Page 4 - Stuart Exposure - June '22

Page 4, Stuart Exposure

In Your CommunItY

Healthy Start Coalition Holds About Martin County Healthy Start

Martin County Healthy Start is a nonprofit organization
Community-Wide Baby Shower dedicated to ensuring that every baby is born healthy.
It provides educational and health services to pregnant
Martin County Healthy Start Coalition knows how to women, new mothers and their families at no cost,
throw a baby shower! With its mission to assure that every particularly expectant mothers who are at risk for late or
baby is born healthy, the coalition sponsored an informative no prenatal care.
baby shower at the 10th Street Recreation Center in Stuart Part of a statewide coalition, Healthy Start connects
on April 16 during Black Maternal Health Week. pregnant women and young mothers with essential services
Expectant mothers and families enjoyed activities including prenatal care, home visitations by a nurse or
for young and old alike and received information from social worker, breastfeeding support, parenting education,
community providers about the many organizations that an car seat and sleeping safety, a free diaper pantry, and
expectant mother can call on for help. access to other community partner agencies through the
A cake made out of diapers, free memberships, baby item Fun prizes like this “cake” made of essential baby items Betty Moore Prenatal Outreach Center. The David Cardno
gift baskets and a postpartum survival kit were raffled off. were part of the festivities at the Martin County Healthy Father and Child Resource Center, also part of the Martin
Families also had an opportunity to receive free diapers from Start Coalition Community Baby Shower in celebration of County Healthy Start Coalition, helps fathers to become
the Healthy Start Coalition Diaper Program. maternal health, healthy babies, and supported families. more involved in parenting and offers legal assistance to
“This statistic may be surprising, but we know that on fathers who are separated from their children.
average, women of color, even in Martin County, are three Participants at the baby shower included: Banner Lake The programs of Martin County Healthy Start
to five times more likely to have severe complications as a Community Center, Bell House Birth Services, Children’s Coalition are voluntary and available to all Florida
result of pregnancy than white women,” said Martin County Services Council of Martin County, the Early Learning residents at no cost.
Healthy Start Coalition Executive Director Samantha Suffich, Coalition of Indian River, Martin and Okeechobee Counties, For more information about Martin County Healthy
“So we were especially pleased to bring our partner agencies the Florida Department of Health, Just Believe Recovery, Start Coalition and its ongoing programs, visit www.
to our East Stuart baby shower and connect them with the Light of the World Charities/Little Lights Dentistry, mchealthystart.org, call (772) 463-2888 or follow the
Black community. Every expectant mother deserves all of Madison’s Miracles, SafeSpace Inc., Mary’s Home of the organization on Facebook.
the services our community can offer to help them deliver a Treasure Coast, Suncoast Mental Health, and YMCA of the
healthy baby.” Treasure Coast.

Two Nonprofits Are Derby Winners from page 1

“It was such a
fun event,” said Gigi
Suntum, executive
director of 4Cs. “We
were raising money to
support our programs
and having a great
time doing it.” Held
at the Rockin H
Ranch in Palm City,
guests attending the
party were outfitted Carol Kucharski and Tom Wendy Dewitt and Cathleen
in traditional Derby Patrona Egan, Antonio Andres and Jeannie Silvester, Lacey Curley and Diane Coakley Koelher Owen
attire, with many Wendy Duncan
women sporting fancy flowered hats. A Derby hat contest next year. The mission of Caring Children Clothing Children
added to the proceeds of the event, as did raffles and a silent is to collect and distribute gently used clothing, as well as
auction. new underwear, socks and shoes to underprivileged children
Dear Sacred Heart of Jesus, Partygoers enjoyed mint juleps, tasty appetizers, and in Martin County. In addition, volunteer tutors help children
In the past I have asked for many favors. posed for photos with horses rescued by ERAF. They watched with reading and math at five local elementary schools.
This time I ask you, the special one, take the historic race live on a huge screen inside the beautiful The mission of ERAF is to care for at-risk horses with
it Dear Heart of Jesus and place it in your Rockin H Ranch facility. rehabilitation and retraining. ERAF has rescued hundreds
This was the fourth year the two nonprofits joined to raise
of horses and completed nearly 300 adoptions.

own broken heart where our Father sees money with a Derby party, and plans are already underway for For more information, go to www.4Cmartin.org.
it; then in his merciful eyes it will become
your favor, not mine again.
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