The Coral Gables Community Foundation celebrated its 35th anniversary on Friday, October 16, with La Dolce Notte, its annual gala held at the Loews Coral Gables Hotel. The sold-out event brought together community leaders, philanthropists, and supporters for an evening recognizing the Foundation\u2019s legacy and honoring individuals whose contributions have made a lasting impact.<\/p>\n
The evening featured an Italian-inspired setting, dinner, live entertainment by the Danny Beck Band, with TV personality and actor Terrence \u201cJ\u201d Jenkins serving as master of ceremonies. A silent auction showcased an array of exclusive items contributing to the evening\u2019s fundraising efforts to advance the Foundation\u2019s mission.<\/p>\n
Four Legacy Awards were presented:<\/p>\n
The Honorable Donna E. Shalala received the Education Legacy Award for her leadership in higher education.<\/p>\n
Rudy and Lydia Touzet received the Philanthropy Legacy Award for their contributions to education, housing, and community development.<\/p>\n
Orville \u201cShaggy\u201d Burrell, Grammy Award-winning artist and philanthropist, received the Arts & Culture Legacy Award, presented by the Touzet Family, for his contributions to music and humanitarian efforts.<\/p>\n
Jorge Gonzalez, CEO of City National Bank of Florida, received the Community Legacy Award, presented by Ray Corral and Alina Meledina, for his leadership and contributions to South Florida.<\/p>\n
The gala was chaired by Brian and Nicole Goldmeier and Cozy and Jorge Salazar, whose leadership helped bring the anniversary celebration to life.<\/p>\n
\u201cFor 35 years, the Foundation has remained dedicated to advancing philanthropy and improving lives\u201d said Mauricio Vivero, President & CEO of the Coral Gables Community Foundation. \u201cThis milestone reflects the dedication of our donors, partners, and supporters who continue to help us make an impact, together.\u201d<\/p>\n
The annual gala serves as a major fundraising event benefitting the Foundation\u2019s scholarship and grantmaking programs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Coral Gables Community Foundation celebrated its 35th anniversary on Friday, October 16, with La Dolce Notte, its…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":446050,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[225,227,226],"class_list":["post-446049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hialeah","tag-hialeah","tag-hialeah-headlines","tag-hialeah-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446049","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=446049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/446049\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/446050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=446049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=446049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=446049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}