KAYE COMMUNICATIONS TO SPONSOR
SECOND ANNUAL“WHITE COATS-4-CARE” RECEPTION
TO BENEFIT FAU’S MEDICAL SCHOOL
SECOND ANNUAL“WHITE COATS-4-CARE” RECEPTION
TO BENEFIT FAU’S MEDICAL SCHOOL
Event Co-Hosted By The Bridge Hotel
Is First In The Month-Long
Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce
2012 Annual Festival Days
Is First In The Month-Long
Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce
2012 Annual Festival Days
BOCA RATON, FL (July 11, 2012) — Bonnie and
Jon Kaye and their firm Kaye Communications, Inc. are sponsoring the second
annual “White Coats-4-Care” awareness and fund raising reception to benefit the
incoming class of Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of
Medicine on Monday, July 30, 2012 from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at The Bridge Hotel’s
Carmen’s Restaurant – Top of the Bridge located at 999 East Camino Real
in Boca Raton.
To demonstrate the inspiring level of academia found at the
first and only medical school in Palm Beach County, the Kayes are pleased
announce that this year’s reception guests will have the opportunity to attend
a pre-reception private lecture and discussion from 4:00 to 5:15 p.m. given by
Dr. Charles H. Hennekens, the No. 81 Science Hero in the history of the world
for saving more than a million lives by discovering the link between aspirin
and heart attacks. Following his lecture on therapeutic lifestyle changes
to improve the quality and quantity of life, Dr. Hennekens, the first Sir
Richard Doll Research Professor in FAU’s Charles E Schmidt College of Medicine,
will engage the audience in an enlightening question and answer session.
Reception
admission is a pledge or donation with a minimum per-person gift of $100 to
underwrite and dedicate a white coat for a new medical student or a selection
from a meaningful roster of contribution opportunities that include a $250
White Coat Ceremony Sponsorship; $500 Medical Student Scholarship Award (based
on need); $1,000 Named Seat in the Medical Education Auditorium (with
personalized donor recognition or tribute plate that will be placed on the back
of each seat), $1,700 for a Total Medical Student Welcome Package, which
includes one of each item mentioned above; and $5,000 for a “Named” Medical
Student Scholarship Fund. Attendance to the pre-reception lecture by Dr.
Hennekens is an additional $20 donation.
FAU’s
Schmidt College of Medicine officially welcomes the new incoming class of 64
students on August 6th. Later in the week on August 10th,
during a special ceremony, each medical student at FAU will receive a white
coat, which represents integrity, compassion and trust and symbolizes their
shared commitment to serve patients and honor the Hippocratic Oath.
The “White Coats-4-Care” reception, to be attended by a
supportive cross-section of healthcare, business, community and civic leaders,
is the first event scheduled in the Greater Boca Raton Chamber of Commerce’s
month-long “2012 Greater Boca Raton Festival Days,” now in its 21st
year. The annual series of fun-filled events are held at different
locations in Boca Raton during the month of August pairing non-profit Boca
Chamber members together with for-profit chamber members with the objective of
raising awareness and vital funds for the non-profit member’s philanthropic
efforts.
Kaye Communications, a South Florida-based strategic
integrated marketing and public relations firm, pairing with FAU’s new medical
school continues to be natural fit according to Bonnie Kaye, Kaye
Communications firm president. Bonnie serves on the board of directors
for both the Boca Raton Chamber and FAU Foundation, and firm partner Jon Kaye
serves on the advisory board for FAU Schmidt College of Medicine. The
concept and the theme of the event -- to “dress and equip” the college’s second
class for success -- was developed to heighten awareness of the new medical
school, embrace Florida’s future physicians with a warm community welcome, and
raise vital funds to equip these students with the tools they need to begin
their medical education and launch their careers.
“Along with our event partners, the Bridge Hotel and Cheney
Brothers, we are pleased to once again support “White Coats-4-Care” as we
continue to celebrate the medical school’s milestones: completion of its first
year, welcoming its incoming class of 64 exceptional young men and women, and
our firm’s 16th anniversary of serving the needs of our clients,
initiating and promoting the benefits of meaningful public-private
partnerships, and stewarding ‘collaborative’ efforts to support the
on-going betterment of the greater Boca Raton community,” said Bonnie
Kaye.
The
incoming class of FAU’s Schmidt College of Medicine has a cumulative GPA of
3.67 and an average MCAT score of 31. Most of the major colleges in Florida are
represented. Other students in the class attended such prestigious
undergraduate institutions such as Columbia, Boston University, Duke, George Washington,
University of California-Santa Barbara, St. Joseph’s, Brigham Young University,
California State University-Los Angeles, UCLA, William & Mary, Ohio State,
UNC Chapel Hill, University of Michigan, University of Alabama, University of
Wisconsin and Notre Dame.
“The Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine is truly this
community’s medical school,” said Dr. Stuart L. Markowitz, M.D., senior
associate dean for student affairs in FAU’s Schmidt College of Medicine.
“By partnering with our community we can attract the best and brightest future
doctors to take care of our family, friends and our community. Scholarship
support is vital to our success and to ensuring that we are competitive in
recruiting and retaining our future doctors.”
Troy McLellan, president and CEO of the Boca Raton Chamber
of Commerce, believes the new medical school continues be important to Boca
Raton and that it is a worthy recipient of the Festival Days’ and Kaye
Communications’ philanthropic efforts and pleased that Kaye Communications has
chosen the medical school as its beneficiary for a second year in support of
the Chamber’s 2012 Festival Days.
“Having the first and only medical school at a public
university in Palm Beach County, in our backyard, places our great city in a
very unique and privileged position,” he noted. “We are pleased to watch
and partner with Florida Atlantic University as it continues to attract a pool
of very talented students from Florida and the nation to its medical school and
our community.”
For more information about the “White Coats-4-Care”
reception, pledge your gift to attend the event, or to make a contribution,
contact Kari Oeltjen, Director of Development, Charles E. Schmidt College of
Medicine at FAU at koeltjen@fau.edu or
561-699-7198.
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Photo Cutline:
From left: Greg Kaylor, General Manager, Bridge Hotel; Stuart Markowitz, M.D., Senior Associate Dean, FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine; Bonnie S. Kaye, President & Chief Strategist, Kaye Communications, Inc.; Jon A. Kaye, COO & Chief Marketing Strategist, Kaye Communications, Inc.; Kari Oeltjen, Director of Development, FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine; David J. Bjorkman, M.D., M.S.P.H., Dean & Professor, FAU Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine.