Page 8 - Palm City Spotlight - June '23

Page 8, Palm City Spotlight

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Local Letter Carriers Collect service centers in Stuart, Hobe Sound, Indiantown, and Jensen provide sustainable sources of fresh produce for clients as

More Than 68,000 Pounds Of Beach, and Thrift Shops in South Stuart, Hobe Sound and well as nutrition education and vocational opportunities to
the community. For more information, visit hohmartin.org or
Indiantown. House of Hope’s Enrichment Centers in Stuart and
Food To Stamp Out Hunger Jensen Beach offer free programs, technology, and workshops call (772) 286-4673. Updates and announcements can also be
designed to enhance life skills, earning potential, health, and found on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/Hohmartin;
U.S. Postal Service workers usually drop off items, but on overall well-being. House of Hope also operates the Growing Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/houseofhopemc/; and
Saturday, May 13, they picked up items – more than 68,000 Hope Farm in Palm City and several nutrition gardens that Twitter, https://twitter.com/hohmartin.
pounds of nonperishable items – from mailboxes throughout
In Your CommunItY Martin County. by realizing potential, creating hope and building futures through
Stamp Out Hunger is an annual tradition across the country. It It Rained Baby Items At
was started in 1993 by the National Association of Letter Carriers Helping People Succeed’s education, counseling, training and employment.
(NALC) and has helped feed millions of Americans over three To learn more about Helping People Succeed, visit www.
decades. “April Showers” hpsfl.org or contact Glenna Parris at (772) 320-0778.
Each May, local letter carriers willingly pick up the bags of Photos provided by Jackie Holfelder
items that residents leave by their mailboxes and transport them By Jackie Holfelder
back to their post office branch. From there, dozens of House of Thrivent and Helping
Hope volunteers helped unload the bags and put the items in bins. People Succeed celebrated
Additional volunteers pick up the bins in trucks and transport the end of another outstanding
them back to House of Hope’s main office. monthlong baby showers
“We can’t say enough good things about our local letter event on April 29 with a
carriers,” said House of Hope CEO Rob Ranieri. “In addition catered brunch at the
to their real jobs of delivering the mail, on Stamp Out Hunger nonprofit’s Jensen Beach
Saturday, they also gather, lift, and transport cans and boxes of headquarters.
food to help their friends and neighbors in need. We’re grateful For many years, the
to them and to every resident who donated.” communitywide event has
House of Hope continues to see more and more families and collected baby necessities
individuals who need food assistance. “Between the after-effects for families in need who
of the pandemic and the rise in the cost of basic items like food,” are served through Helping
Ranieri said, “our services are more in demand than ever.” People Succeed’s Healthy
The food collected during the Stamp Out Hunger drive will Families program, which
be used at the House of Hope service centers in Stuart, Jensen offers support and services
Beach, Hobe Sound and Indiantown and will be shared with to families who may be Deb Trudel and Todd Tetreault Amy Whitlach, Robert Whitlach, Suzy Hutcheson and Jose
House of Hope food bank partners. experiencing stress in their Vallecillo
About House Of Hope lives that makes parenting more challenging. Businesses “host”
Founded in 1984, House of Hope is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit a shower box throughout Martin and Okeechobee counties.
organization that empowers Martin County residents to Robert and Amy Whitlach, who generously sponsored this
overcome hunger and hardship. House of Hope touches the brunch through Thrivent, were on hand to show their appreciation
lives of more than 7,000 people each month helping with basic to generous donors. Amy said, “Thrivent allows clients to be
needs such as food, clothing, furniture, financial assistance, as wise with their money and live generously – and this is a perfect
well as longer-term case management services that help build example of that.” Added Robert, “Helping People Succeed does
life skills for a more self-sufficient future. The organization has so much in the community. When we help our community,
everyone wins.”
Guests enjoyed a wonderful repast from Jan’s Place. A
highlight was the awarding of three prizes to people who came
closest to guessing the number of pacifiers in a jar.
Jose Vallicello won the first-place prize of a $100 gift
certificate to Kyle G’s, Chef Todd Tetreault won the second-place Celine Erouhart, Cara Montgomery and Mary Dungey
prize of a $50 gift certificate to Manatee Island Bar & Grill and
Ann Mehling won third place, a newborn gift basket.
Helping People Succeed is a local nonprofit organization
that has been serving the Treasure Coast for more than 59 years.
Through its diversified, effective program services – Helping
People Succeed serves, on average, 8,000 children and adults
per year. Helping People Succeed’s mission is to transform lives

Robert and Amy Whitlach
Local letter carriers and House of Hope volunteers collected
and processed more than 68,000 pounds of nonperishable
food items during the 2023 Stamp Out Hunger drive. The
food will serve House of Hope clients and be shared with
food bank partners to help friends and neighbors in need.

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