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Paradise Home Health Care Receives 2022 Best of Boc a Raton Award Centennial Bank Pledges $100k in Scholarships to Florida High School Graduates

Paradise Home Health Care has been selected for the 2022 Best of Boca Raton Award in the Home Care Service category by the Boca Raton Award Program.

Each year, the Boca Raton Award Program identifies companies that we believe have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and our community. These exceptional companies help make the Boca Raton area a great place to live, work and play.

Various sources of information were gathered and analyzed to choose the winners in each category. The 2022 Boca Raton Award Program focuses on quality, not quantity. Winners are determined based on the information gathered both internally by the Boca Raton Award Program and data provided by third parties.

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Centennial Bank – the customer-focused bank, ser vicing Florida’s Southeast Central and Southwest regions – is pleased to announce the launch of its Financial Literacy Scholarship program and pledge of $100,000 over 5 years to graduating high school seniors throughout the state, contributing to further their college education. This news is timed with April being Financial Literacy Month and Florida Governor DeSantis’ approval of Senate Bill 1054, requiring Florida public high school students to complete a personal finance course to graduate, set to commence for incoming freshmen of the 2023-2024 school year.

Reaffirming the bank’s commitment to financial literacy and empowering the communities it serves, the scholarship program will be available to schools participating in the bank’s current financial education program. Qualifying schools are those that have 51 percent or more of students receiving free or reduced lunch, a federal initiative for children of families earning at or below 130 percent of the poverty level. Beginning with the class of 2023, high school seniors who excel in their designated math class can be nominated for the scholarship by the course instructor or school counselor.

“With bi-partisan senate approval and the entire state’s attention, there is no better time to showcase the importance of financial literacy for the next generation and reiterate our commitment by taking action,” said David Druey, Florida regional president for Centennial Bank. “Through this scholarship, we will help more than 25 high school students throughout Florida continue their education, while raising awareness for fundamental and lifelong personal finance skills.”

To support both customers and communities during the COVID-19 pandemic, last year, the bank partnered with GreenPath Financial Wellness[i], a national nonprofit focused on financial education, and Banzai Inc., an interactive, award-winning course on real-world finance. The trio offered valuable, complimentary resources, such as virtual courses and educational materials, to more than 43 schools, retirees, and first-time homebuyers across Florida. The scholarship is now an evolution of this program.

“As champions for the communities we serve, our Financial Literacy Scholarship reaffirms our core values and commitment to bolstering our backyard,” said J.C. de Ona, Southeast division president for Centennial Bank. “With this scholarship, we are simultaneously investing in prospective bankers, lenders, and visionaries for generations to come. We hope other financial institutions, organizations, and businesses will join us in this effort.”

Students chosen for the scholarship will be allocated funds each semester throughout the duration of their college education, at a maximum of four years.

7 & 9 Year Old Sisters Create “PENNIES FOR PIANO ” – A Recital to Raise Money for The Symphonia

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Nine-year-old Julia and seven-year-old Daphne Edgarde of Boca Raton, students at Donna Klein Jewish Academy, started piano lessons three years ago after attending The Symphonia’s ‘Meet the Orchestra.’ The program invites families to attend an orchestra rehearsal followed by an ‘instrument petting zoo,’ allowing the kids to interact with the musicians and the instruments they play.

Last year, the girls combined their newfound love of classical music with their love of giving back (they are active in their school’s P h i l a n t h r o p y f o r Kids in Action program), and created ‘Pennies for Piano,’ a virtual recital for friends and family to help raise funds for The Symphonia and the International Alliance for Women in Music.

Each girl perfor med seven classical music selections, followed by a performance of an original composition the two wrote for the event. Throughout the recital, the girls shared the number of notes played during each song, and suggested the audience give one penny for each note. The recital raised $500 for The Symphonia. “I’m ecstatic that they’re becoming fluent in the language of music,” said Seth Edgarde, the girls’ father. “It’s some-

“I’m ecstatic that thing of a lacuna in a moder n eduthey’re becoming cation, so I’m very fluent in the language happy that they are a b l e t o u s e t h e i r of music,” said Seth passion to further m u s i c e d u c a t i o n

Edgarde, the girls’ right here in our father. community.” Since the recital, the sisters have ch a l l e n g e d t h e mselves to practice piano ever y day for 500 straight days. At The Symphonia’s season finale perfor mance on Sunday, April 24, Julia and Daphne will celebrate reaching their goal by meeting world-renowned conductor Alastair Willis and former child prodigy, pianist Lindsay Garritson. The Rave 2 stair lift is the ideal solution for anyone: Who struggles using the stairs That is worried about falling on the stairs Who wants to access all of their home