Palm Beach Perspective

Talked with DeAnna Warren, CEO and Keisha Henry, LCSW of Genesis Community Health. Genesis is a Florida 501(c)3 non-profit organization created to provide health care to all economic levels, with special sensitivity to the needs of economically disadvantaged people of diverse cultural backgrounds in and around Palm Beach County. Genesis Community Health is an access point of care for patients who traditionally do not have adequate access to the health care system. Genesis is currently funded through the US Department of Health and Human Services and other local agencies and foundations. As part of their services they offer medical, dental and mental health care. Keisha is joining the team to offer the mental and behavioral services component to their patients. We talked about mental health vs. mental illness and how there shouldn't be a stigma attached to getting mental help if you're not feeling well. We talked about some common mental health issues and then about the recent "celebrity" suicides and what to do if someone is having problems including asking for a CIT officer when calling 911.
They have a back to school clinic coming up Saturday August 5th. Listeners can get information at www.gencomhealth.org or by calling 561-735-6553 (Boynton Clinic), 561-430-3629 (Boca Clinic), 561-235-5477 (Boca Dental Clinic).

Talked with Josh Davis and Jessie Venture, Lifeguards w Ocean Rescue in the Jupiter area. They are part of the professional nonprofit United States Lifesaving Association, USLA, for beach lifeguards and open water rescuers. Their goal is to reduce the number of deaths/injuries in the aquatic environments via: public education, national lifeguard standards, training programs, and promoting high levels of lifeguard readiness, etc. They'll be participating in USLA Regional and then National Lifeguard Championships. National will be August 8-12 in Daytona (public is invited) and they are doing a fundraiser on August 4th at Waterway Cafe and listeners are invited to come out, enjoy some entertainment, raffles, auction items and find out more about water safety and how they can help keep themselves and their families safe. For more info they can go to www.usla.org.

Talked with Kathi Kretzer, Kretzer Piano Music Foundation. the charity offers, music enrichment for inner city/disadvantaged youth, public performances, Music of the Mind at the Harriet Himmel, Local Nursing Homes/ALFs/Hospitals. They also have 2 fundraisers coming up. Music of the Mind Tuesday 7-18 at the Harriett Himmel, with a Jazz quartet and “The Company” by M and M production (proceeds from tickets sold for KPMF at the 7-20 show) in the Rinker Playhouse at the Kravis Center. Listeners can get more information, sign up to volunteer/mentor/donate/purchase tickets at http://www.kretzerpiano.com/kpmf

Talked with Bibi Baksh, Public Relations Specialist for PBC Parks. They manage 85 of the parks in Palm Beach County. There are a wide variety of parks including 2 water parks (Calypso Bay and Coconut Cove), disc golf, equestrian trails, basketball, golf, bicycling, boating, camping and more. There are also 3 dogs parks and we talked about their upcoming Grand Opening of Lake Woof - Saturday, July 29! Listeners are invited to the grand unleashing! Location: John Prince Park
2520 Lake Worth Road. For more info listeners can go to www.http://discover.pbcgov.org/parks

Talked with Elizabeth Dashiell, Col. Trent Stephens, Palm Beach Shakespeare Festival and Carmime/Maverick, WILD 95.5 about July 4th events, upcoming Shakespeare festival. This year they are performing Love's Labors Lost. The shows are free to the public, held at Carlin Park in Jupiter, FL on July 6-9 and July 13-16th. There is a $5.00 suggested donation to help defray costs. If listeners want to perform they can audition in May 2018 for next year's production. For more info they can go to www.pbshakespeare.org

Talked with Rachel Gustafson and John Backman from the Norton Museum of Art. They are offering free admission during their renovations. Coming up on Tuesday is the "topping out" ceremony - part of the building process. Then on June 29 they are opening the summer exhibition of French Connections: Photography. For more info, listeners can go to www.norton.org

Talked with Jennifer and Yuleika from the Alzheimer's Association. June is Alzheimer's and Brain health awareness month. As part of that, they are encouraging listeners to create their own fundraiser for 6/21 (the longest day) and share their pics on Facebook and Twitter. They have a fantastic website that has information about the disease and lists all of the resources. Listeners can go to www.alz.org/seflorida

Talked with Glenna Parris, Helping People Succeed. They offer a wide variety of programs and Helping People Succeed's goal is to help each person to reach their potential so they may have a successful future, enjoying their life fully and participating as productive taxpaying citizens. For example their Building Readiness Among Infants Now or "BRAIN" program starts with Newborns in Martin/St. Lucie counties and works with them and their families with home visits with a nurse to check on Mom/Baby/family and see how they are adjusting, breastfeeding info, immunization schedules, home safety info, plus more. They have several fundraisers throughout the year. Coming up is their White Shirt Night on Saturday, June 17th at Taste Casual Dining 11750 SE Dixie Hwy, Hobe Sound. Listeners can get make reservations, sign up to be volunteers, make donations and more at www.hpsfl.org

Talked with Glenna Parris, Helping People Succeed. They offer a wide variety of programs and Helping People Succeed's goal is to help each person to reach their potential so they may have a successful future, enjoying their life fully and participating as productive taxpaying citizens. For example their Building Readiness Among Infants Now or "BRAIN" program starts with Newborns in Martin/St. Lucie counties and works with them and their families with home visits with a nurse to check on Mom/Baby/family and see how they are adjusting, breastfeeding info, immunization schedules, home safety info, plus more. They have several fundraisers throughout the year. Coming up is their White Shirt Night on Saturday, June 17th at Taste Casual Dining 11750 SE Dixie Hwy, Hobe Sound. Listeners can get make reservations, sign up to be volunteers, make donations and more at www.hpsfl.org

Talked with Derek Hurwitch, Sr. Dir. Marketing & Communications, Alpert Jewish Family and Children's Serivces; Michael Lifshitz, Producer, MNM Production and Elizabeth Dashiell, Public Relations. Alpert Jewish Family Services has started in 1974 and the provide a wide variety of programs/services for the community (all faiths) from ages "3 to 103" as they like to say, addressing the well-being of children and families of all ages, the independence and well-being of older adults, and optimal quality of life for folks with special needs. They have several fundraisers and currently MNM Productions donated the proceeds from one of their, Spamalot shows to the center. For info on how to give/how to receive services/become a mentor/volunteer, listeners can call them at 561-684-1991.