Put On Your Pink Bra at 2011 Making Strides Against Breast Cancer of Palm Beach, FL
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Location: Meyer Amphitheatre Time: Registration opens at 7:30 AM; Walk begins at 9:00 AM Map:Link to Directions
Each step you will take is personal and each dollar you raise will help save lives. Put on your pink bra this October and help end breast cancer forever.
Your reasons for supporting Making Strides Against Breast Cancer are as unique and special as the story that motivates you. This is your opportunity to not only honor breast cancer survivors and remember people we have lost, but also to raise funds and awareness to help save lives and create a world with less breast cancer and more birthdays!
The Making Strides event is not a race; it is a celebration of survivorship, an occasion to express hope, and a shared goal to end a disease that threatens the lives of so many people we love. When you raise funds for a Making Strides event, you’re helping create a world with less breast cancer and more birthdays – where breast cancer never steals another year from anyone’s life.
While there is no registration fee, people of all ages are welcome to participate and help raise funds. If you’d like to join our efforts to help end breast cancer, please click on the Sign Up button to register as a participant.
Your fundraising support enables the American Cancer Society to save lives by:
·Helping people stay well by educating and empowering women to live healthy lives and reduce their risk for breast cancer, and to get screening tests such as mammograms to find breast cancer early, when it is easiest to treat.
·Helping people facing breast cancer get well by providing information, day-to-day help, and emotional support to guide them through every step of their breast cancer experience.
·Finding cures by investing in and conducting research that leads to groundbreaking discoveries into breast cancer’s causes and cures.
·Fighting back by working with legislators to support laws that help fight breast cancer and help all women get access to screenings and care.
In 2010, more than 100,000 walkers across Florida joined the American Cancer Society in our fight against breast cancer. Together, we raised more than $6 million through Making Strides events – and we did it one donation at a time. More than a walk, the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer is a powerful and inspiring event that unites communities to celebrate people who have battled cancer, raise awareness about the steps we can take to help prevent the disease, and raise money to find cures and support programs and services for those facing the disease.
We need your help to beat this disease! Put on your pink bra and raise funds for Making Strides Against Breast Cancer! You will provide hope and help to millions of people nationwide whose lives have been forever changed by this disease. Join us for a few hours of exercise, inspiration, camaraderie, entertainment, and most importantly, to honor someone you know who has been affected by breast cancer – especially if that person is you.
For more information about Making Strides Against Breast Cancer, check out our frequently asked questions.
Golf Tournament on Oct. 29th to Benefit the Big Dog Ranch Rescue
Big Dog Ranch Rescue is holding its 1st Annual “Golf with the Big Dogs” Tournament at Binks Forest Golf Club in Wellington on Saturday, October 29th. The Tournament will be a fantastic day of competitive fun with wonderful prizes such as Golf for 4 at the area’s top golf courses, plus gift certificates for dining at fabulous restaurants, including a $500 gift certificate to Brio. We are looking for Dog and Golf lovers to join us in the tournament or sponsor a hole to show their support. There will be fun contests and dogs on the golf course along with raffles and delicious food. We promise it will be an amazing day! For more info about the golf tournament, visit our “Golf with the Big Dogs” page.
Big Dog Ranch Rescue provides shelter, care and affection to homeless and unwanted dogs of all breeds and adopts them out to loving human companions. To that end, we also promote animal welfare and celebrate the special bond between dogs and people through education, awareness and community outreach. We are very proud to have placed over 750 dogs in forever homes last year and hope to increase that number this year. We are one of the largest no-kill shelters in the State of Florida.
Big Dog Ranch Rescue is located in Wellington on the site of the Folke Peterson Wildlife Center and just moved here in May 2011. Since the site was previously set up for wildlife, we are in the process of retrofitting many of the buildings to be more in line with our needs. The golf tournament will help raise funds to care for the dogs’ day to day needs, as well as acute medical care and to make improvements at the Ranch. Because of the current economic situation we have many dogs whose owners could not afford their regular care or costly medical conditions. We are dedicated to the dogs that we rescue and do everything possible to bring them back to health and adopt them out to loving homes. Please visit our website at www.BDRR.org to learn more about us or for entry or sponsorship forms for the tournament. For photos of the most recent BDRR event (the Howlin’ Hoedown), visit our Photo Galleries on AroundWellington.com.
