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Piper's Landing shares hope for holiday

PRESS RELEASE DATE: DEC. 17, 2010

The Piper’s Landing Women’s Golf Association held its annual “Holiday Sharing” drive, raising $2,605 to help House of Hope families this Christmas.

PLWGA chairman Michelle Maguire and tournament chairwoman Lorraine Cardarelli set up a festive Thanksgiving tree in the Piper’s Landing clubhouse that was decorated with ornament tags made by the association’s secretary, Linda Harlan. Piper’s Landing residents could take a tag off the tree, fill it out and give it to the club’s cashier to provide a donation to House of Hope.

In addition to this outpouring of holiday spirit, residents at Piper’s Landing Yacht & Country Club support House of Hope year-round in many ways:

• Members are encouraged through the community’s newsletter and TV channel to give to House of Hope. Boxes are set up in the locker rooms to collect donations of food – a method that delivered more than 500 pounds of food this year.

• Piper’s Landing resident Elaine Matts is a House of Hope board member, food pantry volunteer, and chairwoman for the “Hearts for Hope” Fashion Show, Luncheon and Auction. This fund-raising event will be held 11:30 a.m., Feb. 11, 2011 at Mariner Sands Country Club in Stuart.

• For the second consecutive year, Piper’s Landing will be the host of House of Hope’s annual Golf Tournament of Hope, on April 29, 2011.

House of Hope is a nonprofit agency that provides food, clothing, case management and emergency financial assistance to Martin County people in need. The agency is Martin County’s largest provider of food to the hungry, and serves as a safety net for hundreds of families, working people and senior citizens who are struggling through hard times.

For more information about House of Hope, call (772) 286-4673 or visit www.hohmartin.org.