Page 4 - Palm City Spotlight - October '24

Page 4, Palm City Spotlight

nonprofit news

CTWH Announces types of bullying, abuse, and other types of child victimization offer MBF curriculum in any Florida school at no charge
using evidence-based
to the school.
Partnership With Monique and evidence-informed This evidence-based curriculum is approved by the
Burr Foundation prevention education Florida Board of Education and meets the state mandate on
programs.
human trafficking prevention for all K-12 grade students.
Sarah Marie Henry, This important designation allows schools to outsource
By Jackie Holfelder executive director of Catch this required program. It is especially important because not
The Monique Burr Foundation for Children (MBF), a the Wave of Hope (CTWH), all human trafficking training programs have state approval.
nonprofit organization located in Jacksonville, was founded recently announced a new Henry says that when schools permit Catch the Wave of
in 1997 to educate and protect children and teens from all partnership with MBF. Hope staff to present the MBF program to their students,
T he CT WH t eam it decreases the workload for school personnel while
completed the Monique Burr equipping youth with the information they need to protect
Kitty Catalina from page 1 Foundation’s Facilitator themselves from this ever-increasing threat to their safety
Training in the Child and well-being.
Winery and Secret Gardens and Teen Safety Matters Sarah Marie Henry, executive To find out more about how Catch the Wave of Hope
Winery, all Florida wineries. Curriculum, which gives director of Catch the Wave can bring this important educational tool to your school,
Chef Amy from Heritage CTWH leadership the of Hope. Photo provided by contact Sarah Marie Henry at sarahmarie.henry@
Kitchen at Secret Gardens credentials and resources to Catch the Wave of Hope. catchthewaveofhope.org.
provided light bites.
At the end of the event,
guests were hoping to have
their raffle ticket number
called for the 17 prizes that
were available.
Of course, the superstars
were the cats and kittens,
as supporters gave them
additional love throughout Liz and Martin County
the evening. Because of Commissioner Ed Ciampi
Dunn’s sponsorship, the
adoption fee was waived during the event for felines over
one year old. Additional sponsorship support was generously
provided by TC Palm, Seacoast Bank and Publix.
Although it rained most of the evening, the night skies
were capped off with a double rainbow over the humane
society’s Memorial Garden.
For more information about future events, contact Alyssa
Bean, community events specialist, at (772) 600-3215, or
Events@hstc1.org.
About The Humane Society Of The Treasure Coast
The Humane Society of the Treasure Coast (HSTC)
is a no-kill animal welfare organization located at 4100
S.W. Leighton Farm Ave., in Palm City, Fla. Since 1955, it
has been the leading advocate for animal protection and
well-being in the Martin County area. A 501(c)(3) private,
nonprofit organization, the HSTC is independent and locally
operated and relies on donations to support its programs
and services. Follow the HSTC on Facebook at https://www.
facebook.com/humanesocietyTC and Twitter at https://www.
twitter.com/hstc1. For more information, visit https://www.
hstc1.org or call (772) 223-8822.
Photos by Doreen Poreba

Michelle Johnson is all
smiles as she claims her
basket of goodies. Lisa Alloe and Jeff Taylor

Melony Zaravelis and Michele and Sam Adler
Brittany Robinson with Blair with Salem

Bob Lepa, Judith Just, Diana and Glenn Schreiner See answer in this paper.