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Summer Lovin’ At The Club At Boca Pointe

Club Members are having fun in Members of all ages look forward to the holidays at SUMMER CAMP FOR ADULTS
the sun seven days a week. Did you the Club! Next up is September bringing a packed Labor Monthly Club Programming
know that Boca Pointe homeowners Day Weekend of activities and the High Holy Days. The activity calendar is
receive an exclusive initiation fee Did you know that Boca Pointe residents are invited to packed with something for
upon enrollment? If you and your join us for the Rosh Hashana and Kol Nidre services? everyone. Area excursions,
family are under the age of 55, Contact Margie Alphonse for details and to register: game nights, classic movie
we have introduced a NEW Executive Golf and Sports 561.864.8500. matinees, popular speakers,
membership! Contact the Membership Team for all the SUMMER KIDS Member mixers, pool
details. See the contact information below. New Monthly Programming parties, wine dinners, and
WELCOME NEW EXECUTIVE CHEF MARK Boca Pointe kids are now enjoying a monthly Story classes including mixology,
HEINEMANN Time event. Classic children’s literature is combined dancing, art, and cards.
We are pleased to with arts, discovery and games generated from the book. Weekly Golf, Tennis,
welcome new Executive Great fun for children Pickleball, and Fitness
Chef Mark Heinemann to our ages 3-10. Members enjoy learning
team! Mark has extensive A monthly Parent’s from our professionals!
experience overseeing food Night Out begins in The Club offers classes for the novice golf, tennis, and
and beverage operations for August! Children enjoy pickleballer to advanced clinics and lessons for those who
companies like Samsung, Google, and Catered Too. Mark a movie, crafts and game want to take the next step. If health is your goal, the Club
has also held many roles at Starwood Hotels and Resorts, night while parents enjoy offers a wide variety of complimentary classes that get and
including Executive Chef, Director of Food and Beverage time to themselves. keep you on track.
Operations, and Project Manager overseeing the opening Kids have fun while RESERVE YOUR SPOT IN THE SUN
of eight hotels. Mark brings a unique skill set to the Club parents enjoy their Contact the Membership Team to schedule your
at Boca Pointe that is different from that of the traditional favorite activities at the tour today, 561.864.8538. Roxanne Domer, rdomer@
chef. We look forward to an excellent dining experience Club – 7 days a week. heritagegolfgroup.com, Director of Membership
for our Members. Kids enjoy creative play, & Marketing, Alexis Robertson, arobertson@
SUMMER CELEBRATIONS arts and crafts, and games heritagegolfgroup.com, Membership Director
Independence Day celebrations began with a bang at the during this time. Friends become family here at the Club at Boca Pointe!
Rockin’ in the USA Party and continued through the weekend Kid’s Parties Visit our new website for more Club details and information,
with Star Spangled mixers in golf, tennis, and pickleball. Need a fun and fuss-free space for your next kids’ bocapointecc.com. Follow the fun through Boca Pointe social
Members ended the weekend celebration at the pool with a event? Contact arozo@heritagegolfgroup.com to get media: https://www.facebook.com/theclubatbocapointe/
giant slide, dunk tank, pool games, and BBQ. details and book your next party. https://www.instagram.com/bocapointecc/ 
Clowns On Call

By Harriet Rubin, trainer here in Boca. I had
aka Florabelle the Clown large classes, sometimes as
many as 40. There was a
Summer is flying by and charge for the training, as the
by the time you read this issue organization was a non-profit
the kids will be back in school. training group out of the mid
I skipped the June newsletter west and there were many
as I was very disappointed groups around the country. It
with the zero response to lasted about 7 years and then,
my June article offering free like so many other activities,
Junior clown training. All it dwindled although there
of us in “Clowns on Call” are forced to accept the lack is still a fairly large active
of interest in learning clowning. When one has devoted group in Bergen Co., N.J.
28 years to a special kind of hobby or activity, which has I also taught volunteer
resulted in thousands of hours of involvement, it is really clowning at Boca High at
hard to acknowledge; however, a shortage of young clowns their night school. I did
is a national problem. this for 4 years and trained
About 18 years ago, when I was a snowbird, returning at least 50 clowns who of
to N.J. or PA for the summer months, I took a course in course were adults. Many of Milagros Center
Mitzvah Clown Training. Since I was already a trained them used their training to
clown, the classes were very basic. The costumes provided become working clowns, but several stayed as volunteers. Call” is down to 5 all year round clowns and 2 snowbirds.
for the students were just mismatched items, the wigs and It was a wonderful experience for me and I loved keeping in This past week Cutie Pie, J.J., Twinkle Toes. Juggles and
makeup very basic, but the group of at least 25, ranging in touch with many of my students. Coming up to the present, Florabelle performed at the Milagro Center for 35 delightful
age from 12- 70 were enthusiastic, happy, and dedicated I have had to accept the fact, that in spite of all our efforts, kids. We have been doing our “Wiggles and Giggles” show
to learning how to be a clown on a volunteer basis. It especially mine, to interest both teenagers and seniors to there for 7 years. We started out with 12 clowns, sharing all
was especially impressive to me, coming from my clown try clowning, it’s just not going to happen. Our “Clowns on the parts and looking like a real performing troupe. Well,
background and for several years I was a Mitzvah clown we did our best! The kids still laughed and cheered, but it
wasn’t the same for us. We all miss the wonderful clowns
who have unfortunately passed away, as well as the few
who retired from the group. Life goes on, and hopefully
we will as well. I have now turned into a “sad” clown, but
my spirit will soar again, as soon as I see those beautiful
smiling faces in front of me, and I realize I am responsible
for that smile!
Gigs are picking up, especially since International Clown
Week is August 1-8. Our schedule includes performances at:
The Hab Center in Boca and The Fuller pre-kindergarten
classes at both East and West campuses. We will also do two
Red Nose Readers Classes for 70 kids at the Boca YMCA.
We may also perform at the Club for their great Day Camp. I
hope some of our pre-covid fund-raising walks are scheduled
this season as we miss this kind of activity.
Juggles performing Tight Rope Walker J.J. and Twinkle Toes in “Please Don’t Pick The Flowers” Don’t forget to wave if you see us on campus! 