It is my privilege to be one of the six writers selected to be Sun-Sentinel Bloggers for Palm Beach County. My goal is to write material for you that is interesting, informative and pertinent.
Here are some of the organizations and people I will be reporting about:
The third Wednesday each month year round the Boca Raton Computer Society meets beginning at 6:15 P.M. at the South County Civic Center. The October 17 meeting features Dr. Charles Bender who will examine medical web sites and tell us if they are good or harmful. This club’s membership is approaching 1,000 under the leadership of past president Oscar Segal and current president Bob Balogh. Their website: www.brcs.org.
Friday, October 19th at 9:45 A.M. at the Civic Center the Hearing Loss Association of America, Boynton/Delray Chapter will have their first meeting of the season. Oscar Segal is now president of this group. He has serious hearing problems. This group helped him improve his hearing and then drafted him to be President. He is developing a program to educate law enforcement and emergency response personnel how to communicate with individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing. People who have hearing deficiencies can benefit from attending the third Friday monthly meetings of HLAA.
The first Wednesday of each month the monthly meeting of the Alliance of Delray Residential Associations takes place at the Civic Center starting at 9:30 A.M. at the November 7 meeting, Mr. Robert Krieger, Chief Executive Officer of Delray Medical Center will speak about the extensive renovations to the Emergency Room section of the hospital. The hospital celebrated its 25 year with a dinner October 4th. Michael Wells, Battalion Chief of Palm Beach County Fire Rescue will also speak. Captain Martin Bechtel of the Sheriff’s Department provides a report on local criminal activity each month. The Alliance is comprised of 62 homeowner and condo associations in the Delray area representing 72,000 residents. The public is always welcome. Go to www.allianceofdelray.com for additional information.
Stand Among Friends is a 501(C)3 non-profit organization that promotes opportunities for people with neurological disabilities, such as Parkinson’s Disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer’s, stroke and spinal cord injury to live a life without limits and experience the highest degree of independence and success in their communities. Founder, Shawn Friedkin was in a car accident in 1992 that left him paralyzed from the chest down. How he worked to open the Center for the Study of Neurological Disabilities on the campus of Florida Atlantic University in 2006 is a courageous and heartwarming story. Shawn’s wife Lisa, his sister Dawn and lots of dedicated relatives and friends work on fund-raising year round. Their next event will be a Stand Among Friends Night at Funkey Nutz, a piano bar at 303 SE Mizner Blvd. in the Royal Palm Plaza Shopping Center, Boca Raton at 6:30 P.M. For further information call (561) 297-4402. Click on their website www.standamongfriends.org.
Later in November and December we will write about activities involving swing and jazz music and a writing class.
We look forward to your regular visits to this site and welcome your comments.
Mort Mazor