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EXCLUSIVE: Charities tiptoe back to Trump's Mar-a-Lago
EXCLUSIVE: Charities tiptoe back to Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
By Alexandra Clough
Posted Oct 18, 2018 at 9:50 AM
Updated Oct 19, 2018 at 11:56 AM
The charity circuit is tiptoeing its way back to Mar-a-Lago. Here is why.
The charity circuit is tiptoeing its way back to Mar-a-Lago. ... The Palm Beach Habilitation Center and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute both will host events this winter at President Donald Trump’s private Palm Beach club, after they joined more than two dozen charities in 2017 in relocating their fundraisers to other venues following Trump’s controversial comments and policies.
And, in a sign the stigma that hovered over Mar-a-Lago may be fading, a new charity will join the Palm Beach club’s roster: KidSanctuary Campus, whose president formerly served as Mar-a-Lago’s special events director.
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Also added to the charity calendar: The controversial non-profit once led by Trump’s son, Eric Trump, will hold an event this winter at Mar-a-Lago. Curetivity, formerly the Eric Trump Foundation, will hold a $750-a-ticket dinner dance on Feb. 7 at Mar-a-Lago. The event, co-chaired by Eric and his wife, Lara, is taking place at the Trump family club and property even though New York’s attorney general is looking into the Eric Trump Foundation over its use of funds, including paying the Trump Organization to use its facilities.
Just a year ago, nearly two dozen charities couldn’t leave Mar-a-Lago fast enough after Trump said there “were “very fine people” on both sides of August 2017 confrontations between neo-Nazis, white supremacists and counter protesters in Charlottesville, Va.
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By Alexandra Clough
Posted Oct 18, 2018 at 9:50 AM
Updated Oct 19, 2018 at 11:56 AM
The charity circuit is tiptoeing its way back to Mar-a-Lago. Here is why.
The charity circuit is tiptoeing its way back to Mar-a-Lago. ... The Palm Beach Habilitation Center and Bascom Palmer Eye Institute both will host events this winter at President Donald Trump’s private Palm Beach club, after they joined more than two dozen charities in 2017 in relocating their fundraisers to other venues following Trump’s controversial comments and policies.
And, in a sign the stigma that hovered over Mar-a-Lago may be fading, a new charity will join the Palm Beach club’s roster: KidSanctuary Campus, whose president formerly served as Mar-a-Lago’s special events director.
....
Also added to the charity calendar: The controversial non-profit once led by Trump’s son, Eric Trump, will hold an event this winter at Mar-a-Lago. Curetivity, formerly the Eric Trump Foundation, will hold a $750-a-ticket dinner dance on Feb. 7 at Mar-a-Lago. The event, co-chaired by Eric and his wife, Lara, is taking place at the Trump family club and property even though New York’s attorney general is looking into the Eric Trump Foundation over its use of funds, including paying the Trump Organization to use its facilities.
Just a year ago, nearly two dozen charities couldn’t leave Mar-a-Lago fast enough after Trump said there “were “very fine people” on both sides of August 2017 confrontations between neo-Nazis, white supremacists and counter protesters in Charlottesville, Va.
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