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Hanley Foundation’s 28th Annual Family Picnic

To Benefit Substance Misuse Prevention Programming

Family-Friendly Event Is About Hanley Foundation
Hanley Foundation envisions a world free of addiction,
Sunday, Oct. 22 In Downtown leading the way as the largest provider of grant-funded
West Palm Beach prevention education programs in the state of Florida.
Hanley Foundation’s mission is to eliminate addiction
through prevention, advocacy, treatment, and recovery
Hanley Foundation’s 28th Annual Family Picnic, support. In addition to offering recovery scholarships
a fundraiser to benefit substance misuse prevention to those in need and facilitating trainings to identify the
programming in schools throughout Florida, will be held signs of substance misuse, the foundation works to reduce
on Sunday, Oct. 22 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in downtown stigma and inform policy through its advocacy efforts.
West Palm Beach. The action-packed, family-friendly Hanley Foundation educates, changes minds, and saves
event will include lunch, entertainment, a silent auction, lives with its evidence-based programs proven through
games, and kids’ activities including a petting zoo, ice research to prevent and delay the use of alcohol and other
cream bar, and much more. Cochairs Taylor Schneider and Hanley Foundation board drugs. For more information about Hanley Foundation,
Taylor Schneider and Hanley Foundation board member James Schneider (Please note: They are no longer please visit hanleyfoundation.org or call (561) 268-2355.
member James Schneider are chairing the event, which married but support this cause together.) Follow on Instagram and Facebook @HanleyFoundation
theme is Family Time Is Time Well Spent. The family and on Twitter and LinkedIn @HanleyFNDN.
picnic takes place at the Lake Pavilion, 101 S. Flagler Foundation’s CEO. “These evidence-based programs
Drive, West Palm Beach. Tickets are $50 for children have been proven to increase the age of first use – the
ages 4 to 17, and $250 per person for adults. Children 3 most important predictive factor in the development of
and under are free. substance use disorders – from 9.5 years in the year 2000
“Hanley Foundation’s prevention programs aim to to 14.5 years today. The family picnic will help us raise
empower young people to make healthy choices and funds to reach even more students across Florida and
prevent them from drinking or taking drugs, which is equip them with essential learning tools to help prevent
especially critical while their brains are still developing,” substance misuse.”
said Rachel Pappert Docekal, MBA, Ed.D., Hanley Over the past five years, Hanley Foundation’s
Prevention Department has provided services to 32
counties throughout the state, reaching 360,492 parents,
caregivers, teachers and students. The foundation
is setting the gold standard across the state with its
prevention programs.
“Our family has been longtime supporters of the
family picnic and Hanley Foundation’s mission,” said Monday, Sept. 4
Schneider. “We are excited to chair this year’s event and
bring a new venue and fall-themed spin to attendees. As
a parent, I am thankful for the work that Hanley is doing
in our community to keep our children’s futures healthy
and bright. This event is about just that.”
For more information, visit HanleyFoundation.org, call
(561) 268-2355, or email events@hanleyfoundation.org.
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