Page 14 - Palm City Spolight - December '20

Page 14, Palm City Spotlight

veterans Memorial Bridge 5K

We had a beautiful
morning on Saturday,
Nov. 14 for our first
Veterans Memorial
Bridge 5K. The runners
had perfect weather as
they ran up and over
the bridge while social
distancing. We were
thrilled to have Aurora
Jenkins sing the National
Anthem and United
States Congressman
Brian Mast give everyone
a pep talk before they
took off. Special thank
you to the color guard
from the Hobe Sound
VFW for presenting
the colors before the
race. There were 121
runners and walkers
and we feel confident
that this will grow next Missi Campbell, Executive Director of the Palm City Chamber of
year. Donations will be Commerce; Matthew Right, Male Masters Winner; Fernando Silveira,
presented to Operation Male Open Winner; Julie Sapusek, Female Open Winner; and Joan
300 and Southeast Florida Bauman, Female Masters Winner Thank you to all of our sponsors
Honor Flight from the
proceeds of the event. We could not have had this event
if not for our fabulous sponsors: Humana, State Insurance tykes and teens festival of trees
Agency, Auto-Owners Insurance, Kirchman Construction,
Treasure Coast Hospice, Sandhill Cove Retirement
Living, HOG Technologies, Sailfish Insurance Group, The Palm City Chamber of Commerce joined
Amicus, Anne Warner with Water Pointe Realtor, Owen with the Stuart Martin County Chamber for
Insurance Group, Tara Biek Creative, Recovery Insurance a fabulous breakfast on Friday, Nov. 20 with
Adjusters, Fully Promoted, Tami Karol Insurance, and the Tykes and Teens Festival of Trees. The
iThink Financial. event was sponsored by President’s Council
members, Colorado Pawn and Jewelry. Tykes
and Teens works throughout our community
assisting with mental health concerns of local
children. They work in the schools and have
had over 21,000 virtual sessions since March.
The Palm City Chamber of Commerce tree was
a Dr. Seuss theme. The winner of our tree, Tim
Taylor, donated the tree back to the Chamber
so that we could make a little boy’s wishes
come true. Adam really wanted the tree so we
called his family and his mom brought him by
so that he could “shop”. Adam took most of
the decorations, the tree skirt, books, a snow
globe, and of course, candy canes. This is what
Christmas is all about!

Our Dr. Seuss-themed tree

United States Congressman Brain Mast

Nikki Leserra, Palm City Chamber Marketing and Events Coordinator, Missi Campbell, Palm City Chamber of
Commerce Executive Director, Steve and Evie Klaassen with Colorado Pawn and Jewelry; Paula Hundt, Tykes and
Aurora Jenkins, U.S. Congressman Brian Mast and Anne Teens; Courtney Nientemp, Tykes and Teens; and Rodney Battles, Tykes and Teens
Warner with Water Pointe Realtor