(PRESS RELEASE)_West Palm Beach, FL (October 12, 2020) – The YMCA of the Palm Beaches announces its October programming which supports youth development, healthy living and social responsibility. The goal of the Y is to provide its community with a safe and regulated environment in which its members can build a solid foundation for a healthy future. All COVID-19 safety guidelines are followed to the highest level to ensure the safety of its members. Programs-at-a-Glance: Aftercare: Mondays – Fridays 2 – 6p.m. Ages: 2-12 Cost: Annual Registration $40; Fees start at $55 As the nation's leading childcare program, the Y is ready to help support its community during the transition back to brick-and-mortar school and provides a safe and nurturing environment. Financial assistance and scholarships are available. The YMCA of the Palm Beaches also accepts Early Learning Coalition funding. Parents may register by visiting the YMCA of the Palm Beaches or by calling the Preschool at 561-727-3774. The YMCA of the Palm Beaches provides free transportation from the following schools: Renaissance Charter School at Summit, Forest Hill Elementary, Liberty Park Elementary, Atlantis Academy, Somerset Academy, Saint Luke, Clifford O Taylor/Kirklane Elementary, Berkshire Elementary, Palm Springs Elementary, Melaluca Elementary, Cholee Lake Elementary, Somerset JFK Medical Charter, Meadow Park Elementary. Friends Don’t Let Friends Pay Full Price: 20/20 Deal When a member refers a friend to join the Y, each earn a $20 membership credit. What’s more? The YMCA of the Palm Beaches will waive the joining fee. Limit one discount per membership unit per month. Limited time offer. Commit to Be Fit Friday, October 16 (program occurs twice monthly) 6:30 p.m. Cost: FREE Learn how to achieve fitness results through personal training. Attendees will receive exclusive training discounts. Floating Pumpkin Patch Saturday, October 24 Time Slots: 1:30 p.m., 2 p.m., 2:30 p.m., 3 p.m., 3:30 p.m. Ages: 2-18 (limited to 50 children) Cost: $5 members; $10 community Join the YMCA of the Palm Beaches for a pumpkin good time. The YMCA’s pool will be filled with pumpkins so kids can splash, float, and dunk them until they find the perfect one. Decorating and carving supplies will be available to customize the perfect pumpkin. Taekwondo with Fourth Degree Black Belt Instructor Rick Vojtas Tuesdays and Thursdays 5:30 p.m. Ages: 7+ Cost: $40 members: $60 community (per 8 session monthly package) This traditional martial arts program teaches respect, accomplishment, confidence and honor. This program challenges both the physical and mental aspect to improve fitness, develop effective self-defense skills and gain leadership skills. Classes emphasize safety, self-control, strength and focus. Students work with the teacher to progress at the pace that is right for them. Students ages 7 & up will enjoy practicing Taekwondo at the Y in a non-competitive, mutually respectful environment. Kid Fit Every Tuesday and Thursday 4:30 – 5 pm Ages: 7-13 Cost: FREE (Reservations Required) Kid Fit youth group exercise program is designed to get kids moving while focusing on nutrition, activity and developing healthy habits for a healthy lifestyle. The Y incorporates basic aerobic exercises and interactive educational to get hearts pumping while keeping kids engaged physically and mentally. YMCA Youth Basketball Mondays and Wednesdays 6 – 6:45 p.m.; Saturdays 11-11:45 am Ages: 7-13 Cost: $50 members; $70 community The YMCA’s Youth Basketball Program focuses on drills & skills by developing a strong skill foundation in players with age-specific instructions. Kids learn core basketball skills while practicing teamwork, leadership and sportsmanship. As they develop their athletic talents, children also build character, values, and confidence through team discipline. YMCA of the Palm Beaches is located at 2085 South Congress Ave. For more information and programming, call 561-968-9622, visit ymcapalmbeaches.org, or visit @ymcapalmbeaches on Facebook and Instagram.
