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Palm Beach Gardens (CBS12) — Ballenisles Country Club is like all other golf communities, learning to live without golf during the coronavirus crisis. But their tradition of giving is still going strong, especially for those on the front lines of COVID-19. There was a well deserved heartfelt round of applause for nurses at Palm Beach Gardens…
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View Video of Story on CBS 12 News Website WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — The Ballenisles Charities Foundation is doing a lot more than feeding people in need. They are giving people hope. “I’m really grateful that we have people like you donating food for us,” said a student of the Palm Beach County…
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Forty-six nonprofit and civic organizations were awarded a record-setting $745,000 in financial grants from the BallenIsles Charities Foundation. By Jodie Wagner PALM BEACH GARDENS — Dozens of nonprofit and civic organizations were honored for contributions to their local communities Tuesday afternoon at BallenIsles Country Club. Forty-six organizations received financial grants totaling $745,000 from the BallenIsles…
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A food pantry will rescue a million more pounds of fresh meat and produce from landfills and get it to hungry people instead, thanks to a new truck from the BallenIsles Charities Foundation. Feed the Hungry used the 40-foot diesel truck to get Thanksgiving meals to 6,300 families, or more than 25,000 people, volunteer Director…
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BallenIsles Charities Foundation (BICF) has awarded a record $575,000 in 46 financial grants to 45 local nonprofits and civic organizations during its 2018 Grants Awards Ceremony at BallenIsles Country Club on March 12. The record-setting amount has brought the cumulative grants awarded by the foundation to more than $2.3 million over the seven years since…
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BallenIsles Charities Foundation (BICF), the Palm Beach Gardens nonprofit organization with a mission of “Making a Difference” in the community, has awarded a record $575,000 in Financial Grants to local non-profits and civic organizations. The record-setting amount brings the cumulative grants awarded by the Foundation to more than $2.3 million over the 7 years since…
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BallenIsles Charify Foundation (BICF) makes a big impact. Residents have donated almost $2.4 million to support Palm Beach County not-for-profit and civic organizations since the foundation started seven years ago. The foundation will distribute another $575,000 to 46 organizations in March.“I pinch myself with how big we’ve gotten,” said BICF Vice President Mary Ann Champlin,…
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Palm Beach Illustrated is a celebration of the Palm Beach lifestyle, providing coverage of intriguing personalities, high fashion, fine dining, the trademark social scene, exquisite interiors, culture and the arts, and international travel since 1952. Recently the magazine provided a page spread highlighting the BallenIsles 2017 charity event “Around the World in Eight Days,” featuring…
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by Mark Hopkinson BallenIsles Charities Foundation (BICF), the Palm Beach Gardens 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization with a mission of “Making a Difference” in the community, has awarded $500,000 in financial grants to 42 local nonprofits and civic organizations. The donations surpass its previous fundraising efforts and bring the foundation’s total charitable contributions since its inaugural fundraiser…
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by Mark I. Hopkins BallenIsles Charities Foundation presented financial grants and awards totaling a record $500,000 to 42 local not-for-profit and civic organizations during its 2017 Grants Awards Ceremony, at BallenIsles Country Club in Palm Beach Gardens, on Feb. 28. The record-setting amount has brought the cumulative grants awarded by the foundation to more than $1.7 million over…
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