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Northern Notes
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Art On Display Awesome Opossums! offspring will remain with

With the goal to provide a pop of color in our service the mother, sometimes riding
centers, we have developed a unique partnership with By Katie Roundtree, on her back, for another six
Gulfstream Goodwill for the participants of their Re- Director of Finance weeks. This earns her one
Imagined Initiative to provide original paintings installed and Administration, of her nicknames, “nature’s
on art stands throughout our offices. These unique stands Northern Palm Beach minivan.” Once weaned and
are dual purposed, with one side serving as a backdrop County Improvement ready to forage on their own,
for driver’s license photos and the other side featuring Virginia Opossums, the mother will shake any remaining offspring off her back
the artwork. the animal native to and move on to another area, leaving the young to continue
North America and, more on their own.
specifically, Florida, is a Opossums, as omnivores, play a crucial role in the
misunderstood and one of ecosystem. They consume plants, insects and small
nature’s more fascinating animals, and are known to scavenge for food in trash cans,
animals. It is the northernmost earning them the nickname “nature’s garbage man.” Their
marsupial in the world and North America’s only marsupial. scavenging habits make them excellent cleanup crews,
A female opossum gives birth to tiny, underdeveloped young helping to keep the environment free of waste.
opossums, who will grow up in the mother’s pouch for 8
to 10 weeks. Once the young emerge from the pouch, the Northern Notes on page 25

Gulfstream Goodwill offers Adult Day Training (ADT)
programs to participants with intellectual and developmental
disabilities, providing meaningful life enrichment activities.
They serve thousands of vulnerable people across the Palm
Beaches and Treasure Coast every year.
The ADT programs are located in West Palm Beach
and in Fort Pierce, serving upwards of 120 participants
daily. The participants enjoy the Re-Imagined Initiative,
where they experience guided art instruction, that allows
self-expression and creativity. For more information on
all of the programs of Gulfstream Goodwill Industries
(GGI), please visit GoGGI.org.
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