Due to the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Boca Raton Brain Bowl will introduce a new format this year.
In lieu of the usual Country Club Luncheon, event organizers are inviting participants and their pets to “BARK to End Alzheimer’s” by taking part in an outdoor shopping experience.
“Our theme this year is ‘Bark & Browse,’” announced Attorney, Pamela Higer-Polani, President and Founder of Brain Bowl Events, Inc, a 501 (c )3 non-profit created to raise local awareness regarding neurocognitive diseases and disorders.
“We are bringing attention to pets who provide much-needed emotional support to families coping with the stress of Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s, dementia and other related neurocognitive disorders.”
The 7 Annual Brain Bowl event – to take place Sunday, Feb. 28 – will be set up in a large county park, where attendees can mingle and browse the offerings of local vendors while remaining socially distant and adhering to all public health regulations.
“Vendors, all generously spaced apart from one another, will be providing information on their services, selling items and providing individually-wrapped items to eat or drink,” Higer-Polani noted, adding that tickets will be limited in availability and participants will be encouraged to wear masks and stagger their attendance times.
The event will also offer attendees an opportunity to have their pictures taken with their pets by a professional photographer, and the winner of a prior social media contest for voters’ favorite emotional-support pet will be announced. Proceeds will benefit the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s for Boca Raton.
The Brain Bowl Bark & Browse will be held from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 28, at Burt Aaronson South County Regional Park in Boca Raton. Tickets are $20 per person. To register, visit www.BrainBowlEvents.org. For more information, please contact Pamela Higer-Polani, Esq., at (561) 496-4222 or Pamela@LawPHP.com.