Entries by Cara

What’s Brewing with Stephanie Berzinski: Vita Nova

What’s Brewing with Stephanie Berzinski: Vita Nova Stephanie Berzinski spotlights Vita Nova, an organization that helps young adults who have aged out of the foster care system transition into independence. April 22, 2016 Watch TV feature

Vita Nova builds bright futures for young adults

April 13, 2016 by Camber Clemence PBG Lifestyle Magazine The first time I ever stopped to consider what happened to foster children when they legally became adults was in 2000 – I was 14 and picked up “White Oleander” at Barnes & Noble; I remember being outraged and filled with questions… I sought out my […]

Hero dogs honored at Mar-a-Lago event

BY:  PBDN- March 27, 2016 Beth Stern and Dr. Robin Ganzert: photo by Meghan McCarthy More than 400 people gathered at The Mar-a-Lago Club to salute America’s bravest heroes on both ends of the leash, including Harley, a 15-year-old, one-eyed Chihuahua who was named American Humane Association’s 2015 American Hero Dog. Harley served as a […]

14 dogs brought to West Palm Beach after raid in Arkansas

   Mar 11, 2016 Scott Sutton View video: WPTV 5   WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. – More than a dozen dogs rescued from a puppy mill in Arkansas are now at Peggy Adams Animal Rescue in West Palm Beach. Fourteen dogs arrived Thursday night in Palm Beach County when the puppy mill was raided by authorities earlier […]

Researcher tells Palm Beach group about work on ovarian cancer

By David Rogers Daily News Staff Writer To better understand the mechanisms behind ovarian cancer, Dr. Tilley Jenkins Vogel uses stem cells to grow fallopian tubes in her laboratory at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles. Using these manufactured “organoids,” Vogel plans to deconstruct the process through which pre-cancerous lesions form in the fallopian tubes. […]

Puppy thrown from bridge, now thriving, becomes walk’s mascot

By Sarah Peters – Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Saturday, March 5, 2016  Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League’s Walk for the Animals is March 12 at Downtown at the Gardens. PALM BEACH GARDENS — Biscuit, a caramel-colored mutt with a square face and energetic personality, has been through a lot. The scars around his jaw […]

Paws Up for Pets: Donated goods help animal shelters trim expenses

Dave Wesolowski, community outreach coordinator, sorts through a tub of donated leashes, collars and harnesses at Peggy’s Pantry on the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League campus in West Palm Beach. Taylor Jones/The Coastal Star February 3, 2016 By Arden Moore     What do a slightly used bathrobe, a box of ink pens, a vacuum cleaner […]

American Humane Association opens Palm Beach office in Lois Pope’s name

By Aleese Kopf February 21, 2016 Daily News Staff Writer The American Humane Association has had a presence in Palm Beach for years but just recently opened an office on the island. The Lois Pope Center forAmerican Humane Association, at 241 Bradley Place, Suite C, opened late last year. It was named in honor of […]

Lois Pope honored at Palm Beach tribute to military

By Shannon Donnelly, Palm Daily News Society Editor Meghan McCarthy Lois Pope and Naomi Judd A new collaboration between the U.S. military and the American Humane Association — a partnership that began a century ago — was launched locally with a cocktail reception at Cafe Boulud. The event, A Tribute to America’s Military Heroes, took place Feb. […]

Palm Beach Opera presents an evening with Diane Damrau

PBG Lifestyle Magazine February 1, 2016 by Camber Clemence On Thursday, Feb. 4, the Palm Beach Opera will host its 2016 Gala – An Evening with Diane Damrau at The Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach. The glamorous black-tie event, which begins at 6:30 p.m., will feature cocktails, a three-course dinner, and an intimate concert by the […]