Community Corner
Be Mine, A Night in Foreverland
Tampa, FL – The Children’s
Board Heart Gallery of Tampa Bay will host its 2nd annual “Be Mine, A Night in Foreverland” to benefit foster children in need of
forever families. The event will be held Thursday, February 6th from
6:30 – 9:30 at the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the Performing Arts in
downtown Tampa. Tickets are $100 and are now available at www.heartgallerytampabay.org.
“Be Mine, A Night in Foreverland” will celebrate the joy of families
found and the hope of those yet to come. Guests will hear moving personal
testimonies from adoptive parents and children still waiting to find their
forever families. This enchanting evening plays on themes from Peter Pan and will
bring to life characters intrinsically rooted in childhood memories and
fantasies. The event features a
unique, love-inspired auction just in time for Valentine’s Day featuring fine
art, exclusive VIP experiences and romantic getaways. Guests will enjoy festive
and interactive activities, heavy hors d’oeuvres, open bar and complimentary
valet parking.
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Event co-chair Katina
Markowski adopted a Heart Gallery child in September and wants to make the
event a bigger success than its sold-out inaugural year. “Adoption
is a great gift and a second chance. “Be Mine” is a fantastic opportunity to
celebrate the love of families in a way that will stay in your heart long after
it is over!”
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The mission of the
Children’s Board Heart Gallery of Tampa Bay is to raise awareness of Tampa’s
waiting foster children, engage the community in their welfare and secure
permanent, loving adoptive families. By touring a variety of
exhibits and interactive displays, the gallery recruits adoptive families for
Tampa’s harder-to-place foster children such as teens, sibling groups,
minorities and children with special developmental or physical needs. Through
these efforts the Heart Gallery of Tampa has placed over 350 children with
adoptive families. Children featured in the Heart Gallery are three times more
likely to be adopted.
