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Vita Nova’s Seventh Annual Mallets & Martinis

Benefitted Homeless Youth In Palm Beach County

Dressed in chic croquet whites, over 300 guests
attended Vita Nova’s sold-out Seventh Annual Mallets &
Martinis event on March 2 at the National Croquet Center.
This annual affair is the nonprofit’s signature
fundraising event that raised money to support the
homeless youth Vita Nova serves in Palm Beach County
and goes directly towards Vita Nova’s Housing Program
and Independent Living Services.

Katrina Long-Robinson, Christina and Katherine Murphy, Rick Asnani, Julia Jessica Weale, Scott Murray and
Monte Lambert Murphy Maxwell Davies

thanks to everyone who supported the youth they serve
and introduced Sophia Coffey, a Vita Nova alumni youth
Kevin and Francesca McGann and Jeff DeMario and Miss Palm Beach County. Sophia talked about her
unique experience and what brought her to Vita Nova
The guests had a wonderful evening amidst the palms, at 16 years of age. She found family, light and voice at
where they played croquet, sipped on martinis, and Vita Nova and is now an advocate for other foster youth.
enjoyed dinner and live music. The event also featured a DeMario also mentioned that although they are making
live auction conducted by Jay Zeager, where guests had enormous strides in helping hundreds of youth each year,
the opportunity to bid on unique experiences, items and there is much work left to do.
trips. Emily Pantelides emceed the lively evening, which Serving over 650 youth annually in Palm Beach County, Vita
included brief remarks from Kate Cotner, the director Nova is a safe bridge to independence for former foster care,
of community engagement at Florida Power and Light, LGBTQ and other homeless youth through supportive housing,
one of the event’s Platinum sponsors, and Jeff DeMario,
the CEO of Vita Nova. DeMario expressed his heartfelt Mayor Keith James, Lorna James and Jeff DeMario Nonprofit News on page 14

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