The tournament is sponsored by Lorrie Browne Interiors. Serving the Palm Beaches for over 15 years, Lorrie Brown Interiors is the interior design firm of choice for clients with high standards, full lives and distinctive taste. www.lb-interiors.com.
Comprehensive AIDS Program of Palm Beach County (CAP)
Latin Night Against HIV/AIDS
for
National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
October 15th, 2011
WHO: Volunteers and employees of the Comprehensive AIDS Program of Palm Beach County (CAP) aim to increase awareness and promote HIV prevention.
WHAT: CAP joins the National Latino AIDS Awareness Day (NLAAD) organization to celebrate this event. Educational materials will be distributed and prizes will be given to winners in a HIV/AIDS question game.
WHEN:
October 15th, 2011
9 p.m. until 1 a.m.
WHERE:
CocoCabana Bar & Grill
Greenacres, FL
WHY: In observance of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day, which is also the last day of Hispanic Heritage Month, organizations around the country promote and sponsor activities that respond to the state of HIV/AIDS among Hispanics/Latinos in their specific communities.
The Comprehensive AIDS Program of Palm Beach County provides and promotes education, advocacy, and compassion to individuals and families infected and affected by HIV and AIDS in Palm Beach County. CAP has been conducting its Community Promise program within the Hispanic community to hinder new infections among Hispanics. The program has engaged community volunteers, including cab drivers, small business owners and managers, and concerned members of the community to distribute HIV information to others in the Hispanic community.
HOW MUCH: Free
GENERAL INFO: For more information please call Hernminia Mercedes at 561-472-2466 ext. 133.
Author Brad Meltzer, the Compelling and Consummate Story Teller
By Marla E. Schwartz
Many people believe author’s who write political thrillers are very serious-minded individuals, and to a certain extent this is true. On the other hand, combine such a character trait with a wonderful sense of humor, love for one’s family and friends and a great appreciation for one’s fans there’s only one writer who fits this bill and this is the phenomenal Brad Meltzer.
Brad Meltzer. Photo by Eric Ogden.
It was at these packed to the brim milieus, Miami Book Fair International 2010,Books & Books in Coral Gables and Barnes and Noble in Boca Raton, that his family, friends and fans all waited at the edge of their seats to listen to his every word. This #1New York Timesbestselling author spoke about his books THE INNER CIRCLE (released in paperback, October 2011), HEROES FOR MY SON and his most recent television show BRAD MELTZER’S DECODED.
This consummate gentleman is always thanking people for their support and is forever grateful to Mitchell Kaplan owner of Books and Books for offering him his very first book signing and the rest is history. And history perhaps should be Brad’s middle-name because he excels at not only telling compelling stories but by weaving them around historical nuggets therefore creating a place for himself within this highly exclusive genre.
It’s no coincidence that his work reflects American historical experiences, mysteries and conspiracy theories because the man himself has such a diverse background. Brad was a member of the Columbia Law Review and became a successful comic book writer who created a six-issue story arc for DC Comic’s Green Arrow; took over writing duties for thirteen issues for the Justice League of America series and along with artist Gene Ha received an Eisner Award for Best Single Issue for their work on issue number eleven. In addition to his other exceptional work in the comic book industry, including his mini-series Identity Crisis in which Wizard Magazine honored him as Writer of the Year, he also co-created the critically acclaimed television program Jack & Bobby. It’s Brad’s unflappable ability to traverse the realms of all these genres that has brought his career to the forefront of a worldwide audience. In fact, Brad has become such a celebrity that he appeared as himself as an extra in Woody Allen’s movie Celebrity.
This Brooklyn-born, Miami-raised, Ft. Lauderdale resident graduated from the University of Michigan and Columbia Law School . He’s the author of The Tenth Justice (1998), Dead Even (1999), The First Counsel (2001), The Millionaires (2002), The Zero Game (2005), The Book of Fate(2006), The Book of Lies (2008), Heroes for my Son {Non-Fiction} (2010) and The Inner Circle (2011).
