Page 4 - Martin Downs Bulletin - April '20

Page 4, Martin Downs

In your CommunIty

Local Business Celebrities nights on March 2 and 3 packing the restaurant at Fujiyama in loss. Madison’s Miracles is dedicated in helping families

Come Together To Raise Stuart and raising $36,000. Over 100 people in attendance each who experience pregnancy and infant loss. They strive
to honor all babies gone too soon every day. For more
night watched local businesses cooking hibachi-style all with fire
Awareness For Pregnancy And tricks and themed tables. Themes included Alice in Wonderland, information on the Cuddle Cot and Madison’s Miracles,
please visit www.madisonsmiracles.org.
Vikings, Star Trek, The Roaring Twenties, Day of the Dead and
Infant Loss much more. Winner of the Most Team Spirit went to Monique Photos by Liz McKinley
Coleman of the Angel Mom’s of
Local business celebrities raised awareness for pregnancy and the Treasure Coast for night one
infant loss awareness supporting Madison’s Miracles for two and Kathi Kosiorek of Southern
Pig and Cattle for night two.
Each chef raised more than
awareness, they raised tips for
Madison’s Miracles Cuddle Cot
project. Top fundraiser went
to Bob Smith with Academy
Mortgage for night one and
Kathi Kosiorek with Southern
Pig and Cattle for night two.
Southern Pig and Cattle also
took Top Overall Celebrity
Chef raising over $4,000 for
Celebrity Chef winners Raul Soriano and Kathy Kosiorek Madison’s Miracles. Proceeds
from Southern Pig and Cattle go to Madison’s Miracles for
their work in the community. Pictured top left to right: Raul Soriano, Mark Valinote, Kelly Catania, Kyle Greene, Laura
They pay for funeral expenses Barbone, Brian Ake, Les Leibowitz. Pictured bottom left to right: Carolyn Leibowitz,
for loss families along with Michele Chardt, Kathi Kosiorek, Christina Stamper, Nicole Sprague, Bill Biglin, Dr.
providing free support Natalie Boyland
groups and pay for additional
counseling expenses for these
families. They also assist loss
families in placing a Cuddle Cot
in hospitals in memory of their
baby gone too soon. A Cuddle
Cot is a devise placed in local
hospitals that keeps a baby
cool after passing preventing
Christina Stamper, Bob Smith some physical changes that
can happen hidden from their
families promoting a healthier
closure.
Madison’s Miracles is a
501 (c)(3) founded by Chris
and Christina Stamper after
the loss of their daughter,
Madison Elizabeth Stamper.
Mrs. Stamper wanted to use her Pictured left to right: Jordan Newell, Troy McDonald, Lucie McGuire, Bob Smith, Kathy
tragedy and turn it into helping Ergle, Dr. Mark Loving, Christina Stamper, Mathew Right, Candace Lopes, Dean Lopes,
other families who experience Monique Coleman, Dr. Lenore Maio

Celebrity Chef Troy McDonald and wife Attorney Portia loCal happenIngS
Scott

Turning 18 Never Felt So
Good For High School Senior

Maggie McSoley of Stuart turned 18 years old just in time
to win $10,000 from Peter’s Water Treatment & Irrigation/
EcoWater Systems.
A Martin County High School senior, she turned 18 years old
on Feb. 23 and that’s the day that Peter Wernick called to inform
her that she had won the prize money in a random drawing. The
rules require the winner to be 18 to accept the check.
She filled out an entry form at last year’s Home and Garden
Celebrity Chef Kelly Catania with Kyle Greene Show in Stuart and had forgotten about it.
“When I got the call, I thought it was fake. I didn’t take it Peter Wernick, owner of Peter’s Water Treatment &
Southern Exposure Technologies seriously at all at first,” said McSoley. Irrigation/EcoWater Systems; winner Maggie McSoley;
Computer Install/Setup/Repair McSoley is one of seven children and currently holds two part- and Joe Catrambone, president of the Stuart/Martin County
time jobs: one as a nanny and another at a local restaurant. She
Chamber of Commerce
(561) 315-0144 plans to donate 10 percent of her winnings to Elev8te
getsetgo.annie@gmail.com Hope and the rest will go into savings account to be
* DSL, Broadband,Wireless Install used toward college. Elev8te Hope provides support
* Networking, Troubleshooting and hope to struggling families with children.
* Instruction “My parents have been involved with Elev8te
* Hardware/Software Installation Hope and I’ve seen the organization change a lot of
* Virus/Spyware/Adware Fix lives,” she said. “My parents are really happy for me
* Cleanup/Maintenance/Backup
* Business Consult/Startup/Move because I’m a really hardworking kid.”
* Website Design/Maintenance Peter Wernick, owner of Peter’s Water Treatment
Call S.E.T. to install your “new computer, printer & Irrigation/EcoWater Systems, presented McSoley
and wireless network”! with her $10,000 check at the Stuart/Martin County
GET S.E.T. GO! Chamber of Commerce’s annual Home and Garden
REASONABLE HOURLY, WEEKLY, MONTHLY RATES Show at the fairgrounds in Stuart.
FOR SMALL BUSINESSES FOR AS LOW AS $50.00 AN HOUR, Entries for Peter’s Water Treatment & Irrigation
WITH A MINIMUM OF 6 HOURS A MONTH, 2020 $10,000 Giveaway will be accepted at the
OR 2 HOURS A WEEK, OR ON AN AS-NEEDED
BASIS RATE OF $75.00 P/HOUR. Treasure Coast Mall and various events throughout Jaclyn Uhl of Elev8te Hope, family friend Summer Reese, and the
START YOUR NEW YEAR WITH SECURE BACKUPS, the area for the remainder of the year. McSoley family: Brian, Abby, Maggie, Tom, Tina and Claire
QUALITY MAINTENANCE, ATTENTION TO DETAIL AND Peter’s Water Treatment & Irrigation/Ecowater
PERSONABLE ON-SITE SUPPORT! Systems, part of Crystal Water Systems, has been in business on
(561) 315-0144 and operates Peter’s Hardware and Peter’s Paint Center in Palm
CALL S.E.T. TODAY FOR YOUR COMPUTER NEEDS! the Treasure Coast since 1981, providing irrigation, well drilling City. For more information, call (772) 692-1037 or visit www.
and clean water to families in the community. Wernick also owns peterswatertreatment.com.