South Florida PBS’s DaVinci Immersive Experience runs through April

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There is still time to visit the DaVinci Immersive Art Experience through April. This is an entertaining, educational and over-the-top experience you will not want to miss. The event is staged in and adjacent to the South Florida PBS offices in Boynton Beach. Speaking from experience, it is worth the drive. This has been an unforgettable program for hundreds of school students who have already attended and is a terrific road trip for groups. South Florida PBS is always bringing great programs our way and there may be more immersive experiences coming up in the future. For more information or to buy tickets for DaVinci, visit www.southfloridapbs.org.

In other news, the Rotary Club of Coral Gables takes a break from volunteer events every 5th Friday for a social hosted by a club member. January’s 5th Friday, the 31st, was held at the store of RCCG Past President Carlos Bolado and Jose Bolado at J Bolado Clothiers. While everyone, especially the men, enjoyed checking out the exquisite suits, shirts and accessories, they also enjoyed fellowship and some great food and drinks. This club meets weekly for lunch at the Hyatt Regency Coral Gables and visiting Rotarians are always welcomed but they request an RSVP. Lunch is $47 and every meeting offers wonderful speakers. Most recently, the founder and CEO of A Safe Haven for Newborns Nick Silverio, impressed the club members with the amazing work the non-profit is doing to save babies from abandonment and possible death in attention to helping pregnant women before and after births including aiding with adoption if that is the women’s choice. Golfers will want to register for ASHFN’s annual golf tournament at Trump Resort on May 16, 2025. See info below.

Speaking of charity events, Coral Gables Community Foundation sold a record 830 plus tickets for this year’s Tour of the Kitchens held February 8, 2025. The event draws people from all over South Florida and has become a favorite full day affair. With 11 home kitchens on the tour, it was certainly CGCF’s best tour ever. Guests enjoyed tantalizing food that began with breakfast items and Mimosas and coffees at Merrick Park for registration and carried on to every home with various restaurants and chefs providing mouth-watering dishes at each stop. Look for more on this event in this issue. Kudos to the Tour of the Kitchens Event Chair Xavier Durana, CGCF CEO Mary Snow and the many staff and volunteers who made this such a remarkable success.

On the literary front, best-selling author, James Grippando, addressed a packed house at Coral Gables Congregational Church recently helping the Philanthropic Education Organization (PEO) raise funds to help assistance with educational goals of women having distributed more than $435 million in assistance though 6 philanthropies and one Foundation. PEO supporters and Grippando’s many fans not only enjoyed a lovely reception before the program but also had a chance to have their books signed. Grippando’s most recent book, Grave Danger, is another thriller featuring his legendary criminal defense attorney Jack Swyteck who defends a single mother accused of kidnapping her own child in a perilous international case. If you missed this event, Books and Books probably has signed copies.

Finally, here are some more dates to save:
Now through April, 2025 – South Florida PBS’s DaVinci Immersive Experience in Boyton Beach … www.southfloridapbs.org

March 8, 2025 – 32nd Villagers’ Garden Tour, 10 a.m.– 3 p.m. in the Ponce/Davis/ South Gables area www.thevillagersinc.org.

March 8, 2025 – Paws4You’s Mardi Paws! Gala at the Cruz Building in Coconut Grove.

April 26, 2025 – Family Resource Center’s annual Art From The Heart event- 6-9 p.m. at Mana Wynwood 318 NW 23rd St., Miami, FL

May 10, 2025 – Coral Gables Woman’s Club Mother’s Day Tea / Tickets $150 pp– For info visit www.gfwccoralgableswomansclub.org

May 16,2025 – 8th Annual Tee Off for a Cause Charity Golf Tournament at Red Tiger Golf Course at Trump. Call 305 882-1305 ext. 104 or safehaven@asafehavenfornewborns.com.

May 16, 2025 – United HomeCare’s 30th Annual Claude Pepper Awards Luncheon, 11 a.m., at The Pullman Hotel.

June 2025 – Coral Gables Woman’s Club fundraiser – Cruise on MCS new ship

In closing, remember to count your blessings, share a kind word and a smile, and make a difference!

 

 

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A graduate of the University of Florida with a major in Spanish, Burns has an extensive background in advertising, marketing and reciprocal trade, travel , non profit consulting and management. Before joining Miami's Community Newspapers as a columnist and marketing specialist, Gloria was the Executive Director of the Jr. Orange Bowl Committee (6 yrs.) and first Executive Director of the Coral Gables Community Foundation (14 yrs.) and the Pinecrest Community Foundation (1 ½ yrs) . Burns' volunteer activities led her to become a columnist for Community Newspapers writing Gloria’s Gab, that focuses on the non-profit activity, and a host of an online show, Gloria's Gab LIVE. Gloria serves the board of the Rotary Club of Coral Gables as Civic and Charity Chair, and is involved in the club's International Committee. She is an active Life Member of the Jr. Orange Bowl Committee and is Secretary of the Merrick Festival. She serves on the board of directors of the Coral Gables Woman' Club as Publicity Chair and also coordinates the club's monthly fundraiser for various charities with Gringo Bingo at Clutch Burger. In addition, Gloria participates in numerous other charitable events and is a member of the Business Forum Group, Profit Inc., the Greater Miami Festival & Events Association and the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce. In other volunteer activity, Gloria helps Miami Christian School with fund-raising and PR; is an Ambassador and volunteers for events for A Safe Haven for Newborns. She is an active member of the Music Ministry at Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Church where she enjoys singing in the choir every weekend.