Page 8 - Boca Exposure - January '22

Page 8, Boca Exposure
The Fuller Center’s Annual Wee Dream Ball Raised

$1 Million And Celebrated The Agency’s 50th Anniversary

The Fuller Center held its Annual Wee Dream Ball, the
organization’s signature fundraiser, on Friday, Dec. 3 at Boca
West Country Club. The event raised $1 million that will help
to sustain the organization and carry the promise of its mission
and vision forward. Event cochairs were Fuller Center Board
President Simone Spiegel and Foundation Board President Peg
Anderson, with fellow Fuller Center Board members Hiromi
Printz and David Clark serving as honorary chairs.
Cocktail hour included the ever-popular Neiman Marcus
Chance Game and an elevated Silent Auction followed by
dinner and dancing to the Chase band. The evening concluded
with a special 50th Anniversary presentation, during which
Peggy Henry Van Dorp was honored for her significant
impact to the organization and named the Inaugural Legacy Mike and Amy Kazma, Heidi Johnson Adams,
Society Honoree. Dr. John Westine, Gail Wasserman Wendy and Matthew Maschler Peggy Henry Van Dorp
“We are so grateful for the unwavering kindness and
commitment of our supporters who believe in investing in
our children and families, securing our future,” said Fuller
Center CEO Ellyn Okrent.
Woven throughout the evening were special video
presentations representing the past, present, and future of
the agency. Joshua McMann, a 24-year-old Fuller Center
alumnus who was featured in the “past” video and in
attendance with his mother Leondra remarked, “The center
believed in me and gave me hope. Without the Fuller Center,
I could have been on a very different path like other men
my age.” Josh is now a youth pastor and a preschool teacher
in Nashville, and a true testament to the power of early
childhood education.
Event sponsors included Amy and Mike Kazma, Arthur and Hiromi Printz, Simone Spiegel, Stacey Packer,
Shelly Adler, Adriana’s Designs, ADT Security Services, Peg Peg Anderson, Simone Spiegel Nicole and David Clark Peg Anderson
Anderson, Boca Raton Magazine, Boca West Country Club,
Christine E. Lynn, E.M. Lynn Foundation, Robin and Charles Broward, FASTSIGNS Boca Raton, Karen
Deyo, Excell Auto Group, Karma Palm Beach and Karma and Jay Foreman, Leslie and David Kantor,
Silvana and Barry Halperin, Wendy and
Matthew Maschler, Neiman Marcus Boca
Raton, Hiromi and Robert Printz, Jo Ann
and Philip Procacci, Publix Super Markets
Charities, Janice and Jeffrey Sandelman,
Tito’s Handmade Vodka, and Eda and Cliff
Viner.
Some major Gift from the Heart
donors included Peggy Henry Van Dorp,
Kathy and Paul Adkins, Steven Bernstein,
Stephanie and Jason Child, David and
Nicole Clark, Lauren and Randy Gould,
CP Group, Gillman Family Foundation,
Amy and Mike Kazma, Tracy and Rob
Dr. Patricia Anastasio, Pamela Polani Louv, Stacey and Evan Packer, Christine
E. Lynn, E. M. Lynn Foundation, Mayotte Linda Petrakis, Ellyn Okrent, Mar Sol Gonzalez, Carolina Doering
Foundation, Donna Nero, Hiromi and
Robert Printz, Jo Ann and Philip Procacci, Carrie Rubin, The Fuller Center’s Annual Wee Dream Ball on page 9

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