Page 15 - Palm City Spotlight - October '20

Palm City Spotlight, Page 15

networking Breakfast
BUSInESS August 26 At Monarch Country Club

Our amazing August Networking Breakfast was sponsored
by Highway Tire and Auto along with Grassam Spine and
Wellness. Highway Tire and Auto donated their time to Big
Brothers Big Sisters. Mollie Goldstein spoke about the
wonderful programs that are offered by Big Brothers Big
Sisters for our local children.
Dr. Lisa Grassam-Smith did an outstanding presentation
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“level.” It begins at your base which is your feet. We all
WWW.PAlMCITyCHAMBER.COM had to look down to see if we pronate or supinate. Which do Sandee Searle with Sandsprit Insurance, President’s
you do? She is available to help you straighten your spine

President’s Message 2020 Palm City and improve your health. Council Member George Seliga from Aycock Funeral Home
and Dignity Memorial, President’s Council Member and President’s Council Member and Ambassador of the Month
Photos courtesy of Robin Hall with Out2news at www.
Ambassador Evie Klaassen with Colorado Pawn and Jewelry Evie Klaassen with Colorado Pawn and Jewelry and
Chamber of out2martincounty.com and Cher Fisher with Park Place Property Management Ambassador Chair Robin Hall with Out2MartinCounty
The fall season is upon Monarch Realty Group, llC
us! Bring on the cooler CWR Contracting, Inc
temperatures and light breeze! ITS fiber Commerce Board of
It is time to grab some Tami Karol Insurance
golf balls and take a swing Coast 101.3 Directors
at the Palm City Chamber Martin County Board of Commissioners Ed Ciampi
of Commerce 25th Annual
Golf Tournament! Marking What else does the Palm City Chamber of Commerce President Ronnie Kirchman Kirchman Construction
a milestone with this being have for its members? President Elect Tyson Waters Fox, McCluskey, Bush & Robison
our 25th golf tournament is Take a minute and go online to www.palmcitychamber.
a true testament of the Palm com and visit the event calendar as the Palm City Chamber Vice President Christina Franco Hampton Inn and Suites
City Chamber of Commerce continues to host fun Business After Hours & Ribbon Cutting Treasurer David Bradford Edward Jones
dedication to the members. A huge shout out to our sponsors! events, educational hour with Lunch and Learns, as well as Past President Joe Connelly Recovery Insurance Adjusters Missi Campbell, Executive Director of the Palm City President’s Council Member Mollie Goldstein with Big
Your commitment to the Chamber keeps us going strong each our monthly Chamber Networking Breakfast. Networking Chamber of Commerce with Board Member of the Month Dr. Lisa Grassam-Smith, Brothers Big Sisters Bob Zaccheo with Project Lift, Board Member Don Pipes
year. Take some time and look over the list of our amazing and learning will continue to keep your business going strong! Director Rex Sentell Palm City Animal Medical Center Joe Connelly with Recovery Insurance Adjusters Grassam Spine and Wellness with Atlantic Aviation, and Bob Thornton with O’Donnell
golf tournament sponsors, these companies give back to the 2021 will bring fun and exciting events including the Clay Director Suzy Hutcheson Helping People Succeed Impact Windows and Storm Protection
chamber and the community. Please do business with them Shoot on January 23 followed by Cow Plop on February 28. Director Don Pipes Atlantic Aviation Business After Hours
and mention them to your friends and family. The Palm City Chamber of Commerce is here for our
members and to support our community! Director Anne-Marie Persaud iThinkFinancial
O'Donnell Impact Windows & Storm Protection Director Barbara Essenwine Above and Beyond Landscaping Tuesday, Sept. 22, The Village Club and outside and socially distanced. This was the Ribbon Cutting
HBK CPA’s & Consultants #PalmCityProud Director Rob McLaughlin Access 365 Urgent Care/Back in Action Preserve, Manero’s, Ocean Republic Brewery for The Village Club and Preserve and Krista Singleton
Venture Construction Group #YourCommunityChamber introduced several of her volunteer Board Members and we
Stryker Electric & Air #LocalShoppingLocal Director Rick Hartman Hartman Real Estate We had a wonderful outdoor event at The Village Club were able to see their beautiful facility.
Custom Pool and Spa Mechanics, Inc Director Patrick Gleason State Insurance and Preserve in their lovely pavilion. The amazing food was Photos courtesy of Robin Hall with Out2news at www.
Aesthetic Dentistry of Palm City Ronnie Kirchman II / President Ex-Officio Toby Overdorf State Representative prepared by Manero’s with hand-crafted brews from Ocean out2martincounty.com
Recovery Insurance Adjusters Republic Brewery. We were happy to celebrate together
Palm City Pool & Spa Ex-Officio Ed Ciampi Martin County Commission
Waste Management Ex-Officio Michael DiTerlizzi Martin County School Board
Stuart Jet Center
Missi Campbell, Executive Director of the Palm City
Chamber of Commerce; President-Elect Tyson Waters with
Fox, McClusky, Bush, Robison, PLLC; and Krista Singleton
with The Village Club and Preserve

