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Time To Apply For Live Your completely online – couldn’t Eligible applicants can submit their application between
be simpler.
Aug. 1 to Nov. 15.
Dream Awards The parameters for the Ultimately, a Live Your Dream Awards finalist has the
Live Your Dream Award potential to receive up to $16,000 to help offset tuition costs,
By Jackie Holfelder specify the recipient be purchase books, get transportation, or find reliable childcare
Since 1972, Soroptimist International’s Live Your Dream a primary breadwinner so she can worry less about how to pay her bills and focus
Awards program has been helping women who are working for themselves and their on reaching her dreams.
to better their lives through additional schooling and skills dependents, be attending For more information or to apply for a Live Your Dream
training. an undergraduate degree Award online, visit www.soroptimistofstuart.org.
The financial support they receive is often the difference program or a vocational Photo provided by Soroptimist of Stuart
in whether or not they can continue with the education that skills training program and
is so precious to them. have a financial need.
This spring, Soroptimist International of Stuart (SIS) was Recent winners have Glenda Edwards, first place
able to present three women with 2020 awards in spite of used their monetary awards winner of 2020 Live Your CluB news
the fact that the nonprofit’s fundraising abilities had been at local schools such as Dream Award
seriously impacted by COVID. IRSC and Keiser University
On Aug. 1, the application process for the 2021 Live Your to pursue degrees and careers in nursing, digital media, health Genealogical Society Kicks Off
Dream Awards begins and the enrollment process – which is care management and social work, among other fields.
Fall Season With In-Person
Meeting

For the first time since the beginning of the pandemic, the
Martin County Genealogical Society (MCGS) will meet in-
person at the Blake Library in Stuart 1 to 3 p.m., Friday, Sept.
17. Returning to its pre-pandemic format, the meeting will
include a business session, free program and refreshments.
The meeting is free and open to the public; face masks are
optional. For those unable to attend in person, the meeting
will be available on Zoom. To participate on Zoom, go to
mcgsfl.org and register by Sept. 15.
Under the banner “This is the Genealogy I Did During
the Pandemic,” several MCGS members will present a
cornucopia of topics including:
Hiring a Professional Genealogist in Germany Broke
Many Barriers – Evi Eskin
Use of a Medical Pedigree Chart – Karen Peterson
DNA Unravels a Family Mystery – Lisa Tompson
Improving Ancestry Research Using GEDmatch and
Facebook – Joe Boriotti
German Research of Schwabisch Hall – David Attride
Access to European Church Records for Switzerland –
Walt Bruetsch
Organizing Through the Shutdown – Kathy Teter
In addition to its monthly programs, the genealogical
society offers a variety of services at the Genealogy Room
in the Blake Library in Stuart including an extensive research
library, access to several genealogy websites and assistance
from MCGS volunteers. Free and open to the public, the
society’s meetings are held in the John F. and Rita M.
Armstrong Wing of the Blake Library. For more information
about membership, activities and services go to mcgsfl.org
or call MCGS President Lisa Tompson, (772) 888-2422.

Pup Crawl from page 1

The Pup Crawl
is being sponsored
by the Law Offices
of John Mangan,
P.A.; Stuart Fence
Co.; Camp Bow
Wow; and the
Rick Carroll
Insurance Agency.
Proceeds benefit
the shelter animals
at the humane
society’s Palm City
shelter. For more
information, email
Courtney Zanetti
at czanetti@hstc1.
org or call (772)
600-3211. Sam Ruo with Tessa, Steven Luriea
About The and Cassidy Johnston with Bingo
Humane Society
Of The Treasure Coast
The Humane Society of the Treasure Coast (HSTC) is
a no-kill animal welfare organization located at 4100 S.W.
Leighton Farm Ave. in Palm City, Fla. Since 1955, it has been
the leading advocate for animal protection and well-being
in the Martin County area. A 501(c)(3) private, nonprofit
organization, the HSTC is independent and locally operated
and relies on donations to support its programs and services.
Follow the HSTC on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/
humanesocietyTC and Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/
hstc1. For more information, visit https://www.hstc1.org or
See answer in this paper. call (772) 223-8822.