Page 4 - Jupiter Spotlight - August '24

Page 4, Jupiter Spotlight
Community Foundation Prepares

For Hurricane Season With Disaster Relief Fund

Local Nonprofit Partners local communities that are most likely to be affected by our historic leadership role
around emergency relief to
the flooding, wind and other impacts of these potentially
To Benefit From Proactive devastating and frequent storms. Emergency preparedness heart because we become a
Fundraising Efforts and response is a core grantmaking focus for the organization. lifeline to the nonprofit partners
on the ground during a crisis.
The Community Foundation has experience supporting
relief and recovery efforts for all kinds of crises. Since Investing in our Disaster Relief
The Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin establishing its Disaster Relief Fund in 2009 in the wake Fund today helps us stand
Counties announced that it is taking immediate action to address of the housing crisis and recession, the organization has ready to help our neighbors
the NOAA National Weather Service Climate Prediction distributed over $6.1 million in relief grants to nonprofit in need in the stormy months
Center’s warning of “above-normal hurricane activity” in the partners to address the effects of weather-related, economic ahead. With our donors, we are
Atlantic basin this year. NOAA is predicting this year’s season and health crises. here to help people rebuild their lives in the short- and long-term.”
has an 85 percent chance of storms above normal levels. “When it comes to disasters, our ability to be agile with To support the Disaster Relief fund at Community
Through the Community Foundation’s Disaster Relief immediate recovery funds is key,” said Danita R. DeHaney, Foundation, visit https://yourcommunityfoundation.org/
Fund, the nonprofit organization is raising money now for president and CEO of the Community Foundation. “We take funds/disaster-relief-fund/.

ArtiGras from page 1

art and offers a unique opportunity for visitors to interact
with and purchase directly from the artists.
ArtiGras also offers the “Emerging Artist” category for local
artists. This program offers selected developing artists mentoring
services, professional booth photos and complimentary tent
rental. Qualifications include artists who have never exhibited in
a show and reside in South Florida. Emerging Artist applicants
should proceed in the same manner as professional artists and
submit their artwork online through zapplication.org.
The deadline for artists to apply online for inclusion in Diane Seeman Laurie Snow Hein
ArtiGras is Wednesday, Sept. 25. Artists can email artists@
artigras.org, call (561) 748-3942 or visit www.artigras.org for
more information.
Along with more than 250 onsite artists, the 40th edition of
ArtiGras will feature interactive art exhibits, children’s activities,
live music and the youth art competition among food and art
demonstrations. For more information visit www.artigras.org.

Artist Steve Cambronne Sarah LaPierre