Tim Taylor with Sunshine Land Design, Missi Campbell,
Executive Director of the Palm City Chamber of Commerce,
Nikki Leserra, Marketing and Events Coordinator for the
Palm City Chamber of Commerce and her helpful husband,
Ribbon Cutting for The Village Club and Preserve Dustin Leserra
new Member Spotlight

Martin County Police The Martin County PAL serves a broad brushed youth for our community. Chris and Diane are a mother/daughter
Athletic league - PAl population many of whom live in single parent families duo. Diane retired from her first endeavor, Twinkles A
and many of whose socioeconomic status is at, or below, Christmas Shoppe. Chris coaxed her mom out of retirement
The Martin County Police poverty level with the head of household being female. When to re-introduce Twinkles but with a few twists!! Introducing
Athletic League, 501 (c)(3) was entering Martin County PAL, these youth, who often have jewelry and gifts, we’ve become a one-stop shop…We
created with the goal of helping anger issues with no outlet for their aggression and little have something to fit every occasion! You’ll know how
our local youth through a program positive male influence learn camaraderie, teamwork, and passionate we are about our gift shop as soon as you walk
dedicated to sportsmanship, empowerment. They also experience a much more positive in the door. You’ll be greeted with a smile every time. Your
friendly competition, fitness, and mentorship. We would like to relationship with law enforcement, seeing them more as nose will enjoy our pineapple cilantro or blackberry vanilla
introduce you to our program and the numerous benefits that it mentors, instructors, and coaches. Martin County PAL saves scent in the air. It’s a happy environment from the unique
holds, both for the children it will serve and for the community. lives; and this fledgling chapter would benefit from funding, chandeliers to the Jimmy Buffett or Frank Sinatra music
The Police Athletic League is a national movement that was so we can continue the work we have begun with this most playing in the background (Johnny Mathis at Christmas
originally developed more than seventy years ago to prevent deserving population. time, of course). Our sparkly packaging means you can
juvenile crime and provide an alternative to drugs and violence walk out of Twinkles and give your gift to your special
through sports and mentoring activities. To that end, we have Twinkles Jewelry & Gifts someone without needing to wrap it. We also have select
partnered with the fine men and women of the Martin County At T winkles greeting cards. Our favorite thing is being your personal
Sheriff’s Office to form a Martin County Chapter of the Police Jewelry & Gifts, we shopper while you are at Twinkles (or even over the phone,
Athletic League. Our goal is to forge a bond between our love all things that on facetime or online)! Our mantra at Twinkles Jewelry
community's youth and the Sheriff's Office, encouraging and sparkle! Based on that & Gifts is “She Believed She Could So She Did!” We do
helping them to realize their full potential with the hope that concept, we created what we love!!
they become productive members of society. our idea of a gift shop