AroundWellington: Is Beecher White, the Archivist in THE INNER CIRLCE, based on anyone in particular? The actual U.S. archivist, David Ferriero admired the way you combined history, myth and mystery in this book.
Brad Meltzer: Beecher is a combination of real archivists and my own nerdiness, with my own love of history sprinkled in on top. When I was with the Archivist of the U.S., he picked out his favorite line of the book. And it was my own favorite as well. So we history nerds stick together.
The Inner Circle by Brad Meltzer.
AW: In your course of writing this book you had access to many documents and places that most people will never see. What have you found more interesting, either in terms of research for your novels or personally speaking, the tunnels underneath the White House or the tunnels underneath Disney World?
BM: I love the underground tunnels below the White House, but I will say, the ones below Disney World were far harder to crack. Mickey and Goofy are sweet, but if you cross them, they’ll make your family disappear in the middle of the night.
AW: Did you pitch your idea for BRAD MELTZER’S DECODED, which premiered December 3, 2010 on the History Channel, before or after your book THE INNER CIRCLE was published?
BM: We got lucky. I was working on the book for two years. Then the show for six months. And they both came out at the same time. Total dumb luck.
AW: How did you choose the experts: Scott Rolle (a U.S. Army Reserves Major and trial attorney), Christine McKinley (a mechanical engineer) and Buddy Levy (an English professor and journalist), who appear on the program Do you know if there are any bloopers outtakes that may end of up YouTube one day?
BM: I looked for people who, basically, weren’t me. Our team brings very different skills than my own, as it should be. As for bloopers, oh, we’ve got them. Especially the team singing in the car.
AW: In the episode titled “2012” a journalist spoke about the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. She claimed if the relief well had failed the Macondo Well would’ve caved into the sea floor causing a tsunami that would’ve wiped out Texas, Florida, Louisiana and Alabama. In terms of future drilling, do we need to be concerned? BM: On the show, I think of us as explorers. We don’t tell you: here’s the only answer. Because there is no one answer. We present the varied opinions. But I didn’t sleep easy that night.
AW: Do you know when new episodes will be aired? BM: The second season premieres Wednesday, October 5 at 10 PM EST on the History Channel. In the new season the team examines questions surrounding topics such as the Declaration of Independence, Fort Knox. Billy the Kid, the Vatican and an ancient relic from the
Crucifixion.
AW: Your book HEROES FOR MY SON, a list of heroes whose virtues and talents you wanted to share with your son, is very heartwarming and inspirational. Now that both of your parents, Stewart and Teri Meltzer, have I’m sorry to say passed away, what is the significance of this book for you now? BM: With the loss of both my parents, I’ve been spending far too much time thinking less about life…and more about legacies. What do we leave behind? These books are my legacies in my most hopeful sense. They are my beliefs in book form.
AW: You’ve also been writing Heroes for My Daughter – is it completed?
BM: Working on it now. My daughter asks every day, “Where’s my book!?” She drives me harder than my editor.
AW: How many years does it take you to write a novel, including the amount of research that’s involved? BM: About two years total, with six months of research before I can even start.
AW: What is your process, do you prefer to write in the morning or evening, for example? BM: I write better at night. But with a family, I like seeing them, so I treat it as a job and write during weekdays. I haven’t written on a weekend in years.
AW: Are you currently writing another novel? BM: Writing the sequel to The Inner Circle right now. Beecher lives!
AW: In September 2006, you participated in a group effort at the Department of Homeland Security to brainstorm new ways that terrorists might attack the United States. Now that Osama bin Laden is dead, do you think terrorists are becoming less of a threat? BM: They won’t stop. And neither will we.
AW: If you were writing a time travel piece in which two famous historical politicians would meet who would you choose and why? BM: George Washington arm-wrestling against Abraham Lincoln. Why? Why NOT!?
AW: Do you have any advice for young people that are just beginning their writing careers? BM: I got 24 rejection letters on my first book. And there were only 20 publishers at the time. But whatever you do with your life, never ever ever let anyone tell you No.For more information go toBradmeltzer.com and facebook.com/BradMeltzer. You can also go to the History Channel’s website, at: history.com and click on TV SHOWS or SEE FULL SCHEDULE to find out more information about BRAD MELTZER’S DECODED and view last season’s episodes.
