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Volunteer Group Spot-light: Trinity United Methodist Church St. George’s Mourns Loss of Jack Flowers Project MENU Readies May Fundraiser How Can I Help St. George’s Center? Holy Trinity Hosts Fundraiser Spring Break Camp Community Partner Profile: Visiting Nurse Association The Last Word Keep In The Know

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Spring 2017 Volume 1, Issue 3

TABLE TALK FEEDING THE MIND, BODY & SOULFEEDING THE MIND, BODY & SOULFEEDING THE MIND, BODY & SOUL

Center. That

person will

assist our cus-

tomers with

health care

access.

We have also

begun conver-

sations with the Health Care Dis-

trict of Palm Beach County

about a future collaboration for

healthcare for the homeless.

Inside this edition, you can read

about our very successful Spring

Break Camp. It was wonderful to

have children back at the Center

and we applaud Ms. Becton and

her team for putting this together.

You will read more about this on

Page 4 of this issue, Bob Hull re-

porting.

Greetings from St. George's! We

have counted our blessings over

Passover and Easter and are ex-

cited about the growing buzz of

activity up here at the Center. I

am pleased to present you with

our Spring 2017 Newsletter.

We were honored to host a recep-

tion for Episcopal Charities to make their grant distributions to

eastern Palm Beach-area Church

organizations. We are grateful for

their continued support. (See arti-

cle below.)

We are currently in the process of

exploring the expansion of our

Health and Hygiene Services.

We are finalizing a partnership

with the Health Council of

Southeast Florida, to place one of their navigators at St. George’s

President’s Message By Jack Lansing

Episcopal Charities Makes Grants at St. George’s

In February, Reverend Bob Taylor and Bonnie Weaver, President and Executive Director of Epis-copal Charities of Southeast Florida, respectively, came to St. George’s to present over $145,000 in Basic Human Needs Grants to nine church organizations in Eastern Palm Beach County.

St. George’s Church received a grant of $3,500 for its Sunday Meal Program. St. George’s Center received a grant of $36,500 to expand its programs.

Other recipients included, St. Christopher’s Church for its Pioneer Club, Continued on next page

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Episcopal Charities Grants (Continued from first page)

Holy Redeemer for its Feeding Program; St. Gregory’s and St. Mark’s Churches for their Family Promise Pro-grams; St. Luke’s Church for a Back-to-School Event; St. Mary’s Church for its Mary’s Kitchen Feeding Pro-gram; St. Matthew’s Church for its Seniors’ Program; St. Patrick’s Church for its Soup Kitchen & Seniors’ Program; and St. Paul’s Church for its Paul’s Place pro-gram.

From left to right: Dede Lewis, Rev. Bob Tay-

lor, Rev. Robert Beicke, Rev. Hap Lewis,

Cinthia Becton, Dan Ross, Bonnie Weaver

Trinity United Methodist Church is one of 33

churches, synagogues, and community groups

that provide evening meals and Saturday bag

lunches at St. George’s.

These feeding programs began informally in

1973. As the demand for feeding our hungry

neighbors grew, the Center incorporated in 1998

to formalize and regularize the program.

Trinity United Methodist

Church has faithfully

provided meals on the

2nd

and 4th Fridays of

the month.

Jack and Becky Flow-

ers led their church’s

ministry team from

1995 to 2013.

More recently, Tony

Zmistowski has contin-

Volunteer Spotlight: Trinity United Methodist Church

On April 15th, St. George’s Center lost former Board member Jack Flow-ers. A long-time member of Trinity United Methodist Church, Jack coordi-nated that church’s serving dinners 2 nights a month. He was also an ac-tive fundraiser for the Center and loved helping our guests.

Jack had a quiet strength that was needed when making decisions about the operations. He was always willing to step up to the plate and help on a project. For years he served as Treasurer as well as other positions.

St. George’s Mourns Loss of Jack Flowers

Above: Tony prepares casserole dinners with Easter

candy for children. Left: The dining hall decorated

and ready for the clients

ued the program and is a member of the Cen-

ter’s Board of Directors.

Each group has their process. Some prepare

food at the Center. Many bring things prepared.

TUMC have parishioners make casseroles.

They bring leftovers from their “Wonderful

Wednesday

Meal.” They

add a salad

and serve it

with an Amish

Bread (a big

hit), made by

Myrtle Paul

who is 93!

