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 Meal
or No Meal 2010
The Fifth
Annual Meal or No Meal Community Awareness Dinner will be
held Nov. 5, 2010, at St. Mary's Pittenger
Center in Stuart.
The annual Meal or No Meal event
has a twofold purpose: To raise needed funds for House
of Hope service programs and
to raise the public’s awareness of the substantial
amount of
poverty that exists in Martin
County.
The event is unique because
dinner is prepared and served by the same
volunteers who make the free meals served by
local churches every week throughout Martin
County. Meal or No Meal draws more than 230
community leaders and generates attention of
people throughout the county.
The meals are the same menu
as someone might receive at a community meal
kitchen -- warm, nutritious fare that include
pork roast, pasta,
vegetables, potatoes, etc.
A platter of peanut butter
& jelly sandwiches is placed on each table as a
reminder that dinner might be such a sandwich --
or less -- without support for such places as
House of Hope and its partners. |
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Gallery of the
2009 Event
at Facebook |
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House of Hope surpassed its fund-raising goal for the
Fourth Annual Meal or No Meal Community
Awareness Dinner held Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, at St. Mary's Pittenger
Center in Stuart.
The event netted $40,012 for the agency -- about
$3,000 more than the goal. The agency provides food, clothing, case management
and emergency financial assistance to thousands
of Martin County residents in need.
Click here for our Facebook gallery of the
event.
Meal
or No Meal 2009 presented chance to
win an Amazing Holiday in Grenada.
The prize package included four nights
for two people at LaSource Resort in
Grenada, courtesy of
LaSource and the
Grenada Board of Tourism.
As a bonus, American Airlines provided an
airfare voucher to help the lucky winner get to
Grenada.
The prize package was won by Michelle
Maguire,
pictured below with her husband, Thomas,
and American
Airlines employees as the Maguires took
off for Grenada!
The “Amazing Holiday” at LaSource
included luxurious accommodation; all
meals and beverages; a range of land and
water sports including golf, tennis,
archery, fencing and scuba diving; a
comprehensive program of body treatments
designed to relax and rejuvenate mind,
body and spirit; yoga and tai chi; and
much more.
LaSource is perched on the southern tip
of Grenada, on secluded Pink Gin Beach.
Grenada,
located in the southeastern Caribbean
Sea, is one of the world’s most prolific
sources of spices. |
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Sponsors
and
Underwriters
2009
Presenting Sponsors:
John & Donna Haas
Soup Sponsor:
Bobbie Trimble Appetizer Sponsors:
Awareness Technology
Dale & Mary Hudson
James & Ellen Myers
Seacoast National Bank
St. Joseph Catholic Church Cocktail
Sponsor:
Stephen Schramm,
HBK Sorce Financial
Dessert Sponsors:
Thomas & Polly Campenni
Frank & Carol Doyle
Ralph & Joanne Ebner
Lee & Gaby Elsey
Florence Macdonald
Patrick Exterminating
Richard & Judith Rosenthal PB&J Sponsors:
FPL
Madeleine O'Neill Spice Sponsor:
Senior Home Companions/
Sharon Slattery
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The Third Annual Meal or No Meal Poverty Potluck
and Community Awareness Dinner was held
Nov. 7, 2008, at St. Mary's Parish Life Center and
raised $58,500 to help Martin County's struggling
families and senior citizens.
Read
more about the 2008 event >>
Executive director Patrick Slattery
congratulates 2008
event co-chairwomen Judy Rosenthal, left, and
Kerry Caruso.
See Stuart Magazine's Meal or No Meal photo
spread >>
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