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MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Symphoria, the professional orchestra of Central New York, has hired Lara Mosby as full-time community Engagement Manager. She began working with Symphoria on Aug. 17.
“I really am excited to be part of a group that is so active and that does so many different kinds of performance for so many different kinds of audiences.” Mosby said. “Concerts from Masterworks to Pops, and especially the Kids Concerts, since kids are the future of music, both as musicians and audience members. I’m looking forward to returning to Syracuse and helping Symphoria achieve its mission and increase its involvement in the community.” "We’re delighted to welcome Lara Mosby as community engagement manager for Symphoria,” said Symphoria Executive Director Pamela Murchison. “Symphoria's mission is to engage and inspire community members throughout Central New York with outstanding orchestral and ensemble performances, and innovative education and outreach initiatives. Music is a way to connect us to each other, and the shared experience is magical. The role of the community engagement manager will be to identify parts of the community we are not yet serving, identify whatever barriers are keeping those friends from accessing the orchestra, and begin the dialogue and build the relationships so Symphoria can be a resource for every person in CNY.”
Mosby comes to Symphoria from a background of working in the radio industry. She brings decades-long experience in marketing, project management and collaboration. Mosby is also an avid amateur violinist and will bring her love of music to the position as well.
Mosby has a master’s degree from Syracuse University, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, and a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University.
Crouse Health Earns National Stroke & Heart Failure Achievement Awards
Crouse Health has earned the American Heart Association/ American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines–Stroke ‘Gold Plus’ Quality Achievement Award and the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines Heart Failure ‘Gold Plus’ Quality Achievement Award.
The awards recognize success in meeting or exceeding standards established by the American Heart Association and the American Stroke Association through their “Get with the Guidelines” (GWTG) program. This includes consistent application of best-practice, research-based standards of care, which reduce recovery time, disability, and mortality rates for stroke patients, and reduction in hospital readmissions for heart failure patients.
“Crouse Health is known regionally for excellence in both stroke and cardiac care,” says Crouse Chief Operating Officer/Chief Medical Officer Seth Kronenberg, MD. “This recognition reflects the talent and experience of our clinical teams and their dedicated focus on providing the very best treatment and outcomes for our stroke and heart failure patients.”
Girl Scout’s project benefits Golisano
Baldwinsville resident Rebecca Mantione is working toward her Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn. Mantione, an Ambassador level Girl Scout with Troop 10043, has created water bottle holders that fit onto wheelchairs for patients at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital in Syracuse.
Rebecca Mantione, of Baldwinsville, created fabric water bottle holders that can fit onto wheelchairs for patients at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital.
Mantione said she wanted to create something that would be both useful and fun for children who use wheelchairs. With the help of a group of volunteers, Mantione sewed fabric water bottle holders in multiple sizes that fit onto the arm of any wheelchair. She has donated 100 water bottle holders, water bottles and pamphlets she created explaining the benefits of hydration.
Senior and Ambassador level Girl Scouts (grades 9-12) who earn the Gold Award tackle issues that are important to them and drive lasting change in their communities and beyond through extraordinary leadership and sustainable and measurable Take Action Projects.
Girl Scouts going for the Gold Award must dedicate a minimum of 80 hours to planning and implementing their Take Action Project. Mantione recently met with Dr. Nienke Dosa, MD, MPH, and Maddy Locastro, equipment coordinator, with the Center for Special Needs at Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital.
Ophelia’s Place continues mission with Community Foundation support
Businesses, schools and churches may have screeched to a halt during the coronavirus pandemic, but just because the world has come to a stop does not mean eating disorders take a break.
“Folks who have been in recovery for a while and have been stable are reaching out for support,” said Holly Lowery, chief operating officer of Ophelia’s Place, a Liverpool nonprofit that connects people to support groups and treatment options for eating disorders.
Lowery said attendance for Ophelia’s Place’s virtual support groups has increased during the pandemic as more people struggle with social isolation.
“That’s something that this population already struggles with. Eating disorders essentially grow when they’re happening in secret,” Lowery said. “We knew that would potentially be heightened during that and unfortunately that’s something we’re seeing come to fruition. The community component of treatment is vital.”
While the number of people seeking services from Ophelia’s Place has grown, the organization’s revenue has shrunk. Café at 407, the eatery that shares a building with Ophelia’s Place, normally provides 35% of the organization’s funding. The café was forced to close during the pandemic and has reopened with limited hours.
The Central New York Community Foundation has helped fill the gap in funding with a $30,000 operational grant. CNYCF has distributed nearly $700,000 in community grants this year toward emergency relief efforts in Onondaga and Madison counties.
“It’s such an incredible service for people struggling with eating disorders,” said Danielle Johnson, director of grants and initiatives at the Community Foundation. “We really wanted to step in and help with operational funding.”
“It’s meant to help bridge that gap because now all of a sudden in a matter of one day all of that [revenue] had come to a halt,” she said. “Obviously nobody saw COVID-19 coming. Our biggest fundraiser, which is our Fall Slow Supper … it’s very intimate. That’s not in the cards this year. We’re working to reconfigure it but it’s not going to be the same.”
Life is slowly returning to normal at 407 Tulip St. The Upstate New York Eating Disorders Service dietitians and the private practice therapist who work out of Ophelia’s Place are starting to see patients in person as well as continuing virtual appointments. Café at 407 has reopened on a limited basis from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday through Sunday.
Café at 407 provides 35% of the revenue for Ophelia’s Place, which connects people to support and treatment services for eating disorders. When the coronavirus pandemic forced the café to close for several months, a $30,000 grant from the Central New York Community Foundation allowed Ophelia’s Place to continue providing its vital services.
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