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kickoff event (Food Trucks and

Games) - 100 E 17th St, Rivi-

era Beach, FL 33404

May 12, 2017 – Volunteering

event – serve lunch at St.

George’s Center

Project MENU Palm Beach

County – Corporate Neighbors

Who Care About their Commu-

nity

The employees of Lockheed

Martin Rotary and Mission

Systems are very excited to kick off their third fundraiser

with St. George’s Center!

Project MENU activities include employees donating their time to serve lunch and raise funds to be used to offset the costs of the noontime meal. Here is the schedule of events:

May 4, 2017 – Project MENU

Project MENU PBC Readies May Fundraiser

May 18, 2017 – Rafiki Tiki

Fundraiser – 190 E 13th St,

Riviera Beach, FL 33404

May 26, 2017 - Volunteering

event – serve lunch at St.

George’s Center

Corporate Social Responsibility

is not just a buzzword at Lock-

heed Martin RMS. This is the

third year they are sharing their

resources to provide meals to

the hungry individuals and

families in their neighborhood.

The clients, staff, and Board of

Directors are very grateful for

their service.

The ladies of St. Elizabeth’s Guild of Holy Trinity Episcopal Church in

West Palm Beach prepared and served their famous Spaghetti Dinner

as a February fundraiser for the Center.

Rain didn’t dampen the spirits of those who attended or came to pick

up takeouts. Homemade cupcakes were great. The youth group pro-

vided servers.

Mace Graham, music director, entertained with his repertory of familiar

music that everyone enjoyed.

The Center is blessed by the support of the church, the various groups,

individuals and businesses that help finance our ministry.

Holy Trinity Hosts Fundraiser

There are lots of simple ways to help St. George’s Center to meet the increasing demands of caring for our needy neighbors. Many are as easy as picking up a few extra items when you go shopping.

How Can I Help St. George’s Center?

Large canned vegetables & other staples

Cleaning products

Copy Paper

Disposable cutlery

Dried food products

Non-perishable snack items

Paper goods (9” plates, cups, bowls & paper towels)

New athletic socks for foot-care ministry

Volunteer hours

Monetary donations & bequests

creative art.

At 3 PM each day, the group

reassembled for an end-of-the-

day movie.

On one of the days the sched-

ule was altered a little to in-

clude a movie at City Place.

And on the last day of Camp,

the group boarded a bus to the

WOW FACTORY in Coconut

Creek. Much fun!

The Center’s first SPRING

BREAK CAMP is now history.

By any measure a successful

week: all objectives realized;

all boys tired and happy.

The next time you have a good

impulse, follow it! You never

know how far it might take you

and others.

teachers from the

John F. Kennedy

Middle School. In addition, a

talented young

woman (age

17) who has

been accepted

by the prestig-

ious Alvin Ailey

Dance Group

in Harlem was

on staff to

teach dance

and music.

One grandmother showed up

with six grandsons. You can

imagine how pleased she was

to know they were in such

good hands and challenged by

good minds.

The days were FULL. Parents

dropped the kids off at 7:30 AM

for breakfast, fol-

lowed by a morn-

ing filled with

dance and outdoor

games. After

lunch, till 3 PM, the

group engaged in

academic games,

work in the Com-

puter Lab and

A college mentor told me that

when you have a good impulse

you should follow it. I don’t al-

ways follow that good advice,

but we can be thankful that one

of the volunteers who help

serve dinner at St. George’s

Center did just that. She had

an impulse to try to do some-

thing for the children for whom

the Center can no longer pro-

vide an After School Enrich-

ment Program.

Center staff and Board mem-

bers encouraged her but

warned that it would require

additional funds which the

Center did not have. Another

impulse: she would ask a child-

hood friend for financial help.

Lo and behold, help was forth-

coming. This enabled Staff and

Board to develop the SPRING

BREAK CAMP. A full week of

enrichment and fun while the

public schools observed their

customary Spring Break.

Publicity was prepared and

parents contacted. You won’t

believe the outcome: thirty-

three elementary school kids

(kindergarten through 5th grad-

ers) signed up. The most as-

tounding fact was that all of the

kids were boys!!! Don’t know

what the neighborhood girls did

that week, but we had a house

full of boys. They were not on

the streets. They were not at

home alone while their parents

worked. They were having the

time of their lives under the

leadership of three exceptional

Spring Break Camp by Bob Hull

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Community Partner Profile:

In addition to providing health information and

treating a wide variety of issues and ailments,

the nursing team is a tangible reminder to our

guests that they are not forgotten, abandoned

or alone.

