Page 8 - The Islander - March '25

Page 8, The Islander

nonProfit newS from page 7

The 2025 Palm Beach International Boat Show Gives
Back grant recipients are:
• Andrew “Red” Harris Foundation
• ANGARI Foundation
• Ballet Palm Beach
• CareerSource Palm Beach County
• Center for Creative Education
• Connections Education Center of the Palm Beaches, Inc.
• Cox Science Center and Aquarium
• Delray Beach Public Library
• Florida Atlantic University Foundation
• Florida Fishing Academy
• Friends of MacArthur Beach State Park
• Friends of Manatee Lagoon
• Girl Scouts of Southeast Florida
• Inlet Grove Community High School
• Inwater Research Group Inc.
• Junior Achievement of the Palm Beaches & Treasure
Coast 2025 Grant Recipients
• LagoonKeepers
• Loggerhead Marinelife Center
• Pace Center for Girls
• Palm Beach State College Foundation
• Partnership for Environmental Education
• Sandoway Discovery Center
• Sea Turtle Adventures
• Shifting Gears United, Inc.
• Talented Teen Club
• The Coastal Stewards
• The Reef Institute
• Thresher Aquatics, Inc.
• Wahine Warriors
The grant recipients will use their funding to support
their programs and expand educational outreach to Sophie White, Angela Rosenberg, Amanda Waite Leneita Fix, Yasmeen Bruno, Hannah Campbell
the community. A two-time grant recipient, ANGARI
Foundation, will be using its grant to support its Coastal
Ocean Explorers: Sharks (COE: Sharks) program, a series
of at-sea, educational expeditions aboard the foundation’s

Jeffery Davis, Patricia Davis Kathi Doole, Andrew Doole
Randall King, Alyssa Michael Corbit, Katie
65-foot research vessel, ANGARI. Educators and youth Freeman Thompson
Steven Sehauder, Mindy Danica Sanborn, Suzanne work with ANGARI Foundation and Florida International
Hanken Williamson University (FIU) scientists to research sharks through Donations to the Palm Beach International Boat Show
tagging and data collection. Ballet Palm Beach will be Gives Back program can be made while purchasing tickets to
choreographing and producing an original ballet about the Palm Beach International Boat Show at pbboatshow.com.
saving and protecting sea turtles inspired by the children’s Donations are distributed through the Palm Beach International
book, I’ll Follow the Moon, paired with a curriculum Boat Show Gives Back fund and managed by the Community
for educators. Florida Fishing Academy will be teaching Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin Counties.
students about fishing and marine life through field trips For more information about Palm Beach International
on the Thea Marie, a 49-passenger, handicapped-accessible Boat Show Gives Back, visit marinepbc.org/grant-program.
vessel docked at the Riviera Beach Marina. Photos by Tracey Benson Photography

Vita Nova’s Eighth Annual Mallets &

Mandy Fulop, Loanis Tamra FitzGerald, Janet Martinis To Benefit Homeless Youth
Menendez Cuesta Zimmerman

Southern Exposure Technologies In Palm Beach County
Computer Install/Setup/Repair
(561) 315-0144 Vita Nova will host its opportunity after dinner to bid on unique live auction items
getsetgo.annie@gmail.com Eighth Annual Mallets and dance the night away.
* DSL, Broadband,Wireless Install & Martinis on March 29, Serving close to 700 youth annually in Palm Beach
* Networking, Troubleshooting at the National Croquet County, Vita Nova is a safe bridge to independence for
* Instruction Center in West Palm former foster care, LGBTQ, and other homeless youth
* Hardware/Software Installation Beach. This annual through supportive housing, education, employment, and
* Virus/Spyware/Adware Fix affair is the nonprofit’s life skills training. Working to eliminate homelessness for
* Cleanup/Maintenance/Backup
* Business Consult/Startup/Move signature fundraising youth ages 18 to 25 years old in Palm Beach County, Vita
* Website Design/Maintenance event to raise money to Nova acts as an advocate and support system for homeless
Call S.E.T. to install your “new computer, printer support the homeless young adults.
and wireless network”! youth Vita Nova serves in Chairs are Dr. Vassillia Binensztok and Michael Davis.
GET S.E.T. GO! Palm Beach County and Sponsors to date include Florida Power & Light; Valley
REASONABLE HOURLY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY RATES go directly towards Vita Bank; Sunshine Health; PBCHRC; BrandX; Searcy,
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES FOR AS LOW AS $50.00 AN HOUR, Nova’s Housing Program Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley; FAU-Christine E.
WITH A MINIMUM OF 6 HOURS A MONTH, and Independent Living Lynn College of Nursing; and Palm Beach Illustrated.
OR 2 HOURS A WEEK, OR ON AN AS-NEEDED
BASIS RATE OF $75.00 P/HOUR. Services. Michael Davis and Dr. Vassillia Tickets to Mallets & Martinis are $275 each. To learn
START YOUR NEW YEAR WITH SECURE BACKUPS, Beginning at 6 p.m., Binensztok more, become a sponsor, and/or purchase tickets, visit
QUALITY MAINTENANCE, ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND guests of Mallets & vitanovainc.org/Mallets-Martinis or call (561) 472-4809.
PERSONABLE ON-SITE SUPPORT! Martinis will experience an exciting evening under the palms To learn more about Vita Nova or to donate, visit
(561) 315-0144
CALL S.E.T. TODAY FOR YOUR COMPUTER NEEDS! featuring croquet, martinis, and live music. Guests, who are vitanovainc.org or call (561) 689-0035.
encouraged to wear “Chic Croquet Whites,” will also have the Photo provided by Vita Nova