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The $100,000 Boca West Children’s Foundation’s

12th Annual Golf Challenge Will Raise Funds

For Local Children’s Charity Partners

Children’s charities throughout Palm Beach County at 12:30 p.m. when hundreds of plastic yellow ducks will and Dr. Donald Janower, Allied Private Wealth, AW
will be granted funds raised from the Boca West Children’s be dropped from a crane for a chance to win $2,500. Golf Property Co., The GEO Group, Moss Construction,
Foundation (BWCF) 12th Annual Golf Challenge. The play begins at 1 p.m. Republic National Distributing Company, Nancy and
daylong event, which includes brunch, golf, a cocktail The golf challenge will be followed by a 5:30 p.m. Chuck Rosenblatt, Sensus Healthcare, Fifth Third Bank,
reception and dinner, takes place on Monday, March 25 at cocktail reception, dinner and live auction with exclusive Workaway International, Richard Bowman, GL Homes,
Boca West Country Club. Nonprofits that have foursomes items and experiences. Individual tickets are $750 HomeSafe, Sam Wilcox, Berman, Greenspoon Marder,
playing will receive a portion of $100,000. and include one duck and a cocktail reception ticket. LanConnect, CBIZ, Bonaccord Capital Partners, Joe
More than 30 nonprofits that serve local children Individual tickets to the dinner are $150. Additional single DiMaggio Children’s Hospital and Mo Wazir, FAU Music
benefit from the golf challenge. Funds from the golf ducks for the drop are $50. Summer Band Camp.
challenge support participating charities such as Boca Charities will vie for a portion of the $100,000 Visit Bocawestfoundation.org to purchase tickets and
Helping Hands (BHH) to grow its BHH Backpacks awarded during the tournament. Each charity will receive ducks and learn about sponsorship opportunities.
Program, which has provided weekend meals to food- between $3,000 and $15,000 depending on its team’s About Boca West Children’s Foundation
insecure elementary students; as well as the Roots and placement. Over the past 13 years, the foundation has The Boca West Children’s Foundation was launched
Wings UpLift program which provides free, intensive, granted more than $18 million for projects that serve in 2010 and came about as a desire by the thousands
small group after-school reading focused on grades one at-risk youth. of volunteers from the Boca West Country Club to give
to three for children attending Palm Beach County Title “The golf challenge is an annual fundraiser and so back to children in Palm Beach County. The foundation’s
One public elementary schools who are reading one or many people from the community participate in our mission is to identify and fund projects to assist children
two grades below grade level. shared effort to support local kids,” said Pamela Weinroth, and their families in need in the area. Since its inception,
More than 400 golfers will have the opportunity to play executive director of Boca West Children’s Foundation. the foundation has raised more than $18 million for
on courses that have been ranked among the best in the “We expect, once again, that the event will sell out. specific programs for more than 30 charities.
world, alongside St. Andrews, Pine Valley, Pebble Beach Nongolfers can support the effort and join in the fun by For more information, visit www.bocawestfoundation.
and Pinehurst. The golf challenge is expected to sell out. attending the cocktail reception and dinner.” org, call (561) 488-6980 or email foundation@
The event takes place at Boca West Country Club, Sponsors include Ronnie and Allen Flicker, Shelly bocawestcc.org.
20583 Boca West Drive, Boca Raton, and begins at 11 and Arthur Adler, Jane and Richard Zenker, Diane
a.m. for registration and brunch. A duck drop will happen and Joel Macher, Phyllis and Howard Boilen, Barbara
Robotic-Assisted Valve Surgery At Cleveland Clinic

Weston Hospital Got Joe Back On Stage

Joe Santoro had been dealing with mitral valve disease “I was jumping around, playing guitar and singing. I Patients from across the United States, Latin America
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in Florida.
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Three weeks after Joe’s robotically-assisted valve repair
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