The Boca Raton Tribune Yo u r C l o s e s t N e i g h b o r
East /West Boca Raton, Highland Beach, Delray Beach, Deerfield Beach, FL
Number 490 • Year XI
December 4 - December 10, 2020
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Research Park at FAU Companies Named Honorees
Benefit for The Symphonia includes Free Virtual Performance and Art Auction
Local Company, TEN Water, Launches 12oz Aluminum Cans in Retail Stores Including Publix around Florida
Local Restaurants Partner with Salvation Army to Rescue Christmas for the Vulnerable
Food Banks Prepare for the Holiday Season Amidst COVID-19 By: Megan Mandatta
COVID-19 has changed the way everyone has lived, worked, and maintained social relationships throughout 2020. Businesses and charities alike have had to modify their normal daily operations to ensure the safety of employees and their clients. Local food banks throughout the Palm Beach County area have been forced to do the same- during their busiest season of the year. “In order to keep staff and clients safe, we are working primarily in a remote environment,” S e e
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PBSC receives generous gift to expand its simulation center Palm Beach State College has received a generous grant from The Frederick A. DeLuca Foundation to expand its Center of Excellence in Medical Simulation. The expanded center will elevate teaching and learning for the College’s nursing and health science students and feature a proposed 14,202-square-foot facility, comprised of PBSC’s existing simulation labs and nearby classrooms on the second floor of the Education and Training Administration building on the Lake Worth campus.
Boca Raton Bowl Announces New Title Sponsor
Extraordinary Times Call For Extraordinary PeopleExcitement Builds For CIFFA – USA So here we are. Uncertainty reigns. Yet for all our existential angst, we know we’ll get through it. But for now, the watchword is perseverance and courage. Two words that well define Patricia Duch, native Paraguayan and the outstanding Founder of Couture International Fashion Flowers & Art (CIFFA LLC) and Duch Designs whose commitment to catalyzing perseverance and courage for men and women around the world to live and create courageously and artistically regardless of challenges is her everyday motto. The bravery and strength Patricia has displayed throughout her life make her an inspiration to many. Her dedication to her beliefs, her incredible perseverance through her many life’s tribulations such as losing her husband after suicide, and her bold, unapologetic nature-seen in her art, her personality, and her life as a whole. Continued on Page 4
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