THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. AND WE’RE COVERING THE TREASURE COAST HERE AT NOON, A NEW PROGRAM FOR THE UNITED WAY IS HELPING PEOPLE GET TO AND FROM WORK. MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, EVEN FOOD DISTRIBUTION SITES. KAYLA CALIFANO IS IN STUART WITH A LOOK AT HOW THIS WILL MAKE A LIFE A LITTLE EASIER FOR THOSE WHO ARE ELIGIBLE FOR. WELL, HERE IN MARTIN COUNTY, DRIVING SOMEWHERE AS SIMPLE AS THE DENTIST IS AN EASY TASK FOR MOST PEOPLE. BUT FOR MANY LESS FORTUNATE, IT COULD BE AN HOURS LONG ORDEAL AND COST A LOT OF MONEY. THAT’S WHERE RIDE UNITES STEPS IN. IT’S ALL PART OF A 60 $500 GRANT GIVEN BY UNITED WAY WORLDWIDE UNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY. THE PROGRAM WILL CONNECT ELIGIBLE MARTIN COUNTY RESIDENTS TO FREE LYFT RIDES, HELPING THEM GET TO WORK, MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS, SCHOOL AND FOOD DISTRIBUTION SITES JUST TO NAME A FEW. TRANSPORTATION IS A BARRIER FOR MANY OF THE CLIENTS THAT WE SERVE, AND BRINGING THIS PROGRAM TO MARTIN COUNTY IS GOING TO HELP ALLEVIATE THAT. FOR LAURIE SAYING HER CHARITY PROVIDES FREE DENTAL CARE TO UNINSURED LOW INCOME CHILDREN. WITH RIDE UNITED, THESE CHILDREN CAN GET THEIR DENTAL WORK. THEY NEED WITHOUT THEIR FAMILIES PAYING EXTRA MONEY. THEY WERE PAYING FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS TO DRIVE THEM TO THE DENTIST AND CHARGING DEPENDING ON WHERE THEY LIVE. UP TO $80 ROUNDTRIP RIDE. UNITED NOW PROVIDES RESIDENTS OF MARTIN COUNTY AND OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO THE PLACES MANY OF US TAKE FOR GRANTED. AND UNITED WAY HOPES TO SEE IT GROW AS THE YEARS GO A LONG WAY. AS ALWAYS, THERE TO MEET THE UNMET NEED IN A COMMUNITY. AND THIS IS ONE EXAMPLE OF HOW WE FOUND RESOURCES BRINGING IT FROM OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY TO MAKE IT HAPPEN. ALONGSIDE THE 60 $500 FROM UNITED WAY NATIONAL, A DONOR ACTUALLY MATCHED THE GRANT. AND HERE AT UNITED WAY OF MARTIN COUNTY, THEY’RE LOOKING TO USE THAT EXTRA MONEY TO HELP THOSE IN NEED. EVEN