Let’s do lunch — MCA style

By Jeff Margolis

The final MCA luncheon for the season will take place in person on April 7, 2022 at 11 a.m.

There is a new venue for April — DeRomo’s Restaurant at the Promenade, 26851 South Bay Drive, Bonita Springs. The luncheon will be held on the secondfloor banquet room (elevator accessible.) The menu choices are chicken or salmon, and the cost of the luncheon is $32.

The luncheon’s featured speakers will be MCA member Phi Garon and Jim Hale. The topic of their presentation will be “The Life Cycle of the American Department Store: Birth Marriage and Life Support and the Nine Lives of the Dayton Hudson/Target Corporation.” Reservations are required and can be made through the Wild Apricot portal of the MCA website. Please note that election of six officers will also take place at this luncheon meeting.

Monthly meetings

Please note that many of the meetings are now in person and may be the concluding program for the season. Please check with program leaders for details.

The final documentary film presentation for the season will be the screening of “Plan A.”

Please check the MCA e-blast for specific dates and times for the showing of the film and the discussion.

The Medical Discussion group continues its programming on Thursday, April 7 with a presentation on heart health. Program chair is Mel Kaplan, M.D.

The Men’s Financial Health group will hold its next meeting on Friday, April 8 at 9:30 a.m. The program is moderated by Michael Feldman, and the speaker will be Naples attorney Casey Wolf, who will discuss the ins and outs of Florida Domicile. This meeting is scheduled to be presented in person in the community room at Federation as well as via conference call.

The Israel Discussion Group will meet via Zoom on Monday, April 11 at 10 a.m. Contact discussion leader Harvey Cohen (hwcohen@gmail.com) for details.

World traveler and MCA member Jim Sernovitz will take viewers on a journey to “Jordan – A Biblical Land in a Modern World.” This Zoom excursion will take place on Tuesday, April 12 at 2:30 p.m. If you have already registered for previous travelogues, there is no need to register again.

The Lifestyle-Health Discussion Group will meet on Wednesday, April 13 at 1 p.m. via Zoom.

The program topic for the month is “How to Reduce Stress.” The program chair is MCA member Jerry Kumin, M.D.

There will be a tour of the wonderful glass collection of MCA member Larry Sibrak on April 13. Check our weekly (Thursday) e-blast for further details as well as how to register.

The MCA book discussion group will hold it’s monthly get-together via Zoom on Thursday, April 14 at 2:30 p.m. The book for this month is “Bear’s Promise” by MCA member Doug Zipes. This thriller focuses on the legal and medical twists and turns on the use of tasers by law enforcement.

The MCA monthly speaker series continues Tuesday, April 19 at 10 a.m. with a program titled, “The Art and Politics of Arthur Szyk.” Szyk was a Jewish Polish American political cartoonist. The speaker for this program will be MCA member Neil Adelman. Please check the weekly e-blast to see if this program is being presented in person at Federation or via Zoom.

The MCA board of directors wishes all its members a sweet and happy Passover. For those members who are leaving us for the season, we wish you safe travels and look forward to your return in the fall with a full slate of in-person events and activities.