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The state of Florida held its first ever collaborative conference called the First 1000 Days Florida Summit, through the efforts of the statewide Children’s Services Councils, Florida Association of Healthy Start Coalitions, the Early Learning Coalitions, the Florida Association for Infant Mental Health, and United Way of Florida. The conference was held in West Palm Beach and was filled to capacity at the Palm Beach Convention Center.
At this summit, Helping People Succeed and Martin Medical Center were awarded second place honors for their popular Building Readiness Among Infants Now (BRAIN) program.
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Joyous singer and songwriter Claudia Schmidt and internationally acclaimed countertenor Terry Barber were back in Martin County on February 4th for an encore Helping People Succeed blockbuster performance for more than 120 concert guests at Loblolly in Hobe Sound.
“Bringing Claudia and Terry to Loblolly was our way of saying 'thank you' to such a generous community. The residents of Loblolly and the Loblolly Foundation have been supportive of our mission in an incredible way. And it's made such a difference!" said Suzy Hutcheson, President/CEO of Helping People Succeed.
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Jennifer Martin is the new Employment Consultant for Helping People Succeed in the local program of Project SEARCH, a national organization for job training and social skills for young adults between 18 and 22 years old. In its sixth year, the program is coordinated by Martin Health System, Helping People Succeed, ARC of Martin County, the Martin County School District and FL-DOE Vocational Rehabilitation.
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For the past six years, Stockings of Love has provided hundreds of filled Christmas stockings for the children enrolled in Helping People Succeeds programs.
This year, Stockings of Love founder Lynn Flynn made sure that 370 families had stockings on Christmas morning for their young children.
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Hosted by the Treasure Coast Music Teachers Association, the students represented Martin and St. Lucie, counties. The Treasure Coast Mall visitors were entertained throughout the day by pianists, vocalists, flutists, violinists, a choir and other music combinations.
Each year, the Treasure Coast Music Teachers Association provides a donation to a local nonprofit organization. Helping People Succeed, a 501(c) 3 nonprofit, was the local charity selected this year. More than $84,000 has been raised to benefit local charities since the Music-Thon kicked off in 1991.
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Helping People Succeed’s Pinot & Picasso evening of fine wine and art presented the 2016 Art for Living Calendars for signing by 13 artists featured in the calendar and their latest art from beach scenes, birds and Florida citrus to a turn of the century downtown hotel location, all presented at The Floridian country club in Palm City.
Thanks to the support of host Bill Lichtenberger, who coordinated the evening for the second year, more than 150 guests were on hand to view the art work, bid on silent and LIVE auction items from additional art works from the artists and specialty items such as a trip to NASA and lunch with an astronaut, to a foursome with noted Florida PGA champion Larry Laoretti of Palm City and a Day on the Floridian full day fishing charter.
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Most Martin County residents and others around the State of Florida know Suzy Hutcheson for her 40 years dedicated to the programs and services of Helping People Succeed, a non-profit organization that serves more than 4,500 children and families in Martin, St. Lucie and Okeechobee counties.
Others know Hutcheson for her dedicated club work with Kiwanis of Stuart and this year as Club President raising funds for an extension to Kiwanis Park at Woodlawn in downtown Stuart, dedicating other funds for K-Kid Clubs, Builder’s Clubs and Key Clubs for students involved with Kiwanis projects and attending Kiwanis state and international conventions.