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Club News

Soroptimist International Of

Stuart Awards Change Lives

By Jackie Holfelder
On May 22, one of
Soroptimist International of
Stuart’s most meaningful
events took place, as the
nonprofit presented its
annual Awards Celebration at Live Your Dream Award Winner
Manero’s in Palm City. Sabby Hightower, Youth Service
Year after year, amazing Jill Keegan, Women in Scholarship Award Winner Youth Service Scholarship
women receive scholarships Nidia Bernstiel, Live Your Transition Award Winner Anna McGovern and Women Award Winner Anna McGovern
to help pave their way as Dream Award Winner Sabby Gloriues Hartfield-Dennis and in Transition Award Winner (center) with parents Steve and
they initiate or continue life- Hightower and Jill Keegan at Nidia Bernstiel Keegan at SIS Gloriues Hartfield-Dennis at Julianne Horton at SIS annual
changing career paths. Youth Service Scholarship SIS annual Awards Celebration annual Awards Celebration SIS annual Awards Celebration Awards Celebration
Sabby Hightower was Award Winner Anna
the Live Your Dream award McGovern at SIS annual
recipient. Parameters for the Awards Celebration Bart’s Blue Star Foundation from page 1 Conscious Discipline to ensure that our mission is reinforced
award specify the recipient be with the programs we support.”
a primary breadwinner with more than one dependent who will old son Bart was tragically murdered by another soldier in Fort Past recipients include Hobe Sound Child Care Center,
use the money for an education degree. Sabby has overcome Hood, Texas in 2008. Tykes & Teens and the Education Foundation of Martin County.
hardships that could have crippled one less determined, including Nonprofit 501(c)(3) organizations on the Treasure Coast and The foundation recently held a gala, which raised $105,000 to
the sudden death of her husband and a house fire in which her Northern Palm Beach County that use Conscious Discipline benefit traumatized children.
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family lost much of their belongings. She is working towards are eligible to apply for grants to Bart’s Blue Star Foundation. For more information, visit the website, www.
an advanced degree in health care management at IRSC. She Conscious Discipline is a transformation program that provides bartsbluestar.org.
received a $1,500 award. adults and children skills that build on self-
The Women in Transition Award recipient was given to empowerment and self-regulation.
Gloriues Hartfield-Dennis. This individual must be 40 or older Grant support ranges from $500 to $5,000.
with no dependents, going to school to change her career path. Full grant application and guidelines can be found
Gloriues has made huge academic strides at IRSC, including on the website, www.bartsbluestar.org. Grant
receiving her GED. She, too, received $1,500, and is returning applications are accepted annually between Feb.
to the college campus to work on her degree in social work. 15 and April 15 and grant awards are announced
The Youth Service Award, which is for $1,000, went to recent in June.
Pine School graduate Anna McGovern, who has compiled an “Our first motto was ‘Healing the hearts of
impressive academic, volunteer and athletic resume, including hurting children’ and that still encapsulates what
starting an organic garden at the school. we do,” said Ginny Luther. “The programming
The three scholarships are financed with proceeds from we support through grants must adhere to the
Soroptimist International of Stuart’s annual Women of principles of Conscious Discipline. We insist YMCA Executive Branch Director Elisha Stoecklin, YMCA Childcare
Distinction dinner. that programs we fund use trainers certified in Services Director Robert Griggs, Ginny and Jack Luther
To learn more about Soroptimist International of Stuart, visit
www.soroptimistofstuart.org.
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Photos by Jackie Holfelder

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Melvin Dennis, Nidia Bernstiel, Women in Transition Award
Winner Gloriues Hartfield-Dennis, Live Your Dream Award
Winner Sabby Hightower and Mary-Jo Horton at SIS annual
Awards Celebration

(Seated) Donna Veight, Ken Austin, Paula Austin, Marie Kennedy
and (standing) Joseph Veight at SIS annual Awards Celebration

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