Dear members and friends:

As I mentioned in last month’s newsletter, we are progressing with lots of planning work over the summer so we hit the ground running before our annual Kickoff event on November 7th.

And speaking of Kickoff, we are thrilled to announce that Carrie Morgridge will be our keynote speaker this year. Carrie is a noted philanthropist, author and advocate for community improvement and verdant supporter of the Impact100 movement. You may not know it, but Carrie is one of the Founding Members of Impact100 Martin and a part-time resident of Martin County. Her words will inspire and motivate us as we head into Season Eight! 

We are also delighted to welcome Debbie Adams to the Board I announced last month. Debbie has long been involved with Membership Engagement and will co-chair that Committee with Roseann Wolcott. She also has a passion for Neon, the technology platform we use to administer the chapter, and we look forward to her involvement in expanding its use to better serve our members.

Short and sweet for this month. I hope your summer is consumed with all the things that bring you joy!

With gratitude for your generosity no matter the form it takes,

Maureen Cotter, President

We currently have 61 members committed for 2024-2025

Please renew as soon as possible so we can see where we stand towards achieving our goal of 500! Can you imagine what it would be like to award $100,000 to FIVE (5) charities in April?!

Our Membership Committee is working hard to secure Community Captains in each area of Martin County. We have found that this is the best way to recruit new members. If we are going to reach our goal of 500 members for the 2024-2025 Grant Award season, we need your help! If you can host a Meet & Mingle at your home and introduce Impact100 to your friends and neighbors, we would love to hear from you. We will help you by providing a list of members in your community, invitations, and will arrange to have both a Membership & Grants committee member attend to make the presentation to your guests.

Don’t forget that you can use your Donor Assisted Fund (DAF) or IRA Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) to pay for your membership. If this is how you fund your membership, please make sure to have the financial institution include your name either on their letter that accompanies the check or in the memo line of the check so that we can ensure it is recorded correctly. Also, you might want to check to see if your company (or your spouse’s) provides a Company Match!

From time to time, we have members who would like to donate more than $1100 and have asked about providing a “scholarship” to a deserving female community member who would be an asset to Impact100 Martin but doesn’t currently have the funds to finance their own membership. Many Impact100 chapters around the country provide a vehicle for this type of extra contribution. We want to develop a scholarship program for Impact100 Martin. Could you help us create this program? Or, are you interested in donating more to help other community members become a part of Impact100 Martin?

We are always looking for volunteers on our Membership Committee, so please let us know if you are interested in learning more by contacting Ann Barwig at 614-404-2100 or Judy Zanchi at 678-231-6511, Impact100 Martin Membership Co-Chairs.

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Review the calendar of events and schedule your spot to join in all the fun activities you won't want to miss!!

Note: Registration is required for all events and typically opens two months in advance.

Casual Golf on Friday Mornings

Want to meet fellow Impact100 members while playing 9 holes of casual golf?

Join us on Friday mornings for tee times between 9:00am and 9:30am at the Martin County public golf course Sailfish Sands for a round!

This casual event is scheduled each Friday morning. 

This is a low key just for fun golf for all skill levels. 

Please email Dawn each week by Wednesday if you're coming to play so she can book a tee time. 

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

Sailfish Sands

2000 SE St. Lucie Boulevard

Stuart, FL

Event hosted by Dawn Dipzinski

Joan has been an Impact100 Martin member since 2021. She proudly serves as Grants Committee Co-Chair with long-time friend, Kelly McIntyre. Joan appreciates the collaborative philanthropy of Impact100 Martin, as it allows women to address significant community needs in ways none of us could do alone! Working with the women of the Grants Committee and learning more about local nonprofits has been an exciting and rewarding endeavor.

Joan has served on the US Sailing Center of Martin County Board of Directors since 2020 and as a Eucharistic Minister at St. Joseph Catholic Church for over 30 years. Her career was balanced with raising three awesome children and included teaching at local public, private, and parochial schools and as Principal of Hobe Sound and Jensen Beach elementary schools. 

After retiring in 2019, Joan took on some projects of home renovation, added family member Lucy (a Labradoodle), joined two terrific book clubs, started playing pickleball, kayaking, and enjoying life with her three adult children and six grandchildren while exploring the United States in a new camper van. Although she has traveled 44,000 miles to 46 different states in the past two years, Joan has been able to juggle the support of Impact100 Martin’s mission serving on the board and grants committee. Some of her favorite quotes are: “take the road less traveled”, “teamwork makes the dream work”, and “if you love what you do, you won't work a single day in your life”.

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