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A Toledo, OH native, a graduate of Kent State, Marla E. Schwartz is a Senior Writer for Miami Living Magazine, afreelance writer forLighthouse Point Magazine and the a cultural arts columnist for AroundWellington.com Her photographs have appeared in these publications, in many Ohio periodicals, as well as in The Miami Herald, The Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel and The Palm Beach Post. She has had numerous plays published and produced around the country. Her short play, America’s Working? was produced in Los Angeles at both the First Stage and the Lone Star Ensemble theater companies, in Florida at Lynn University and at an Off-Broadway playhouse in NYC. Her piece, The Lunch Time Café, was a finalist for the Heideman Award,Actors Theatre of Louisville. Please check out the re-prints of her interviews with authors Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson and Dexter novelist Jeff Lindsay in the October 2010 issue #2 and Chris Bohjalian in the April 2011 issue #3 of Duff Brenna’sServingHouse: A Journal of Literary Arts at www.servinghousejournal.com. You can contact her at marlaschwartz@att.net.
TRUNK OR TREAT AT ST. MICHAEL LUTHERAN CHURCH IN WELLINGTON
For all children ages pre-school through 6th grade.St. Michael Lutheran Church in Wellington will be holding their fourth annual Trunk or Treat on Sunday, October 23rd from 6:15 to 6:45 pm in the parking lot of the church.Children dressed in costume can visit trunks of cars with happy people standing by with treats to share.It is trick or treating but in the safety of the church’s parking lot.
If your child is interested in the costume party just prior to Trunk or Treating, which will take place at 4 pm in the church, your child must be registered in advance.Please call the church office at 793-4999 to register.
St. Michael is located on the corner of Forest Hill Boulevard and Birkdale Drive.For more information about this event, visit our website at www.stmichaelelc.com or call the church office at 793.4999.
Wellington and the American Legion Chris Reyka Memorial Wellington Post 390 will be honoring all veterans at the Veterans Day Ceremony on Friday, November 11, 2011. The activities will begin with a parade at 8:45 am at the Wellington Community Center located at 12150 Forest Hill Boulevard followed by a ceremony at the Veterans Memorial located on the corner of Forest Hill Boulevard and Southshore Boulevard. The ceremony will begin at 9:00 am.
If you are an active or retired veteran attending the ceremony, you will have an opportunity to register the morning of the event at the Wellington tent and your name will be recognized during the ceremony.
For more information about the American Legion Chris Reyka Memorial Wellington Post 390, please contact wellingtonlegion390@gmail.com.
For information about other Wellington programs, events, activities, and updates, please visit www.wellingtonfl.gov or watch Channel 18 for the latest happenings.
HEALTH CARE DISTRICT BOARD HONORS EFFIE C. GREAR, EdD, FOR HER CONTRIBUTIONS TO HEALTH CARE IN PALM BEACH COUNTY
West Palm Beach, FL – Calling her a “Hero” and a “Champion of the Glades,” members of the Board of Commissioners of the Health Care District of Palm Beach County honored board member Effie C. Grear, EdD, as she completed her second and final consecutive volunteer term. In her nearly nine years of service, Dr. Grear has helped lead the Health Care District as the sole member of the Board who resides in the rural western area of the county known as the Glades. During her tenure, Dr. Grear has advanced access to quality health care in the Glades region, as well as throughout the entire community.
“Dr. Grear’s dedication to ensure the health and well-being of the residents of Palm Beach County, especially in the Glades, is immeasurable,” said Health Care District Board Chair Jonathan R. Satter. “Her unwavering commitment as an advocate for improved access to health care has impacted many lives, and I am proud to have served on this board with her.”
As a Glades resident, educator and community leader since the mid-1950s, Dr. Grear has firsthand knowledge of the area’s challenging health care needs. The former principal of Glades Central High School in Belle Glade was appointed to the Health Care District Board by the Palm Beach County Board of County Commissioners in 2002 to represent the Glades communities. She was then reappointed in 2003 and again in 2007 for two consecutive four-year terms.
