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Get Them Partying And ‘Jingling All The Way’

With The Perfect Wine!

By Laura Berrio, Freelance joined them for dinner at a restaurant or in their home. To mix contains bottles wrapped to conceal the wines’ identities. The
Writer/Blogger it up, pick a wine based on the season. Reds, such as Cabernet box includes tips and tricks to host a tasting, along with grids to
Need holiday gift ideas for Sauvignon, Bordeaux, Syrah, and Malbecs, tend to warm us up capture tasting notes. Finish your shopping early by buying a kit
the wine lovers in your life? in the colder months. They have a higher alcohol content and for each of your friends and hosting a holiday Zoom tasting party!
Looking for that perfect grape, are typically served at room temperature. Get an early start on next year’s list by paying attention to
but finding yourself staring at an Have a favorite wine of your own? Give it as a gift to everyone’s favorite and you will dazzle
endless aisle of wine bottles? introduce something new to their cellar. them year after year!
How do you pick that special Take the gift to the next level of festivity by customizing ~Cheers
bottle? If you know their taste, it your own wine label or picking out that perfect accessory. ~Keep the conversation going and
is easy to deck the wine rack with Keep them laughing and jingling all year with custom wood the wine flowing!
their favorite. Select a gift they wine boxes and monogrammed wine glasses. Follow the Vine at: www.
will love by thinking about the wine they ordered when you A unique and timely wine gift is a blind tasting kit. Each kit VineVibeUncorked.com.

GOOd WOrks

New Horizons Offers Hope, back into society, teaching (or reteaching) basic living skills such
The Learning Center offers classes to adults transitioning
Help And Healing as budgeting, job readiness, nutrition, anger management and
volunteering. Participation is either by referral or self-enrollment.
By Lisa Rymer Inpatient programs consist of a 28-day drug and alcohol
Everybody needs to talk to someone sometime. rehabilitation, drug and alcohol detox, adult crisis stabilization,
Whether it’s simply to hear an encouraging voice during children’s crisis stabilization, and a group home.
this period of social distancing or to ask for help, New Established in 1958, New Horizons works closely with the
Horizons is there for you and your community. 211 helpline, law enforcement, hospitals, schools and courts
The local mental health agency has a 24-hour phone line to de-escalate critical situations, develop an immediate plan of
run by compassionate and educated professionals, and a action, and ensure that people needing assistance have access
dynamic mobile response team that will deliver mental health to services that could improve their quality of life.
and addiction recovery services directly to a person in need. “These people care about me like I was family,” said a New Horizons Martin County Board Directors: Mary
At no cost. Anytime of day or night. All ages. client participating in a New Horizons addiction recovery Baysinger, Phil Grosdider, Pat Austin and Judy Overdorf
New Horizons, a nonprofit organization, is the largest program. “I was dying out there. I don’t know where I’d be if
behavioral health provider on the Treasure Coast, with eight they didn’t help me.” with the Martin County Sheriff’s Office implementing a crisis
outpatient offices across the region, and inpatient programs Since the onset of the opioid epidemic, New Horizons has prevention strategy of reaching out to past 911 callers with
at the main campus in Fort Pierce. helped save countless lives through the medication assistance mental health issues, making sure they are all right.
Two of the outpatient offices are centrally located in Stuart. program. The intensive outpatient approach to addiction “It means so much to know someone cares,” said Pat
The clinic at 1111 S.E. Federal Highway offers a wide range of combines counseling and groups with medication and peer Austin, chairman of the Board. “Help is available. It’s just a
services to about 2,000 children and adults in Martin County, support to reduce the likelihood of harm and to increase the phone call away.”
including therapy, counseling, psychiatry, medical treatment, opportunity for successful outcomes. To learn more, please visit the New Horizons website at
and case management. For the past year, New Horizons has been collaborating www.nhtcinc.org or call (772) 672-8333.

Domestic Violence and the Holiday Season

By Dr. Teresa Albizu, see signs of abuse and provide much needed For these reasons and more, SafeSpace needs your
CEO of SafeSpace support. support more than ever.

To many people, the Anyone in a domestic violence situation should Your contribution will ensure our programs will
holiday season is the have a safety kit should it be necessary to exit a continue to be in place for victims of domestic
happiest time of year. dangerous situation quickly. violence in the tri-county area.

Most years, we look This kit should be hidden in a safe place, easily Your gift of $500 provides one week of safety
forward to spending accessible, and include things like emergency for a family in our emergency shelter. A $1,000
time with family phone numbers, clothing for adults and children, donation buys food for a family’s typical eight-
and friends, and feel cash, extra sets of car keys and house keys, and week stay.
enthusiastic about medication and/or prescriptions.
celebrations. Depending on a victim’s situation, they may
In addition, store copies of birth certificates, need our emergency shelter, our injunction for
However, even in normal years, the holidays can driver’s license and other important documents protection legal services, or our comprehensive
be a dark and scary time for victims of domestic in a safe place. outreach programs for both adults and children.
violence.
If you suspect that a loved one is in a domestic Too often, victims of domestic violence suffer
Unrealistic expectations combined with financial abuse situation, remember that violence is never in silence. That’s why we provide training for
pressures and increased alcohol consumption the victim’s fault. healthcare workers, educators and childcare
can raise stress levels, which often contribute to providers: typically, they are the first people to
incidents of intimate partner violence. Leaving or escaping can be difficult. When notice the telltale signs.
speaking to a friend or loved one whom you
Every day, four women in the U.S. die as a result suspect is a victim, never be accusatory or critical, Contributions make this important training
of domestic abuse and the stress and expectations and instead share your unconditional support and possible and also support a range of educational
of the holidays often make things worse. love, offering resources that may be helpful. programs for school-age children to encourage
non-violent living.
Add the additional impact of COVID-19 this year These could include local police phone numbers
and you’ve got a disaster waiting to happen. and SafeSpace’s hotline number: 772-288-2399. Donations to SafeSpace make a significant
difference in the lives of those whom we serve.
Domestic violence rose 15-20 percent on the Remember that anyone can become a victim of Please consider becoming a monthly donor and
Treasure Coast during each of the first three abuse or violence (physical, emotional, verbal, supporting our programs year-round.
months of the pandemic. financial, academic, social, etc.).
We hope we can count on your support. Together,
Being sequestered at home means those affected SafeSpace is committed to helping victims we are saving lives! Visit www.safespacefl.org
by intimate partner violence can’t avoid their become survivors and thrivers – at any time,
abusers. including during the holidays. We are here to help
24/7, every day of the year. Our work never stops,
They’re not interacting with people who would our work never ends.