Page 11 - Stuart Exposure - December '24

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IN Your CoMMuNItY

House of Hope reaches more than 26,000 people each
House Of Hope Tournament month, empowering them to overcome hunger and hardship.
Serves Up Howling Good Time Last year alone, House of Hope distributed nearly 1.2 million
pounds of food, including more than 500,000 pounds of fresh
Creative costumes, spooktacular drinks, and hauntingly produce; allocated more than $102,600 in financial assistance;
fun games made the 2024 Serve Some Hope Tennis & supported 30 area nonprofits with food and clothes closet
Pickleball Charity Tournament a howling success for House items; and helped 8,000 individuals directly through its
of Hope. basic needs, enrichment, workforce development, financial
Men’s, Women’s and Mixed Doubles teams in both tennis assistance and nutrition education programs.
and pickleball took to the courts for the entire November 1 Tournament sponsors include Lichtenberger Family
to 3 weekend. In fast-paced play, 155 participants battled Charitable Fund at The Community Foundation Martin -
for bragging rights on the Harbour Ridge Lakeside Center St. Lucie, Harbour Ridge Yacht & Country Club, Treasure
courts while raising more than $26,600 in donations. Coast Legal, HBKS Wealth Advisors, FPL, Alan B. Miller
“The competition was friendly but fierce,” said House Medical Center, Brigite and John Babine, Performance
of Hope CEO Rob Ranieri. “We’re grateful to the players Health & Chiropractic Inc., Sue Whittington – Travel
and to Harbour Ridge for their efforts to raise funds that Advisor at Jill Venturi & Associates, Diadem Sports, Life
will go directly into helping our friends and neighbors Chiropractic Center, Maureen Holley, DMD, and South
in need.” Florida Orthopaedics & Sports Medicine.

Darla Cederberg and Gloretta Hall joined Rob Ranieri,
House of Hope CEO, in the fun-filled Halloween costume
contest that was part of this year’s Serving Hope Tennis and
Pickleball Tournament. The costume contest added so much
laughter to the fierce competition that the tournament will be
held on Halloween weekend in 2025.

Harbour Ridge tennis pro Simone Vasconcellos and Director
of Racquet Sports at Harbour Ridge Fabio Vaconcellos flank
Sylvie Quenneville, Luisa Subia, Christina Acevedo, and
Judy Zanchi at the 2024 House of Hope Serving Up Hope
tournament. Christina and Luisa were winners of the Women’s
4.0 division and Judy and Sylvie were runners-up.
ADVANCED SURGERY. “A successful tournament depends on the work of a lot

FASTER RECOVERY. of people. We want to give a special shout-out to everyone
at Harbour Ridge for giving us access to their beautiful
location,” Ranieri.
A full recap of the winners in both the Men’s, Women’s
Complex surgery doesn’t always mean a lengthy recovery. and Mixed Doubles Divisions for Tennis and Pickleball
Our surgeons perform minimally invasive and robotic-assisted is available on the House of Hope website, hohmartin.
surgery through incisions as small as one inch. For less pain. org/servehope, and a photo album of the event has been
For faster recovery. For every care in the world. posted on facebook.com/Hohmartin/photos_albums.
“We congratulate all the participants,” Ranieri said,
“not only for their skill and determination on the courts
Turn to the experts at Cleveland Clinic but also for giving their tremendous energy to helping the
hospitals on the Treasure Coast. people we serve.”
To learn more about House of Hope or to make
a donation, visit House of Hope’s website at www.
hohmartin.org or call (772) 286-4673. Updates and
announcements can also be found on Facebook, Instagram,
877.463.2010 and X.
ClevelandClinicFlorida.org/AdvancedSurgery

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