When Nancy Edelman completed her training at the Mayo Clinic as a W
Perry O’Neal has stepped down as president of the board
of Wayside House, but will remain active with the center,
which helps women battle addiction.
Tim Stepien/The Coastal Star
By Linda Haase
Perry O’Neal’s message is simple: There is hel
Daniela Nikolova-Popova demonstrates an equation during the conference Group Theory, Combinatorics and Computing, held in Highland Beach. Libby Volgyes/The Coastal Star
By Libby Volgyes
It doesn’t matter that Daniela Nikolova-Popova has studied an
