West
Palm Beach, Florida
The 16th Annual
Hospice Horizons
Fishing Tournament
takes place June 20,
2015, at Riviera
Beach Marina. Themed Catch
One for the Kids,
this year's
tournament
highlights several
firsts. Chief among
them, the Horizons
Child Ambassadors
are a boy and a girl
who will share their
personal Hospice
stories. The
ambassadors bring
critically-needed
awareness to
children's
bereavement and the
services Hospice
provides children
and their
caregivers. The
Richard Black
Memorial Award
recognizes Mr. Black
for a lifetime of
giving to the
fishing community
and local charities.
Children's grief is
different. Often at
a loss for what to
do, mistakenly
caregivers sometimes
do nothing. Greg
Leach, President of
Hospice of Palm
Beach County
Foundation and
Hospice by the Sea
Foundation,
comments, "Children
are rightly called
'forgotten
grievers.' Hospice
doesn't forget them.
Our community won't
either."
"Fortunately for us,
competitive and
casual anglers alike
love this tournament
and we are
leveraging the
tournament's
popularity to focus
awareness on the
Hospice mission in
children's
bereavement."
Hospice bereavement
centers in Palm
Beach and Broward
County empower and
equip surviving
family members,
educators and
caregivers with
effective tools to
shepherd children
through their grief
walk.
Purpose-designed
programming presents
a variety of
innovative
strategies to
support grieving
children.
Offering over
$25,000 in cash and
prizes, including a
$5,000 cash prize
for the heaviest
kingfish, dolphin or
wahoo, the Horizons
Fishing Tournament
is seen locally as a fisherman's tourney.
The Richard Black
Memorial Award
spotlights a
fisherman's
fisherman, Richard
Black, a preeminent
figure in the local
fishing community
who founded the
GrandSlam KDW. This
year, anglers who
fish both the
GrandSlam KDW and
Horizons Fishing
Tournament are
eligible to win an
additional prize of
$1,000.
The
16th Annual
Horizons Fishing
Tournament is
presented by United
Healthcare. Joining
Co-Chairs Jim and
Caroline Fallon are
committee members
Amanda Bellerose,
Aubrey Fleming,
Chase Fleming, Donna
Goldfarb, Grant
Gyland, Steve Gyland,
George Lott, Hub
Spooner, Amy Ulmer
and Jessica Zabel.