SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER 2017 | TAMPA BAY MAGAZINE 87
ball in St. Petersburg.....Julie Weintraub
of Gold and Diamond Source in
Clearwater, the founder of Julie
Weintraub’s Hands Across the Bay
charity, received the 2017 Dottie Berger
MacKinnon Wings of Inspiration award
from the Friends of Joshua House
Foundation in Tampa.....Susan
Finkelstein, pediatric services manager
for Empath Health, which i s
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Pat Brooks of
Safety Harbor, a
former area radio
news personality
turned author,
will sign her
newly released
Miss Marble’s
Backyard Critters,
which is illustrated
by internationally
syndicated
cartoonist
Bill Connolly
and explores the
wonders of nature
through the eyes
of a sassy cat and
a fun-loving girl,
from 1-3 p.m.
September 9th
at the Suncoast
Animal League
Thrift Shop in Palm
Harbor and from
11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
September 23rd at
the Safety Harbor
Library Local
Author Book Fair.
Stephen Anderson and
Andrew Ashton of
La Posh Salon in
Clearwater, known fondly
as “the Fairy Godfathers,”
received WTSP television
10 News’ Super Hero
Award for the wigs they
style and donate to cancer
victims and for the annual
complete prom makeovers
they donate to high school
girls in need of assistance.
headquartered in Clearwater, received
the Catalyst Award, while Karen Davis-
Pritchett, Empath’s community outreach
director, and its specialists Kelly Siegel,
Maria Pepe and LaShante Keys
accepted an Award of Excellence for
Empath’s Traditions program from
Paul Ledford, president and CEO of
the Florida Hospice and Palliative
Care Association. 9