The Berta Blecke Award

Alberta Batchelor Blecke is a former Florida SPAC Chair and Junior League of Miami President. For over two decades, Berta has worked for the rights of Florida’s at-risk children, helping to create programs that ensure their safety and provide them love, shelter and hope for a better life. Berta rallies legislators, business leaders, volunteers, and philanthropists to place children higher on the community’s agenda. Her legacy is evident in long-standing programs, improved systems of care and dedicated funding streams for sexually and physically abused children, children in foster care, and other underserved populations in Miami-Dade County.

The Berta Blecke Award honors those SPAC members who have demonstrated outstanding efforts in legislative advocacy. Past honorees have included:

Recipient
Budd Bell 1996 Junior League of South Brevard
Gladys Williams 1999 Founder of Club Esteem in Melbourne, FL
Barbara Whitney Keith 2000 Junior League of Greater Ft. Lauderdale
May Lee Nunnally Farrior 2001 Junior League of Tampa
Kim Deffebach and Jennie Kriete 2003 Junior League of South Brevard
Vicki Lopez 2004 Junior League of Miami
Julia Irvin 2005 Junior League of South Brevard
Mary Wyatt Allen 2006 Junior League of St. Petersburg
Elaine Curtis Fusco 2007 Junior League of South Brevard
Kate Martin 2013 Junior League of Orlando
Mary Ellen Collins 2014 Junior League of Tampa
Becker Holland

Isabel Dominicis Dewey

2016

2019

Junior League of Gainesville

Junior League of Tampa