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Kids corner
Dunbar’s Inaugural Event
Celebrates Achievements While
Exceeding Fundraising Goals
Good friends, amazing food, exciting auction items, and a
great cause. All of these were part of Dunbar Early Learning
Center’s inaugural fundraising event on March 9 to support
the critical work of the organization.
More than 125 Dunbar supporters gathered at
Josco’s Bar & Oven in Tequesta to learn more about the
astounding difference the center is making in the lives of
children in the greater Banner Lake community. Dunbar
provides comprehensive childcare and early learning
for children ages birth to 5. Its mission is to equip every Wendy Reynoso and Gina Brooks Lisa and Charles Modica Sally and Tony Zunino
child with a love of learning and the social and emotional
compass to be resilient. and a live auction of unique experiences conducted by kind items included: a three-day stay in a gorgeous Nantucket
Guests enjoyed a spirited cocktail hour, delicious dinner Jennifer Wright, a talented Christie’s auctioneer. One-of-a- home; golf at Sankaty Head Golf Club; a 4-hour cruise on the
historic Bystander; a NYC getaway in a Greenwich Village
apartment; and dinner for 10 at Harmonia, the oldest house
on Jupiter Island.
The inaugural Dunbar Difference event raised more
than $200,000.
“We’ve seen the difference Dunbar is making,” Cochair
Sally Auer Zunino said. “The critical pre-reading and math
skills of our Dunbar children have increased three-fold in just
one year. The children come to school eager to learn, and our
trauma-informed approach is helping to build the social and
emotional skills they need to be resilient and successful.”
Dunbar alumnus Jazmyne Thompson described the
impact Dunbar made on her own life and those of her
kids. Now a hardworking, independent mother of five, she
is grateful for the staff and services the center provides
for her children, especially for the specialized care given
to her eldest son who is diagnosed with autism. He is
currently in the first grade but, with help from the Dunbar
staff, he is reading at a third-grade level.
Jennifer Wright, Annie MacRae and Sally Zunino
Barry, Anne, and Molly O’Brien
Nicala Tyo, Chenelle Weaver, Wendy Reynoso, Ginny Luther,
and Andrea Asciutto
See answer in this paper.
Kids Corner on page 6
