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PLACE OF HOPE THROWS BACK TO SCHOOL PEP RALLY, BENEFITING AREA FOSTER CHILDREN As Part of Boca Chamber Festival Days, Unique Gifts & Premiums is sponsoring the Pep Rally at Pavilion Grille in Boca Raton WHAT: As part of Boca Chamber Festival Days, Place of Hope welcomes everyone back to school with a festive Pep Rally celebration. Sponsored by Unique Gifts & Premiums, the Pep Rally invites guests to show up in their favorite school jersey or colors and enjoy drinks and appetizers at Pavilion Grille in Boca Raton. All proceeds from the event will benefit Place of Hope at the Leighan and David Rinker Campus in Boca Raton and will be used to purchase back to school supplies for the foster youth who live on the campus. “Our family is just like any other family at the beginning of the school year. We are buying new clothes, shoes, backpacks, classroom supplies and equipment for our children, so we appreciate all the help we receive from families who support our mission,” said Executive Director Charles Bender. COST: $25 pp, purchased in advance. $30 pp when purchased at the door. WHEN: 5:30-7:30 p.m., August 11, 2015 WHERE: Pavilion Grille, Nations Bank Plaza, 301 Yamato Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431 (www.paviliongrille.com) BACKGROUND: Place of Hope: With locations in Palm Beach Gardens, West Palm Beach, Boca Raton and Hobe Sound, Place of Hope is a faith-based, state-licensed child welfare organization that provides family-style foster care (emergency and long-term); family outreach and intervention; maternity care; safety for domestic minor sexually trafficked victims; transitional housing and support services; adoption and foster care recruitment and support; hope and healing opportunities for children and families who have been traumatized by abuse and neglect. For more information, contact Lisa McDulin, development director, at 561-483-0962 or visit www.hopeatrinkercampus.org. Unique Gifts & Premiums: Located in Boca Raton, Unique Gifts & Premiums is a promotional products distributor, featuring a showroom with more than 3,000 products on display for clients to see and touch. The showroom eliminates the need to purchase based on a picture in a catalog or on the Internet. For more information, contact Ami Zak at 561-750-8380 or visit www.uniquegiftsandpremiums.com Boca Festival Days 2015: Boca Chamber Festival Days is the Boca Chamber’s outreach to the non-profit community. Non-profit Chamber Members join forces with for-profit Chamber Members to hold a fun-filled event during the month of August! The goal is to raise awareness and funds for the non-profit member’s philanthropic efforts. All month long, residents of South Palm Beach County will travel from event to event, participating in everything that is great about Boca Raton - from the smaller events to the grand! http://web.bocaratonchamber.com/Advocacy/boca_chamber_festival_days.aspx MEDIA CONTACT: Michelle Brown, Kaliah Communications, Inc.: 561-308-3382; [email protected]; ###