b'THE TOWN CRIERSend your charitable, student & othercommunity news and events to info@drwmag.comFUNDRAISING DAVIE-COOPER CITY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE This month\'s Cham-ber luncheon will be at Long Key Nature Center (3501 SW 130thAvenue, Davie) on THE AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETYS CELEBRATION GALA ThemedMay 15th from 11:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Get details on this and a great many other Race for Research", this one-of-a-kind evening at the Fort Lauderdale Marriott HarborChamber events atwww.davie-coopercity.org.Beach Resort & Spa on May 4th features a cocktail hour, dinner reception, dancing, silent and live auctions, and more. Visit www.celebrationgalafl.org for tickets and info. GFWCWOMAN\'SCLUBOFWESTBROWARDThisnon-prof-itcommunityservicewoman\'sorganizationmeetsat6:30p.m.intheartroom THE WINGS FOR LIFE WORLD RUN May 5th in Sunrise. Every cent raisedof the Pine Island Park Multipurpose Center (3801 S Pine Island Road, Davie) on the goes towards finding a cure for spinal cord injury through the Wings for Life Founda- second Wednesday of each month. For more information email maa101@aol.com.tion. Already the foundation has funded 191 projects globally with that one goal in mindfinding a cure. In the Wings for Life World Runs unique format, you dont head toWESTON ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL BUSINESSWOMEN a finish line. Instead, the finish line chases you! When the catcher car passes you, yourNetwork Lunch Meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. For details race is done and its time to celebrate. You can learn more and register through the eventvisit www.apbweston.com, emailapbweston@gmail.com, or call 954.557.4318.website, www.wingsforlifeworldrun.com. KIWANIS CLUB MEETINGS The Kiwanis Club of Cooper City meets at 6:30 \'AN EVENING IN EMERALD CITY\' FOR THE BROWARD EDUCA- p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month; call Lydia Kruger at 954.298.0036 for TIONAL FOUNDATIONPresented by BrightStar Credit Union. Dust off yourlocation. The Davie/W. Hollywood club meets every Tuesday at noon at Buca Di Beppo ruby slippers, don your favorite Oz-appropriate attire, and come with courage, brains,in Davie. The Weston club meets the first and third Tuesday of the month at 6 p.m. at the and heart as Broward Education Foundation celebrates 35 years of supporting studentsBonaventure Town Center Club.and teachers in Broward County Public Schools. The event is May 10th at Pier Sixty-SixDAVIE INTERFAITH CAFE Discussion to foster community dialogue and under-Hotel & Marina. Enjoy a cocktail reception and silent auction, scrumptious dinner, danc- standing. Meets monthly from 7-9 p.m.; call for details. Free to attend, open to all faiths. ing, and show-stopping entertainment. Ultimate Software, Inc. will receive the inauguralAt the River of Grass Unitarian Universalist Congregation (11850 W. State Road 84, "Heart of Broward" Award for its generous donation of $500,000 to the official Stone- Davie). Visit www.jamandallinterfaith.org or call 954.536.4878. WWW.DRWMAG.COMTO ADVER TISE CALL 954.384.9666man Douglas Victims Fund. $250/person, sponsorships available. Call 754.321.2030 or visit browardedfoundation.org/aneveninginemeraldcity. For sponsorship opportunities,FIRST MONDAY RUN CLUB A free club that welcomes all paces of runners & call 754.321.2032 or email colette.burns@browardschools.com. walkers for 2-5 runs on the first Monday of each month. Social with refreshments & HANDY\'S 14TH ANNUAL SCHOLARS BREAKFAST May 31st at 7:30raffle afterwards, and a voluntary donation drive. The location varies monthly between a.m. in the Crystal Ballroom at Pier Sixty-Six Hotel & Marina. HANDY (HelpingWeston/Davie and East Fort Lauderdale; please email or see Facebook for up-to-date Abused Neglected Disadvantaged Youth) provides life skills, education, and a supportiveinfo. More info at fmrclub@gmail.com or on Facebook, "FIRST MONDAY Run Club".community for Broward County children in foster and relative/non-relative care as- HEALTH & SUPPORT GROUPSsociated with the child dependency system. Tickets are available at https://scholars-breakfast2019.eventbrite.com or by contacting Allie DeSeno, adeseno@handyinc.orgPARKINSONS SUPPORT GROUP Sponsored jointly by the JCC and the Na-or 954.540.5141. tional Parkinsons Foundation, this twice weekly support program is free and open to WEST BROWARD FOOD, WINE & MUSIC TO BENEFIT THE SMITH- anyone who has the disease. Classes include group discussion and support, yoga, tai chi, MAGENIS (SMS) RESEARCH FOUNDATIONSMS is a non-familial chro- and Ageless Grace.Tuesdays at 1 p.m. and Fridays at 1:30 p.m. at the David Posnack JCC mosomal disorder that is the result of a missing piece of genetic material within the(5850 S. Pine Island Rd., Davie). 954.805.1800.17th chromosome. Funds raised at this event, co-presented with the Davie-Cooper CityWESTON CANCER SUPPORT GROUPEvery 2nd and 4th Tuesday of the Chamber of Commerce, will go to SMS research. Enjoy food tastings, wine samplings,month from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Cleveland Clinic, Building B (Egil & Pauline Braathen and live music the evening of June 13th at Renaissance Plantation (1230 S. Pine IslandCenter) Room 394. The group is free of charge and open to all of those with a cancer Road). Tickets and info at www.davie-coopercity.org. diagnosis, friends, and family. RSVP recommended. Call 954.763.6776 or email Yvonne ARTS, ACTIVITIES & EDUCATION at: yvonne@gildasclubsouthflorida.org.CHRONICFATIGUESYNDROMEANDFIBROMYALGIASUP-TOWNOFDAVIEACTIVITIESCamps, fishing, Memorial Day parade, andPORTGROUPMonthlydiscussionsontopicsrangingfrommedicalresearch more. Turn to page 27 for complete details. andcopingmechanismstodisabilitybenefitsandmedications.Patientsandfam-ily members are welcome. Monthly at the David Posnack JCC (5850 S. Pine Island COOPERCITYACADEMICSCHOLARSHIPPROGRAMThe City ofRoad, Davie) in the Holocaust Learning Center. 954.434.0290. For details contact Cooper City and Waste Management established the Cooper City Academic ScholarshipGroup Facilitator, Steven Kruger, at skruger24@aol.com.Program to foster educational opportunities for Cooper City students. Two recipients will each receive a one-time scholarship of $2,500 and at least two recipients will eachCODEPENDENTS ANONYMOUS Do you wish for a more balanced, loving and receive a one-time scholarship of $1,250 for demonstrating excellence in the classroomhealthy relationship with yourself and others? Meeting Fridays from 11 a.m. to 12:15 as well as in the community. Eligibility, award criteria, and applications are available atp.m. at Dunkin Donuts (9170 W. SR 84 in Davie). For meeting details and to learn more www.coopercityfl.org. about codependency please see www.coda.org.36 #361MAY 201930TH ANNIVERSARY DRWMAG.COM'