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VOL. 23 NO. 12 www.seabreezepublications.com DECEMBER 2022

Hundreds Of Volunteers Pack Horse Show Fundraiser

Thousands Of Holiday Meal Benefiting Friends In Pink

Boxes At Pack The House Riders from all over South Florida came together at Tailwind Trails in Palm City,

Fla., on Oct. 22 for the second annual “Ride for a Reason” to raise money for Friends
More Opportunities Available To Help The in Pink. Friends in Pink is a local nonprofit company whose mission is to provide
funding for lifesaving treatment for uninsured and underinsured men and women of the
One In Four Struggling To Make Ends Meet Treasure Coast suffering from breast cancer. Events included jumping and flat classes

Hundreds of volunteers
packed 15,000 holiday meal
boxes as part of Treasure
Coast Food Bank’s Eighth
Annual Pack the House, a
kickoff to the holiday season.
The event took place Oct.
28 and 29. More than 500
volunteers worked in three-
hour shifts to fill boxes with
holiday fixings for people
struggling to make ends meet.
Treasure Coast Food Heather Grace, Heather Gunnell, Julia Hogan and Cheryl
Bank Board member Mark Jones from Walmart Neighborhood Store No. 7299
Satterlee welcomed guests
and dignitaries to the kickoff ceremony Friday morning, sharing that Treasure Coast Food
Bank helps anyone facing economic hardship.
“As deputy county administrator, one of my focuses is economic development and I’m
proud to work with the food bank on all the things that they do,” Satterlee said. “Besides
packing and distributing food, they’re also providing career opportunities including culinary,
hospitality, and barista training. They also offer commercial driver license training, so
not only does the food bank provide emergency food but it offers job training. So again, I
want to welcome you here this morning. It’s a great event to prepare for the holidays. We

Hundreds Of Volunteers on page 3 Horse Show Fundraiser on page 4
Fundraiser To Benefit Family Promise Was A Bed Of Roses

By Jackie Holfelder
The sky was brilliant blue and the enthusiasm was infectious
at the Third Annual Family Promise of Martin County Bed
Races that took place on Oct. 22 at First United Methodist
Church of Stuart.
The 12 imaginative and creative beds that were entered
started lining up well before the event’s 10 a.m. start time and
there were plenty of spectators and supporters on hand to cheer
their efforts.
The businesses, nonprofits and organizations entering beds
included First United Methodist Church of Stuart, Immanuel
Lutheran Church, First United Methodist Church of Hobe
Sound, Reverse the Door, Helping People Succeed, Prince of
Peace Lutheran Church, Stuart Congregational Church/For
The Love of Learning Private School, Unity Church, Hobe Teams from Hobe Sound Early Learning Center and
Sound Early Learning Center, Everyday Mission, Renntech Renntech Motorsports. Teams from Love of Learning and Unity of Stuart.
Motorsports and The Children’s Museum of the Treasure Coast. Photo by DeVine Portraits Photo by DeVine Portraits

Bounce houses, a truck from Stuart Fire Rescue and a real race car were onsite, providing fun
for kids of all ages. Everyone enjoyed the food truck from Happy Grill-More.
Judges of the Family Promise of Martin County Bed Races were Florida Representative Toby
Overdorf, Stuart City Commissioner Eula Clarke and Stuart Police Chief Joseph Tumminelli.
Thanks to Chris Kerns (Washer) for serving as D.J. and Allison Wigley for emceeing.
Almost $28,000 was raised through sponsorships, donations collected by bed race teams,
People’s Choice voting at the event and revenue raised by silent auction sales.

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