Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival aids Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League
The second annual Palm Beach Food and Wine Festival raised about $13,000 for the Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League, according to organizers.
The event, which was held Nov. 5 at 150 Worth, featured 45 restaurants, wineries and vodka distributors and attracted a sold-out crowd of about 400.
The Animal Rescue League is a nonprofit organization that works to provide shelter to Palm Beach County's lost, homeless and unwanted animals. The organization does not receive state or federal funding and instead relies on donations and fundraising events like the Food and Wine Festival.
Going Web shopping — Shoppers seeking gauzy kaftans, metallic beach bags and unique furniture can now view Island Home's collection online at www.islandhomepalmbeach.com.
The new Web site features a wide variety of clothing and home items, many of which are exclusive to Island Home.
The shop at 249 Royal Poinciana Way launched the Web site this past week.
Hear latest news — This week's speaker at the Kiwanis Club of Palm Beach's weekly meeting is Jan Tuckwood, director of new product development at The Palm Beach Post.
Detective Michael Lynch, recipient of the Palm Beach Police Department's employee/officer of the quarter award, will also be recognized at the meeting.
The Kiwanis Club meets at noon at The Breakers. For more information, contact Kiwanis Lt. Gov. Charles Smith at 603-9955.
Manager change — National City Bank has welcomed Walker Duvall as its senior vice president relationship manager for the Southeast Florida region. In his new role, he will be responsible for Palm Beach and Broward County commercial customers.
Previously, Duvall worked for Wachovia. He has more than 27 years of experience in financial services.
Update on Jupiter — Dr. Claudia Hillinger of the Max Planck Society is the speaker at Tuesday's Palm Beach Flagler Rotary 7:45 a.m. breakfast at Trevini Ristorante, 151 Worth Ave.
Hillinger is a representative of Max Planck's Division of International Relations and is responsible for establishing the Max Planck Florida Institute, a center for advancing the world's knowledge of bioimaging. She will discuss the society's plans for the Jupiter facility.
Election of officers — On Thursday, the Rotary Club of Palm Beach meets at noon at The Breakers to hold elections for officers serving 2009-2010.
There is no need to RSVP for Rotary events, but additional information is available through Rotary Club Executive Secretary Kim Parkey at 799-6154.
New director — Hedrick Brothers Construction, based in West Palm Beach, has hired a new director of business development, Cheri Pavlik.
Pavlik, the former vice president of planning and operations for Allied Capital and Development in Palm Beach Gardens, has more than 18 years of real estate development, project planning and interior design experience.
The company is working on the Palm Beach Town Hall project.