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Treasure Coast Medical Report
given before a project was selected.
“We have been so dedicated and diligent in listening to
their presentations,” says Sandra Porter, who joined the
committee in 2002. “After careful consideration, we make
a vote on what we think is the most important one equally
for the hospital and equally for our community.”
In 2004, the Mum Ball committee faced a tremendous
challenge. The event was set to be hosted by Jim and Judy
Rose at their luxurious oceanfront estate in Sailfish Point.
Only two months before, Hurricane Frances struck and
three weeks later, Hurricane Jeanne made landfall, pounding
Martin County.
The devastation from the storms left Sailfish Point without
electricity. Even worse, MacArthur Boulevard, the road
that leads out to the upscale community, had been washed
out. In the weeks preceding the ball, residents accessed the
development by ferry.
In spite of these impossible circumstances, members of
the committee refused to give in.
“When the hurricanes happened, we all said, ‘We’re
going to do it,’ and we did,“ says Eileen Morris, who
co-chaired that year along with Beverly Whittington. “I
didn’t work this hard to cancel. We needed something
to celebrate.”
Debra Duvall, a long-standing committee member who
also served that year, remembers checking on the Roses’
home weeks after to assess the damage. Expecting to see
devastation, she was completely taken by surprise.
“It was surreal — there was not a blade of grass out of
place and the front of the house looked perfect,” recalls
Duvall. “I walked around to the back of the house and saw >>
Karen and Richard Dakers revel in the futuristic theme at the 2016 ball.
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