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Cheryl Martin Honored With Lifetime Legacy Award

From Place Of Hope

Palm Beach Gardens Resident, Who Spearheaded Lake Park Maternity Home,

Sets Example For Agency’s Planned Giving Campaign

Cheryl Martin of Palm Beach Gardens became the spirit programs and growth, and support services for homeless families; foster care
behind Place of Hope’s new planned giving campaign, as leading donors, but recruitment and support; hope and healing opportunities for
when she accepted a Lifetime Legacy Award at the pay special attention to children and families who have been traumatized by abuse
organization’s One Life Celebration in Palm Beach. the home that helps get and neglect throughout our region. For more information,
Martin’s relationship with Place of Hope was solidified young mothers off to a please visit www.placeofhope.com.
in 2011, when Joann’s Cottage opened in Lake Park, bearing good start.
Martin’s mother’s name. Joann’s Cottage welcomed mothers- “My mother would
to-be into a supportive, family-style home and became the say find the joy in
realization of a motto that Martin’s mother, Joann Sirrine, helping and supporting
believed in – “live each day so that when you are gone, your one another here in
life will have made a difference.” Joann’s Cottage,”
Martin made it a personal goal to see Joann’s Cottage said Martin, herself
become a reality, a physical testament that her mother’s life, the mother of grown
spent caring for three daughters, continues to matter years after children and a mentor
her passing. to foster children from Cheryl Martin of Palm Beach
In accepting the Lifetime Legacy Award from the Planned Place of Hope. “She Gardens (pictured with her
Giving Council, Martin set an example that Place of Hope would tell my sisters husband, Gordon) became the
leaders hope will inspire others to give in a way that ensures and me to figure it out, spirit behind Place of Hope’s
future children and youth will continue to receive much- love each other and new planned giving campaign,
needed support and guidance. To learn more about Place make a difference with when she accepted a Lifetime
of Hope’s planned giving opportunities, contact Director of your life.” Legacy Award on Nov. 7, 2019,
Advancement Kathie Bradley at (561) 775-7195. About Place Of Hope at the organization’s One Life
“Planned giving creates a lasting impact in the life of a Place of Hope is a Celebration in Palm Beach.
child,” said Founding CEO Charles L. Bender III. “We want unique, faith-based,
to give everyone an opportunity to support children today or state-licensed children’s organization providing family-style
as a legacy to their generosity, like Cheri has done through foster care (emergency and long-term); family outreach
her work through Joann’s Cottage.” and intervention; maternity care; safety for victims of
Now a Place of Hope Board member, Martin and her domestic minor sex trafficking; transitional housing and
husband, Gordon, continue to support Place of Hope’s support services for youth aging out of foster care; housing

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