The Key Biscayne Community Foundation

Please join us for Key Biscayne’s 65th Annual 4th of July Parade and festivities!🎉🇺🇲 It's going to be amazing! Here are the times to keep in mind.

☆7:00 am - Road Closures Begin

☆10:00 am - The west side of Crandon Blvd along the parade route will close from 10am until approximately 3pm.

☆11:00 am - The Parade begins at 11am sharp! Look up!✈️

☆12:00 pm - Rotary Club BBQ on the Village Green.🍔🌭🍉🍋

☆2:00pm - 6:00pm Tell us your post parade pre fireworks 4th of July tradition in the comments.😁🤿🛀😴

☆9:00 pm Fireworks Show begins at VKB Beach Park. 🎆🎇🎆🎇🎆🎇

Hydrate, hydrate, hydrate! Wear a hat & sunscreen! Hydrate! Happy 4th!!!!❤️🤍💙

Celebrate Plastic Free July with this whole month!

They’ll be posting weekly challenges for you to make more conscious and sustainable choices this month, and ask that you pledge to take each challenge and practice these small sustainable adjustments that could serve to educate and inspire those around you to do the same. 🌀

This week's challenge: ditch plastic bottles and single-use cups and use reusable water bottles and bring our own cups to take-outs and cafes instead. What do you think? Are you up for the challenge?

Remember to tag them in a story taking the challenge, you can win an AZWC x Takeya water bottle 💙

The Community Foundation thanks and congratulates iPads for Soldiers for their many years of service in supporting our soldiers, both on active duty overseas and recuperating here at home.

As we prepare to celebrate Independence Day, let us first acknowledge and thank the young men and women in our armed forces.

To support iPads for Soldiers, our Foundation Feature for July, please visit kbcf.org/ipads.

On behalf of , we thank and for their sponsorship.

Thank you, Garmin, for sending your device from Michigan to assist our first responders. Your willingness to help in this time of need is the definition of corporate social responsibility.

Join us Thursday, June 27th for a KB Citizen Science Project Lunch and Learn on Sea Turtle Friendly Lighting presented by Sophia Brown, the Lighting Program Lead of the Miami Dade County Sea Turtle Conservation Program.

Date: Thursday, June 27
Time: 12:00 pm
Location: KB Community Center, Island Room

RSVP is required. Please RSVP at the Community Center Front Desk, or call 305-365-8900.

Join the Mónica Burguera Foundation for their 14th Annual Fishing Tournament on June 29th at the Key Biscayne Yacht Club.

The Mónica Burguera Foundation (M.B.F.) has been promoting boating safety education for over 14 years. Funds raised are used to sponsor the Boating Safety Education Course taught by the Coast Guard Auxilary, which is required by Florida law for anyone born after Jan. 1, 1988. Please consider learning more about this organization and participating in its 14th annual tournament. 🎣☀️Link: https://monicaburguerafoundation.org/events

The Mónica Burguera Foundation was established in memory of Mónica Burguera, a 20-year-old Florida International University student who died in a tragic boating accident during the 2006 Columbus Day Regatta weekend festivities in Miami, Florida.

The accident took the lives of Mónica and James Noel Pou and left many others seriously injured. After this fatal accident, Mónica’s family and close friends realized the importance of boat safety education.

They decided to honor Mónica's legacy by building a not-for-profit foundation that promotes water safety and education.

The 27th Annual Jorge Portela Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser Dinner is Saturday, June 15th, from 6pm-11pm at the Key Biscayne Beach Club. Bring your friends and neighbors and become a part of this KB tradition.

The pre-sale ticket price of $60 ends June 12th.
To purchase tickets, please visit kbcf.org/portela. Link in bio.

Limited tickets will be available at the door for $70. Tickets for Children ages 11-17 are $30. Children age 10 and under are free.

Your ticket to the event includes a live band, open bar and buffet dinner featuring the catch of the day!

If you are unable to attend, or you would like to make an extra contribution to the Jorge Portela Memorial Scholarship Fund, please visit jorgeportelamemorial.com where you can also sign up to participate in the Fishing Tournament.

It is always a very special event.

Join us Thursday, May 30th for a Citizen Scientist Project Lunch and Learn presentation with Chris Bergh of The Nature Conservancy.

Learn about their strategies for protecting Florida’s natural areas, native species, marine life, and coral reefs.

Raised in the Florida Keys, Bergh studied environmental conservation, and helped initiate the Florida Reef Resilience Program, an interdisciplinary partnership among coral reef managers, scientists and businesses designed to help Florida’s reefs and reef-dependent people cope with climate change impacts.

