No paper streamers or creaky relatives or folding chairs in the local banquet hall.
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Instead, it was small private dinners in elegant homes, live-streamed entertainment, and the kickoff of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County s Stand Up for the Children 50th anniversary Campaign.
Hillie Mahoney was chairwomen for the No Show Winter Ball, which took place Feb. 5 in various private locations across the island.
Gretchen Leach was co-chairwoman.
The evening included distanced cocktails and dinner with like-minded friends and entertainment, celebrity appearances and inspirational stories from the 17 county clubhouses, which were live-streamed to any device by Legends Radio.
As kickoffs go, this one is Rockettes level.
A collaboration between a Palm Beach couple and two Palm Beach foundations has created a $250,000 matching gift to support the food programs of the Boys & Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County.
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The gift from Christine and Bob Stiller, the Marjorie S. Fisher Fund, and the Smith Brothers Family Foundation kicks off the Boys & Girls Clubs 50th anniversary year.
Quite the
grand battement, no?
The gift also is a show of support for tonight s No Show Winter Ball, the virtual event to replace funding lost from the traditional Winter Ball, which was canceled because of COVID-19 concerns.