More Charities Cancel Fund-Raisers at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club<br />On Sunday, the Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society followed suit, saying in a statement<br />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.”<br />The Trump Organization, a conglomerate of Mr. Trump’s businesses, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.<br />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<br />that the 2018 International Red Cross Ball had been canceled.<br />“The Red Cross provides assistance without discrimination to all people in need, regardless of nationality, race, religious beliefs, sexual orientation or political opinions,<br />and we must be clear and unequivocal in our defense of that principle,” the statement said.<br />Over the weekend, the Preservation Foundation of Palm Beach<br />and the Palm Beach Zoo and Conservation Society became the latest nonprofit groups to cancel galas at Mar-a-Lago.
