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Ibis Charities Foundation Donates Van To Trustbridge Hospice

Ibis Charities Foundation is pleased to announce it cost to the individuals. The van will
donated a large new van to Trustbridge Hospice. The van, be very visible in the community.”
which includes a wrap acknowledging Ibis Charities, will On the day Trustbridge took
mostly be used to pick up donations for thrift shops where possession of the van in front
all the proceeds go to Trustbridge Hospice. of The Club at Ibis Clubhouse,
“Trustbridge Hospice Foundation was selected for Johnson said the hospice was
support to enable it to provide additional services it taking care of 1,807 patients and
delivers as an important end-of-life care provider,” their families. That number will
said Aimee Lucas, director of communications for Ibis reach 12,000 by the end of 2024.
Charities Foundation. “We are excited about how this “Ibis Charities has been
grant will amplify Trustbridge Hospice’s ability to run generous to us in the past,” Johnson
its thrift shops that are critical to its overall operations. said. “It speaks to the residents at
“Our members who so generously support Ibis Charities Ibis of their willingness to help
made it possible to award grants to more than 35 charities others, not only at Ibis but in other Rick Carpenter, Aimee Lucas and John Harris from Ibis Charities Foundation present
in the past year. Because of their support, there are still communities.” the van to Deborah Johnson, CEO of Trustbridge Hospice Foundation and Cathy
sufficient funds to make a significant difference in the Ibis Charities Foundation Rich (driving the van).
services that could be provided with an extra level of was established in 2012 as the
support through an impact grant.” fundraising arm of The Club at Ibis. The 501(c)(3) charity “The foundation’s Board, its various committees, and
Trustbridge Hospice is a community nonprofit that has has committed nearly $3 million to numerous Palm Beach volunteers all take our mission of ‘caring and sharing’
provided 24-hour support for more than 200,000 families County organizations. Thanks to the overwhelming to heart and work diligently to achieve our goals,” said
in Palm Beach County and throughout South Florida generosity of The Club at Ibis members and its corporate Rick Carpenter, president of the Board of Ibis Charities
facing serious illness since 1978. Trustbridge took over sponsors, Ibis Charities has helped tens of thousands of Foundation. “But it only happens thanks to the generous
the operations of Hospice of Palm Beach County, Hospice individuals within the local community. contributions in time and dollars from The Club at Ibis
of Broward County and Hospice by the Sea. The Ibis Charities Foundation also has awarded impact members who help us carry out our mission and improve
“This van is much more than an instrument of grants to Building Homes for Heroes to adapt homes and the lives of our needy neighbors.
transportation,” said Deborah Johnson, Trustbridge’s build mortgage-free homes for severely injured veterans, “Through our rigorous grant award process, our
president and CEO. “In so many ways it’s going to fuel our to Sweet Dream Makers to provide beds and dressers to planning and execution of programs and events, and our
ability to drive this mission of delivering compassionate children who had none, and to Meals On Wheels of the outreach to the Ibis community, we are committed to
care to everyone in the community. We provide the highest Palm Beaches to deliver special dinners over the holiday helping those in Palm Beach County less fortunate than
level of end-of-life care to patients and their families at no week to homebound seniors. ourselves. The Club at Ibis is truly a community with a
heart that proves time and time again that great things
“Service is our number one priority” happen when we do them together.”

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800s B.C., Phoenician aleph has a new look, rather more
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As serious and complex as this subject is, what makes
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and, eventually, the United States, a symbol of defiance
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