Palm Beach Perspective

Talked with Marcie Gorman and Emily Tarallo from MNM Theatre Company formerly MNM Productions. MNM is now a 501c3 and they are committed to producing wonderful live theatre using local actors/muscians. They are wrapping up their season with a co-production with the Kravis Center of Grease. It will be running in the Rinker Playhouse November 15th- Dec2. They already have some sold out shows so for dates/tickets availability, listeners can go to www.kravis.org. Grease is set in Rydell High School in 1959 with the "Burger Palace Boys" and "Pink Ladies" and features lots of great pop hits such as Greased Lightnin' and Summer Loving. To find out more about being a volunteer, sponsor or to make donations, listeners can go to www.mnmtheatre.org

Talked with Terrie and Mike from Leukemia Lymphoma Society. The annual Light the Night Walk is coming up on Friday November 9th in West Palm Beach at the Ballpark and then on the 10th in Boca at the Mizner Amphitheatre. Mike is this year's Walk Chair and encourages everyone to sign up, make a team, raise money for research and help spread awareness. For more info, to volunteer, to donate, or to become a sponsor, Listeners can to go https://www.lls.org/palm-beach-area

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 designed to engage the public in taking care of their brain health, like they would their body. Listeners can go to Trainthebrainpbc.org and sign up to take the Brain Training pledge. It includes various activities such as: sleep 7 hours, add fruits/veg to meals, be active for at least 30 minutes, meditation, spending time with family/friends and showing kindness to everyone. They are doing a bunch of different programs throughout the month to support the different goals. Coming up on the 29th they have Healthy Cooking for Thriving Couples and families - a cooking demo taught by Chef Michael Schenk of Farmer's Table restaurant in Boca. Then on the 30th, Lindsey White will be teaching a Train the Brain Yin Yoga class at Little Ocean Yoga. For more details, listeners can go to www.trainthebrainpbc.org.

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 including: sports (wrestling, basketball, football, dance), #PALTeenClub and a new program with Robotics/Drones. They have two fundraisers coming up: Clays for Kids on November 9th and then Ballroom Blitz, April 5th 2019. Listeners can get more info at Westpalmbeachpal.com. Joyce is working with a new program at Mandel public library for Studio 411. It's a creative art space that was formed to create one central location for artistic adults to create, explore, and learn about a variety of arts and crafts from painting, drawing and sculpture to crocheting, soap-making and jewelry-making. Classes and supplies are free but listeners must register to due class size. To sign up or for more information they can go to wpb.org and click on the link for the library.

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 and organizations serving non-profits in the community. The Association of Fundraising Professionals is about connecting community to philanthropy. They work to advance philanthropy through advocacy, research, education and certification programs. For more information, to apply for a scholarship, become a volunteer or a member, listeners can go to www.afppbc.org

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 funds raised will go to research and helping kids with IBD go to Camp Oasis. For more info on the walk, Crohns, Ulcerative Colitis, symptoms and treats listeners can go to www.chronscolitisfoundation.org They can also sign up to volunteer online and patients can access the latest research and connect with multiple support options on line as well. For more details call 561-218-2929 or 888-my-gut-pain.

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. They have several fundraisers including the Gala, kravis.org/gala and Palm Beach Wine Auction, www.palmbeachwineauction.org. They are also in the middle of an expansion, Kravis 20/20 the Future is Now, [email protected]. Kravis is also looking for volunteers and they have a sign up tab on the website. For more info listeners can go to www.Kravis.org

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, FL and 10.27.18 Making Strides Of Palm Beach presented by SEACOAST BANK West Palm Beach, FL. The first walk is on a new day and location this year. It is Sunday October 14 at the FAU Campus in Boca. They are expecting 20K+ so listeners are encouraged to sign up/register online. The second walk is on the 27th at the Meyer Amphitheatre in West Palm Beach. There are more walks throughout the state: Making Strides of Martin County presented by SEACOAST BANK, Stuart, FL; Making Strides of St. Lucie County presented by SEACOAST Bank, Pt. St. Lucie, FL. Listeners can go to www.cancer.org to get more info on breast cancer, treatments, clinical trials, events, volunteer opportunities, making donations and signing up for the Real Men Wear Pink program.

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 phosphorous. They are getting into Lake Okeechobee from the septic tanks, over fertilizing lawns, agriculture and cattle industries North of the lake. Ways to help include, redirecting the water flow into Lake Okeechobee to allow marshes to absorb nutrients, converting septic to municipal utilities, reducing the amount of fertilizer used on the lawn and electing officials who support environmental protection. For more info listeners can email [email protected]

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 foundation is hosting several funding raising events in October/November (Wine, Women & Shoes) across the state. Listeners can find details on their website/Facebook Page. Dr. Spitz also talked about cancer, treatments, prevention tips and clinical trials. There are a wide variety of treatments and with new technology/medication, they are customized to each individual patient to provide them the best outcome. Prevention tips include: No Smoking, limit alcohol, prepare foods to avoid carcinogens, exercise, de-stress, do mammograms, prostate exams, colonoscopies, HPV vaccine, etc.. Listeners should talk with their healthcare provider about these. FCS does offer clinical trials. There are three types of trials: phase 1, 2, and 3. In phase 1, meds are new, patients are monitored very closely (the benefit of this type is that patients can get access to meds earlier before they reach the marketplace), phase 2 is looking at a specific question about a medication and then phase 3 looks to see if the new med is better than the current standard of care. Patients always receive standard of care during the trials. Listeners can find them on their website: https://flcancer.com/en/your-care/clinical-trials/ They can also make donations to the foundation or sign up to volunteer at the website.