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Find out morePhotography by Rebecca Baxter December 6, 2017
David Perkins, Grecia Quevedo, LeAshia McNeal
Robert Hollins, Jonathan Wyche
Leonard and Geraldine Drexler
Jim Minor, Dr. Harriet Moore
Diane Preston, Helen McBean
Larry and Leesa Haspel
Rachel Shelley, Paul Gallagher
Marlon Brown, Alfred Rose
Paul Burns, Rachel Shelley
Fred Bloom , Eleanor Altman
Susan Morin, Harvey Small
Ilene Fox, Rich Bergman
Stephen Covert, Bernadette DiPino, Todd Bowden
Linda Monda, Tom Koski, Delia Smith-Orth
Josephine Eisenberg, Tomeika Koski
Charles Williams, Graci McGillicuddy
Graci McGillicuddy, Betty Schoenbaum, Gabriel Hament, Carol Camiener, Howard Tevlowitz
Bart Lowther, Sharon Prizant, Jeromy Shelby
Betty Shoenbaum, Judy Cahn, Lois Stulberg
Susan Burns, Sarah Beattie, Kathy Jordan, Brenna Wilhm
Anna Hahn
Lissa Murphy, Mirald Cake
Judy Van Houten
Hope Campbell, Donna Koffman, Dan Starostecki, Tammy Karp, Anne Spindel
Vivian Kouvant, Renee Hamad, Marie Monsky
Todd Bowden, Veronica Brady
Jane Goodwin, Shirley Brown
Jon Thaxton, Graci and Dennis McGillicuddy, Rachel Shelley, Todd Bowden
Carolyn and Bob Johnson
Linda Poteat-Brown, Carol Poteat-Buchanan, Victoria Kaslar
Charlotte Perret, Shannon Rohrer-Phillips, Charolett Baker, Lissa Murphy
Guest speaker at the packed luncheon was Booker High School principal Dr. Rachel Shelley, 2017 Florida Principal of the Year.
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