VERO BEACH — Dyer Chevrolet and Dyer Mazda Subaru are pleased to announce the 49th recipient of the Dyer Difference Award.
This award salutes a non-profit organization in Indian River County that is truly making a difference in our community.
Dyer Chevrolet and Dyer Mazda Subaru presented the Dyer Difference Award along with a $3,000 check to the recipient, Youth Guidance of Indian River County.
The award helped sponsor their largest event of the year, Youth Guidance’s 34th Annual Tropical Night Luau, which occurred on June 2 at Quail Valley. Tables offering 90 donated silent auction items, ranging from services, restaurants, and recreation packages, to art, jewelry and retail items, filled the club’s lobby.
Later in the evening, County Commissioner Wesley Davis presided over the live auction which included sports, trips and get-aways, and even a gourmet dinner in a Florida Cracker-style farmhouse.
Youth Guidance serves over 700 at-risk youth from low-income, single-parent households throughout the entire year, offering one-on-one mentoring, monthly activities for un-matched children, college scholarships, school clothing assistance, and holiday celebrations.
“This gift means so very much to us as we need to raise $60,000 to send 200 kids to camp this summer,” explained Barbara Schlitt Ford, director of the charity, when receiving the check.
“We know how important it is to have our county’s kids be involved in activities and mentoring,” Tatiana Dyer added.
For more information about IRYG, sponsoring a child, or volunteering to become a mentor, please call (772) 770-5040.
If you would like to nominate an organization for the Dyer Difference Award, please visit www.DyerDifference.org for details.