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Did You Know – Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue

January 5, 2013

BallenIsles Charities Foundation mails a series of postcards to residents spotlighting the area organizations its grants support – and letting them know of upcoming fundraising events. Did you know that our Palm Beach Gardens Fire Rescue Team responded to over 300 emergency calls from BallenIsles residents in 2012? As first responders, when you or a family…

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Did You Know – Feeding South Florida

December 20, 2012

“Did you know that almost 65,000 children in Palm Beach County wonder if they will be able to eat 3 square meals a day at the weekend, when they’re out of the Monday-Friday school lunch program? Or have a snack sometime during the day?”

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Did You Know – Loggerhead Marine Life Center

December 1, 2012

BallenIsles Charities Foundation mails a series of postcards to residents spotlighting the area organizations its grants support – and letting them know of upcoming fundraising events. “Did you know that South Florida is the 2nd largest nesting beach in the world for the loggerhead sea turtle–an endangered species–and that Juno Beach is one of the…

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Did You Know – Palm Beach Waterfront Warriors

November 15, 2012

BallenIsles Charities Foundation mails a series of postcards to residents spotlighting the area organizations its grants support – and letting them know of upcoming fundraising events. Did you know that some of our West Palm Beach Firefighters helped at Ground Zero in 2001? This experience so moved them that they now volunteer each year to arrange…

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Inaugural “Make a Difference” Financial Grant Awards

April 25, 2012

Today – Wednesday, April 25, 2012 WHAT: 15 deserving local area organizations serving the community to receive financial grants totaling $130,000 as the BallenIsles Charities Foundation’s inaugural 2012 Designated Beneficiaries. WHO: The BallenIsles Charities Foundation Board, Mayor David Levy, Foundation Award Grantees from: The City of  Palm Beach Gardens Police Department to fund the purchase of…

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MEDIA ADVISORY: Inaugural “Make a Difference” Benefit March 30-April 1, 2012

March 30, 2012

WHAT:  An entire weekend of events: Inaugural Banquet / Bike, Run or Walk / Golf Trick Shot Artist Exhibition / 18 hole and 9 hole shot gun / Collectible & Exotic Car Exhibition / Springtime in Paris – Fashion Show and Luncheon / CampBallenIsles – Tennis and Gourmet Delights / Concert and Dessert Reception – Palm Beach…

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BallenIsles Charities Foundation Launches with Vision of Helping to Make a Difference

November 25, 2011

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Palm Beach Gardens, Fl. – Nov 15, 2011 – The more than 1500 families residing at BallenIsles have joined together to launch the BallenIsles Charities Foundation, Inc. with a vision of “Helping to Make a Difference.” “As one of the city’s largest residential communities we have so much to be grateful for in our ongoing…

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Five Wounded Warriors Soak Up the Sun in Palm Beach County

April 30, 2011

Five recovering war veterans are getting a dose of sun and surf in Palm Beach County — just what the doctors ordered at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

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