Visiting Nurse Association of Martin

County:

On their last monthly stop at St. George’s to

check the health of our guests, we caught up

with the visiting nurse team for some proper in-

troductions.

As our volunteer Parish Nurse, Jill Ross, RN,

PhD, MLS, acts as a patient advocate, providing

education, assistance in securing various health-

related resources, and directing care as neces-

sary.

Nicolette Christie, ARNP, leads the Visiting

Nurse Association Mobile Clinic Team, which

travels to various locations throughout Palm

Beach, St. Lucie, and Martin Counties. As an Ad-

vanced Registered Nurse Practitioner, Nicolette

treats patients who do not have insurance.

Evelyn Rossi-Marzouca, RN, recently retired

from the VA and currently works part-time for

Catholic Charities as an outreach nurse with

needy populations. Her hours are supported by a

grant awarded to Catholic Charities.

Charity Denison, RN, works full-time in the neuro

ICU at Delray Medical Center and is a DNP (Dr.

of Nursing Practice) student at FAU. She is fulfill-

ing a community clinical preceptorship at St.

George's, with Jill Ross as her mentor.

Partners for over five years, Nicolette sees and

treats patients, referring them to Jill for follow-up

as needed. Jill also triages patients before they

see Nicolette.

Evelyn joined the team about two years ago, and

helps with finding resources for follow-up. She

shares invaluable supplies, provided by the

grant, especially bus passes that help these cli-

ents travel to health-related resources.

Charity is the newcomer to this group, and is

learning about community needs at the ground

level.

From left to right: Nicolette Christie, Jill Ross, Evelyn

Rossi-Marzouca and Charity Denison

Nicolette Christie, standing inside the VNA Mobile

Clinic.

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In this issue, I have the honor of not only say-

ing the last word, but talking about our contin-

ued direction.

St. George’s Center is committed to improving

the quality of life for individuals and families.

We, therefore, are continually collaborating

with organizations and individuals to provide

ongoing services and additional resources.

To all of you who have so generously sup-

ported the Center, I join the clients and Board

of Directors in saying thank you for helping our

ministries to keep moving forward.

The Feeding Program

Hot lunch Monday

through Friday

prepared by Cen-

ter staff, volun-

teers, and se-

lected clients.

Hot dinner Mon-

day through Friday

and Holidays pre-

pared and served

by volunteers from

15 Churches, 4

Synagogues, 11

Kiwanis Clubs,

and 6 community

organizations.

Bag lunches on

Saturdays are pre-

pared and served

by volunteers.

Two Saturday afternoon

dinners served by volun-

teer groups.

Youth Program

Boy Scout Troop 779 is

affiliated with St.

George’s Center and

meets Tuesday eve-

nings.

Human Services St. George’s Volunteers

and Staff

Over 800 volunteers work at St. George’s Cen-

ter.

Donated clothing is distributed Monday

through Friday at lunch time.

Foot Care on Friday allows individuals to wash

and disinfect their feet and receive a new pair

of socks.

Collaborations with other agencies:

Healthy Food/Health Living, St. Mark’s Thrift

Store, Social Security, Florida Rural Legal

Services, Visiting Nurses Association, Veter-

ans Administration, Christine E. Lynne Col-

lege of Nursing at Florida Atlantic University,

and Live Fresh Shower Van.

As we prepare for the summer break, we are

aware that we must increase our activity to

gain help for those who have so little. Fortu-

nately, St. George’s Center is a ministry that

embodies a philosophy in its many programs

of helping others.

The Last Word By Cinthia Becton, Executive Director

Board of Directors

Rev. Canon Howarth Lewis, C.E.O.

Jack Lansing, President

Daniel Ross, Vice President

Robert Hull, Secretary

Carmen Magana, Treasurer

Rev. Robert Beicke, Priest-in-Charge,

St. George’s Episcopal Church

Elaine Alvarez

Hyacinthia Becton

Jane Counts

JB Edwards

Keith Hintzen

Canon Dianna “Dede” Lewis

Jeremy Morse

Cyndy Ryan

Dinah Washam

Tony Zmistowski

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