It’s Wednesday morning at Liberty Elementary School on the Margate-Coconut Creek border, and fifth-grade teacher Keri Carrow is reviewing a science lesson with her students. Next to one fifth-grader is someone you usually wouldn’t see in a fifth-grade class: Stephanie Vargas, a senior from Monarch High School. While the class takes the science test on
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Chief Operating Officer, City Furniture Charitable involvements: Covenant House, American Cancer Society/Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, Habitat for Humanity, American Heart Association, Junior Achievement of South Florida, and more Why it’s personal: “Watching my mom [Doreen] fight her battle with breast cancer for two years [she died in July 2015 at age 62] was the
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Founder/Managing Member, Kennedy Legal Team Sergeant, Florida Highway Patrol Auxiliary Charitable involvements: Florida Highway Patrol Advisory Council and Education Advisory Board for the city of Parkland Why it’s personal: “From the age of 11, I began working as a busboy at a seafood restaurant and was raised by my mother and three older sisters after
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Michael D.Wild Managing Partner, WFP Law Charitable involvements: 2-1-1 Broward, HANDY (Helping Abused, Neglected and Disadvantaged Youth), Arc Broward, Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County, United Way of Broward County, and more Why it’s personal: “When my grandfather died in 2001, the family began receiving letter after letter from charities across the country thanking
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Photos by Paul Miller It’s a Wednesday morning at North Broward Preparatory School, but in Anastasia Hall’s first-period class, students aren’t huddled over desks or textbooks. In Entrepreneurial Studies I, teams of students walk to the front of the classroom group by group to present the logo and mission of fictional brands they’ve created. After
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By Anna Noriega / Photos by Matt Rice Photography / Photographed at the Deering Estate The holidays are here, and what better hallmark of the season than a wreath? We display ours to better deck the halls and share end-of-year cheer, but they can hang on your front door to greet guests all season long.
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When Chelsea Wilkerson, the CEO of the Girl Scouts of Tropical Florida, is asked to tell a story about one of the 300 troops served by the council—one of seven in Florida—she can’t pick just one. It’s understandable, given that Wilkerson has witnessed the 3,500 girl members and 2,000 adult members change their communities and
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Chief Operating Officer, City Furniture Charitable involvements: Covenant House, American Cancer Society/Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, Habitat for Humanity, American Heart Association, Junior Achievement of South Florida, and more Why it’s personal: “Watching my mom [Doreen] fight her battle with breast cancer for two years [she died in July 2015 at age 62] was the
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Michael D.Wild Managing Partner, WFP Law Charitable involvements: 2-1-1 Broward, HANDY (Helping Abused, Neglected and Disadvantaged Youth), Arc Broward, Boys & Girls Clubs of Broward County, United Way of Broward County, and more Why it’s personal: “When my grandfather died in 2001, the family began receiving letter after letter from charities across the country thanking
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Founder/Managing Member, Kennedy Legal Team Sergeant, Florida Highway Patrol Auxiliary Charitable involvements: Florida Highway Patrol Advisory Council and Education Advisory Board for the city of Parkland Why it’s personal: “From the age of 11, I began working as a busboy at a seafood restaurant and was raised by my mother and three older sisters after
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President, Allied Kitchen & Bath Charitable involvements: Habitat for Humanity of Broward, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (Southern Florida chapter), breast cancer awareness, and more Why it’s personal: “I have to give credit to our parents [Feinberg is one of four boys in his family]; it started many years ago and became the core value of
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President/CEO, Hollub Homes Charitable involvements: Rock ’N Run under Hollub House (the charitable foundation of Hollub Homes), which also partners with other community organizations Why it’s personal: “The value of community and altruism is something that was instilled in me from a very young age. … My family and I have participated in countless activities,
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