Page 1 - Martin Downs Bulletin - December '23

VOL. 25 NO. 12 www.seabreezepublications.com DECEMBER 2023

Big Brothers Big Sisters’ Big Taste Of Martin County

Returned To The Stuart Jet Center In Person

Big Brothers Big Sisters of Palm Beach and Martin
Counties held their annual Big Taste of Martin County on
Oct. 12 at the Stuart Jet Center as the first in-person event
of the season.
Known as the premier food and wine festival of the
Treasure Coast, this year the in-person event had 600
attendees raising money for mentoring programs. The new
outdoor layout was a big hit with guests who ate and drank
from popular restaurants and beverage companies located
in Martin County.
Participating restaurants were Conchy Joe’s Seafood, Best Dessert: The Dolphin Bar & Shrimp
Kork, Ellie’s Downtown Deli, Kyle G’s Prime Seafood & Best Soup: Conchy Joe’s Seafood House Best Salad: Ellie’s Downtown Deli
Steaks, Berry Fresh Café, Papa John’s Pizza, The Roasted
Record, The Twisted Tuna, Publix Supermarkets, Motorworks, Islamorada, Culver’s, Edward Jones, Bahama Paradise Cruise Line, NetOne Technologies, Freedom Waste
Bonner Catering, Miller’s Ale House, The Dolphin Bar & Shrimp House, Stringers Services, Treasure Coast Estate Buyers and Kelly Decowski Re/MAX of Stuart.
Tavern & Oyster Bar, Starbucks, Cape Fear, King Spirits, Sailfish Brewing, Hope Life Media Sponsors were Stuart Magazine, Local Dines/Quench Time, Seabreeze Publications,
Brewing, Noxx & Dunn Florida Rum, One Hope Wine, Cantera Negra Tequila. Hubbard Media, Hometown News, My Living Magazine, and Indian River Magazine.
Event sponsors include Presenting Sponsor Publix Supermarkets Charities, Ross Big Taste of Martin County Winners are Best Soup: Conchy Joe’s Seafood; Best
Aviation at Stuart Jet Center, Philip DeBerard Injury Attorney, Rehmann, Morgan Stanley Salad: Ellie’s Downtown Deli & Catering; Best Entree: Kork; Best Appetizer: The
Samantha Woggon Branch Manager, Macy’s, Palm City Eye Care, Go Local Electric, Twisted Tuna; Best Dessert: The Dolphin Bar & Shrimp House; Best Drink: Motorworks;
First Horizon, Rand Strategic Solutions, Southern Eagle Distributing, Sunbelt Rentals, Best Presentation: Kork.
Bayview Construction, Florida Power & Light (FPL), David and Kathy DeWindt, Leavy
Law, P.A., Rick Carroll Insurance, South Florida Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine, Big Taste Of Martin County on page 3
Shoot For The Moon Shatters All Records

By Elizabeth Farrar
The Mark Garwood
Foundation hosted its Seventh
Annual Shoot For The Moon
Sporting Clays Charity Event,
presented by Audi, Infiniti,
Maserati, and Alfa Romeo of
Stuart, on Nov. 3 at the South
Florida Shooting Club.
Proceeds from the event
will benefit the Mark Garwood
Foundation and its Phoenix
Scholarship program. John Garwood and Devin Carlson, Toby Overdorf, Erica Garwood, John Garwood
Erica and John Garwood John Perillo, John Garwood, Alex Mingace, Dave managing partner Murgado Automotive
hosted 45 teams and over 70 Mingace, Rufus Wakeman Group Stuart Shoot For The Moon on page 5
Champions Of Change: United Way Of Martin County

Celebrates Community Leaders

United Way of Martin County celebrated the kickoff of its annual campaign with the
Community Leaders’ Celebration Luncheon held at Sailfish Point Country Club on Oct. 20.
The event served as a platform to honor the outstanding achievements of the past year while
highlighting the organization’s goals for the future. At the luncheon, which was attended
by nearly 200 people, United Way thanked the dozens of organizations and thousands of
individuals who raise millions of dollars every year to help Martin County residents meet
their basic needs and build better, more stable lives for themselves and their families.
Bryan Garner, senior marketing and communications director for NextEra Energy/FPL,
served as event emcee.

Champions Of Change on page 4

Champion sponsor and No. 2 most generous workplace, Seacoast Bank. Left to right: Philip
Dasch, Seacoast Bank wealth management assistant; Chuck Shaffer, Seacoast Bank chairman
and CEO and United Way of Martin County board member; Justin Neighbour, Seacoast Bank
senior vice president; Amy Bottegal, United Way of Martin County past campaign chair;
Denise Anderson, Seacoast Bank benefits administrator; Penny Morin, Seacoast Bank senior
market manager; Lisa Vasquez, Seacoast Bank small business banker; Sara Lynch, Seacoast
Bank commercial lender; Austen Carroll, Seacoast Bank chief lending officer