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First Time And Surprise Military Breast Cancer

Performers Soar The Skies At The Survivors Living

Stuart Air Show Nov. 12 To 14 Their Best Life On

The Stuart Air Show Is Back In 2021 To The Water
Highlight Performances From More Elite
Aerial Performers Than Ever Before Have you noticed anything new and unusual on our Palm
The show features two United States Air Force military City waterways this past year?
fighter jets, for now.… That 29-foot vessel you see running alongside the rowing
Confirmed to attend are the F-16 Demo Team (“Viper”), crews on Saturday morning and Wednesday evening is a
and the A-10C Thunderbolt II (“The Warhog”). Curious dragon boat. Martin County has its very first dragon boat
patrons will have to “taxi into position and hold” until Back by popular demand is the opening evening twilight team launching right out of Leighton Park!
the airshow has final confirmation of other military assets air show and Dirty Flight Suit Party on Nov. 12. Guests will Created in February of 2020, Hell Gate Sea Dragons is a
scheduled to attend. be able to experience an amazing pyrotechnic show, and nonprofit organization made up of breast cancer survivors and
For the first time ever at the show, the East Coast C-17 live entertainment provided by the best cover band in South supporters. Think of them as an on-water, active, empowering
Demo Team will perform in front of the crowd! A high- Florida – The Chase Band. They will close out the evening support group for survivors. Of course, they are much more
wing, four-engine, T-tailed military transport aircraft, the on the Yuengling Flight Deck stage, powered by Florida than that … paddling, laughing, exercising with a mission to
multi-service C-17 can carry large equipment, supplies and Power & Light! strengthen minds, bodies and souls. Many of the team have
troops directly to small airfields in harsh terrain anywhere Not all the excitement will be exclusively in the air! Stuart had similar health journeys and are there to encourage and
in the world. Air Show patrons will get to experience an incredible flight lift each other.
In addition, for the first time in North America, Red Bull line race between the Shockwave Jet Truck and an aircraft. Hell Gate’s goal is to support breast cancer survivors and
Pilot Aaron Fitzgerald will do barrel loops and fly inverted their supporters on their road to recovery, not just on the team,
in a BO105 C helicopter. Stuart Air Show on page 3 but in the community, as well. Last month you may have seen
2021 Hope Awards Honor Friends them at the Stuart Saltwater Sisters’ captain’s kickoff party
for the Lady Angler Tournament supporting Friends in Pink.
This month you can find them participating and supporting the
Of House Of Hope At Annual American Cancer Society’s Making Strides on Oct. 23, and
J.McLaughlin’s (Hobe Sound) on Oct. 16, where 15 percent
of their Sip and Shop proceeds will benefit this 501(c)(3) and
Recognition Breakfast the good work they are doing in the community.
Interested in more information about dragon boating?
Check out Hell Gate Sea Dragons at hellgateseadragons.org
or on their Facebook page.
House of Hope supporters—individuals, businesses, and though, House of Hope friends and sponsors gather to show
organizations from across Martin County—never expect gratitude and celebrate their efforts with the Hope Awards.
thanks for all they do to help the organization empower “Our award recipients this year and every year make a
residents to overcome hunger and hardship. Once a year, huge impact on our community,” says Rob Ranieri, CEO of
House of Hope. “They contribute their passion, expertise,
creativity and resources to help us carry out our mission.”
This year’s Hope Awards Recognition Breakfast was held
on Sept. 9 at Monarch Country Club in Palm City, with HBKS
Wealth Advisors as the presenting sponsor. A special moment in
the ceremony was the awarding of the Barbara Trimble Legacy
Award, named after a longstanding philanthropist of House of
Hope and other community nonprofits. For their contributions to
House of Hope over many years of service, the Barbara Trimble
Legacy Award was presented to Marni and David Abate. David
Abate accepted the award on behalf of himself and his wife, who
recently passed away.
The Hope Award recipients for 2021 are: Richard and
Hope Award winner Commissioner Ed Ciampi (center) Janet Galante – Community Ambassadors; Bob Plunkett
pictured with Rob Ranieri and Dave Lee. from Global Irrigation Solutions, LLC; Florida Department
of Health in Martin County;
Andrea Dean from Helping
People Succeed; Ed
Ciampi, Board of County
Commissioners; Niki L.
Norton of n2 Architecture
+ Design; Carlita Fiestas-

2021 Hope Awards
on page 3