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Hibiscus Children’s Center Presents from page 1 Hibiscus Children’s Center is deeply grateful to our Event Cochairs Kelley DeCowski and Kate Mikkelson,
generous sponsors: Merci Beaucoup – Braden & Braden along with a dedicated committee of volunteers, have been
This lovely evening will feature a casino, gourmet dinner Architects & Planners, Joan Damson, Michael and Nancy busy planning for this exciting evening. Tickets are $250
and dancing to the sounds of D.J. Brian Lemen. The festivities Del Priore, Richard and Deb Kessler, and Ted and Pat per person and sponsorship packages are available with
begin at 5:30 p.m. with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres, then Tiemeyer; Bon Chance – Albert M Covelli Foundation great recognition opportunities for your business. Contact
head to the casino to roll the dice! Each guest will receive and Jo Covelli, B.D. and Jane McIntyre Foundation and us today for more information and to purchase your tickets
a $100 voucher for chips and additional vouchers can be Charles McIntyre, Robert Crandall and Ellyn Stevenson, at HibiscusChildrensCenter.org or Lori Swift at lswift@
purchased throughout the evening. The top three highest RBC Wealth Management – Pam Dallas and Gordon hcc4kids.org. We look forward to seeing you at An Evening
rollers will have the chance to win incredible prizes! Nearing, Frank and Patricia Noonan and Richard and in Paris to support the Hibiscus kids!
All proceeds directly benefit children living at Hibiscus Nancy Zappala; LaVie En Rose – John and Andi Brennan,
Children’s Center. Children receive life-changing services Sally Batz and Henley Sandidge, Dr. Al and Pam Gardner, Photo by Amy Freese
including educational and literacy services, medical and Elizabeth Herold, Dick and Molly Hoffman, David and
dental services, and mental health counseling. Hibiscus often Joyce Powell, and Robert Weissman Foundation; Can
receives children at all hours of the day and night. These Can – Timothy and Maureen Cotter, Richard and Cathleen Dancing With The Martin Stars from page 1
children enter the shelter hungry and scared, with little more Lennon, Kate Mikkelson – Edward Jones Investments; and
than the clothes on their backs. The stress endured from being RE/MAX of Stuart. Ruiz; the Second Runner-Up was Casey Caplan and Brian
removed from their home is traumatic. They walk through the Special Thanks to Mark Greene, our Call to the Heart Spector. The First Runner-Up Fundraising Team was
doors of Hibiscus and into the staff’s hearts and the healing Auctioneer. Hibiscus Children’s Center thanks every Sue Whittington and Jang Don; the Second Runner-Up
begins. It is because of your unwavering support that Hibiscus sponsor, supporter and volunteer who is helping to make a Fundraising Team was Lorna Day and Angel Tamayo. In
continues to provide safe haven and life-changing services rdifference for the children and give them a brighter future the first ever live voting, Sue Whittington and Jang Don
every day to vulnerable children. filled with hopes and dreams. won the People’s Choice Award.
Faith Jacobsen, dance teacher at Exquisite Dance
Company and sales manager for the AI Fitness tech
company Oxefit; Craig Glavin, manager of Astra Dance
Studio and a two-time winner of Dancing with the Martin
Stars as a teacher and once as a coach; and Chris Thiel,
a top performing realtor with RE/MAX and a former
dance teacher and competitive ballroom dancer served
as judges. Charles Jones of CDJ Entertainment served
as emcee at the Lyric, with Dr. Ed Savage emceeing the
live feed at Ross Hall.
“We’re so grateful for the entire community who
support us each year,” Suffich said. “From our local
celebrities who danced their hearts out onstage and
raised funds offstage, to the audience that filled the Lyric
to capacity, everyone brought their passion for both the
event and the cause it supports.”
The Martin County Healthy Start Coalition expressed
its thanks to all of its sponsors and supporters, in
particular Title Sponsor Mark R. Kaiser Dermatology;
Samba Sponsors Women’s Health Specialists and
Rommel Wilson Memorial Fund; and Tango Sponsors
Ooo La La, Muscle Vodka, and the Lichtenberger
Foundation.
For more information and event photos, visit https://
www.mchealthystart.org/dancing-with-the-martin-
stars/2024-stars-dancers/.
For more information about Martin County Healthy
Start Coalition and its ongoing programs, visit www.
mchealthystart.org, call (772) 463-2888 or follow the
organization on Facebook.

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