N.I.C.K.'s Masquerade Ball

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Courtesy of Camp Boggy Creek

The Chiera Family Foundation's annual Fundraiser helps send 150 children fighting cancer every summer to Camp Boggy Creek for a week of fun and great experiences.

Celebrating its 31st year, the Chiera Family Foundation and guests will be trying to see who is behind the masks during its N.I.C.K.’s Masquerade Ball fundraiser on April 28 to help kids fighting cancer attend summer camp and college. The dinner/auction will be held at Broken Sound Country Club in Boca Raton, followed the next day by the organization’s signature Golf Classic on April 29 at The Old Course at Broken Sound.

To be honored at this year’s fundraiser are Mr. Steve Benjamin and Mr. Mel Zucker, board members of the Chiera Family Foundation. Their company, KSM Electronics, was a longtime presenting sponsor for the past 30 years.

Lou Chiera, Board Member and Trustee of the Chiera Family Foundation, stated, “We are thrilled to be honoring our longtime sponsors and board members Mel Zucker and Steve Benjamin. They, along with their company, KSM Electronics, have been by our side from day one and have helped thousands of children battling cancer attend summer camp and college.”

Guests attending the dinner auction will enjoy cocktails, hors d’oeuvres and silent auction browsing starting at 4:30 p.m. A sit-down dinner with presentations follows at 5:30pm, with the event topped off at 7:00pm by an exciting live auction to raise funds to send children to summer camp. Formal attire is requested.

Cancer is the leading cause of death for children, and it is estimated that 17,000 children are diagnosed with this horrible disease each year. To date, the Chiera Family Foundation has raised $4.8 million in support of kids battling cancer.

The proceeds from the evening will directly support the foundation’s four programs: N.I.C.K.’s (Nothing is Impossible for Cancer Kids) Camp at Camp Boggy Creek in Eustis, FL, N.I.C.K.’s Scholarships, N.I.C.K.’s Golf and N.I.C.K.’s Ice Skating.

This year’s sponsor list includes Presenting Sponsor Winner’s Award Group, The Rotary Club of Coral Springs, Seminole Casino Coconut Creek, The Bomar Foundation, the Rubin Family Foundation, Carousel Development Corporation, Apogee Commemoratives, The Florida Panther’s Foundation, Bacardi USA, Minton Tuzzo Group of Merrill Lynch, Glenn and Jodi Lotenberg, Keyes Coverage, and Amtrust Group.

Individual tickets are priced at $300 with tables starting at $3,000. The organization is seeking sponsors for the fundraiser, the Golf Classic, and also scholarship sponsors. Event information may be found at https://www.chierafamilyfoundation.org/events/. Tickets and sponsorship opportunities are available at: https://nickstickets.asimobile.net/#/tickets/event.

About The Chiera Family Foundation

The Chiera Family Foundation began as a tribute to the family’s patriarch Nick Chiera who passed away from cancer. The organization’s annual event has since evolved into one of the area’s largest fundraisers for children who battle cancer.

Each summer, the foundation helps send 150 kids to experience N.I.C.K.’s Camp at Camp Boggy Creek in Eustis, Florida while N.I.C.K.’s Scholarships offer young adults a chance to attend the college of their choice. The foundation also offers a program through The First Tee of Broward to teach kids who are undergoing chemotherapy how to golf. Through a generous grant from The Florida Panthers Foundation, the foundation offers N.I.C.K.’s Ice Skating. Taking place at the Panther’s IceDen, kids fighting cancer and their siblings learn to ice skate.

For more information about the Chiera Family Foundation, please call 954-480-8809 or visit https://www.chierafamilyfoundation.org.

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