Page 6 - Hobe Sound Reflections - June '24

Page 6, Hobe Sound

Honoring

House Of Hope Takes Honors rescue 614,000 pounds of

For Innovative Ways To Care food annually from going
into the landfill because it’s
For The Environment considered “not shelf-worthy”
at local grocery stores. House
House of Hope, known throughout the community as an of Hope Thrift Shops recycle
organization that cares deeply for people in need, has also unusable clothing, linens,
been honored for the care it shows to the environment. cardboard and household
Keep Martin Beautiful awarded House of Hope the 2024 items while assisting families
Community Impact Award at its Environmental Stewardship with the basics of living.
Awards ceremony in May. Jill Marasa of Ashley Capital, a At its Growing Hope
sponsor of the event and a nominee for its own environmental Farm, House of Hope uses
restoration efforts, called House of Hope “a model for environmentally-friendly
environmental stewardship through its comprehensive hydroponic farming
approach to reducing waste and conserving resources.” techniques and employs
Each year House of Hope distributes about 1.3 million closed-loop water systems.
pounds of food. Its efforts to use resources wisely ultimately The fact that House of Hope
has a farm for growing fresh
produce for its clients is in
itself environmentally sound. The House of Hope team works together to make environmental stewardship an integral
Composting is an integral part part of all they do. These efforts resulted in House of Hope winning the 2024 Environmental
of its operations, generating Stewardship Award for Community Impact from Keep Martin Beautiful.
farm feed for local farmers
and ranchers. Rainwater is captured for irrigation, and the Every month House of Hope provides food, basic
water used to clean produce in the new packing house is in needs, life skills, case management, financial assistance,
turn used to irrigate the farm’s grove of fruit trees. workforce development, housing assistance, nutrition
In addition, its Traveling Nutrition Education Garden education and enrichment to more than 21,000 area residents
and Nutrition Gardens in key areas of the community across Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties, with a
help teach people about growing food locally and the mission to empower people in need to overcome hunger
importance of using fresh herbs, fruits and vegetables in and hardship.
their meal planning. “Our environmental efforts, like everything we do,
“We made a commitment to ourselves that we would are directed at empowering people in need and improving
The House of Hope Thrift Team created a pop-up boutique incorporate good environmental stewardship in all aspects the overall health and financial stability of the greater
filled with used items for purchase by attendees at the of our business,” House of Hope CEO Rob Ranieri said. community,” Ranieri said. “We’re proud and grateful for the
Environmental Stewardship Awards event. Lauren Povio, “We challenge ourselves to find opportunities to minimize staff, volunteers and donors who take our mission to heart
Donna Vestal, Pat Ferrara and Michele Trout curated the our impact on local landfills, to be imaginative in how we and create new and different ways to make a difference.”
items that became treasures instead of trash for the landfill. recycle and repurpose, and to conserve valuable resources.”

The Rose Ball from page 1 and hospice care.
Surrounding families
Brownie and her family had the opportunity to witness with individualized
the compassionate and dedicated care administered by the care and support, the
Little Treasures Program when their daughter Kamden Rose Little Treasures Care
was cared for as one of the first children in the program. Team addresses medical,
Kamden Rose received palliative care, which included psychosocial and spiritual
various services such as grief counseling, social work, concerns by providing
pediatric program management and music therapy. Although intensive pain and Linda and Scott Hoffman
Kamden passed away at the age of 7, her family was able to symptom management
experience the transformative impact of the Little Treasures along with counseling, guidance and education.
Program and create many special memories. For more information visit www.TreasureHealth.org.
Teri Dolecki was the presenting sponsor for the event Susan King, Ewald Bender, Cheryl Mayes and Shannon Cooper
in memory of her mother, Ginny. Ginny was under the
loving care of Treasure Coast Hospice before she passed
away in 2023. Many other sponsors joined in supporting
the event, including Evergreen Private, Martin Funeral
Home Crematory, Closets by Design, Wilmington Trust and
Waterpointe Realty.
Treasure Coast Hospice’s Pediatric Care Program, Little
Treasures, focuses on the unique needs of children, teens
and their families. The goal of this program is to improve
the quality of life for children and teens with serious
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