Dear members and friends:

The 2023/2024 season for Impact100 Martin is off to a hot start. We have exciting news to share on several fronts.

First, we are thrilled to announce that Wendy Steele will be the keynote speaker at our Kickoff on November 9. It’s such an honor to have Wendy with us – the woman who started it all more than 20 years ago! She will share her personal story and insights on where the movement has been and where it is going. Get ready to be inspired.

Wendy’s book, Invitation to Impact, is available on Amazon. This newsletter includes a link so you can order and read it before her visit. Our Board of Directors read it and gained fresh insights into how community transformation is possible when women work together.

Event details and a link for registration will be in our September newsletter. Wouldn’t this be a great way to introduce a friend to Impact100 Martin?

Our other big news is that Impact100 Martin is now an approved 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization!  We will no longer need to coordinate through The Community Foundation Martin-St. Lucie. Annual membership checks should now be made payable to Impact100 Martin, Inc., even if you are paying from a Donor Advised Fund or Charitable Trust. Your fund administrator will find us on the listing of IRS-approved nonprofit organizations.

In a few weeks, you’ll receive our annual membership appeal letter and an update on our plans for the year. We will have more ways to connect with local nonprofits – and with each other. We appreciate your early renewals, your commitment to Evergreen membership, and your evangelism! We gained more than 100 new members last year because you invited friends to events and told them why you are a member. If you continue to do that, we can make Wendy’s vision a reality.

I look forward to meeting each and every one of you this year!

With gratitude,

Maureen Cotter, President

The woman who started it all!

We’re thrilled to announce that Wendy Steele will be the keynote speaker at our Kickoff on November 9 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. at The Elliott Museum. Come and meet the visionary woman who started the Impact100 movement more than 20 years ago!

Wendy will share her personal journey of building one of today’s most powerful grassroots organizations that invites women to become part of the solution by impacting their very own communities. Save the date and invite a friend!

The Education Foundation Martin County has been busy preparing for the launch of the EFMC Career Exploration Labs funded in our 2023 Impact100 grants cycle. According to Executive Director Lisa Rhodes, the labs have been installed at all school sites and teacher training has begun.  EFMC offered two $200 stipends for each lab teacher who wanted to get a head start on further familiarizing themselves with and organizing the new labs prior to the start of their teacher-contracted hours.

The Education Foundation of Martin County received a $100,000 impact grant in 2023 for this project. 

Click here to see photos of the Exploration Labs.

Project LIFT is inviting members and guests of Impact100 Martin to tour Project LIFT on October 10 to see up close what our grants have helped the project achieve. We will tour the Palm City facility, view the Virtual Welding Simulator that is bringing welding training to Martin County's most underserved communities, and learn more about the launch and results of the Project LIFT Pathways Academy of Innovation.

Project LIFT was the recipient of our first Impact100 grant for $107,000 in 2018 and received another grant for $100,000 in 2022.

Impact100 Martin members will have an opportunity to gather at The Environmental Studies Center on October 26 to see the changes being made as part of the Wet Lab Revitalization project. The Wet Lab is iconic in Martin County, where generations of school children have gotten up close and personal with living sea creatures and learned about the local ecosystem.

The Environmental Studies Centered received a $100,000 impact grant in 2023 for this project. 

Summer Happy Hour

Come join us for Summer Happy Hour and meet up with old and new friends. IImpact100 Martin members and guests - all are welcome at this cash bar event at Drift Kitchen & Bar on August 24.

Please sign up in advance so we know how many people to expect.

Hope to see you there!

Jill Preston and Susan Melians

Impact100 Martin Golf

Want to meet fellow Impact100 Martin members while playing 9 holes of casual golf? Join us on Friday mornings at 9:00 a.m. at Sailfish Sands for a round! This will be low-key, just-for-fun golf for all skill levels.  

RSVP to Dawn Dipsinski at dawndip@comcast.net by Wednesday of each week so we can book a Friday tee time. This fun event continues through the summer.

It’s pay-to-play directly at the course (~$25/pp for 9 holes).

Bourbon and Wine Tasting

Join a Bourbon Expert and Junior Wine Sommelier at a special Bourbon and Wine tasting event on November 4. Dawn Dipsinki and her husband are graciously hosting 10 couples at their private home for the evening. The event includes heavy hors d'oeuvres.

Cost is $65 per person and is limited to 22 attendees.

Location address will be provided after RSVP.

Book Club

Interested in reviewing and discussing intriguing books by women, or about people who have made a significant impact? Then you’ll love our Impact Book Club! Join our Book Club moderators Sue Whittington and Jill Preston on November 6 for our discussion of Mistress of the Ritz and good conversation among friends new and old.

Mistress of the Ritz by Melanie Benjamin, is a captivating novel based on the story of the extraordinary real-life American woman who secretly worked for the French Resistance during World War II—while playing hostess to the invading Germans at the iconic Hôtel Ritz in Paris. From the New York Times bestselling author of The Aviator's Wife and The Swans of Fifth Avenue.

Click Here to Read a Review of the Book

While this will be an informal gathering, we ask that you please read the book if you plan to attend. It will be held in a private home.

Bring your own beverage.

The address will be sent to all who register.

Stuart Main Street

WHO WE ARE

Stuart Main Street is a 501c3 private nonprofit organization that has been serving our historic district for more than 35 years. Stuart Main Street is a nationally accredited organization under the Main Street America banner belonging to a network of more than 1,200 other main street programs across the country.  

MISSION

Using Main Street America ‘s Four Point Approach, Stuart Main Street’s mission is to create and promote a positive downtown experience for residents, businesses and visitors through community driven revitalization and economic development efforts.

VISION

Stuart Main Street envisions a vibrant, sustainable Historic Downtown Stuart for residents, businesses and visitors. Embracing the future while preserving the past, the Historic Downtown is a center for community life in Stuart and the larger surrounding community and home to an active spirit of civic pride and entrepreneurship, public and private sector cooperation, and the community’s historical and cultural heritage.

OBJECTIVES

Maintain a distinctive appearance in keeping with downtown’s Old Florida charm.

 Market a positive image of the downtown through advertising, public relations and special events.

Build community consensus and use resources collectively.

Stabilize the economic environment, strengthening and retaining existing businesses and filling vacancies. 

STUART MAIN STREET | DANCIN’ IN THE STREETS | THE FLAGLER of STUART | MARKET on MAIN | ROCK’N RIVERWALK 

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11718 SE Federal Hwy., #440

Hobe Sound, FL 33455

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