“The Health Care District is grateful to Dr. Grear for her years of service on the Board, her dedication to the health of our community, and her compassion for our residents,” said Ronald J. Wiewora, MD, MPH, the Health Care District’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Medical Officer. “The impact and breadth of Dr. Grear’s service will be appreciated for many years to come.”
In 2004, Dr. Grear began serving on the Board of the former Glades General Hospital, a 60-year-old facility in Belle Glade that was owned and operated by the Health Care District. At that time, Glades General was the sole remaining hospital in a large region of more than 30,000 permanent residents. She assisted in physician recruitment to the rural acute-care facility and in 2005 began serving on the hospital’s Patient Safety and Quality Committee. She was instrumental in establishing a nurse education program for students at Palm Beach Community College in Belle Glade and has worked to expand the Federally Qualified Health Centers in the region.
When the hurricanes of 2005 hit Glades General Hospital, causing significant damage to the aging facility, Dr. Grear was instrumental in helping to plan for a new, 70-bed replacement hospital that would be centrally located in Belle Glade to serve the residents of the Glades communities. As a hospital Board member, she participated in naming the new hospital “Lakeside Medical Center.” Dr. Grear proudly cut the ceremonial ribbon marking the opening of the new hospital and was present when the first patient arrived on October 15, 2009, the morning Lakeside Medical Center opened and Glades General Hospital was retired. In April 2010, Dr. Grear began serving as Chair of the Glades Healthcare Foundation, which was established to raise capital funds for the hospital and other health initiatives in the Glades.
“My service on the Health Care District Board has been very important to me, especially since it helped bring about a new hospital for the Glades,” said Dr. Grear. “I thank the District Board members for all that you have done to improve the health of our community and challenge you to do even more in the future.”
In her continued role in governance of the new hospital, Dr. Grear served on the Glades Rural Area Support Board as Secretary/Treasurer. In a heartfelt ceremony on September 15th, staff at Lakeside Medical Center gathered in the hospital cafeteria to thank Dr. Grear and wish her well. That same day at the Support Board’s monthly meeting, her fellow Board members praised Dr. Grear for being a pillar of the community and thanked her for her service and enduring contributions to the hospital.
“The Glades region has benefitted greatly from Dr. Grear’s leadership and patient advocacy,” said Board Chair James T. Howell, MD, MPH. “She has been such a pleasure to work with and serves as a role model for all.”
“You are a true professional and a class act,” said Juan C. Cocuy, CPA, Board Vice-Chair. ”It’s an honor to have worked with you.”
“I’m so proud to know you,” added Donia A. Roberts, Esq., Glades Rural Area Support Board Member. “I hope to one day have spread as much love and wisdom as you have in your lifetime.”
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About the Health Care District:
The Health Care District of Palm Beach County provides health coverage programs for uninsured residents, a nationally recognized Trauma System, dedicated nurses in nearly 170 public schools, a pharmacy operation, a long-term skilled nursing and rehabilitation center, and acute care hospital services at Lakeside Medical Center, the county’s only public hospital, serving t
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Wellington’s canines will get pampered at the 9th annual ‘Howl at the Moon’ event at Greenbriar Dog Park.Come out with your canine best friend on Saturday, October 22nd to show them off and let them know how special they are. The event is being held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and offers a wide variety of dog activities for all to enjoy.
The event will kick-off with a dog costume contest, Decorative Dog Hats by Lucy Lanning and Bark Painting by Jan Levy.Other activities include:pictures with your pet; pet adoptions by Peggy Adams PetMobile; microchip implantations for $15; portraits painted by your pet; face painting; Trick or Treat bags for the dogs and refreshments for all who attend.
For more information, please call Dr. Marc Pinkwasser with the Courtyard Animal Hospital at 561-784-PETS.The Greenbriar Dog Park is located at 2975 Greenbriar Boulevard.
A special thanks to the following for their support of the event: Marc Street from Happy Dog Training, Jan Levi with Bark Painting, Peggy Adams PetMobile, Elite Greyhound Adoptions and Lucy Lanning with Decorative Dog Hats.
For information about other Wellington programs, events, activities, and updates, please visit www.wellingtonfl.gov or watch Channel 18 for the latest happenings.
A Toledo, OH native, a graduate of