FELLSMERE — When Big Brothers Big Sisters of St. Lucie, Indian River, and Okeechobee Counties (BBBS) CEO Stacey Watson-Mesley asked “Want to have a Meat Raffle?” the BBBS Team looked at her in confusion. “A what?” questioned Taylor Farnsworth, BBBS’ Development Officer while Marketing Coordinator, Megan Rossknecht, began to laugh and asked, “Can you please [...]
VERO BEACH - Susan Gromis has been named Executive Director of Main Street Vero Beach. Her background as a small business owner and experience in retail and customer service fits Main Street’s focus on community building. Sue also has extensive volunteer leadership experience in education-related causes in Rotary International. Sue is originally from Pennsylvania where [...]
After operating their first decorating company in Connecticut for many successful years, David & Kathy Dow have brought their talents to 1489 St. Lucie West Blvd. in Port St. Lucie. They have created a beautiful showroom featuring Hunter Douglas, blinds, shades & plantation shutters, a wonderful array of over 8,000 decorator fabric choices, custom draperies, [...]
VERO BEACH – McKee Botanical Garden announced it will join museums nationwide in participating in the tenth summer of Blue Star Museums, a program which provides free admission to our nation’s active-duty military personnel and their families this summer. The 2019 program will begin earlier than in past years, launching on Saturday, May 18, 2019, [...]
Workforce First Aid & Safety wants you to feel happy, healthy and safe by doing the right thing for everyone. Although new to the Treasure Coast, Workforce First Aid & Safety has 20-plus years in the first aid marketplace. First Aid & Safety wants you to be treated fairly and wants to shop for your first [...]
FORT PIERCE — Antique Volkswagens, a live band, a bounce house, food trucks, and a Volkswagen Jetta giveaway are just a few of the highlights of the Sunrise Volkswagen grand opening scheduled for Saturday, May 18. The event will be held at the new Sunrise Volkswagen dealership at 5359 S. U.S. 1, from 9 a.m. [...]
MARTIN COUNTY - The Business Development Board of Martin County (BDBMC) announced that Joan K. Goodrich will join its team as Executive Director on June 3, 2019 to help lead the organization's core mission, develop a shared vision for the future of the organization, build understanding and develop appropriate goals and strategies to advance Martin [...]
VERO BEACH - The Grand Harbor Community Outreach Program (GHCOP) kicked off April with an inaugural Breakfast of Champions to celebrate the distribution of 37 grants amounting to more than $408,000. GHCOP awarded United Against Poverty (UP) a $16,000 grant to use toward funding the nonprofit’s Success Training Employment Program (STEP). STEP is a 120 [...]
VERO BEACH - Recently, members of the Youth Guidance (YG) Pathfinders Excel Club volunteered to help “For the Love of Paws”, a not-for-profit organization in Fellsmere. Dog and cat food are donated to the organization for the pets of low-income families in our community. The YG Pathfinders Club took the donations for the dogs and [...]
ST. LUCIE COUNTY - The Episcopal Church of the Nativity, on SW Del Rio Blvd. in Port St. Lucie, was filled with activity on Good Friday. The new Memorial Garden monument was installed thanks to Jose Ubilla and his team at Real Stone & Granite. The monument project was led by Ron Herman, a member [...]