The Key Biscayne Community Foundation is honored to sponsor lunch from Milanezza.

RSVP required. Visit the KBCC front desk or call 305-365-8900 to reserve your spot. This presentation is free to KBCC members, and there is a charge of $5 for non members.

We are thrilled to announce that 1200 students participated in Key Challenge this year! Key Biscayne Citizen Science's signature event, the Key Challenge is a juried science fair with several categories and requirements.

All students, from Pre-K to 12th grade, who live on or go to school on Key Biscayne or at MAST are welcome to enter each year.

This year, 150 projects were submitted and 63 students won awards.

The earned pride of accomplishment is visible on their faces.

Wonderful to spend time with great women doing good work. Thank you Elevate Prize Foundation and Make Good Famous Summit.

Congratulations to the 2024 winners of the Eileen McCaughan Memorial Scholarship! The Community Foundation would like to thank all of the volunteers, sponsors and attendees of the 35th annual Eileen McCaughan Memorial Scholarship Fundraiser Pasta Dinner.

Many of you have been there since the beginning, and many came this year for the very 1st time. As always, the support from our wonderful community was remarkable.

As of this year, over $610K has been awarded to Eileen McCaughan Memorial Scholarship winners.

Thank you to the Key Biscayne Police Department for your donation of kid-powered bicycles and scooters!😊🚲

The Community Foundation was honored to facilitate tune-ups and repairs for the bicycles, as well as transportation to our Liberty City based community partner, the Belafonte TACOLCY Center.

The Village of Key Biscayne 2024 Music Concert Series is proud to present a "Youth Concert" is THIS Friday, May 10th at 6:30pm.🎸🎤🎸

Led by Music Teacher & Director Mr. Luis Gomez, this concert features the talented musicians of MAST Academy in their debut performance for the Key Biscayne community.

The performance will showcase a wide variety of musical genres, including Jazz Rock, Dance, Latin and Pop.

🎸Where: KB Community Center, 2nd Floor, Island Room
🎤When: Friday, May 10th at 6:30pm

This Concert is FREE and open to the public.

Thank you to the Key Biscayne Police Department for your donation of kid-powered bicycles and scooters!😊🚲

The Community Foundation was honored to facilitate tune-ups and repairs for the bicycles, as well as transportation to our Liberty City based community partner, the Belafonte TACOLCY Center.

Shop fine jewelry with a purpose.🦋 A special trunk show to benefit The Megan Way Foundation will take place this Sunday, May 5th from Noon to 7pm in the Seabelle Room at the Key Biscayne Yacht Club.

We invite you to participate in NAMI Miami's 2024 Mental Health Awareness Walk on Saturday, May 18th at Zoo Miami. Join Miami's leading organizations, elected officials and corporations at the biggest FREE mental health walk with over 3,000+ attendees. Register and create your team using the QR code above or at www.NAMIWalks.org/Miami

The Key Biscayne Community Foundation proudly supports NAMI Miami every walk season to help them provide FREE mental health support, education, and resources to our community. Together, we're empowering our community and amplifying the conversation around mental health.

Our goal on Saturday, May 18th is to come together and walk to . Register TODAY at NAMIWaks.org/Miami and at Zoo Miami!

Dreaming Up Recycled Designs with Free Plastic

Saturday, May 11 • 3:00 p.m.–4:30 p.m.

Join us to reimagine how recycled materials can become useful objects. Discover Free Plastic’s passion for repurposing pollution and how they give plastic a second life. Then get creative, using Freeform on iPad with Apple Pencil to explore and sketch ideas that everyone can use.

Devices provided. Sign language supported. Sign up at apple.co/free-plastic

Join us Sunday, May 5th at 6pm for a 35-year island tradition in a New Location! The Eileen McCaughan Memorial Scholarship Pasta Dinner is happening at The Beach Club this year!

Tickets are $50 for adults, $20 for children 10-18, and $0 for children under 10, and they may be purchased in advance at KBCF or at the door with Cash, Check, Venmo or Credit Card.

Thank you for supporting the Eileen McCaughan Memorial Scholarship Fund.

The Foundation, alongside the Key Biscayne Chamber of Commerce and the Principals' Coalition for the Good of the Children, was honored to present the Good Neighbor & Giving Tree Awards today at the Key Biscayne Yacht Club.

The Good Neighbor Award honors Key Biscayne students who display superior personal character and good will. The Giving Tree Award honors Key Biscayne teachers who give all there is to give. The Principal of the Year recognizes the educator who creates a nurturing environment for their students and teachers.

