(From left to right) Florence Meshulam, Pauline Graber and Irene Fisher work on hats for children with cancer at the Diamond Club, a social group meeting at Temple Emeth for seniors 75 and older.

The requirements are members have to be age 75 and older, and they ask for voter identification cards at the Diamond Club, a support group meeting for seniors every Monday morning at Temple Emeth in Delray Beach. Resident Sandy Klein started the group some 30 years ago when she noticed her aging mother becoming very bored after moving from the northeast to Delray Beach.

“The Diamond Years are richer than the Golden Years,” Klein said.

The group has now evolved into a social gathering at the beginning of every week where participants hand iron “Cool Caps for Cancer Kids” at a craft table, clip coupons for U.S. Navy personnel and their families stationed overseas, and even express opinions and views on current events before breaking for breakfast snacks and coffee.

Irene Fischer works at the “Cool Caps” table every Monday morning, and said she enjoys her volunteer job and helping others.

“I iron designs on the hats and arrange the pattern. Then they go to the homes of children suffering from cancer,” Fischer said.

“I started it for mom over 30 years ago. I was sitting in the temple thinking how can I entertain her and peers that were bored? Two members became four, four became eight…” Klein said.

But, Klein said the Diamond Club is in serious need of new members due to the fact most of the 100-plus members the group shared in its heyday have passed on. Now, the group hovers around 60 members and is non-sectarian.

“It’s like a cruise ship in the fact that we want to accompany every new member and their interests. This keeps them busy and serves a purpose; it’s a need we’re fulfilling for the elders,” Klein said.

For more information call Sandy Klein at 561-732-2129 or Lauryn Moret-Glass at the Ruth Rales Jewish Family Services at 561-852-3333. Temple Emeth is located at 5780 W. Atlantic Ave., call Temple Emeth at 561- 498-3536.

(From left to right) Florence Meshulam, Pauline Graber and Irene Fisher take a minute off from working on hats for kids cancer patients at the Diamond Club, a social group meeting at Temple Emeth for seniors 75 and older.

(From left to right) Feder Fay, Rose Dinoff, Myrna Schwartz and Ida Bemben clip coupons for U.S. Navy personnel stationed overseas at the Diamond Club, a social group meeting at Temple Emeth for seniors 75 and older.

Shirley Glassman (standing up) gets ready to voice her opinion at the Diamond Club current events group, which also meets every Monday morning at 10 a.m. at Temple Emeth.