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March 2011
“Emergency” Retirement Intervention Submitted by Mike Jackson, Chief Sun City Center Emergency Squad Are you bored? Do you wonder what it’s all about? Are you tired of the same old routine? Have you had your fill of playing golf, racquetball or pickleball? Do you sometimes long for the good old days with that routine of getting up and going to work? Do you miss interacting with people? Are you beginning to wonder if retirement is all it’s cracked up to be? Have you been wondering lately just where you’ve left your brainpower? Are you tired of doing crossword puzzles? Are you frustrated? Most of us look forward to that day when we no longer have the commitment of family and work. We just want to retire and take our ease; but, for many of us, we come from a generation that is used to either working or volunteering. You know, feeling useful. Are you are looking for that sense of meaning? Would you like to feel fulfilled at the end
Mike Jackson, Chief Sun City Center Emergency Squad
of the day? If you can answer yes to any of these questions then we have an answer for you. If you are looking for a sense of family and camaraderie and you have some time on your hands, the SCC Emergency Squad may be just the place for you. Why is that? Well, because we have all that, plus the added attraction of a sense of family. So, you may be asking, who and what is the Sun City Center
Sun City Center Emergency Squad
Emergency Squad? Since 1964, we have been a group of friends and neighbors helping other friends and neighbors. The volunteers here at the Emergency Squad have found meaning and purpose in the work that we do. You’ve seen us around town helping our neighbors who are ill. Sometimes it is simply a case of “I’ve fallen and can’t get up.” Other times it is a call for help because of a possible stroke or chest pains or diabetic emergency. We arrive
Dispatch volunteers
at their home, render the aid needed and return to base with a quiet satisfaction deep within Continued on Page 12
The Big Give Hits a Home Run
Lennard High Baseball Players with coach Kennedy Duran
Words & Pictures by Adam Porter Gibsonton, FL – On February 20th, 2011, volunteers from three communities came together for the second annual Big Give in support of East Bay Little League. The event, organized by members of The View Church, assists the league in getting its facilities in playing shape. Crews raked leaves, painted, cleaned concession areas and repaired field equipment all with the goal of making the grounds a cleaner, safer, more inviting place to play. “This is tremendous.” Said EBLL president, Rob Vigh. “We have over 900 kids who use the park
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Rob Vigh (2nd from L) and a crew from EBLL
Clean up crews came in all ages
each season, and, since we use the fields all year, there’s not a lot of time between seasons to do the maintenance.” Especially when the allvolunteer board of EBLL is
so dedicated to offering opportunities to as many kids as possible. In the short offseason, the league built a new T-ball field and refurbished another field to offer a Challenger division. Challenger provides kids with mental and physical disabilities with a place to play and enjoy the game they love. “We’ve been working on getting a Challenger field for years.” Vigh
explained, “The only other one in our division is in Bloomingdale.” But, with only a handful of coaches and parents available to help, the necessary upkeep was a staggering task. Enter The View Church. Rob Rutherford, lead pastor at The View, has a son who plays in EBLL. Just over a year ago, while he was volunteering as a coach, Rutherford learned Continued on Page 3
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