Member News

Menorah Manor Honors Marshall Seiden – Menorah Manor celebrated Marshall Seiden’s retirement with a beautiful party last Sunday. After 24 years of exemplary service to Menorah Manor, members of the community, trustees, volunteers, family, friends and colleagues filled a large room to wish Marshall well in his retirement. Many presentations were given to Marshall, including an original framed photograph by Erwin Bodo of the state capitol and presented from Leading Age Florida by Janegale Boyd, President /CEO and Carol Berkowitz, Sr. Director of Regulatory and Legal Affairs. Also in honor of Marshall’s dedication to the elderly a resolution was presented by Marty Goetz, CEO of River Garden Senior Services on behalf of the Association of Jewish Aging Services (AJAS). 

Left to Right: Janegale Boyd, LeadingAge Florida President/CEO, Marshall Seiden and Carol Berkowitz, LeadingAge Florida Sr. Director of Regulatory and Legal Affairs

Member Community Casa Santa Marta Celebrates 30th Anniversary – Casa Santa Marta, a LeadingAge Florida affordable housing member community, celebrated its 30th Anniversary on October 10th with a lunch for residents, staff, board members and other special guests.

Casa Santa Marta was built in 1982 by St. Martha’s Church/ Diocese of Venice. The community has 78 units and a waitlist of over 2 years. The apartments are designed for 62 years of age or older, and individuals that have a mobility impairment disability. The community is managed by SPM, Inc., which has several employees who are active LeadingAge Florida members, including board member, Kathy Bergloff.

Several LeadingAge Florida members also came to join in the festivities including Kathy Bergloff, Vice President, Senior Housing Division-Florida, SPM, Inc., Charee Russell, Regional Property Manager, SPM, Inc., Yajaira Davis, Regional Property Manager, SPM, Inc., Debra Greising, Manager, Casa Santa Marta, Diane Marcello, Director of Health Services, Sunnyside Nursing Home and LeadingAge Florida board member, Dawn Lucido, Administrator, Jefferson Center, and Casey Stoutamire, Director of Housing and Membership.

Guests were treated to lunch, remarks from several of the special guests and a slide show of pictures of residents, staff and board members of the community through the years. It was a wonderful, festive day. Congratulations to Casa Santa Marta on this milestone!
 

	Casa Santa Marta Staff From L to R: Paula Jaramillo- Service Coordinator, Debra Greising- Manager, Janet Russo- Assistant Manager, Anthony Armas-Maintenance, Linda Hojnoski- Maintenance

River Garden Celebrates the Future – On Monday evening, River Garden Senior Services hosted more than 300 guests for an incredible evening to participate in the official dedication of the agency’s new addition and updated space. Members from throughout the Jacksonville community came out to help River Garden celebrate this milestone in the agency’s history. Guests included leaders from the Jewish community as well as the Jacksonville community at large, including City Councilman Matt Schellenberg and representatives from Baptist Health, Florida Blue, SunTrust Bank, Community Hospice, Haven Hospice, and Aetna Health. Also in attendance was Carol Berkowitz, Sr. Director of Regulatory and Legal Affairs at LeadingAge Florida

Donors, board members, residents and family members enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as they toured the new and refurbished facilities. As part of the event, Linda and David Stein were recognized for their 1 million dollar lead gift to the River Garden capital campaign in a red ribbon cutting ceremony of the new 10,000 square foot David A. Stein & Family Center. The space was dedicated in memory of his grandmother Rose, a ‘founding mother’ of River Garden. The addition is home to the Frisch Family Adult Day Care and Activities Pavilion and the Bernard & Alice Seleven Therapy Pavilion. The new space has the capacity to enable both the Therapy Center and the Adult Day Care program to triple the number of clients served and increase River Garden’s outreach into home and community based programs and services. The renovation of the existing space includes the Trager/Peltz Admissions & Home Health Pavilion, the Parker and Wilf Dining Pavilion and The DuBow Pharmacy, as well as the Sloat Memory Care Pavilion. The refurbishment of the entire building is still in process.

River Garden continues on its journey to keep building a strong agency recognized nationally as one of the leading senior service agencies.

From L to R: Capital Campaign Co-Chairs Sandy Zimmerman and Susan DuBow with Honorary Chairs Linda and David Stein