Palm Beach Perspective

Talked with Marjorie Sullivan, Vice President, Communications and Vanessa Moss, Communications Manager, Palm Health Foundation. They recently changed their name to Palm Health from Palm Healthcare. Palm Health was created from the sales of St. Mary's and Good Sam and the monies designated for community health programs. They are currently doing October's Train the Brain campaign. this campaign is d...

Talked with Jonathon Taylor, Program Director, Police Athletic League of WPB, and Joyce Pernicone, Programming Librarian, Mandel Public Library of West Palm Beach. Jonathon works with PAL and their goal is to prevent juvenile crime and violence. They have law enforcement officers come and work with the kids, lots of time playing sports. The kids can participate in a lot of great activities includi...

Talked with Jay Zeager and Sarah Turner, Co-Chairs, Association of Fundraising Professionals Palm Beach County. They are co-hosting this year's AFP National Philanthropy Day Awards Luncheon. It's happening on Friday, November 16th at the Cohen Pavilion at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts. It's from 11:30am-1:30pm. Proceeds from the event benefit training and scholarships for individuals a...

Talked with Katie Keohane, Exec Dir. and Alyssa Rich, Take Steps Walk Mgr, Crohns and Colitis Foundation. They have a walk coming up on November 3 at 10am at City Place. It's family friendly and is an easy 1/2 mile stroll around City Place. This is the 10th anniversary of the Walk in West Palm Beach. Listeners are welcome to create teams and come out and show their support. It's free to walk but f...

Talked w Linda Birdsey and Ashley Douglass, from the Kravis Center. They are starting their 27th season with lots of great shows. Their mission is to provide enrichment through arts to the community. They have multiple venues: Perrson Hall, Rinker and Dreyfus. Listeners can find all the shows listed online and lots of video clips of upcoming shows. They are also on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram. Th...

Talked with Noah, Carole. and Roberta from the American Cancer Society. They have all been touched by cancer and volunteer their time to help raise awareness/funds for programs, services and research. We talked about this years Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walks and the Real Men Wear Pink program. There are two for Palm Beach County: 10.14.18 Making Strides Of South Palm Beach, Boca Raton,...

Talked with Dr. Bill Louda, Research Professor Environmental Biogeochemistry Group Dept of Chemistry & Biochemistry & Environmental Sciences Program, Florida Atlantic University. We talked about the algal bloom in Lake Okeechobee, in the Treasure Coast and the Red Tide in the Gulf. All of these are naturally occurring but, become massive due to all the extra nutrients in the water, nitrate and pho...

Talked with Dr. Daniel Spitz, MD, FACP. Florida Cancer Specialists. The doctors saw a patient need for help in paying bills (such as rent, car, utilities, etc) during their treatments. They pitched in and created Florida Cancer Specialists Foundation, http://foundation.flcancer.com/ . They also cover the cost of the staff so that 100% of donations go towards helping cancer patients in need. The fo...

Talked with Elizabeth Harfmann, Palm Beach Animal Care and Control; Lauren Ellis, Peggy Adams Animal Rescue League; Zara Roach and Susan Stuart, Big Dog Ranch Rescue. They are getting ready for their 5th annual Countdown 2 Zero pet adoption event on September 8th. This year it is in a new location at the South Expo building at the South Florida Fairgrounds. Admission/Parking are free. They will ha...

Talked with Kathleen Glover and Josh Liller from Jupiter Lighthouse, located at 500 Captain Armour's Way, Jupiter, FL 33469 They have lots of great events in addition to the lighthouse and museum that listeners can come enjoy. Josh hosts the "hike through history" and does public speaking offsite as well. They have Moonrise Tours, Sunset Tours, Yoga at the Light, Book Club, Kids activities under t...

Talked with Melinda Grenz, Dir. of Marketing, South Florida Science Center and Aquarium. They have a lot of great things happening including 3 capital campaigns. The Abacoa STEM satellite center just wrapped up a record breaking summer cam. Today they are co-sponsoring an animal amnesty day with Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC). Folks can bring back any exotic animal they go...

Talked with Christie Geltz, Volunteer Recruiter, Statewide Guardian Ad Litem Office 15th Judcial Circuit of FL and PBC and Coleen LaCosta, Executive Director, Speak Up For Kids. The GAL program was created so that the child's interest is protected and addressed via a team of Volunteer GAL's and the legal team representing them. The Guardian Ad Litems are court appointed and visit the children on t...

