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Boca Pointe Cares

The Club at Boca Pointe is Everyone is affected by cancer, either directly or How can you help? Join us in one of the activities planned
excited to host our first annual Boca indirectly. Can you imagine a world without cancer? We on Saturday, October 21.
Pointe Cares Classic on Saturday, are much closer to realizing this vision by supporting 4-Person Golf Scramble
October 21. We invite everyone in critical research. Pap Corps Champions for Cancer Research Tennis Mixer
the Boca Pointe Community to save helps raise crucial funds for the Sylvester Comprehensive Pickleball Mixer
the date and join us! We will raise Cancer Center at the University of Miami, Miller School of Ping Pong
money to support Pap Corps Champions for Cancer Research Medicine. Lunch and Silent Auction
and the Heritage Cares Foundation. Both causes are near Life happens. Unforeseen circumstances can occur with Please help us make a difference in the lives of so many!
and dear to many in the Boca Pointe Community, as many our valued employees, and the Club and Members want Join us on Saturday, October 21, for a time of giving and a
residents support the Boca Pointe Pap Corps chapter and are to help. The Heritage Cares Foundation assists employees great day with friends at the Club!
Members of the Club. Proceeds will be split evenly between facing crises such as illness, death, home loss, and domestic Contact Margie Alphonse today and sign up for an event:
both critical causes. problems by helping with bill pay during turbulent times. 561.864.8500. 

Ralph Ellis, 10 years of service The Boca Pointe Pap Corp Chapter Hole #8
Clowns On Call

By Harriet Rubin, our makeup and costumes.
aka Florabelle the Clown We sang, did magic tricks,
and read 2 great books,
Greetings from “Clowns which they really enjoyed.
on Call!” Time is flying by At the end we gave each
and summer is over. Our child a happy face sticker
International Clown Week and spent a minute with
events were exciting and we each one. It was wonderful!
brought a lot of joy to over Candy Bar, aka Roberta
175 kids and special adults. Pheifer, performed at
We spent a very productive Westhampton House for a
hour at the Hab Center on Boca Rio Road with over 100 Kids Carnival during Clown
special adults. This group loves us and we love performing Week. She had a great time Hab Center
our silly “Wiggles and Giggles” show for them. Many of doing her “magic show” and
the audience members have seen us numerous times over we are so glad she celebrated the occasion. have been there for the past 8 years. It’s a great afternoon
the past 6 years. The show and skits haven’t changed, but to There is an interesting discussion going on between with kids from many non-profit groups attending, sponsored
listen to the laughter, hoots and applause one would think it members of the National Clown Organizations regarding by caring adult groups and individuals. The kids have so
was the first time. It is such a joy to entertain this group and professional scary type clowns being welcomed at traditional much fun bowling and having a great lunch and lots of
so many of them come up afterwards to thank us and hug us clown conventions. It appears that during the Halloween door prizes! Everybody welcomes our presence and Juggles
and tell us how much they love our being there. This is what season there has been a growing interest in the “haunt” clown is always in demand with his spinning plates, which he
makes clowning so special for all of us. look and consequently many paid clowns have changed their skillfully places on a child’s finger and the reaction to this
J.J. and I also entertained at the YMCA for their pre-k make-up and costumes to become part of that genre. Many magical moment is wonderful to observe!
classes. We did 4 classes combined into 2, so we had traditional clowns, like our group, are not comfortable with We hope to visit the YMCA and the Fuller campuses this
about 35 kids in each session. Check the photos to see that characterization of a clown, and to include them in a month for our Red Nose Reader program.
how adorable these kids are. We decided to do a Red Nose convention where they would be in makeup and costume for Don’t forget to wave if you see a clown at Boca Pointe! 
Reader program for them, but we came already in clown, photo shoots, etc. would seem to be contrary to our
since most of the classes had seen us last spring putting on basic philosophy. On the other hand, these clowns are
definitely younger and would add another dimension
to the clowning world, good or bad? So we might find
ourselves in a battleground like situation in the next
few years, since it seems Halloween becomes bigger
every year, and the scare factor is certainly part of it.
I remember last fall going into the costume store in
Deerfield and being greeted by a 15 foot grotesque
clown dummy complete with groans and movement.
To me it was horrible and I asked the manager if
he could please not have it right at the entrance. Of
course, he sympathized with me, but didn’t move it!
Our upcoming schedule includes Boca
Helping Hands annual “Bowling For Bread”
fund-raiser on August 24th right here in Boca.
This is an event I personally have been involved
Candy Bar at The West Hampton House with long before “Clowns on Call” existed and we Florabelle and JJ at the YMCA