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The Tale of Saint Patrick

March 17, known around the world as St. Patrick’s Day, is a national holiday celebrated in Ireland with great joy, and Americans join in as well. It is traditional for Irish Americans and others to commemorate the occasion by the “wearing of the green,” putting on clothing in the national color of Ireland, often in the form of a three-leaf clover. Catholics in Ireland and other countries regard St. Patrick’s Day as a day of holy obligation, that is, a day to worship through rest, just as one would rest on Sabbath. In Ireland, the day is a celebration of […]

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Cheryl Ladd Named Ambassador For The Poor

Food For The Poor Executive Director Angel Aloma named actress Cheryl Ladd an Ambassador For The Poor at the charity’s 12th annual Fine Wines & Hidden Treasures gala recently at The Mar-a-Lago Club. “Cheryl Ladd is a woman of substance,” said Aloma as he introduced Ladd to the crowd of more than 175 and talked about getting to know her through her work with the charity. Since 2011, Ladd has championed the needs of the destitute as spokesperson for Food For The Poor’s Angels Of The Poor program. During the gala’s live house rally, homes for 25 destitute families were […]

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How God Saved the Jewish People

The Jewish people have at times faced threats so serious they were considered “existential” — a threat to their very existence. For example, the Jews of Europe are now questioning their future on the continent due to rising anti-Semitism, and many scholars are proclaiming there is no future for Jews there anymore. They are now joining a long list of persecuted Jewish communities who, over the last 150 years, have been forced to abandon centuries of historic ties in other lands and return to their ancient homeland where they could at least defend themselves and secure their own future. As […]

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Bean and Pepper Jamboree Celebrates Agricultural History

Ever yearn for a simpler time when vegetables and fruit were locally grown and the only food processing was done at home free of preservatives and chemicals? You can recapture a piece of the past at the annual Bean and Pepper Jamboree at the Greenmarket Pompano Beach on March 21st and at a variety of farmer’s markets offered at various times and locations throughout Broward and Palm Beach counties.   Harvest celebration Rooted in the area’s agricultural history, the Bean and Pepper Jamboree began in 1946 at the Pompano State Farmers Market on Atlantic Boulevard, which was a major distribution […]

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Undercover Angels Hosts Duf-Fulls of Love Drive

Undercover Angels delivered almost 500 duffel bags to ChildNet in February as part of their Duf-Fulls of Love, duffel bag drive for foster children. When Undercover Angels’ CEO Ginger Gilley, met with Elizabeth Wynter, community relations director for ChildNet, the subject of duffel bags was front and center. On average, 100 children a month enter into the foster organizations is a continuous struggle. Oftentimes these children are uprooted under hasty circumstances, leaving them no choice but to use trash bags to transport their belongings. “[A duffel bag] is something that lets them know they matter, that they’re not trash” explained […]

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Place of Hope Names “Hero of Hope”

Place of Hope introduce a new element to its annual Hope Bash in Palm Beach Gardens this year in naming local philanthropist and child advocate Elin Nordegren as its inaugural Harris L. Weinstein “Hero of Hope” for her dedicated support of children in need. Nordegren said, “I have been interested in child psychology for most of my life, and when I learned Place of Hope focuses on the psychological well-being of foster children, I felt this organization was a very good fit for me.” Themed “Angels of Hope,” the 2015 Hope Bash was held February 20th.“Angels” was selected as the […]

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West Palm Beach Teen On Way to Olympic Qualifier

Marco Bernal, a junior at The Kings Academy, in West Palm Beach, competes in the equestrian sport of dressage, the art of riding and training a horse in a manner that develops obedience, flexibility and balance. Bernal recently returned from Mexico where he competed for his native country of Colombia as the youngest competitor seeking to qualify for the 2015 Pan-American games, which leads to the Olympic Games. He qualified both as an individual and with his team, which includes his father, internationally acclaimed dressage rider Marco Bernal Sr. “It was the most amazing experience to compete internationally with my […]

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Walk Like MADD 5k Dash and Kick Off Event

Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) celebrated its upcoming April 26 annual Walk Like MADD & MADD Dash Fort Lauderdale 5K with a kick-off party on February 11 at ArtServe in Fort Lauderdale. The party brought a record number of attendees for the organization, which since its establishment in 2011 has raised more than $400,000 to date for MADD Broward & Palm Beach. Founded by a mother whose daughter was killed by a drunk driver, MADD is the nation’s largest nonprofit working to protect families from drunk driving and underage drinking. During the “pep rally” for the April 5K, guests and […]

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Banyan Air’s Corporate Chaplain Albert Beltran Named Chaplain of the Year

Albert Beltran, a chaplain serving Banyan Air Service based in Fort Lauderdale for 7 years, was recently named 2014 Chaplain of the Year by Corporate Chaplains of America (CCA). Beltran, a senior certified chaplain, has been with CCA for 12 ½ years. This honor is based on demonstrated passion and excellence in fulfilling CCA’s mission. Attributes of a Chaplain of the Year include genuine care for people, availability and responsiveness to their needs and clear, faithful witness to the life-changing good news of Jesus Christ in both word and deed. During a recent hangar ceremony at Banyan, teammates gathered to […]

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Don’t Forget the March of Remembrance!

Time causes our memories to collect dust. Without a regular spring cleaning, dusty memories lose their edge, lose their focus and lose their purpose. The March of Remembrance is an opportunity to allow the Holy Spirit to do some spring cleaning in our memories and reflect upon atrocities that took place during the Holocaust and that will be repeated if we forget to remember.   The problem Anti-Semitism is on the rise and as demonstrated in Ray Comfort’s “180 Movie” (www.180movie.com), many of today’s young people have no idea who Adolph Hitler was or that he was able to engineer […]

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