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Volume 15, Issue 3
Valrico Edition
The Community Roundtable Holds Its Annual Community Affairs Dinner
New Pedaling For Parkinson’s Program Offered At North Brandon YMCA
Each year, the Central Florida. Fidler Community Roundtable has over 300 volunteer hosts its Annual hours and is passionate Community Affairs about giving back to the Dinner. This year’s dincommunity. Fidler said, ner was held on “Volunteering is about Wednesday, February more than just a gradu21 at Center Place in ation requirement. I am Brandon. extremely honored to The dinner is an have been selected.” opportunity for the comThe Non-Profit of munity to come together, the Year Award was celebrate the accomgiven to Seeds of Hope, Shaun Fidler, a senior at plishments of the past, Bloomingdale High School, shown an all-volunteer nonhere with Janine Nickerson, look to the future, award profit. Seeds of Hope President of the Community a scholarship and recprovides food assisRoundtable, was awarded the ognize outstanding citiMaureen Krzanowski Scholarship tance to local people in at the Annual Community Affairs need and meaningful zens and non-profit Dinner. organizations. community service This year’s theme was Vision. The hours for students. Seeds of Hope runs a keynote speakers were Hillsborough mobile food pantry, Backpack of Hope County Commissioner, Stacy White and food program (for elementary school chilJohn Dingfelder. White and Dingfelder, dren in need of food over the weekend) along with and a weekly Community food bank. Roundtable The Alice President, B. Tompkins Janine Community Nickerson, Service Award spoke about was presented plans to preto John serve Noriega of Bill’s Brandon’s hisPrescription tory. Center in Seeds of Hope was this year’s winner of the Non-Profit Specifically, Award given at the Annual Community Affairs Dinner Brandon. by the Community Roundtable. the three laid Noriega has out a vision of preserving Julia Mosely’s always equated his job with service to the property (located along Hwy. 60 between community. He often provides private Haverty’s and Portillo’s) in Brandon. The assistance to his customers without them property has been in the family’s possesever knowing what had been done for sion since them. Walt they settled Raysick, last there in the year’s recipient 1880’s. said of Currently, Noriega, “True there are volunteers do plans to prenot want the serve this hisspotlight. toric landmark. Respect, yes, Ultimately, the but not the site may be recognition. transformed That certainly John Noriega of Bill’s Prescription Center is the recipi- describes this into a history ent of this year’s Alice B. Tompkins Community Service center. The year’s recipiAward. community ent.” will be informed of the progress of this Noriega said, “We would not be here plan. without the community. Your problems go This year’s Community Roundtable away when you help others.” Scholarship was awarded to Shaun For more information on The Fidler, a senior at Bloomingdale High Community Roundtable, please visit School. Fidler has a weighted GPA of www.thecommunityroundtable.org or call 5.72 and plans to attend the University of 661-4350.
The North the program throughout Brandon YMCA will Hillsborough County. begin offering the The North Brandon Pedaling for YMCA has the needed Parkinson’s program staff in place to make on Monday, April 2. the program a success The eight-week prothere. gram is free for anyone Pedaling for ages 30 to 75 who is Parkinson’s will be diagnosed with offered at the North Idiopathic Parkinson’s Brandon YMCA on disease. A medical Mondays and Fridays at provider must provide 10:30 a.m. A cycling consent and clearance instructor with in order for the patient Parkinson’s knowledge to participate. will lead each session. The North Care partners are Rebecca Piatt, the Wellness Director Brandon YMCA has at the North Brandon YMCA, along encouraged to particiwith Allen Burdett, Jr., a Parkinson’s pate, but this is not space for 19 particiclient of Piatt’s. pants. required. After the initial eight-week program, The classes are driven by fast-paced participants may continue, but they will music. be required to become a member of the Piatt said, “This program is improving YMCA. Parkinson’s patients’ quality of life. While The Tampa YMCA piloted the it does not cure Parkinson’s, it helps to Pedaling for Parkinson’s program two alleviate some of the complications assoyears ago at the South Tampa Family ciated with Parkinson’s and improves YMCA after researchers at the Cleveland walking, tremors, flexibility, grip strength, Clinic found a 35% reduction in motor coordination, posture and stiffParkinson’s disease symptoms by the ness.” simple act of pedaling a bicycle at a rapid Pedaling for Parkinson’s is funded pace. According to Rebecca Piatt, the through a grant, but the Tampa YMCA Wellness Director at the North Brandon plans to keep the program going in at YMCA, “The goal is to provide a program area YMCAs including South Tampa that allows Parkinson’s patients to draYMCA, Bob Sierra YMCA and North matically increase their exercise tolerBrandon YMCA. ance and decrease their symptoms in a The North Brandon YMCA is located comfortable, social environment.” at 3097 S. Kingsway Rd. in Seffner. For The Tampa YMCA wants to expand more information, please call 685-5402.
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