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LocaL Happenings

Stuart Air Show: Supporting Some of the organizations
that benefited from these
Community Nonprofits donations were:
• Boy Scouts of America,
By Jackie Holfelder Troops 499 and 422
The Stuart Air Show(SAS) is more than a weekend of • Buffalo Soldiers
sleek planes, daring pilots, exciting exhibits and top-tier • Civil Air Patrol
vendors, it’s also an organization dedicated to giving back. • Clark Advanced Learning
Since the show is also a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, once it is Center
over and the airport returns to normal operations, the board • EAA Chapter 692
of directors meets to allocate a portion of the proceeds raised • Humane Society of the
by the air show to area organizations and charities that are Treasure Coast
equally mission-minded. Since the pandemic, more than • Martin Country High School
$90,000 has been awarded to area nonprofits. Air Force JROTC
Inez van Ravenzwaaij, executive director of the Stuart Air • Martin County S.P.A.M.
Show, shares that thanks to the 2022 Air Show and Salute to Robotics Program
Stuart held earlier in the year, more than $43,000 in funds Cindy Groover, SAS treasurer and Dewey Vinaya, SAS president with members of the United • Road to Victory Military
and $17,000 in-kind contributions were donated. States Naval Sea Cadet Corps Museum
• St. Lucie West Centennial High School Navy JROTC
• Special Olympics of Martin County
• Southeast Florida Honor Flight
A • Stuart Police Explorers
• Soroptimist of Stuart
• Treasure Coast High School Air Force JROTC
• U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps
COLONOSCOPY • United Way of Martin County
• YMCA

Honorees reflect the air show’s mission of honoring the
past while inspiring the younger generation to look up into
the blue skies and imagine all the possibilities.
CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE. has been set for Nov. 10 to 12. To learn more, visit www.
The date for the 2023 edition of the Stuart Air Show
stuartairshow.com.
Photos provided by Stuart Air Show

Brett Rhodes, SAS board member; Dewey Vinaya, SAS
president; Elisha Stoeklin, YMCA of the Treasure Coast;
Doug Davie, SAS vice president

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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

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