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FOR KIDS’ SAKE SOS Children’s Village To Hold Annual Gala At Boca West Country Club t SOS Children’s Village in Coconut Creek, a good home and hope are paramount to helping the 100 or so foster children who pass through the doors each year. When its annual Hope & Home Gala takes place on April 26 at Boca West Country Club in Boca Raton, it will celebrate these core values while raising funds to support its programs. While children are meant to be cherished, the boys and girls who wind up at the Village have witnessed and experienced horrors that no adult should have to endure, such as neglect, drugs, and physical and sexual abuse. The staff, supporters and volunteers work to provide the support, tools and resources to these children with the goal that they grow up to be happy, confident, strong and successful. It all starts with a place to call home. Stephanie arrived at the Village at 16, after being abused and neglected at home, and then spending years moving between shelters and foster care placements. After only a few months at the Village she had a profound ex-
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perience: For the first time in her life she programmed SOS as “home” into her cell phone. This tiny act made her stop and realize that she had finally discovered the home and family she’d always wanted. “The reason we host the Hope & Home Gala each year is basically three-fold: to raise funds, highlight our cause and needs, and have something fun for our supporters and community to participate in,” says Debbie Levine, vice president of development. Now in its 17th year, the gala is the largest and most anticipated event the organization hosts. “More than 400 guests attend to support the vital work we do,” Levine says. This year’s theme is “White Hot,” featuring a fusion deejay, dancing, food and more than 200 silent and live auction items. Funds raised will help provide foster children growing up in the Village with basic necessities, activities and services such as therapy, tutoring and life skills. Sponsors include CMAA Seminole Region Golf Tournament, Wheelabrator Technologies, Jarden Consumer Solutions, Seminole Casino–Coconut Creek and The Boca Raton Observer. O For more information, call Julie Selvaggi at 954-420-5030, ext. 117, email jselvaggi@sosflorida.com or visit hopeandhomegala.org.