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Time To Apply For be available on Zoom. For registration details, go to mcgsfl.
Live Your Dream Awards org/events.

The Martin County Genealogical Society offers a variety
of services at the Genealogy Room in the Blake Library
By Jackie Holfelder including an extensive research library, access to several
genealogy websites and assistance from MCGS volunteers.
For more information about membership, activities and
services go to mcgsfl.org.

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 Chefs Alex Molinari and Chris Baker prepare more
program provides free or low-cost meals to seniors every than 500 meals a day at the Council on Aging Martin’s
weekday at sites in Jensen Beach, Indiantown, Stuart and commercial kitchen at the Kane Center. The meals are
now Hobe Sound. delivered by volunteers to seniors throughout Martin
2024 award winners “We know that good nutrition is essential for aging County.
well,” said Council on Aging Martin President and CEO
Since 1972, Soroptimist International’s Live Your Dream Karen Ripper. “In addition to the nutritional value of the Street in Hobe Sound. The Hobe Sound meal site is made
Awards program has been helping women who are working food itself, though, the opportunity to socialize with others possible through the philanthropic support of the Hobe
to better their lives through additional schooling and skills over a meal is priceless.” Sound Community Chest and other donors, and the Hobe
training. The Council on Aging Meals on Wheels staff prepares Sound First Baptist Church generously donates the space.
The financial support they receive often makes the the meals at its commercial kitchen housed at the Kane Seniors can sign up through the Council on Aging
difference in allowing them to continue with the education Center on Salerno Road. Drivers then deliver the meals website, by calling (772) 223-7800, or coming in person
that is so precious to them. to each site, where anywhere from 12 to 30 diners may to a Senior Dining Center site. There is a modest fee for
This spring, Soroptimist International of Stuart (SIS) was be waiting. the meals, but community donations underwrite the costs
able to present three women with 2024 awards at their Awards Annette Lopez, who oversees the program for the for seniors unable to pay.
Dinner in May. Council on Aging Martin, described the socialization that In addition to the Senior Dining Program, Council on
On August 15, the application portal for the 2024 Live Your comes with the meals as a lifeline. “For many of those we Aging Martin also provides Meals on Wheels programs
Dream Awards opened and the enrollment process – which is serve, this is the only hot meal they’ll have in a day and to more than 500 vulnerable seniors each weekday
completely online – couldn’t be simpler. the only time they get to meet with others, share a laugh, throughout Martin County. The Kane Cuisine is available
The parameters for the Live Your Dream Award specify and take part in group activities. The program feeds their for those who are able to pay a fee for their meals but
that the recipient must be a primary breadwinner for themself spirits as well as their bodies.” appreciate having a hot meal delivered to their home.
and their dependents, be attending an undergraduate degree The program has been so successful at the Log Cabin Find out about this and all of the programs of the
program or a vocational skills training program, and have a Senior Center in Jensen Beach, the 10th Street Community Council on Aging of Martin County at www.coamartin.
financial need. Center in Stuart and Indiantown Big Mound Park in org. For more information about the Council on Aging of
Recent winners have used their monetary awards at local Indiantown that Council on Aging Martin has expanded Martin County, visit www.coamartin.org.
schools such as IRSC and Keiser University to pursue degrees it to the Hobe Sound First Baptist Church on Church
and careers in nursing, digital media, health care management,
and social work, among other fields.
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
‘Voyage To America’

With The Martin County

Genealogical Society

Many of our European
ancestors sailed to America
during the 19th and 20th
centuries, leaving their
countries of origin for
the promise of a new life
across the ocean. At the
Martin County Genealogical
Society’s (MCGS) October
meeting, professional
genealogist Katherine R.
Willson will discuss the Katherine R. Willson
full range of these journeys
including preparations made prior to emigrating, the major
European departure ports and American arrival ports, life
aboard the ships and, finally, the process of being admitted
into the United States. Willson will present via Zoom.
A genealogy educator for more than 25 years, Katherine
Willson lectures at regional and national genealogy events
and is a full-time researcher for private clients. She is founder
and past president of the Virtual Genealogical Association,
past president of the Michigan Genealogical Council and
past board member of the Association of Professional
Genealogists. Willson also has coordinated and taught courses
for the Salt Lake Institute of Genealogy.
Free and open to the public, the meeting will be at the
Blake Library, 2351 S.E. Monterey Road in Stuart, from 1
to 3 p.m., Friday, Oct. 18. The meeting begins with social
time followed by a short business meeting; the presentation
is at 2 p.m. If you can’t attend the meeting in person, it will