STUART \u2014 Creative cuisine, cheerleading stunt work, game-changer cocktails, a danceable playlist of live music, and a fiercely-contested team challenge that will better the lives of local seniors for years to come \u2013 that\u2019s the promise of this year\u2019s Pep Rally Gala to benefit the Council on Aging Martin County.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a gala unlike any other,\u201d said Andrea Levy, committee member and captain of Team Lotus Loft. \u201cThe Council on Aging Martin County has been serving seniors for 51 successful years. We\u2019re celebrating that tremendous achievement and getting all fired up for the future.\u201d<\/p>\n
The event on Saturday, Feb. 28, begins at 6 p.m. at the Kane Center. Chef\u2019s Table will provide an amazing spread, the band Girlfriend Material will play lively, get-up-out-of-your-seat-and-dance music, and there will be surprises throughout the evening starting with a Progressive Cocktail Tour.<\/p>\n
Last year, teams competed for bragging rights and raised significant funds to benefit Council on Aging programs. This year, they have their sights set on a very specific goal: $80,000 to purchase a meal delivery vehicle to support the Meals on Wheels program.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery day our volunteers deliver more than 580 meals to seniors in need throughout our county,\u201d explained CEO Karen Ripper, \u201calong with meals to our four congregate dining sites. They bring nourishment, programming and socialization to our clients. The Meal Delivery Truck will be a game changer in how well we are able to deliver hot meals to our congregate dining sites in Jensen Beach, Stuart, Hobe Sound, and Indiantown.\u201d<\/p>\n
The 2026 teams are now forming. A team can be a business, neighborhood, or group of friends. The only requirement is, according to Andrea, \u201ca willingness to get fired up and help us raise funds for seniors in our community.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s quick and easy to become a team. Just line up the team members, choose a name and logo, and sign up at coamartin.org\/peprallygala.<\/a><\/p>\n The most important goal of the Pep Rally Gala is to help vulnerable seniors, especially at a time when cuts to government programs have made their needs greater than ever. There are also valuable perks that come with forming a team or being a sponsor.<\/p>\n Sponsors will have their names included in press releases, bi-weekly email blasts to update the status of the competition, and all marketing materials. Teams that raise more than $2,000 will enjoy their own table at the event and receive ten tickets. At the $5,000 and above level, sponsors will also be honored as a contributor with a listing on the new Meal Truck.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Pep Rally Gala will be incredible fun from start to finish,\u201d said Michelle Dyer, committee member and captain of the New Home Dream Team. \u201cWe invite the community to get rowdy with us and help Council on Aging continue their amazing work. Together, we can fight Senior hunger and isolation!\u201d<\/p>\n For tickets and sponsorship information, contact Michele Leigh Jacobs at 772-223-7803, mjacobs@coamartin.org<\/a>, or the Council on Aging Martin County website www.coamartin.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUART \u2014 Creative cuisine, cheerleading stunt work, game-changer cocktails, a danceable playlist of live music, and a fiercely-contested…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":50901,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[326,171,173,172],"class_list":{"0":"post-50900","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-port-st-lucie","8":"tag-martin","9":"tag-port-st-lucie","10":"tag-port-st-lucie-headlines","11":"tag-port-st-lucie-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}