Join the KBPD for an important & informative community outreach meeting this Wednesday, April 24th at 6pm in the Community Room of Village Hall.

Informative Topics:
•Human Trafficking Safety
•Internet Safety for Your Children
•Childen Summer Safety

The Community Room is on the 1st floor of Village Hall, adjacent to the Turtle Fountain.

The KB 4th of July turns 65 this year!!🇺🇸🎉 Far from a sign to retire, the committee is pulling out all the stops to make this parade the best ever!

The festivities begin with the Fundraiser BBQ- THIS Saturday, April 20th from 6pm to 11pm at the Beach Club. Come for the great food and friends! Stay for live music and dancing!

The direct link for tickets is: https://kb4.org/join-us-at-this-years-fourth-of-july-parade-bbq-fundraiser/

Thank YOU for supporting the BBQ & being a part of making the parade possible!🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

The Community Foundation was honored to celebrate Brooke Schwartz and Oreoluwa Olorunlogbon, the 2024 recipients of the Robert Kemper Award for Professionalism in Medicine, at the Key Biscayne Yacht Club.

The Robert Kemper Award for Professionalism in Medicine is named in memory of Dr. Robert Kemper, who exemplified the highest qualities of medical professionalism until his life was cut short by cancer.

The Key Biscayne Community Foundation underwrites the award, which is made possible by the generous support of the Key Biscayne community, thanks to contributions from Dr. Kemper's grateful patients, family, and friends.

To learn more about this year's award recipients or to make a contribution, please visit:

https://www.kbcf.org/2024/03/2024-robert-kemper-award-for-professionalism-in-medicine/

Link in bio.

Join us April 20th for amazing BBQ, great friends, live music, a beautiful beachside celebration, and very cool insulated souvenir cups. The BBQ Fundraiser celebrating 65 years of the Key Biscayne 4th of July Parade is next weekend!🇺🇸

🇺🇸 April 20, 2024
🌴 6pm-11pm
🇺🇸Where: KB Beach Club
🌴Tickets: kbcf.org/kb4bbq

Your support of this event helps make the parade possible.❤️🤍💙

The Community Foundation would like to congratulate Winnie Pritchett and Amy Zambrano, the phenomenal women behind IPads For Soldiers, on the April 1st installation of "Footsteps to Freedom" at Walter Reed Military Hospital.🥾🌻🇺🇸

This represents a labor of love spanning many years, soldiers, families, artists and donors.

The boots were worn in combat, in the deserts of Afghanistan and other far-away places.

They were worn by troops injured in war and others who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.

And now, they are on display as part of an honored art installation on Naval Support Activity Bethesda, home to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center.

Please scroll through for images and videos.

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The Community Foundation is thrilled to congratulate Susi Westfall for the well-deserved recognition of the Cultural Catalyst Award from the Arts & Business Council 2024 Serving the Arts Awards.

We an incredible honor!

Tickets are now on sale for the BBQ Fundraiser celebrating 65 years of the Key Biscayne 4th of July Parade!🇺🇸

Join us for amazing BBQ, great friends, live music, a beautiful beachside celebration, and very cool insulated souvenir cups.

🥳When: April 20, 2024 from 6pm-11pm
🇺🇸Where: KB Beach Club
🌴Tickets: kbcf.org/kb4bbq - link in bio.

Your support of this event helps make the parade possible.❤️🤍💙

The Community Foundation is honored to sponsor Sea Secrets 2024. Join us Tuesday, April 9th for a lecture on Climate Engineering with Dr. Brian Soder at UM's Rosenstiel School of Marine Science.

Climate Engineering: A Bold Idea Whose Time Has Come?

🌊When: Tuesday, April 9
🌴Where: UM Rosenstiel
☀️6:30pm Reception at SALT
🌎7:00pm Lecture in Rosenstiel Auditorium

Dr. Soden will present an overview of various approaches to climate engineering, including work being done at the Rosenstiel School. His lecture will discuss the pros and cons of each, and touch on the potential ethical considerations that climate engineering presents.

This lecture will have a complimentary reception at SALT Waterfront Restaurant on the Rosenstiel Campus, beginning at 6:30 PM. The lecture will begin promptly at 7:00 PM in the Rosenstiel auditorium.

This event is free and open to the public. Seating is first come, first served. Please RSVP using this link:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/sea-secrets-lecture-series-2024-with-brian-soden-phd-tickets-755783016347?aff=eand

Save the date! The Fundraiser BBQ for the 65th annual Key Biscayne 4th of July Parade is April 20th from 6:30pm to 11:00pm. More info coming soon!🇺🇸✌️🌴❤️🤍💙