Palm Beach Perspective

Interviewed Fatima NeJame, Exec Dir. Photographic Center and Ray Merritt, Curator, Photography in Place Exhibition at Palm Beach Photographic Center. They are a non-profit arts organization dedicated to the community and the enrichment of life through the photographic arts. They are located at 415 Clematis St. West Palm Beach, Fl 33401. One of their "outreach" methods is offering free exhibitions...

Talked with Rachel Ramos, Director of Programs and Ken Cunningham, Board Member and Watch A Rising Star Event Chair, Junior Achievement of Palm Beaches and Treasure Coast. They work with students K-12 to teach entrepreneurship, financial literacy with the help of Volunteers. Watch a Rising Star is their big fundraiser and is happening 6pm on March 25th at the Cohen Pavilion of the Kravis Center. T...

Spoke with Bonnie Scharf, Crohns & Colitis Foundation. They are doing one of their big fundraisers Monday March 13th. It's the Book of Hope Luncheon and the guest speaker is Michael Tonello, Author of "Bringing Home the Birkin" will be the keynote speaker. And they received a Birkin Bag to raffle off - the tickets are $100 each. They use the funds raised for research, scholarships to Camp Oasis, a...

Maverick and Carmine from WILD 95.5, Curtis from Kool 105.5 and I spoke with John Fischer, Code 3 Events and Sarah Crane, HOWFoundation. Code 3 is putting on the Delray Beach St. Patrick's Day Parade on March 11th and part of the money raised will benefit the HOWFoundation (Help Our Wounded). The HOW Foundation just treated their 1,000th patient in January and are very excited about how their Hype...

Spoke with Melissa DiNuzzo and Julia Duncan from Autism Speaks. We talked about the history of Autism Speaks and their mission statement. Listeners can find more on their website site www.autismspeaks.org . They have their annual fundraising walk coming up at the Meyer Ampitheater, West Palm Beach. It's a family friendly day for those on the autism spectrum. It's designed to be a stress free day f...

Talked with Sharon DiPietro, Chair - Tri-County Animal Rescue 15th Annual Doggie & Kittie Ball. They are a 100% no kill facility that rescues, rehabilitates and re-homes injured and neglected animals. TCAR has rescued over 53,000 animals in distress. They have an emergency fund that is used to pay for the surgeries and other expenses. One of the ways they raise funds is with their annual Doggie &...

Talked w Donna Pulda, CVA, VP Volunteer Svcs, Alexia Savage, SPV Communications & Resource Development, United Way of PBC. We talked about the history of the United Way and several of their programs including the VITA TAX free tax preparation program. This is the 14th year that the Vita Tax program has been helping folks in the community determine with their taxes and making sure that if they qual...

Talked with Conni Murphy, Dir. of the Cancer Genetics Program at Good Samaritan Medical Center. They offer a wide variety of genetic screening in addition to the commonly heard of BRAC1 and BRAC2. Patients get a script from their Physician and fill out a long history of theirs/their family medical health. Once they submit that then the center reviews all the data, builds a family tree of who needs...

Talked with Nancy Stewart and Sarah Valley from Festival Management Group. They are putting together this years 18th Annual Garlic Fest. Lots of exciting things this year, including the new location (John Prince Park in Lake Worth), free wi-fi, VIP Beer/Food Dinner with Lagunitas, great music and of course the Chef Challenges throughout the weekend with "surprise ingredients and garlic". It's from...

Spoke with Luisa Gomez M.Ed., Jasmine Coyle, Program Coordinators, Pine Jog Environmental Education Center and Blanche Williams, Jazz Flutist/Host of Jazz on J Street. They have several fundraising events coming up as well as volunteer opportunities. On Jan 28/29th, listeners can volunteer to help build their new Naturescape Playground. (this is an ongoing build if they can't make it those days)....

Talked with Brandon Phillips and PJ Rivzi, Polo for a Purpose and LLS. Brandon is a professional polo player, survivor of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma and the LLS Honorary Chairman of their event. They are having their 4th Annual Polo for a Purpose Event on Monday 1/16 at the Wellington Polo Grounds. It's a ppolo match with a concert by Gipsy Sound Revolution following to raise funds for local services...

Talked with Cristin Krasco, Education, Smithsonian Marine Station/St. Lucie Aguarium. They have two buildings, one is the Smithsonian Marine Station where the scientists do research and the other (across the street) is the St. Lucie Aquarium. The aquarium is open 7days a week starting on 1/9/17 and the research center has public tours 1x/month. They are offering a line up of marine science lecture...

