Bright Star Assists Grieving Children

COPING WITH GRIEF: Gail Beagley, Benefit Ball Chair; Sandy Grutta, Health First Foundation Coordinator; and Cynthia Koppler, Program Administrator for the Bright Star Center. The art pieces are graphic depictions of personal grief journeys created by Bright Star teens in conjunction with the Brevard Cultural Alliance.

Bright Star, which has served more than 1,200 children in the last ten years, encourages children ages three to 18 to experience their grief both verbally and through positive play.

Anchor Breakfast Set for March 18

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Eckerd Donates To Scott Center For Autism

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The Eckerd Family Foundation is donating $100,000 to Florida Tech’s Scott Center for Autism Treatment. The funds will be available for early interventions using applied behavior analysis with children who have autism spectrum disorders.

DGF Postpones Expo, Plans Trip to Haiti

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The Doctors’ Goodwill Foundation has postponed their annual Doctors Expo, usually scheduled for March, to the Fall to focus on their upcoming mission to Haiti in April.

Baskets & Blankets 4 Brevard

SAMANTHA HOPPE’s goal is to collect enough non-perishable food, personal hygiene items and blankets to fill at least 500 laundry baskets for local organizations.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Most people transform their homes during the holiday season, festooning their living spaces with lights, garlands and nativity scenes. This year, Melissa Hoppe’s decorating scheme is trending more toward canned goods, shampoo bottles and cardboard boxes.

Physicians, Survivors Inspire at Space Coast Cancer Center Summit

Dr. Paul Jacobsen's presentation during the Space Coast Cancer Center Survivorship Summit focused on identifying and promoting behaviors that can lead to reductions in cancer risk.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The second annual Space Coast Cancer Center Foundation Survivorship Summit was held in conjunction with the Moffitt Cancer Center last month at the Great Outdoors RV and Golf Resort in Titusville.

Physician Social to Benefit United Way

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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The Brevard Indo-American Medical and Dental Association (BIMDA) will sponsor its inaugural Physicians Social Mixer in support of United Way of Brevard on Tuesday, Nov. 3. The event is free to all Brevard County physicians, dentists and their spouses – and will be held in the Mercedes-Benz, Porsche, Audi of Melbourne showroom.

Survivorship Summit Features Moffitt’s Dr. Jacobsen

Dr. Richard Levine, Space Coast Cancer Center Foundation chairman, and president of Space Coast Cancer Center, presents the Survivor of the Year Award to Susan Rys and her husband Ian Rys at the 2009 Daffodil Gala.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The second annual Space Coast Cancer Center Foundation Survivorship Summit will be held in conjunction with the Moffitt Cancer Center this Friday, Oct. 16, at the Great Outdoors RV and Golf Resort in Titusville. The featured speaker will be Paul Jacobsen, PhD, of the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida.

Invigorate Body, Soul and Spirit at Space Coast Cancer’s Daffodil Gala

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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – Fund raising for local needy cancer patients will be the purpose, but dancing will be the focal point of the Space Coast Cancer Center Foundation’s “Daffodil Gala,” which is set for Saturday, Sept. 26 at the Debus Conference Center at the Kennedy Space Center Visitor’s Complex.

Health First Golf Classic Set For Sept. 26

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BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The 2009 edition of the Health First Golf Classic has been expanded to include two of the Space Coast’s best courses — the member-only Suntree Country Club, and the beautiful Duran Golf Club in Viera.

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