Talked with Fatima NeJame, President/CEO and Art NeJame, Managing Dir. from Palm Beach Photographic Centre in West Palm Beach, FL. They are currently running an exhibition in conjunction with the Florida Native Plant Society of native species. They recently received a grant and will be putting together a catalog of all the images. Listeners can buy them online or at the museum. Their next exhibiti...

Talked with Kerry Jamieson, Director of Community and Public Relations, Center for Child Counseling and Randy Scheid, Chief Strategy Officer for Quantum Foundation about a new program at the Center that Quantum is funding. The program, Fighting Aces, is designed to raise awareness about children who've experienced ACEs (Adververse Childhood Experience) how it impacts their health/wellness througho...

Talked with Jeffrey B. Lefton, Ph. D.,LMHC, MCAP, Administrative Director, Behavioral Health Services, Fair Oaks Pavilion, Delray Medical Center; Troy "SABO" Caicedo, CEO, NSA Entertainment and Robert McQuaid, Commander, VFW Post 9610. With the increased number of celebrity deaths due to suicide in the news lately. We wanted to talk about suicide prevention for veterans and civilians. Jeff said th...

Talked with Glenn and Mary from the Norton Museum of Art. They are getting to close for several months while the expansion build out is completed and all the art exhibitions are reinstalled. The Norton will reopen in February 2019. This week they have lots of fun things planned with Art After Dark on Thursday and their annual Bastille Day celebration on Saturday July 14th. Then on Sunday at 5pm th...

Talked with Col. Trent Stephens and Elizabeth Dashiell from Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival. This year the Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival presents: Antony + Cleopatra or "The Curse of Cleopatra" Shakespeare by the Sea 28 running: July 12-15, 2018 & July 19-22, 2018 Gates open at 6:30 pm • Show at 8:00 pm Seabreeze Amphitheater – Carlin Park, Jupiter. It's their 28th Shakespeare by the Sea. They o...

Talked with Marcie Gorman, Executive Producer and Artistic Director and Elizabeth Dashiell, Publicist, MNM Theatre Company about their summer season. MNM Theatre Company is now a not-for-profit 501(c)(3). Marcie has always loved the theater and wanted to create local theater opportunities for Florida's talented artists as well as helping enrich the community by bringing engaging theater performanc...

Talked with Bert and John from Jupiter Tequesta Repeater Group, JTRG. They are an ARRL affiliated, Special Service Club and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that’s committed to the promotion of Amateur Radio and providing community assistance and goodwill. JTRG is an active club, involved with all aspects of amateur radio, public service and Amateur Radio examinations. The group...

Talked with Jeff Berardelli, Meteorologist, WPEC-TV about the upcoming hurricane season. Jeff is part of the very, experienced Weather Team at WPEC-TV. We talked about the current weather and how it can impact the hurricane season, below normal water temperatures, etc. We talked about the new technology used in gathering weather data for hurricane tracking and how listeners need to listen to emerg...

Talked with Stephanie Surrena, PB Specialist PBC Parks, Brian McManus, Lt. PBC Ocean Rescue and Kelly McConchie, PBC Ocean Lifeguard. There are lots of great things happening in the parks this summer. Both county water parks are open seven days a week now. The different nature centers have lots of programs for all ages (listeners can go to www.pbcparks.gov for more info) Brian and Kelly went over...

Talked with Steve English from the Crossroads Club and Sarah Spiro, LCSW, Vice President for Programs, Mental Health Association of Palm Beach County. We talked about mental health, some of the different issues people are facing and the importance of getting help early on. The MHA's mission is to improve mental wellness and eliminate stigma in our community through education, advocacy, and by impr...

Since May is stroke awareness month, I talked with Dr. Ali Malek, Interventional Neurologist, St. Mary's Medical Center about risk factors, symptoms (F.A.S.T.) and treatments. Some risk factors are genetic and can't be controlled but other can such as: Not smoking, healthy weight, good blood pressure, good cholesterol numbers, physically active (age appropriate activities - talk with doctor), etc....

Talked with Tony Schebell from Palm Beach County Nam Knights. They are a 501 c3 charity whose mission is to honor the memory of American Veterans and Police Officers who have lost their lives in the line of duty, to assist Veterans and Police Officers in their time of need and to promote community awareness through sponsorship and participation in various fund raising events. They help out the com...

Talked with Stephanie Surrena, PR Specialist, PBC Parks & Rec and Cindy Pijanowski, VSA Florida. Palm Beach County has 85 parks and lots of great events happening at the parks. There are food truck invasions, free movie nights, concerts in the park, etc. Venues are also available to rent for events, listeners can go to www.pbc.gov/parks for more info on events and volunteer opportunities. Also, ta...