Legal Aid's 8th Annual Cup of Justice Golf Classic Raises $34,000 to Advocate for Disabled Children in Palm Beach County Schools
West Palm Beach, FL - The Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County's 8th Annual Cup of Justice Golf Classic raised $34,000 to support its Educational Advocacy Project. The project's goal is to ensure positive educational outcomes for disabled children attending Pam Beach County Schools.
Attorney Robert Shalhoub chaired the October 26th tournament at Bear Lakes Country Club. The presenting sponsor of the event was CityPlace Tower, The Related Companies and Crocker Partners, LLC.
Left to Right:Presenting Sponsor Jon Blunk of CityPlace Tower and teammates Val Perez, Michael Stellino and Hampton Beebe
Additionally, Merrill Lynch was lunch sponsor and dinner sponsorhip was shared by Caler, Donten, Levine, Drucker, Porter & Veil CPA's, P.A. and Akerman Senterfitt. Other major sponsors included: ABA Retirement Funds, Arnstein & Lehr, LLP, LexisNexis, Northwest Mutual, Schwed Cartwright, P.A., The Forum and National City, an Official Sponsor of Legal Aid. The golf tournament committee members included Harreen Bertisch; Rick Collier; Devin Krauss; Judith Hertan, Judi Rohlfing; David McClymont; Scott Murray, Esq.; Linda Norris; Grier Pressly, Esq.; Heath Randolph, Esq.; Michael Spillane; Vicky Vilchez, Esq.; Gary Woodfield, Esq.; and Bob Bertisch, Esq.
The Babbitt, Johnson, Osborne & LeClainche Team was awarded the "Cup of Justice" for the second year in a row. Other winners included Gonzalez, Porcher, Albear & Garcia (Flight A - 1st Place); Dex Imaging (Flight B - 1st Place); Arnstein & Lehr (Flight C - 1st Place); Gunster Yoakley (Flight A - 2nd Place) National City (Flight B - 2nd Place) and Wood Business (Flight C - 2nd Place).
The Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County, Inc., founded in 1949, is a private nonprofit, 501 (c)(3) organization dedicated to providing free legal services to disadvantaged children, families, elders and individuals living in Palm Beach County. Projects include the Domestic Violence Project, Juvenile Advocacy Project, Foster Children's Project, Ryan White Project, Fair Housing Project and Elder Law Project.
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