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Alpha House’s Butterfly Ball
Alpha House of Pinellas County celebrated 40 years of preventing the cycle of homelessness and child abuse with a “Cirque
du Hope”-themed Butterfly Ball in St. Petersburg. Alpha House provides a safe residence and supportive services to homeless
pregnant women and babies. In four decades, Alpha House has provided housing and support services to more than 3,500
women, teens and infants.
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Beverly and Carlos Yepes of the Belleair
Development Group were honored to be
major sponsors of this year’s Butterfly Ball.
Pascual De Rojas and his wife Iris Gonzalez
were happy to lend their support to
Alpha House and its efforts to help
women and children.
Elio Castellano and his wife Donna, who
served on the ball’s planning committee, feel
blessed to be able to help Alpha House.
Bill and Kathy Valentine donate to Alpha
House to enable it to fund outreach programs
that provide child care items to families.
Joseph Carroll and Alison Lescarbeau,
Butterfly Ball chair, enjoyed this evening
of fundraising for Alpha House.
Dr. Eric and Shelly Arias believe that
Alpha House’s community outreach
programs are both needed and effective.