🌱 Helping veterans and first responders break the silence around trauma
Surfside, Florida Patch AM: a 3 min readGreetings Surfside! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Helping veterans and first responders break the silence around trauma
- Gisele Bündchen shares a glimpse of life with Joaquim Valente
Also on today's calendar: Hawks Cay Turkey Trot 5K and 3 more events.
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A shower and t-storm; humid, with a high of 85 and low of 71 degrees.
- Thursday: A thunderstorm in spots, temps: high: 82, low: 68.
- Friday: Cloudy, a shower and t-storm, with a high of 77 and low of 60 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• From the Magazine: Silent Wounds (bocamag.com) — A 100-mile walk ending at the Surfside memorial is one way Marine veteran Tim Roberto has challenged the stigma around asking for mental-health help. His work joins broader efforts in Boca Raton, where advocates offer peer support and Lynn University trains counselors to better understand veterans and first responders. 
• Gisele Bündchen, 46, showcases incredible figure in tiny black bikini top (hellomagazine.com) — Gisele Bündchen shared birthday tributes to husband Joaquim Valente as the couple approach their first anniversary after marrying at their Surfside home in December 2025. Her posts included a rare selfie, while a martial-arts photograph from a 2022 magazine shoot resurfaced to celebrate his 39th birthday.
📸 Around Surfside
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Upcoming Events in
Surfside
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★ Featured events ★
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Hawks Cay Turkey Trot 5K →
Angler & Ale, 540 Duck Key Dr, Duck Key
7:00 am
Thursday November 26
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Other local events
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Toddler Play & Funtime
Bay Harbor Islands Branch -
10:00 am -
Talking is Teaching: Talk, Read, Sing for Babies and Toddlers
North Shore Branch -
11:00 am -
Talking is Teaching - Talk, Read, Sing for Toddlers
Bay Harbor Islands Branch -
10:00 am -
Fluorescent Flamingos!
Bay Harbor Islands Branch -
3:00 pm -
Toddler Play & Funtime
Bay Harbor Islands Branch -
10:00 am
Thursday November 12
Tuesday November 17
Wednesday November 18
Thursday November 19
📣 Surfside Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Veteran's Day Breakfast →
Scott Galvin Community Center, 1600 NE 126 Street, North Miami
10:00 am -
Veterans Day Ceremony →
North Miami Beach FL
10:00 am -
Group Fitness Workout at Altos Del Mar Park
Altos Del Mar Park, 76th St and Collins Ave, Miami Beach
6:00 pm -
Miami Beach Polo World Cup →
Miami Beach FL -
Civics Scavenger Hunt
Opa-locka Branch - -
Beach Fit Camp at 64th Street Beach
64th Street Beach - on the sand, meet near the lifeguard tower with a towel or mat and water
6:30 am -
Toddler Play & Funtime
Bay Harbor Islands Branch -
10:00 am
Wednesday November 11
Thursday November 12
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🗞 Nearby News
Bal Harbour
- Bal Harbour Shops Opens Fully Leased 200,000-SF West Shops Expansion in Bal Harbour (cremarketbeat.com)
- Miami's Best New Dishes Of 2026 (theinfatuation.com)
- Multigenerational buying in Surfside and Bal Harbour (hauteresidence.com)
North Miami
- Nicklaus Children's Hospital and Florida International University Unite Global Leaders to Accelerate Innovation in Congenital Heart Disease (southfloridahospitalnews.com)
- Brewsaki Brings the Beer, Community Spirit and Local Support to a Big Weekend in South Florida (brewbound.com)
Ok Surfside! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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