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Impact The Palm Beaches Announces Finalists

Winners Of The $100,000 Impact Grants Will Be Announced

At The Seventh Annual Impact Awards Celebration On April 28

Impact the Palm Beaches will host the Seventh Annual presentations begin. The emcee of the event will be
Impact Awards Celebration Thursday, April 28, at 5:30 p.m. Keli Ferguson, née Fulton, an Emmy award-winning
at FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches in West Palm sports anchor for ESPN 106.3 on WPTV and FOX29
Beach. During this special evening, Impact the Palm Beaches in West Palm Beach, Fla.
will award high impact grants to nonprofit organizations in “Our members share the commitment to invest in
Palm Beach County. Impact the Palm Beaches is thrilled to innovative projects in our community,” said Elizabeth
announce the four Impact Grant finalists: Feed the Hungry Truong, 2021/2022 president, Impact the Palm
Pantry of Palm Beach County – Feed the Hungry Solar- Beaches. “We are excited that we currently have over
Powered, Refrigerated Container Project; Literacy Coalition 224 members this season and continue to grow!”
of Palm Beach County –Building Better Readers; Project Lauren Sterlacci, 2021/2022 vice president of
LIFT, Inc – Pathway Academy of Innovation; and Vita Nova Impact the Palm Beaches notes, “The collaborative
– Transportation for Success! structure of this type of philanthropy really empowers
The 2022 Impact event will be an exciting evening where women to create waves of positive change. I encourage
finalists present their request for funding to Impact the all of those who are interested in learning more about
Palm Beaches members, a vote is taken, and the awards are this dynamic group of women to join us at the awards
distributed. With each member contributing $1,000, Impact celebration or visit our website to learn about how to
the Palm Beaches will award this year two $100,000 Impact become a member.”
grants and two Merit grants. Impact the Palm Beaches has Impact grants fund the following service areas:
awarded $886,000 in grants in the past six years and will have Arts and Culture, Education, Environment and
awarded over $1 million by the end of this season. Animal Welfare, Health and Wellness, and Family.
Members and guests of the evening will enjoy cocktails Impact the Palm Beaches $100,000 Impact Grant
and light bites while mingling with the finalists before the Awardees have included: Center for Trauma
Counseling, Center for Child Counseling, Project
LIFT, Palm Beach Dramaworks, Clinics Can Help,
and West Jupiter Community Group. chapters and steadily growing. Their motto is “One Woman,
Admission to the Seventh Annual Impact Awards One Meeting, One Vote.” It is designed for women who
Celebration is complimentary for Impact the Palm Beaches wish to find an efficient and collaborative means of creating
members and $20 for guests. For more information or to transformational change in their community. Women can
R.S.V.P., please visit ImpactPalmBeaches.org. become as involved as they wish in the process.
Sponsors of the Seventh Annual Impact Awards Impact the Palm Beaches is a charitable fund of the Town
Celebration are Baptist Health, Palm Health Foundation of Palm Beach United Way.
and ESPN West Palm. The 2022 Impact Grants will be announced on April 28.
Impact 100 is a worldwide organization with more than 60 Photos by Capehart of past Impact Grant Award winners

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