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Dear Friends of the Heart Gallery, 

We are excited to have revealed this quarter our new tagline and brand, "Finding Forever for Foster Youth". We want to thank AGA+Spangler for being a pivotal partner in our rebrand and donating our brand reveal video as part of our launch. Our brand refresh showcases a new beginning, where we look at not just how we find our youth a loving home, but how we truly make sure it lasts forever. We also acknowledge that for each of our youth, forever may look different. Whatever their forever looks like, we will be here to guide them along the way. We look forward to sharing more about how we will make this happen in the coming months. In the meantime, here's what's been happening since our last newsletter!

• In July, we were honored to have been selected as a recipient of the Community Foundation of Broward's 'Small Grants' program
• We held an incredible two-part Back-to-School event series for our foster youth, bringing a dream of mine to reality thanks to so many community partners.
• Tickets are on sale now for our 10th Annual Eat Your Heart Out Event on October 12th, we hope you can join us!
• In November, we will also be celebrating National Adoption Day, where we will see Broward families become complete with their adoptions finalized. We look forward to sharing more about this event in the future.

Thank you for reading our Heart to Heart update, and we look forward to delivering more amazing news at the end of the year.

With Heart, 

Dr. Mary Kinirons 

Executive Director, Heart Gallery of Broward County 

Heart Days

Back-To-School Events

On August 5th, we hosted our first annual Back-to-School Shopping Spree funded by the Children's Opportunity Group of Broward at the Galleria Fort Lauderdale! We had 15 of our youth come out, and they were each given a $500 Amex gift card to spend at any of the stores in the mall. The Galleria Fort Lauderdale donated the space, tables, and linens. Dillard's extended 15% discounts to our youth, and their makeup department gave them free makeovers! Press & Grind Cafe generously donated boxed lunches for our youth and volunteers, who all helped make this day happen. These partners helped ensure that the money from the Children's Opportunity Group went to our youth!

Michael Murphy Photographic Studio & Gallery, Inc. came and took beautiful event photos before they were set loose to shop, and Little's Photography held a fun-filled portrait session so our kids could have some photos to take home from the day. All photos were also generously donated in support of our youth.

On August 19th, we help a Back-To-School Day of Beauty, part 2 for our back-to-school events for our foster youth. World of Nails & Hair Beauty Lounge opened its doors to welcome our youth and offer premier services, including manicures, pedicures, hair cuts and styling, fresh braids, eyebrow waxing, and face masks. The weekend before school started, 10 youth came out and got to feel that extra bit of love and confidence with a fun day at the salon before starting the new school year on Monday. 

We are incredibly grateful to our sponsors/partners, Children's Opportunity Group of Broward, Children's Services Council of Broward County Florida, Galleria Fort Lauderdale, Dillard's, Littles Photography, Michael Murphy Photography, Press & Grind Cafe, Kiwanis Club of Hollywood, Greater Hollywood Junior Chamber- Jaycees, and our partners World of Nails and Hair Beauty Lounge and ChildNet. We couldn't have done it without you!

View more photos on Facebook here.

10th Annual Eat Your Heart Out

Join us on October 12th

MOSS Foundation's “Eat Your Heart Out” event presented by BBI and benefiting the Heart Gallery of Broward, is Fort Lauderdale’s favorite food and “fun”raiser featuring gourmet creations, fresh libations and live entertainment, is proud to welcome new restaurants and accompaniments to its 10th-anniversary event on Thursday, October 12, from 6 – 8:30 p.m., at Galleria Fort Lauderdale.

The spirited culinary soiree, hosted by Eric Yutzy, WPLG Local 10 morning news anchor, benefits Heart Gallery of Broward County, an esteemed nonprofit organization dedicated to finding loving families for foster youth facing placement challenges.

Michael Goodman, founder of GPR | Goodman Public Relations, will be honored as Heart Gallery of Broward County’s Child Advocate of the Year during the signature event.

Reserve your tickets here or click the button below:

$25,000 Grant Recipient for the Community Foundation of Broward's 'Small Grants' program.

We are honored to have been selected as a recipient of the Community Foundation of Broward's 'Small Grants' program, meant to boost support for small nonprofits here in Broward through targeted capacity building. These funds will be vital in supporting our future growth. We are grateful to have their faith in our programs and future growth!

You can learn more about this new community program and its impact by clicking below.

Meet Breanna!

Meet Breanna! Breanna is a very determined young lady. ❤️

She does not let anything get in her way. Breanna is always smiling, cheerful, upbeat and can light up the room when she walks in.✨ She loves to make people laugh, and she is charismatic, genuine, and can be chatty at times.🤩

She is articulate and loves to communicate when the environment is right. Breanna loves to sing, dance, color, and do arts and crafts. 🎤💃🎨 She loves to play with other kids. Breanna is on grade level; however, she sometimes struggles in reading and math. Her favorite subject is Science because she likes to learn how things work and do experiments. 🔭👩‍🔬 Breanna would benefit best from a family that could love and give her a lot of love and attention.

Our mission is to provide innovative programs that help to promote the adoption and enrichment of Broward's foster youth.