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MAY 2025
Arthur Adler Memorial Golf Challenge Raises $600,000 For At-Risk Children In Palm Beach County More than 400 golfers hit the greens during the Arthur Adler Memorial Golf Challenge on March 24, raising over $600,000 to support at-risk children in Palm Beach County. The annual tournament, held at Boca West Country Club’s four private courses, benefits local youth served by Boca West Children’s Foundation (BWCF) and its 36 charity partners. Each foursome represented a BWCF charity partner and vied for a share of the $100,000 prize pool. Top-performing charity teams won substantial funds for their causes. • First Place: Education Foundation of Palm Beach County ($20,000) • Second Place: Roots and Wings ($10,000) • Third Place: Best Foot Forward ($7,500) Arthur Adler Memorial Golf Challenge on page 2
Second place winners – Roots and Wings
First place – Education Foundation
Food Donations For Boca Helping Hands Have Decreased By 40 Percent Boca Helping Hands, which provides food to the underserved, has received 40 percent fewer year-to-date donations of food, with a cost deficit of nearly $1.1 million ($1,078,000). As of March 1, 2024, the organization had received 1.4 million pounds of food, as compared with 866,000 pounds of food by March 1 of this year, a drop of 40 percent. Boca Helping Hands’ year-to-date USDA commodities food donations have been reduced by 100,000 pounds as of March 1. Fresh produce from area farms is down 150,000 pounds, in part due to pauses in grant dollars to the Local Food Purchase Assistance Cooperative.
Boca Helping Hands (BHH) is a community-based nonprofit in Palm Beach County that provides food, medical and financial assistance to help individuals and families improve their quality of life and build financial stability. Through its various programs, BHH assists nearly 35,000 people annually. “The demand for our services and food has greatly increased since pre-COVID, due to the higher cost of living. Our donations, however, have fallen by 40 percent,” said Gregory Hazle, executive director for Boca Helping Hands. Food Donations For Boca Helping Hands on page 4
JARC Florida Celebrates 39th Annual Gala, Raising Over $1.1 Million For Programs Supporting Individuals With Disabilities Event Honored Champions For Special Needs While Raising Money For Adults With Intellectual And Developmental Disabilities JARC Florida, a nonprofit, nonsectarian organization that provides programs and services to educate and empower individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities, hosted its 39th Annual Gala on March 9 at the Boca West
Country Club in Boca Raton. The event was attended by nearly 400 guests and raised $1,128,747 to benefit JARC’s life-changing programs and services, including the Dr. Allen & Annette Stone Adult Day Training Program, The Selma & Irving Ettenberg Foundation Community Works and ADAPT (Adults Aging in Place Together). A highlight of the evening was the presentation of the 2025 Lynne & Howard Halpern Champions for Special Needs Award to Billi and Bernie Marcus (of blessed memory). The award was presented by last year ’s honoree, Toby Cooperman, a l o n g s i d e Ly n n e a n d Howard Halpern. Accepting the award on behalf of the Marcus family were Billi Marcus and her son, Michael Morris.
Marvin and Sheila Greenberg, Michelle and Geoffrey Greenberg JARC Florida Celebrates 39th Annual Gala on page 5