10th Annual Larry Calufetti Legacy Golf Classic Set for September 26

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15 Sep 2016
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The Gold Coast Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) has announced that former NFL player and NCAA Auburn National Champion, Michael Blanc, will headline the 10th Annual FCA Celebrity Golf Classic, September 26, 2016, at Coral Ridge Country Club in Fort Lauderdale. “This year’s newly named FCA event will honor the former FCA Broward Board Chairman, Larry Calufetti, who started this inaugural fundraising golf classic nine years ago. Larry “Moose” Calufetti was the founder and CEO of Sunshine Cleaning Systems, Inc., a family man, and former athlete and coach, but most importantly he was a man of God. Larry dedicated his […]

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Palm Beach Atlantic Announces Five Promotions in Student Development

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13 Sep 2016
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Palm Beach Atlantic University recently announced the promotion of five employees to leadership positions in the Student Development office. Bob Lutz was promoted to assistant dean of students. In his new role, Lutz will oversee Residence Life and First Year/Transfer Experience, as well as continuing to lead the University’s Student Activities, Involvement and Leadership (SAIL) efforts. Dannemart Pierre has been named director of First Year/Transfer Experience. Pierre will report to the assistant dean of students. In her new role, Pierre will oversee programs, and Kathy Stauffer has been appointed assistant director of First Year/Transfer Experience. In her new role, she […]

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Crockett Foundation Holds 8th Annual Community Health Festival

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More than 4,000 students attended the 8th Annual Crockett Foundation Community Health Festival on August 13. At this free eventBroward County children were provided with free physical exams, immunizations, haircuts, shoes and backpacks filled with school supplies. The goal of the festival was to educate families on the importance of maintaining good health and to promote positive lifestyle choices. Sponsors of the event included Broward’s Back to School Community Extravaganza, Hands on Broward, Children’s Services Council of Broward County, Broward County Public Schools, Healthy Schools, Beauty Anatomy Institute of Cosmetology and Wellness, Aerospace Medicine Services International, In Jacob’s Shoes, Florida […]

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Help Her, Period Assist Homeless Women

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Over 25 excited volunteers along with The Beauty Initiative, Inc. assembled more than 300 bags of hygiene products for local homeless women in need on August 13.. After becoming aware of the taboo issue of homeless women lacking monthly menstrual necessities, Ashley L Eubanks began the “Help Her, Period” movement, a campaign that collected sanitary items to distribute to the women on the streets of South Florida. Ashley forfeited her plans of a lavish 30th birthday party and requested that she receive sanitary items instead of gifts. She promoted on social media to local organizations and with flyers papered around […]

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Two Men Share Life Lessons with Foster Kids At Men of Impact Breakfast

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Two men who have learned how to succeed in life and in business shared their life lessons with the foster children of Place of Hope at The Leighan and David Rinker Campus on August 6. At the first Men of Impact Back to School Pancake Breakfast, Will Clervil and Henri Crockett spoke to an audience of male volunteers, new supporters and young men in the care of Place of Hope. Clervil, a former foster child with Place of Hope, returned from his first year at Southeastern University to talk about how believing in himself helped him through uncertain times. Crockett, […]

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Hoffman’s Chocolate Named Randall Vitale Regional Vice President

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Hoffman’s Chocolates is pleased to announce that it has named Randall Vitale as the new Regional Vice President of the company. Vitale will be responsible for overseeing and managing all of Hoffman’s Chocolates retail stores, corporate sales, online sales and its new mobile truck, The Sweet Ride.  In addition to spearheading the chocolatier’s ongoing expansion, Vitale will also oversee the marketing department. An accomplished business leader, Vitale was most recently the Senior Vice President and Fort Lauderdale Market Executive for Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust. Vitale is actively involved in the community and currently serves on the Board of Directors […]

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Mission United Gives Backpacks to Families of Veterans

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United Way of Broward County’s Mission United distributed 370 backpacks filled with pens, paper, notebooks, glue and much more to children of military families in Broward County during a Veterans Family Expo at the Jean & David Colker Center in Fort Lauderdale on August 4. During the expo, veterans received additional information on local organizations that service veterans and their families such as Consolidated Credit, Team RWB and Broward Youth Coalition. In addition, a local barber, Tony Marhefka, gave away free haircuts to the families. Mission United is a critical program supporting US military service members, veterans and their families in Broward County by helping […]

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Judge hears first argument in HB2 court battle

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6 Sep 2016
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(WNS)– North Carolina’s “bathroom bill” had its first day in court on Aug. 1, with a district judge considering whether to block its enforcement while courts determine its constitutionality. The law requires restroom and locker room facilities in schools and government buildings be accessed based on biology, rather than gender identity, and bars local governments from circumventing the rule. On Nov. 14, U.S. District Judge Thomas Schroeder will preside over a full trial for House Bill 2 (HB2) to establish its long-term viability. Today, Schroeder heard oral arguments for a preliminary injunction to halt the law’s enforcement. Transgender rights groups claim it poses an immediate threat and […]

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Moroccan Christians risk persecution with YouTube testimonies

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(WNS)–In a new series of YouTube podcasts, Moroccan Christians are stepping out of the shadows, showing their faces, and telling their stories. Speaking to their countrymen, they proclaim themselves “Moroccan and Christian.” The public testimonies counter the common view that to be Moroccan is to be Muslim and that all Christians living in Morocco are foreigners, not natives. The small religious minority faces community and government persecution. In one video, a woman named Iman says her husband’s relatives assumed she was foreign-born because they knew she was a Christian, according to Moroccan World News (MWN).  “We don’t know what might […]

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Miami Youth for Christ Mourns the Death of Catalyst Hip Hop Minister Joel Stigale

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1 Sep 2016
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It was in the South Miami Dade community of Perrine that Joel David Stigale, age 41, who died August 14 of complications from a double-lung transplant, found his passion for the hip-hop culture and in bringing lost, abandoned and at-risk kids the life-saving message of Jesus Christ. Stigale was the founder of Catalyst Hip Hop, a Miami Youth for Christ program that began in 2001 and is presently located in Miami Springs. Catalyst Hip Hop reaches out and serves thousands of graffiti artists, rappers, break-dancers and DJs, and continues to draw artists from all over the world to their regularly […]

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