More Charities Cancel Fund-Raisers at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club
On Sunday, the Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society followed suit, saying in a statement
that its 2018 black tie Tropical Safari Gala will not be at Mar-a-Lago, because “it is important that we not allow distractions to deter us from our mission and culture.”
The Trump Organization, a conglomerate of Mr. Trump’s businesses, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Mar-a-Lago “has increasingly become a source of controversy and pain for many of our volunteers, employees and supporters,” the Red Cross said in a statement announcing
that the 2018 International Red Cross Ball had been canceled.
“The Red Cross provides assistance without discrimination to all people in need, regardless of nationality, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or political opinions,
and we must be clear and unequivocal in our defense of that principle,” the statement said.
Over the weekend, the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach
and the Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society became the latest nonprofit groups to cancel galas at Mar-a-Lago.
