Page 4 - Stuart Exposure - February '23

Page 4, Stuart Exposure

In Your CommunItY
2024 Voting from page 1

Here are some important facts regarding voting by mail:
• Vote by mail requests are only valid through one Salvation Army Provides Church, Girl Scouts and Cub Scouts, St. Lucie Tax Collector,
general election cycle; St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox Church, Advance America,
• Vote by mail ballots cannot be forwarded. To mail a Christmas Joy Benjamin Franklin Plumbing, Children’s Emporium, Engine
ballot to a different address call the elections office at (772) World and Edward Jones.
288-5637 or visit MartinVotes.gov and click on the Vote Christmas cheer abounded recently as parents picked up For more information about the services of the Salvation
by Mail tab; new toys and clothes for their children from the Salvation Army of Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee Counties, visit
• You can verify your voted ballot was received at Army of Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee Counties. The salvationarmymartin.org or call (772) 288-1471.
MartinVotes.gov on the “Track Your Ballot” tab or call nonprofit distributed gifts collected from donors for 1,722 About The Salvation Army
the elections office at (772) 288-5637; children, a new record, in the tri-county area. The Salvation Army, an evangelical part of the universal
• Florida is a no excuse state. Voters do not need a “There were a lot of requests this year, but we did Christian church established in London in 1865, has been
reason to request a vote by mail ballot; it!” said Captain Deanne Jones, corps officer. “We are so supporting those in need in His name without discrimination
• All vote by mail ballots must be received at the grateful to the community for their help. We simply could for more than 130 years in the United States. Nearly 30
elections office by 7 p.m. on Election Day; not have accomplished this without the support of donors million Americans receive assistance from The Salvation
• If you would like to drop off a voted ballot, secure and volunteers.” Army each year through a broad array of social services
ballot intake stations are available in the elections office The Salvation Army’s annual Angel Tree program that range from providing food for the hungry, relief for
and early voting sites; assists families who fall below 150 percent of the Federal disaster victims, assistance for the disabled, outreach to
• All vote by mail ballots are counted even if an election Poverty Guidelines by providing toys and new clothes for the elderly and ill, clothing and shelter to the homeless
has a close race. Christmas. Each child in the program is represented by a and opportunities for underprivileged children. Eighty-two
Request your vote by mail ballot today! tag displayed on Angel Trees at sponsoring businesses and cents of every dollar The Salvation Army spends is used to
Vicki Davis, churches in the area, and donors then “adopt” the children support those services in 5,000 communities nationwide.
Martin County Supervisor of Elections to purchase the toys on their wish list. For more information, go to www.salvationarmyusa.org.
Sponsors this year
included Walmart, Bealls,
Dream Works Realty,
Florida Power & Light, Fort
Pierce Utilities Authority,
Martin County Clerk’s
Office, American Legion
Posts 40 and 318, The Grace
Place, Martin County Tax
Collector, Miles Grant
Country Club, Port St. Lucie
City Hall, Harbor Branch
Oceanographic, Paradigm
Precision, Peace Presbyterian

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