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Education Foundation of Palm Beach County delivers much-needed school supplies to teachers 'No teacher should ever have to dip into their own pocket,' says President and CEO James Gavrilos The COVID-19 pandemic has forced everyone to change how they operate, and that includes non-profit organizations that support local schools. and last updated 2021-04-19 07:21:26-04 PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — The COVID-19 pandemic has forced everyone to change how they operate, and that includes non-profit organizations that support local schools. The Education Foundation of Palm Beach County partners wi...

Education Foundation delivers much-needed supplies to schools April 19, 2021 at 6:11 AM EDT - Updated April 19 at 7:26 AM The COVID-19 pandemic has forced everyone to change how they operate, and that includes non-profit organizations that support local schools. The Education Foundation of Palm Beach County partners with the business community to raise money and donations for district schools, and their "pandemic pivot" is proving to be beneficial in the long run. Packing up and moving out, Santa and his elves, also known as the staff at the Education Foundation of Palm Beach County, can ...

Updated on February 26, 2021 at 10:42 pm Florida International University A mobile mammography center is hoping to “drive out” breast cancer in South Florida by offering free screenings to uninsured women in Miami-Dade County.  The Linda Fenner 3D Mobile Mammography Center,lovingly known as the “mammovan,” is a product of Florida International University’s Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine. The mobile center works with homeless shelters, advocacy groups and places of worship to provide free mammography screenings to women in underserved communities, said Lorraine Nowakowski, th...

Florida bird killers: Trauma on land, starvation at sea By Halle Marchese Guest Columnist An analysis of birds that died at Florida wildlife rehabilitation clinics found songbirds and other land-dwelling species were most often killed by traumatic injuries, commonly caused by cats or collisions with buildings, windows or vehicles. For seabirds, malnourishment was a leading cause of death, possibly due to fluctuations in fish numbers as water temperature warms.  Florida Museum of Natural History ornithologists examined 1,928 birds, representing 285 species, that succumbed to injuries or illne...

Ava Wilson Senior Photos COLUMBIANA– Ava Wilson of Columbiana, a student at Columbiana High School, has received a 2021 National YoungArts Foundation (YoungArts) award in theater. Wilson has been recognized at the Merit level, the organization’s third highest honor, for her caliber of artistic achievement and joins 659 of the nation’s most accomplished artists in the visual, literary, and performing arts. Wilson was selected by an esteemed discipline-specific panel of artists through a rigorous blind adjudication process. YoungArts award winners gain access to one of the most comprehen...