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(PRESS RELEASE)_(West Palm Beach, FL – October 9, 2020) Mounts Botanical Garden, Palm Beach County’s oldest and largest botanical garden, today announced its first major public event since the onslaught of the COVID-19 pandemic last March. The always popular PLANT-A-PALOOZA, the annual fall plant sale, returns to Mounts over the November 7-8 weekend. “We have reimagined our fall plant sale for today’s new normal,” says said Mounts Curator Director Rochelle Wolberg. “Public health and safety are our top priorities. Because we’re adhering to Palm Beach County and CDC requirements and guidelines, the upcoming sale will be held at reduced capacity. We are also requesting that all tickets be purchased in advance through www.mounts.org.” Sponsored by the Palm Beach Chapter of the Florida Nursery, Growers and Landscape Association, the fall plant sale will feature more than 30 vendors, offering a wide range of plants, shrubs, trees, garden furniture & accessories, baskets, and fine crafts, all spread throughout the Garden. Visitors can stroll and shop in a socially distanced, relaxed environment, while looking for Bonsai, bamboo, bromeliads, butterfly plants, citrus, ferns, Florida natives, flowering trees, ginger, heliconia, orchids & supplies, pitcher plants, plumeria, roses, succulents, vines and more. “The Mounts Nursery and Vintage Thrift Shop will also be open with a great variety of plants and unique treasures for the home and garden,” added Wolberg. Mounts Health & Safety Guidelines + Masks are mandatory; social distancing will be enforced. + Hand sanitizing stations will be available. + There will be no carry out assistance. Visitors should bring their own wagon or cart. + There will be no food vendors Water will be available for purchase. General Sale Information + The dates/hours are Saturday, November 7, 9 am to 4 pm (with Mounts Members’ preview from 8 to 9 am); and Sunday, November 8, 9 am to 3 pm. + The Entrance/Exit will be located at Gate 2 Only in the DMV parking lot. The front entrance gate and back area gate will be closed. + Event Parking is in the DMV lot and the Mounts front entrance lot (there’s a pathway to Gate 2). No on-street parking. Tickets Should Be Purchased in Advance + Admission is FREE for Mounts members starting at 8 am on Saturday only. A current membership card is required. + Advance admission for nonmembers is $10 (general/ages 13 and up); $5 (children 5-12). + Gate admission is by credit card only at $12 and $5. Conveniently located just minutes away from downtown West Palm Beach, Mounts Botanical Garden is now open to the public 9 am to 3 pm, Tuesday through Sunday. Still available for viewing is the family-friendly and ecology-conscious exhibition Cutting Corners: A Stickwork Exhibition, a massive, willow sculpture located in the Great Lawn area. (PRESS RELEASE)_Meliá Orlando Celebration has recently launched a Work-from-Meliá one-bedroom-suite, a new suite-style room that offers guests a curated remote work experience. The one-bedroom suite offers a private workspace with calming tropical views of the resort’s vanishing edge pool. The suite comes with two desks, equipped with a desktop computer featuring camera and headphones, a laptop dock with USB-C compatibility, and comfortable lumbar-supporting office chairs. Guests of this suite will also receive access to the hotel’s conference rooms, should they need more room to work. Work-from-Melia suite guests will have access to the fastest internet speed on property at 1Gbps speed. When not plugging away, guests can also enjoy breakfast in bed via room service, or work lunches at 360 American Bistro & Bar. Guests can rise and shine in the morning with a jog around the charming town of Celebration and spend after work hours dipping in the pool or hot tub. In May, Meliá Hotels International announced the debut of the Stay Safe with Meliá program. The company has partnered with Bureau Veritas, a company leader in inspection, certification, and testing, to ensure the Meliá Hotels International system is achieving the highest standards in the management of preventative measures to combat COVID-19 in its hotels worldwide. Melia Orlando Celebration and all 340 hotels around the globe have modified their facilities and redesigned all their processes to reduce direct interaction and maintain hygiene standards and social distancing across each property. These safety measures include temperature checks of all guests upon arrival, special PPE amenities kits with a mask, gloves and hydroalcoholic gel, and strictly enforcing social distancing at restaurants, pools, and entertainment activities. The Work-From-Meliá suite is available for day bookings from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. at $80 and overnight rates at $89/night. Guests looking for longer stays can book weekly rates starting at $525/week. (PRESS RELEASE)_(Lake Worth Beach, FL – October 5, 2020) Dave Lawrence, President & CEO of the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County today announced the 2020-2021 season of the popular series CULTURE & COCKTAILS, which will kick off on November 9. The fun theme of this season’s series of “Conversations” is Cool People Doing Neat Stuff! “Due to the ongoing pandemic, we will open our 16th annual season with our first-ever virtual CULTURE & COCKTAILS,” said Lawrence. “The conversation will be streamed live online and is free for all attendees. We’ll bring the Culture and encourage guests to bring their favorite Cocktails.” November 9 – 6 to 7 pm (via YouTube) Hollywood Historian Scott Eyman Scott Eyman is the award-winning author of the new book Cary Grant: A Brilliant Disguise, as well as best-selling biographies of John Wayne, Robert Wagner, Cecil B. DeMille, John Ford, Louis B. Mayer and best buddies Henry Fonda and Jimmy Stewart. The former book editor and art critic for The Palm Beach Post, his reviews have also appeared in The Wall Street Journal, Film Comment, and The New York Observer. In addition, he is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami in the department of Cinema & Interactive Media. Interviewer: Lynn Kalber, Boca Magazine columnist and food editor, and former feature writer and “Swirl Girl” for The Palm Beach Post (a/k/a Mrs. Eyman) Note: For the first time in the history of the popular series, this virtual CULTURE & COCKTAILS will be streamed live online and is FREE for all attendees, both Cultural Council members and nonmembers. RSVP ASAP with Debbie Calabria at 561.472.3330, who will email instructions on how to connect live. “At our first virtual CULTURE & COCKTAILS on November 9, we hope to announce the remaining three Conversations of the coming season, both virtual and live at our usual location, The Colony Hotel’s Coral Ballroom, located at 155 Hammon Avenue in Palm Beach,” said Lawrence. The 2020-2021 season of CULTURE & COCKTAILS is generously sponsored so far by The Roe Green Foundation, Roe Green, Founder, The Palm Beach Post, The Palm Beach Daily News, Legends Radio, and PR-BS, a Boca-based public relations firm. Additional sponsorship opportunities are still available. Please Note: All proceeds from CULTURE & COCKTAILS go to support the Cultural Council for Palm Beach County’s mission to champion, engage and grow the arts in Palm Beach County. For membership information, please contact Debbie Calabria at 561.472.3330. Also: Topics and speakers are subject to change depending upon the availability of scheduled participants. (PRESS RELEASE)_(West Palm Beach, FL – October 2, 2020) The current COVID pandemic has had many negative reverberations, curtailing numerous joyous gatherings from family reunions to indoor nuptials. Outdoor weddings, however, are not only allowed but highly recommended, and—in compliance with current county, state and public health department guidelines--Mounts Botanical Garden can now welcome up to 35 people for a gorgeous and charming al fresco ceremony. “We are delighted to welcome friends and visitors and romantic couples of every variety to Palm Beach County’s oldest and largest botanical garden,” says Mounts Curator Director Rochelle Wolberg. “Our 14-acre tropical oasis offers numerous locations for the perfect outdoor wedding, such as the intimate Gazebo Garden, the Rose and Fragrance Garden, the Rainbow Garden, and the spacious Great Lawn.” “The lush tropical foliage and flowering trees in the garden areas ensure a romantic, all-natural backdrop for both the ceremony and the amazing post-wedding photographs,” she adds. “The period between November and June is particularly desirable for weddings at Mounts Botanical Garden because more of the flowering plants are in glorious bloom.” For information about booking a wedding, including time frames, garden venues and rental fees, or to make an appointment for a site tour, please send an email to weddings@mounts.org. Conveniently located just minutes away from downtown West Palm Beach, Mounts Botanical Garden is now open to the public 9 am to 3 pm, Tuesday through Sunday, under the following health and safety guidelines: + Entrance is limited to no more than 100 people at a time. + Social distancing is required throughout the garden. + All picnic tables have been removed. + Admission to the garden has been reduced to $10 (ages 13+); $5 (children 5-12), and free for members. Still available for viewing at Mounts Botanical Garden is the family-friendly and ecology-conscious exhibition Cutting Corners: A Stickwork Exhibition, a massive, willow sculpture located in the Great Lawn area. |
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