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Guests made it a “Full House” at
Hammers, Nails & Cocktails Casino Night!
On Saturday, November 16th,
more than 200 guests attended Make it a
“Full House” at Hammers, Nails &
Cocktails Casino Night to benefit
Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach
County at Trump International Golf
Course in West Palm Beach. Attendees
enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as
they listened to a fusion band, bet in
the casino, and bid on almost 200 silent
auction items.
The program started with Co-Chairs
Michelle Grande, Nicole Bessette, and
Danielle Jenkins welcoming and thanking
their committee members: Tiffany Bollis,
Laura Clark, Jennifer DiFilippo, Sue
Ende, Anne Gambino, Susan Harrison,
Ashley Hensarling, Jenna Quigley, Karen
Marrero, Michael Sabatello, Marc
Sabatino, Melissa Tyner, Jacqueline
Weisser, Zackary Brinkman, and Megan
Zwaans. Supporters of the events were
acknowledged starting with the Royal
Flush Sponsor UBS, ADT, Citi Private
Bank, Iberia Bank, The Maglio Family,
WellsFargo Foundation, Worth Group,
Tiffany & David Bollis, Barsanti
Foundation, Comcast, C. Kenneth & Laura
Baxter Foundation, Lockheed Martin, PNC
Bank, Wil& Donna White, and Richard &
Laura Clark. Habitat Board Chair, Brad
Jankowski, and Executive Director,
Bernie Godek, along with County
Commissioners Paulette Burdick and Hal
Valechepresented
J.B. Bramucci, the founder of Habitat
for Humanity of Palm Beach County, with
a Lifetime Achievement Award. Carlosand
Genesis Zavala, future Kennedy Estates 2
homeowners, talked about their journey
to home ownership and thanked the guests
for supporting their efforts. After a
live auction conducted by Curt Fonger,
the buffet opened and guests went back
to play in the casino.
Proceeds of this event will be used
towards the building initiative at
Kennedy Estates Two in Jupiter, an
affordable housing community for
hard-working, low-income families in
Palm Beach County.Habitat for Humanity
of Palm Beach County is a non-profit
organization dedicated to the
elimination of sub-standard housing by
building simple, decent, safe,
affordable houses for low income,
hardworking qualified families in
partnership with God, community
volunteers and local organizations.
Each Habitat partner family is required
to invest a minimum of 400 sweat equity
hours of their own labor into the
construction of homes before being
eligible to purchase their home
utilizing a 30-year, no-profit,
no-interest loan.
For more information about Hammers,
Nails & Cocktails or HFHPBC, please call
561-253-2080 or e-mail
roxannej@habitatpbc.org.
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