Guests enjoyed gourmet bites, decadent desserts and tasteful pours from top restaurants including Aquaplex Fort Lauderdale,\u00a0The Capital Grille, Dom Caruso\u2019s Cucina, Gulf Stream Distillery, Il Mulino,\u00a0Kaluz, Nothing Bundt Cakes,\u00a0P.F. Chang\u2019s,\u00a0Sicilian Oven, Southport Raw Bar, Red Chair Catering,\u00a0Seasons 52, South Bar and Kitchen, Spice n\u2019\u00a0Vybe,\u00a0Sunness\u00a0Supper Club, Sweeter Days Bake Shop, Tasteful Thoughts and Todd\u2019s Catering. Attendees also previewed fashion trends from Dillard\u2019s pop-up shop and participated in raffle drawings and a silent auction with unique experiences and luxury prizes including jewelry from Daoud\u2019s Fine Jewelry and a Golden Hour Glam package from V\/O MedSpa.<\/p>\n
Christine Frederick, present CEO of The Lord\u2019s Place and past CEO of FLITE Center, was honored as the\u00a02025 Child Advocate of the Year\u00a0for her\u00a020+ years of progressive leadership in nonprofit and social impact organizations and her passion for helping individuals most in need. Local 10\u2019s\u00a0Eric Yutzy, Heart Gallery of Broward County\u2019s Executive Director\u00a0Dr. Mary Kinirons, BBI CEO\u00a0Robert Taylor\u00a0and Heart Gallery of Broward County\u2019s Board Chair\u00a0Eleni Varvoutis\u00a0presented Frederick with a custom art glass heart award.<\/p>\n
The Heart Gallery of Broward County launched in 2007 as a traveling photography exhibit of foster youth awaiting adoption and has since evolved to provide innovative programs that recruit adoptive families, enrich foster youth lives, and support adoptive families through community partnerships. This event is the organization\u2019s largest and most successful fundraiser.<\/p>\n
This year\u2019s celebration of\u00a0community, compassion and connection\u00a0was supported by presenting sponsor BBI, Galleria Fort Lauderdale, Las Olas Capital Advisors, Advanced Roofing,\u00a0Banesco, Locality Bank,\u00a0OutClique,\u00a0Brizaga, Danto Builders,\u00a0Walter Duke + Partners, Daoud\u2019s Fine Jewelry, Robbins & Moroney, P.A.,\u00a0City & Shore\u00a0magazine, GPR | Goodman Public Relations and Local 10 News.<\/p>\n
About Heart Gallery of Broward County<\/p>\n
The Heart Gallery of Broward County, one of over 100 independent Heart Galleries nationwide, is a respected nonprofit with a mission to provide innovative programs that help to promote the adoption and enrichment of Broward\u2019s foster youth. Established in October 2006, the Heart Gallery of Broward began as a traveling photography exhibit showcasing foster children awaiting adoption, featuring professional photographs and personal biography cards to highlight their personalities. Today, the gallery has transitioned to an online format to further the protection of our youth. The organization\u2019s outreach efforts focus on adoption education and recruitment with three main program pillars: Finding Forever Families, recruiting adoptive families through community events and educational outreach; Youth Enrichment, enhancing the lives of foster youth with programs like Birthday Buddy, Back-to-School Shopping Spree, holiday parties and community outings lovingly called Heart Days and the WE CARE program, providing resources and support through community partnerships to address the needs of adoptive families and prevent adoption breakdowns. Since its inception, Heart Gallery has helped place over 500 children in loving, permanent homes. For more information or to adopt, volunteer, or donate, please visitheartgalleryofbroward.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Guests enjoyed gourmet bites, decadent desserts and tasteful pours from top restaurants including Aquaplex Fort Lauderdale,\u00a0The Capital Grille,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3088,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-3087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3087"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3087\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3088"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}