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Shriners of Palm Beach County

Every year Ricci~Leopold purchases 200 tickets to the Spring Shriner's Circus at 3650 RCA Boulevard in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Over 200 local underprivileged school children are given the tickets to this great event.

This tradition started after a young client of Ricci~Leopold was severely burned over 90% of her body in an automobile accident. Struggling to survive within hours of losing her life, with limited finances, with limited family assistance and lack of local hospital expertise in severe burn victims, the Shiners took action. They flew the young client to one of Shrine of North America's pioneer hospitals (Boston, Cincinnati and Galveston), which handles severely burned children and their treatment. Through the Shriner Hospital's expertise and the client's strength this story has a happy ending. We have never met an organization so dedicated or a survivor so courageous, thankful and appreciative of life. They are both inspirations.

The Shriner's Hospitals are staffed and equipped to treat children with acute, fresh burns; children needing plastic reconstructive or restorative surgery as a result of healed burns; children with severe scarring, resulting in contractures or interference with proper movement of the limbs; and patients with scarring and deformity of the face. Shriners’ understand that medicine may heal the child's body, but tending to the child's sense of well-being is equally important in their recovery. Some of the special programs that have been developed to address this need are the Reentry Program, Make-up Clinics, and Camp Ability.