Talked with Julia Belcher and Kirsten George, Teammates, Dub City Derby. They are starting the New Year off by changing their name from Dub City Derby Girls to Dub City Derby (to be more inclusive). We went over 10 resolutions that are suggested online including: lose weight, spend time with people, learn something new, volunteer, etc. All of which listeners can do by becoming part of the roller d...

Talked with Ellen Wedner, Donald M. Ephraim Palm Beach Jewish Film Festival and Elizabeth Dashiell, PR about the upcoming film festival. It runs from Jan 19-Feb 23. It's their 27th Annual and they are doing it a little different this year. They are running all the movies in Boca and then reshowing in PBG and then again in Delray. (that way the listeners won't have to drive as far). We talked about...

Spoke with Scott Bernarde, Dir of Communications and Glenn Tomlinson, Dir Education Department for the Norton Museum of Art. They are open during their remodeling/expansion and are offering Free admission for the next two years. This year they have added a lot of programs to run during the winter school break. Tuesday 12/27 Phillida Barlow will present The Gift of Sculpture, Wednesday 12/28 Willia...

Talked with David Carson, Public Affairs Director and Allison Goff, Member Visitor Services Director from the Flagler Museum. They have a wonderful line up of events/exhibitions this year for the public to enjoy. The museum "Whitehall" is the home Henry Flagler built as a wedding present for his wife. It's located in Palm Beach and all the hours/ticket pricing/events are listed online at www.flagl...

Talked with Mark Wade, Partner Restoration Alliance, Golf Chair for Junior Achievement PBC. They go into schools and teach kids about business/finances/entrepreneurship. They are looking for volunteers from local businesses to join them in their outreach. They have lots of different fundraisers including one on the Fazio Course at Jonathan's Landing Old Trail Golf Club, this golf tournament is a p...

Talked with Tracy Sussman, Dir of Marketing, Robin Nierman, Diabetes Prevention Program Coor., and Bryan Hunt, Sr Program Dir at the YMCA PBC. They have a lot of great programs available to the community. November is Diabetes Awareness Month and they are offering a Prevention program at the Y. It's a 26 week class to help increase awareness, reduce weight, increase physical fitness to 150min/wk. T...

Talked with Kathleen Glover, Asst Dir. and Jamie Stuve, President/CEO, Jupiter Lighthouse. They are the Loxahatchee River Historical Society and as such they maintain the Lighthouse, the museum and history of our area. They have a wide variety programs including Yoga, tours, hikes, etc. They raise all the money to maintain the Lighthouse with a lot of different events. Coming up this Saturday, 11/...

Talked with Jacqueline Nicholson, Dir. of Development and Bill Harsh, Board Member, Pres of the Centurions from Palm Beach Habilitation center. They provide services to adults 18 with developmental, emotional and physical disabilities so that they can be more independent. They offer a variety of programs including: job training, employment opportunities, residential services. The main campus is lo...

Talked with Alyssa Rich, Dir of Development, Crohn's & Colitis Foundation. They are doing a family/pet friendly fundraiser walk at City Place on November 5th starting at 9am. It's a non-timed 1 mile walk. Entertainment and food onsite. To sign up listeners can go to www.ccfa.org and sign up for the CCFA West Palm Beach Take Steps Walk. The website also has info on treatments/symptoms/programs/serv...

Talked with Zack Sharp, Vice-Chair, Board of Directors, Diabetes Coalition of PBC, Debby Walters, Exec. Dir., Diabetes Coalition of PBC, Marjorie Sullivan, VP Communications, Palm Healthcare Foundation, Inc. They are coordinating events for Diabetes Awareness Month in November. Listeners can go and get their numbers checked, find out about healthy eating, exercise, etc. Locations are listed on the...

Talked with Stacey Halpin and Cheryl Budd, Making Strides Walk Volunteers. The American Cancer society has multiple walks this year. Meyer Amp in WPB, Mizner in Boca, TC and Broward locations too. It's free to walk but they encourage fund raising to help with services/research. The local office has several programs such as road to recovery. Listeners can sign up their team by downloading the new p...

Talked with Ray Mooney, Dir of Facilities International Polo Club. He's on the board for the Boys & Girls Club of PBC. There are 13 clubs and he works with the club in Wellington. They are putting on a bunch of fun events including a gold tournament on 10/8 at Wanderer's club in Wellington. They also are doing a Trunk or Treat event for Halloween. The Wellington center serves 350 kids daily, provi...

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