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BOCA POINTE CARES GOLF SCRAMBLE | 4-Somes
GIVE A LITTLE. HELP A LOT! 8:30 am Shotgun, includes breakfast and lunch
$125 donation per Member | $150 donation per Guest

The Boca Pointe Community is invited to save the date and join us! TENNIS MIXER
Saturday, October 21 & October 28 9:30 – 11:30 am, includes lunch
$60 donation
TWO WORTHY CAUSES
PICKLEBALL MIXER
The Club at Boca Pointe will raise money to support Pap Corps Champions for Cancer 9:30 – 11:30 am, includes lunch
Research and the Heritage Cares Foundation. Both causes are near and dear to many in the $60 donation
Boca Pointe Community, as many residents support the Boca Pointe Pap Corps chapter and
are Members of the Club. Proceeds will be split evenly between both critical causes. PING PONG MIXER
9 – 11 am
Everyone is affected by cancer, either directly or indirectly. $10 donation
Can you imagine a world without cancer? We are much closer to realizing this vision by
supporting critical research. Pap Corps Champions for Cancer Research helps raise crucial BOCA POINTE CARES LUNCH & SILENT AUCTION
funds for the Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center at the University of Miami, Miller School $45 donation
of Medicine.
Saturday, October 28
Life happens. GHOSTS & GOBLINS FOR GOOD, Rain or Shine
Unforeseen circumstances can occur with our valued employees, and the Club and Members
want to help. The Heritage Cares Foundation assists employees facing crises such as illness, Bounce House Sponsor - $400
death, home loss, and domestic problems such as helping with bill pay during turbulent times. “Boo”ze Cart Sponsor - $200

YOU CAN HELP BOO HOUSE & TRUNK OR TREAT
Sports Club | 5 – 8 pm
Join us for one or more of these fun events or be a sponsor! Prepare for a Spooktacular evening of family fun!

Saturday, October 21 Cars will be decked out and ready to hand out delicious treats to all the little trick-or-treaters.
Golf, Tennis, Pickleball, Ping Pong, Lunch & Silent Auction Inside, brace yourself for a walk through our thrilling Boo House, where surprises and scares
await around every corner.
Saturday, October 28
Boo House & Trunk or Treat We've also set up two fantastic spots for those all-important
Instagram-worthy moments, so don't forget your cameras!
BOCA POINTE CARES EVENT INFORMATION $10 Member charge or cash donation
& SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
INFORMATION & REGISTRATION CONTACTS
Saturday, October 21
SUPPORT WITH EVERY SWING, Rain or Shine Golf, Phil Wiese | pwiese@heritagegolfgroup.com

Premium Hole Sponsor Tennis, Pickleball, Ping Pong, Ville Jansson | vjansson@heritagegolfgroup.com
1 Hole - $500
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10 Hole - $250 Lunch & Silent Auction, Boo House & Trunk or Treat, Margie Alphonse | bpccreception@heritagegolfgroup.com
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Hole Sponsor - $125
Beverage Cart Sponsor - $250
Sponsorships & Monetary Donations, Tonya Jansson | tjansson@heritagegolfgroup.com

Clowns On Call
By Harriet Rubin, aka Halloween is always a difficult time for clowns in
Florabelle the Clown general, and my discussion about “haunt” or “scary”
clowns resulted in some open clown conversations on
October is here! When Facebook. Consequently, I believe the country will
I lived in New Jersey, this see more clowns donning this type of makeup and
was my favorite time of taking part in haunted houses and other kinds of paid
year. The beautiful colors experiences. After all, no clown skills are required for
of turning trees really was this type of gig! Can you see a scary clown giving
breathtaking. Of course that a balloon dog to a child, with a grotesque smile on
meant someone had to rake his face? If a child already has some fear of clowns
up all those leaves, but even in general, this could result in a lifetime phobia. So,
that was fun at times. Of course, Florida is beautiful all those of us who are happy, caring clowns will not
year round, so I’m not complaining. dress as clowns for Halloween, and will do our best
We had a great time at Boca Helping Hands, “Bowling to enjoy this wonderful holiday! Boca Pointe “Clowns on Call” 2023
For Bread” event in early September. All 5 of us were able We have a great gig coming up on Sept. 30 in
to attend, and we got lots of smiles, hugs and thank you’s Green Acres, a Senior Health and Resource Fair, sponsored by do, and since COVID so many of our organizations have not
from the hundreds of adults and kids who were there. The Prominence Health Plan. This will give us a chance to entertain resumed their events, or have merged with other groups out of
photographer from the Sun Sentinel took so many shots of us, seniors with balloon hats, puppets, juggling, and general our area. So— if you want to see “Clowns on Call” continue,
in action mostly, and one large photo of Juggles appeared in interaction which we all love! I’m even going to bring my please give this a little thought!
the Sunday section. I asked him to please try and get our full “invisible dog”, Pepperoni! Look for a photo next month! Thanks for reading, and don’t forget to wave if you see
name in the caption, but they did put “Clowns on Call” under We are always looking for new gigs in the community. a clown on property! 
the photo. That’s one of the frustrating things about being When folks hear that I am a clown, the very first thing they
interviewed or photographed, the lack of input or control you ask is “Do you go to hospitals?”
have with the source, but at least we made it to the paper! Years ago, in New Jersey, I set up volunteer clown services
in 3 of the 4 hospitals in Bergen County and my old alley still
services 2 of them, (before COVID). Here in South Florida, the
only hospital with a clown visiting program was Delray Medical,
but not since COVID. Juggles was a regular volunteer there
but not anymore. For some reason the average person thinks
of hospitals as being the primary place clowns service, and this
is very inaccurate. “Caring Clowns”, which is our category, go
anyplace where they can bring joy and smiles. There is no limit
to the groups we have entertained. If anyone is curious, take a
look at our beautiful web site, Boca Pointe Clowns on Call.com,
and you will see a small part of what we have accomplished in
the past 8 years. So— think about all the groups you may belong
to, or your families are involved with, or your grandchildren
go to. They all have events, fun raisers, parties, celebrations,
many of which would benefit from having clowns there. And,
JJ, Cutie Pie, Florabelle, and Juggles at Boca Helping Hands don’t forget, if it’s a non-profit group, as most groups are, there
“Bowling For Bread” is no charge!!! We really need to get back into what we love to Florabelle at the Fuller Center doing magic!