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Volunteers In Medicine Clinic’s Annual Gala from page 1

Jr., who then introduced our
professional dancers and
live band entertainment.
The Flamenco and
Moroccan dancers
transported the audience
across the world with their
exciting performances.
Even more out of this world
was when they brought up
audience members to try
their moves! Patsy and George Conrades Linda and Mike Evans Ted and Pat Tiemeyer Phil and Julie Wintercorn
Af t e r d i n n e r VI M
Clinic’s Medical Director, Maggie and Roger Bernot loCal HappeNiNgs
Dr. Bromberg, introduced
one of their patients, Dan, who shared his moving
experience on how VIM Clinic has changed his life.
His emotional message along with posters around the Stuart Air Show: Supporting • U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps
room featuring more patient testimonies were powerful • United Way of Martin County
examples of the impact of VIM Clinic. Community Nonprofits • YMCA
It was a memorable evening that will launch Honorees reflect the air show’s mission of honoring the
Volunteers in Medicine Clinic into their 28th year of By Jackie Holfelder past while inspiring the younger generation to look up into
ensuring all eligible Martin County residents in need of The Stuart Air Show(SAS) is more than a weekend of the blue skies and imagine all the possibilities.
health care will have no obstacles in receiving the very sleek planes, daring pilots, exciting exhibits and top-tier The date for the 2023 edition of the Stuart Air Show
best in compassionate, excellent care. vendors, it’s also an organization dedicated to giving back. has been set for Nov. 10 to 12. To learn more, visit www.
Since 1995 Volunteers in Medicine Clinic has been stuartairshow.com.
providing comprehensive medical care to uninsured Photos provided by Stuart Air Show
Martin County adults, through the efforts and expertise of
a small staff and volunteer medical and lay personnel, at
no charge to the patient. VIM Clinic is located at 417 S.E.
Balboa Ave. in Stuart, Fla. For more information, please
call (772) 463-4128 or visit online at www.vimclinic.net.
Photos by Liz McKinley

Inez van Ravenzwaaij, SAS executive director; Cindy Groover,
SAS treasurer; Delaney Dyer; Leslie Judd, Clark Advanced
Learning Center principal and SAS volunteer leader; Sienna
Perez, Isabella Buchanan and Dewey Vinaya, SAS president Brett Rhodes, SAS board member; Dewey Vinaya, SAS
president; Elisha Stoeklin, YMCA of the Treasure Coast;
Since the show is also a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, once it is Doug Davie, SAS vice president
over and the airport returns to normal operations, the board
of directors meets to allocate a portion of the proceeds
raised by the air show to area organizations and charities
that are equally mission-minded. Since the pandemic, more
Kathy DeMont with Bob Massey and Annie MacMillan than $90,000 has been awarded to area nonprofits.
Inez van Ravenzwaaij, executive director of the Stuart Air
Show, shares that thanks to the 2022 Air Show and Salute to
Stuart held earlier in the year, more than $43,000 in funds
and $17,000 in-kind contributions were donated.
Some of the organizations that benefited from these
donations were:
• Boy Scouts of America, Troops 499 and 422
• Buffalo Soldiers Cindy Groover, SAS treasurer; Elisabeth Glenn of United
• Civil Air Patrol Way of Martin County; Carol Houwaart-Diez of United Way
• Clark Advanced Learning Center of Martin County; Renee Allen, SAS board member
• EAA Chapter 692
• Humane Society of the Treasure
Coast
• Martin Country High School Air
Sandee Jo and James Croker with Michelle Jacobs Force JROTC
• Martin County S.P.A.M. Robotics
Program
• Road to Victory Military Museum
• St. Lucie West Centennial High
School Navy JROTC
• Special Olympics of Martin County
• Southeast Florida Honor Flight
• Soroptimist of Stuart
• Stuart Police Explorers
• Treasure Coast High School Air Cindy Groover, SAS treasurer and Dewey Vinaya, SAS president with members of the
Force JROTC United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps

Dr. Jordan Bromberg, Mary Fields, and Dr. Mehdi Razavi

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