Page 6 - Palm City Spotlight - December '24

Page 6, Palm City Spotlight

United Way from page 1

announced Martin County’s
Top 10 Most Generous
Workplaces and Communities
that make our community
investment possible.
Top 10 Workplaces
1. Publix
2. Seacoast Bank
3. FPL
4. Pratt & Whitney
5. Martin County Board of
County Commissioners
6. Cleveland Clinic Event Emcee Derek Lowe, coordinator of Public
7. Raymond James Information and Community Relations for the Martin
8. City of Stuart County School District.
9. Wells Fargo
10. Ashley Capital
Top 10 Communities
1. Sailfish Point Number 2 Most Generous Workplace Award presented to Seacoast Bank. (Robert Barfield,
2. Harbour Ridge Jenny Yingling, Sarah Lynch, Chuck Shaffer, Denise Anderson, Lisa Vasquez, Jared Gaylord,
3. Willoughby Leslie Warren)
4. Sewall’s Point The following awards were
5. Piper’s Landing presented to organizations
6. Jupiter Hills and individuals that went
7. Mariner Sands above and beyond to support
8. Sandhill Cove United Way of Martin
9. Loblolly County’s efforts by donating
10. Jupiter Island their time, talent and treasure.
These are the Top 10 of the nearly 200 companies • The Hand Raiser
and communities whose employees and residents gave Award was presented to
philanthropic contributions to United Way of Martin County Wilmington Trust for
during the previous campaign year. Since United Way’s always raising their hands
inception of honoring its Top 10 Most Generous Workplaces to help when United Way is
and Communities, Publix Super Markets and Sailfish Point in need.
continue to reign as the most generous workplace and • The Collaborator of the
community in Martin County. Year Award was presented The Live United Award was presented to Zweben Law Group
to Cleveland Clinic for for their decade-long commitment to supporting United Way
partnering strategically with through their annual Bike Drive. (Tara and Gene Zweben,
United Way on specific, Carol G. Houwaart-Diez, Carol G. Houwaart-Diez, Derek Lowe)
critical initiatives. United Way of Martin County
• The Volunteer of the president and CEO with Elliot our ability to honor the
Year Award was presented Paul, United Way of Martin true game-changers in our
to Kenny Marks for being County board chair. community:
a staple volunteer in our • Publix
community. • Comcast
• The Live United Award was presented to Zweben Law • Betsy Herold
Group for their decade-long commitment to supporting • FPL
United Way through their annual Bike Drive. • Seacoast Bank Sailfish Point homemade and
• The Unsung Hero Award was presented to Amy • Pratt & Whitney custom decorated United Way
Bottegal for her significant behind-the-scenes impact on • Arati Hammond cookie dessert platter.
our community. • C&W Technologies
Since United Way’s inception of honoring our Top 10 Most United Way also would not be able to uphold its • FoxHaven Roofing Group
Generous Workplaces and Communities, Sailfish Point mission without the support of its incredible sponsors. • HBK CPAs & Consultants – HBKS Wealth Advisors
continues to reign as the most generous community in Martin Their unwavering commitment is the driving force behind • Keane Thomas & Pinnacoli
County. (Left to right: Kathryn (Muffin) Adamiak, Dennis • Sandhill Cove
Longstreet, Noreen Fisher, John Adamiak, Betsy Herold) • SouthState
• STS Aviation Group
The goal of United Way is to increase self-sufficiency
for every person in Martin County through resources and
programs that promote health, education and financial
security. This year, United Way invested over $1.9 million
in local programs to help Martin County families get solid
financial ground, students succeed in school, and seniors
and veterans break transportation barriers, among other
critical programs.
For more information about United Way of Martin County,
visit UnitedWayMartin.org.
Attendees enjoying the program. Photos by Liz Mckinley

The Unsung Hero Award was presented to Amy Bottegal for
her significant behind-the-scenes impact on our community.
(Carol G. Houwaart-Diez, Amy Bottegal, Derek Lowe)

The Collaborator of the Year Award was presented to
Cleveland Clinic for partnering strategically with United
Way on specific, critical initiatives. (Stephanie Quirantes,
Alex Greenwood, Carol G. Houwaart-Diez, Derek Lowe)