This was an interesting week. Monday morning my Alliance of Delray board member associate Margie Walden and I attended a presentation by Janice Friebaum, Senior Planner of the Jewish Federation of South Palm Beach County at Zinman Hall, Donna Klein Blvd., Boca Raton.
Ms. Friebaum, a brilliant lady I wrote about when I met her more than a year ago when she spoke at a Holocaust Memorial service locally, outlined the results of an 18 month research project on Senior Services. The study was done to determine how best to utilize funds reserved to address the unmet needs of seniors in our community. The report found the needs of this population are vast and varied. The goal of the study was to gain a thorough understanding of the landscape of local senior services that presently exist, how well the needs re being met by these services, and what actions can be taken to address the most critical unmet needs.
To obtain more detail about the study, or offer assistance contact Janice Friebaum at 561-852-3100.
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Tuesday morning I received a phone call from a friend in New York City that I hadn’t heard from in over 20 years. Jerry Moss, who I did business with for many years called out of the blue. At age 89 and retired, he and his wife Bernice and their three adult children are doing well. I was thrilled to hear from him.
Sam Costanza, a mutual friend of ours and one of the senior executives of the company I worked for had dinner with Jerry a few months ago when he visited New York, from his home in Las Vegas. Sam asked Jerry if he ever heard from me he would like to speak to me. Jerry gave me Sam’s phone number and I called him that afternoon. I hadn’t seen or spoken to Sam in 25 years. Sam, also retired, is 94 years old and sounded strong as ever. He was built like a fullback and always kept himself in good physical shape. We agreed to stay in touch—sooner than 25 years from now.
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Phil Levenstein, Palm Beach County Health Department’s Cities Readiness Initiative Coordinator held the first of three briefing meetings of the Vizcaya Readiness Initiative volunteer staff of 25 residents Tuesday evening July 21, 2009 in the main ballroom of our clubhouse.
“These volunteer workers will be responsible for mass antibiotics dispensing in case of a medical emergency such as an Anthrax attack,” said Phil. He is in charge of recruiting 5,400 volunteers in Palm Beach County to man 45 dispensing points to administer medications in case of an attack.
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To read my story in Sunday July 26 Sun-Sentinel CLICK HERE.