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December 6: Gaston Bijoux hosted a cocktail reception for major donors of the Environmental Learning Center, which gave them first chance to bid on a 12.38-carat modified emerald-cut Aquamarine set with two diamond side stones weighing 1.6 carats. |
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December 8: Members of the Vero Beach Museum of Art’s Athena Society enjoyed a reception with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres at a member’s home. |
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December 9: Rain did not deter the crowd for the tennis exhibition at Mardy’s Tennis & Jake’s Music Fest at Grand Harbor Golf & Beach Club. The event began with a kids’ tennis clinic, followed by a reception hosted by Mardy Fish and tennis with Mardy, Sam Querrey, the Bryan Brothers and Serena Williams. |
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December 10: The Hibiscus Children’s Center held its annual winter gala A Night in Vienna at The Moorings Club. The black-tie evening featured cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, silent and live auctions, and dinner and dancing to the Private Stock Band. |
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December 10: Mardi Gras was the theme of the Dasie Bridgewater Hope Center’s fundraiser An Evening of Hope at the Costa d’Este hotel. Guests delighted in a buffet dinner, silent auction and dancing. |
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December 15: The Christian Business Association donated $15,000 to 13 local nonprofit organizations at its annual Celebration of Giving luncheon. |
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November 24: Close to 1,000 people started their Thanksgiving morning running or walking in the Harvest Food & Outreach Center’s fourth annual Trot Against Hunger at Riverside Park. |
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November 25-27: Nearly 80 local artists created domestic animal and native Florida wildlife artworks for the Humane Society of Vero Beach & Indian River County’s Art For Animals three-day event. |
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December 1: Premier Estate Properties hosted a private art exhibition at the Vero Beach Hotel & Spa. Guests enjoyed wine and hors d’oeuvres while viewing en plein air artwork by Adriana Scalamandre Bitter. |
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December 2: Tara Plantation was decorated inside and out with Christmas decorations and holiday lights at the Exchange Club of the Treasure Coast’s Night of Lights |
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December 3: The Vero Beach Art Club presented Art Trail, its annual tour of artists’ studios, which included Joan Earnhart, Deborah Gooch, Al Gustave, Barbara Krupp, Marie Morrow, Tim Sanchez, Sean and Sharon Sexton, Sara Shankland, Maria Sparsis, Kathleen Staiger, Ginny Piech Street and Allan Teger. |
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December 2: Guests gathered at the Heritage Center for the Florida Cracker Christmas event benefiting the Blue Ribbon Charitable Foundation and Dogs and Cats Forever. |
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December 3: Literacy Services of Indian River County celebrated 40 years of service with a Forty & Forward luncheon at The Moorings Club. |
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December 4: The Vero Beach Museum of Art held its annual holiday party Christmas at the Museum. Families and children enjoyed school and youth group music and dance entertainment, refreshments, holiday crafts and a visit from Santa. |
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December 5: Participants enjoyed a beautiful day of golf at the 22nd annual Indian River Medical Center Foundation’s Swing for Health Golf Classic at Hawk’s Nest Golf Club. |
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November 18: Players enjoyed a delightful day of golf at Bent Pine Golf Club for the ELC’s 19th annual Charity Golf Tournament – Birds of a Feather Golf Together. |
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November 9: Girls’ Night Out, a boutique shopping event benefiting Hibiscus Children’s Center, was held at the Sun Jet Center Hangar. |
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November 18-20: Riverside Children’s Theatre was adorned with decorated Christmas trees, wreaths and gingerbread houses at the 14th annual Festival of Trees – A Season of Song. |
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November 17: Ladies gathered at Riverside Theatre for the Friends Fall Luncheon, which featured Guiding Light actress Tina Sloan in Changing Shoes. |
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November 15: The Association of Fundraising Professionals Indian River Chapter hosted its annual National Philanthropy Day at the Riverside Theatre. |
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November 14: Twenty-one of the Treasure Coast’s finest chefs presented their most creative dishes at the March of Dimes third annual Signature Chefs Auction at The Moorings Club. |
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November 13: McKee Botanical Garden celebrated its 10th Anniversary since re-opening in November 2001. |
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November 14: Local celebrities teamed up with master teppanyaki chefs to prepare dinner for scouting supporters at Boy Scout Troop 567’s Celebrity Chef Cook-Off at the Fujiyama Japanese Steakhouse. |
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November 12: The Vero Beach Museum of Art held its annual Chairman’s Club Dinner in the Laura & Bill Buck Atrium. |
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November 12: The Alzheimer & Parkinson Association of Indian River County held its eighth annual Walk to Remember at Riverside Park. |
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November 12: Under a star-lit sky, the Indian River Land Trust held its eighth annual benefit Full Moon on the Lagoon at Rock City Gardens. |
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November 10: Carter Associates Inc. celebrated 100 years of providing engineering and land-surveying services to Indian River County with an open house. |
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November 10: Grand Harbor Outreach hosted its annual Evening of Giving at Grand Harbor Golf Club. |
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November 9: McKee Botanical Garden opened the season with its annual Gatekeepers of the Garden celebration, which honors the highest-level members. |
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November 9: Indian River Impact 100, a group of some 350 philanthropic women, held its fourth annual Membership Breakfast & Inspirational Lecture at Quail Valley River Club. |
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November 8: The Care Net Pregnancy Center held its annual Share-in-a-Life Banquet at the First Church of God. |
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November 7: The Homeless Family Center celebrated 20 years of serving the homeless at its sixth annual dinner, Birthday Wishes, at Orchid Island Beach Club. |
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November 7: Big Brothers Big Sisters of Indian River County held its third annual Chocolate, Champagne & Chefs event at Quail Valley River Club. |
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November 7: Vero Beach Country Club was the location of the annual Amateur Golf Tournament benefiting the Boys and Girls Clubs of Indian River County. |
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November 5-6: Cats, dogs and pet owners visited the Humane Society of Vero Beach & Indian River County for a pet photo and the chance to meet old Saint Nick at the annual Santa Paws event. |
