Page 14 - Martin Downs Bulletin - November '19

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Good Works from page 13 the stores,” Kaiser said. “I offered to ask some of our staff who than 1,000 local children who have been abused, abandoned
always volunteer for a shift or two at our location if they would or neglected and who are currently receiving services through
in the exceptional student education program and sees a future be available to oversee an entire site.” CCKids’ child-welfare system of care.
for herself in social work. Kaiser said it only took one email, and the United Way had More than 63,000 gifts have been collected since the
“I keep thinking someone else is going to feel the same way its site coordinator. program began in 1999. This year’s goal is to provide three
I do right now, and that means a lot,” she said. “Having my own “I was actually surprised,” Kaiser said. “When I expressed presents for each child served by the local dependency system.
transportation will be easier on me, and easier on my family.” incredulity that she would sacrifice her entire Saturday, without Participation is simple:
Vero Beach resident and aspiring registered nurse Alejandro a moment’s hesitation, she responded, “You asked, and it was • Ask for a list of children’s names and gift wishes by
Munoz became the first recipient in the program in January, when something I could do.” contacting the project coordinator at christina.kaiser@
Infiniti of Stuart donated to him a 2013 Nissan Altima. Martin County Director Denise Waninger also nominated cckids.net.
The idea for the vehicle scholarship program grew from Howell, highlighting her volunteerism with the Florida • Organize a toy drive with your employees or members.
discussions last year among members of a multi-agency task Leadership Youth Academy as a mentor for a teenager placed • Call us when you’re ready for a pickup – we’ll come to you!
force that addresses and responds to key risk factors among at Hibiscus Children’s Center and for reviewing and translating • This year’s pickup is Dec. 9 to 13.
children. several CCKids forms from English to Spanish. Making Christmas Bright is jointly coordinated by CCKids
and Guardians for New Futures, a nonprofit organization that
She Heard A Call To Serve, helps meet the unfunded needs of children in foster care.
For more information about the project, including flyers
And She Answered that can be downloaded and shared, please call Christina
Kaiser at (772) 528-0362 or www.cckids.net.
Like the Marine she is, Virginia Howell heard a call to serve * Due to the sheer volume of gifts collected during the month
and answered during the year’s Stuff the Bus event. of December, we cannot pick up individual items; if you or your
For that, and for endless commitment to the youth in her family want to contribute, please drop off your gifts to our St.
community, Howell was recognized during the September Lucie West location at 1860 S.W. Fountainview Blvd.
meeting of the Communities Connected for Kids’ (CC Kids)
Board of Directors and awarded the GEM Award in the ruby
category.
Howell was out of town earlier this summer, when Verrenthia
Joseph and Sherina Johnson were recognized by the Board for Pictured above from left are Denise Waninger, Virginia
their team approach to keeping a large sibling group together Howell, Carol Deloach and BOD Chairwoman Kathryn
and out of the foster care system. Hensley.
Stuff the Bus is an all-day, outdoor event held in front of
Walmart stores throughout St. Lucie County. CCKids has always Local Program Celebrates 20
hosted the Port St. Lucie Boulevard store as part of its partnership
with the United Way of St. Lucie County, and in return, CCKids Years Of Making Christmas
receives more than 300 backpacks full of school supplies. Bright; Sponsors Needed For
The job requires long hours spent in the July sun, coordinating
volunteers, running interference with confused store employees Collection
and sometimes mean-spirited customers, managing shift work,
being responsible for cash donations, taking inventory and Communities Connected for Kids
loading and unloading a seemingly endless flow of school (CCKids) is looking for businesses,
supplies, CCKids Director of Community Relations wrote in social groups and churches to
her nomination of Howell. participate in this year’s Making
“This year’s event got off to a rocky start, because we had one Christmas Bright gift collection for
of our site coordinators experience a family emergency and had children in Indian River, Martin,
to back out of her commitment to oversee operations at one of Okeechobee and St. Lucie counties.
The project, now in its 20th year, provides gifts to more
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