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Time To Apply For Live Your meals at its commercial kitchen housed at the Kane Center on Community Chest and other donors, and the Hobe Sound
The Council on Aging Meals on Wheels staff prepares the
First Baptist Church generously donates the space.
Dream Awards Salerno Road. Drivers then deliver the meals to each site, where Seniors can sign up through the Council on Aging
anywhere from 12 to 30 diners may be waiting. website, by calling (772) 223-7800, or coming in person to
By Jackie Holfelder Annette Lopez, who oversees the program for the Council a Senior Dining Center site. There is a modest fee for the
Since 1972, Soroptimist International’s Live Your Dream on Aging Martin, described the socialization that comes with meals, but community donations underwrite the costs for
Awards program has been helping women who are working to the meals as a lifeline. “For many of those we serve, this is the seniors unable to pay.
better their lives through additional schooling and skills training. only hot meal they’ll have in a day and the only time they get to In addition to the Senior Dining Program, Council on
The financial support they receive often makes the meet with others, share a laugh, and take part in group activities. Aging Martin also provides Meals on Wheels programs to
difference in allowing them to continue with the education The program feeds their spirits as well as their bodies.” more than 500 vulnerable seniors each weekday throughout
that is so precious to them. The program has been so successful at the Log Cabin Martin County. The Kane Cuisine is available for those who
This spring, Soroptimist International of Stuart (SIS) was Senior Center in Jensen Beach, the 10th Street Community are able to pay a fee for their meals but appreciate having a
able to present three women with 2024 awards at their Awards Center in Stuart and Indiantown Big Mound Park in hot meal delivered to their home.
Dinner in May. Indiantown that Council on Aging Martin has expanded it Find out about this and all of the programs of the Council
On August 15, the application portal for the 2024 Live to the Hobe Sound First Baptist Church on Church Street in on Aging of Martin County at www.coamartin.org. For more
Your Dream Awards opened and the enrollment process – Hobe Sound. The Hobe Sound meal site is made possible information about the Council on Aging of Martin County,
which is completely online – couldn’t be simpler. through the philanthropic support of the Hobe Sound visit www.coamartin.org.
The parameters for the Live Your Dream Award specify
that the recipient must be a primary breadwinner for themself
and their dependents, be attending an undergraduate degree
program or a vocational skills training program, and have a
financial need.

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Eligible applicants can submit their application between
August 15 – November 15.
Ultimately, a Live Your Dream Awards finalist has the
potential to receive up to $16,000 to help offset tuition costs,
purchase books, get transportation, or find reliable childcare
so she can worry less about how to pay her bills and focus
on reaching her dreams.
For more information or to apply for a Live Your Dream
Award online, visit www.soroptimistofstuart.org.
Photo provided by Soroptimist of Stuart

Council On Aging Martin

Expands Senior Dining
Program In Hobe Sound

Clients of the Council on Aging Martin’s Senior Dining
Program call it “the perfect antidote to loneliness.” The
program provides free or low-cost meals to seniors every
weekday at sites in Jensen Beach, Indiantown, Stuart and
now Hobe Sound.
“We know that good nutrition is essential for aging well,”
said Council on Aging Martin President and CEO Karen
Ripper. “In addition to the nutritional value of the food itself,
though, the opportunity to socialize with others over a meal
is priceless.”

Chefs Alex Molinari and Chris Baker prepare more than 500
meals a day at the Council on Aging Martin’s commercial
kitchen at the Kane Center. The meals are delivered by
volunteers to seniors throughout Martin County.