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Friday, July 3,1981
In Honor of Murray M. Jacobs
Jewish Family Service Day
lament Facility Dedicated
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Service. She focused attention on
the dramatic impact this pro-
gram makes on the lives of those
seniors it touches. Todd stated,
"Many of these seniors has
previously been institutionalized
for as long as 25 to even 40 years,
and had never seen a mall, or
visited a public library before
entering the program." The
missioner also stressed that
tnct is involved in one of the
most innovative programs
designed to allow seniors inde-
pendent living and dignity.
Norroa Osterhage, Executive
Director of the District Mental
Health Board, focused on the
multitude of programs sponsored
by the District Mental Health
Board to encourage individuals of
all ages to become productive and
Jommissioner also stressed that ? ages to become productive and
:he program was cost effective to independent in their community.
the taxpayer
Mr. Britt, Florida Department
of Health and Rehabilitative
Services District Administrator,
mentioned that the constant
communication between his office
and state legislators, such as
Representative Heiber, make
programs such as these possible
for frail and forgotten elderly. He
expressed his pride that our dis
Such programs include Boley
Manor and Project Together. She
also touched on the uniqueness of
the project and its ability to serve
as a national model.
Currently 24 seniors, who have
spent as many as 40 years in
state institutions, have suc-
cessfully been screened and
placed in this community
program. The program offers four
separate group home or apart-
ment settings and a day treat-
ment program designed to allow
residents to once again move
towards independence and in-
dividuality. Professional staff are
assisted on a regular basis by
community professionals to
assure quality medical, counsel-
ing and social programming.
Group programming includes
areas such as learning to self-
medicate; money management,
individual assertiveness training,
use of local transportation and
social service agencies, personal
hygiene and household chores, as
well as countless other groups
which prepare residents for
eventual independent living.
(Gulf Coast Jewish Family
Service is a major beneficiary
agency of the Jewish Federation.)
Jewish Family Service Annual Meeting
Over one hundred individuals
participated in the election of
board officers at the 1981 annual
meeting of Gulf Coast Jewish
Family Service with Rabbi
Bresky and Rabbi Mehler of-
fering personal praise regarding
the quality of services provided.
Reva Kent, Federation president,
provided an inspiring installation
of officers including Murray M.
Jacobs, president; Gertrude
Clark, vice president; Pauline
Korman, vice president; William
Israel, treasurer; Sid Mitchell,
secretary; Mort Elkind, M.D.,
Medical Volunteer Committee
chairperson; Harry Green, chair-
person House Committee; Morris
and Anne Kahana. chairpersons
of the General Volunteer Com-
mittee; and Henry Elkind, Legal
Advisor.
The president reported that a
growth in program budgeting to
approximately $750,000 allowed
the Agency to assist almost 800
individuals in emergency need
ranging in age from infancy to 98
years old. In addition to offering
confidential psychiatric coun-
celing to children, families, indi-
viduals and groups, the agency
also provided residential and day
treatment programs for older
adults; homeraaker services for
the aged and disabled, both in
I'inellas and Pasco County; and
Adopt-A-Grandchild Program for
troubled youth; interest-free-
college loan program for Jewish
scholars; outreach and coun-
Cantress Eileen Levin entertaining the Board of Directors and guests
at the Annual Meeting of Gulf Coast Jewish Family Service. (From
left to right) Cantress Levin entertains as speakers Pauline Korman,
Murray M. Jacobs, Michael A. Bernstein, Reva Kent and Rabbi
Bresky look on.
seling services for the Jewish
aged; and family life education
programming. In addition to ad-
ministrative and counseling
offices at the Golda Meir Center
in Clearwater and the Jewish
Community Center in St. Peters-
burg, Gulf Coast Jewish Family
Service also has satellite offices
for homemaker services in the
Port Richey Jewish Community
Center and in Trilby Manor, as
well as four residential facilities
serving the elderly in St. Peters-
burg.
Rabbi Peter Mehler, Congrega-
tion Beth Shalom Benediction.
Other officers elected to the
Jewish Family Service Board of
Directors include: Leonard
Apter; Louis Belinson, M.D.;
Robert Davis, Ph.D.; Lee
Dorian; Florence Fayer; Ellen
Glassman; William Golson.
Also: Jacqueline Jacobs;
Jenny Kleinfeld; Mickey Kor-
man; Gladys Neumayer; Lenore
Pearl; Harold Rivkind, Ed.D.;
and Frieda Sohon.
Television cameras record words of praise from (right to left) State
Representative Heiber, Congressman BUI Young, St. Petersburg
Councilwoman Sally Wallace, and Pine lias County Commissioner
Barbara Sheen Todd.
Congressman Bill Young presents plaque and dedicates facility at the
Murray M. Jacobs Treatment Centre.
RABBI ROBERT P. KIRZNER
In recent weeks we have suffered unseasonably warm
weather and a long period of drought. There can be no doubt
that the summer season is upon us. In the heat of the summer
we all tend to slow down. It is a time for rest and relaxation.
Communal activity lessens considerably and even the social
calendar becomes less congested.
It has been the same pattern in the Jewish Community as
well. We are at the end of our program year. While our syna-
gogues certainly do not close their doors, they just as certainly
cease the frantic pace of religious and social activities of the
rest of the year. Very few synagogues offer substantive pro-
gramming during the summer months. We have entered a kind
of summer hiatus in both our secular and religious lives. Not
until the High Holy Days in the fall will most people resume
their religious activities.
Judaism is not a seasonal religion. Jewish religious, moral
and ethical obligations do not take summer vacations. It is true
that we all require a break from our daily routines in order to
pause, to reflect and to recharge ourselves. So too, it is with our
Jewishness. As Jews we need time to consider and reflect upon
our religious course and to recharge our Jewish souls. Rather
than seeing in the summer time a chance to forget the syna-
gogue and religious obligations for awhile, it would behoove us
to use this calmer season as an opportunity for reflection upon
our levels of Jewish committment and activity. If, during these
few short summer months, we can find the time to take stock in
ourselves and to evaluate our levels of Jewish consciousness
then we can truly face the "new season" vitally recharged. May
we all have a happy, healthy and Jewishly productive summer.
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I Michael Bernstein is Executive Director of Gulf Coast Jewish
H Family Service, Inc. He has extensive professional training m
[treating individual and family problems and will be happy to
[answer all letters received in this column. Please address all
{letters to Gulf Coast Jewish Family Service, Inc., 304 South
I Jupiter Avenue, Clearwater, Florida 33615.
Dear Mr. Bernstein:
My muband had a aerie heart attack four months ago
>d we arc having difficulty supporting our son in college. It will
y personal emergency If the student loan projects sponsored
hy the Government are cut off. Doesn't the Jewish Community
doeomethmg for these students?
MrsL.
DeerMra.L.:
We are. Please contact Annette Raymund immediately
regardmg interest-free loans which are available though the
Jewish Family Service.
Mr. Bernstein
Gulf Coast Jewish Family Service is a major beneficiary
* of the Jewish Federation
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