If you love college football, Dec. 16’s AutoNation Cure Bowl in Orlando gives you a chance to enjoy your favorite sport – and help beat breast cancer at the same time. The Cure Bowl is the only NCAA football bowl game with a charity in its name, and proceeds support the Breast Cancer Research Foundation (BCRF), the largest private funder of breast cancer research worldwide. … [Read more...]
Neighborhood Watch: Keep Your Family & Property Safe This Holiday Season
The holiday season is in full swing. Unfortunately, this is a time of year the bad guys also increase their illegal activities. We all need to look for ways to minimize the likelihood that we will become a victim. We reached out to Officer Edgar Malave, the OPD liaison for District 1. Following are some of the key things recommended to keep yourself, your family and your … [Read more...]
Diversity and Inclusion Mean Better Care
We know that the best doctors are also great communicators – people who are excellent in the science of medicine and also can engage fully with those in their care. As our nation becomes more diverse, physicians – and, frankly, all health care providers – must do more to understand their own backgrounds and those of their patients. I always have hoped that the UCF College of … [Read more...]
Rotary Update – 5th Annual World Polio Day
The Rotary Club of Lake Nona Lunch hosted a 5th Annual World Polio Day event on Oct. 24. The message: One Day, One Focus: Ending Polio. What Is Polio? Poliomyelitis is a highly infectious disease that most commonly affects children under the age of 5. Most know it as poliovirus. The virus is spread person to person, typically through contaminated water. It can attack the … [Read more...]
A Memo from Commissioner Jim Gray
One of the questions I often receive at HOA and Community meetings is, “How can we learn about proposed developments in our area?” A simple way is go to my City of Orlando-District 1 website. Big or small, I list upcoming applications in District 1 scheduled for the Municipal Planning Board (MPB) on my website link at … [Read more...]