February 2022
Riverview/Apollo Beach Edition
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FARMWORKERS RECEIVE HEALTH WOMAN’S CLUB CELEBRATES MEMBERS, SCREENINGS & MORE AT MOBILE CLINIC OFFERS SCHOLARSHIP AND MORE Staff Report
A good endorseleadership roles ment for a club is within extracurhow long members ricular activities. have been coming Students must back year after maintain a minyear. Last month, imum 3.0 GPA the Apollo Beach on a 4.0 grade Woman’s Club point scale, score (ABWC) honored 24 or higher on 11 women who the ACT or score Pictured Left to right: Deanna Anest, Judy Billings, have been club 1100 on the SAT. members for 10, Linda Benz, Peggy Palmeri, Eileen Sengstock and Kate A p p l i c a t i o n s 15, 20, 30 and 35 Winch (all 10 years); and Catherine Gusler Goodrich must also include years at its monthly (35 years). Not pictured: JoAnn Gounand (10 years), an essay and two Disa Hjaltason (15 years), Steel Lundy (20 years) and luncheon. The ladies letters of recomJudy Conn (30 years). were gifted a vase mendation. The of wildflowers with this phrase, “Spread application deadline is Tuesday, February 15 kindness like wildflowers.” to the school counselor and can be found at ABWC has been spreading kindness in the www.apollobeachwomansclub.com. community since 1959. The group’s primary Wednesday, February 9 is the next ABWC objectives are to promote sociability among luncheon. Eric Hughes, MA, MLS, literacy liits members, work toward the advancement aison at Tampa Free Library, will explain Hillof womankind and provide scholarships for sborough County’s basic literacy and English education and training of students who live Speaker of Other Language (ESOL) proin Apollo Beach and the surrounding areas grams and provide women a second-chance with demonstrated financial need. scholarship. During the Wednesday, March ABWC takes pride in providing scholar- 9 luncheon, Anne McCarthy of the FWC, ships to eligible students from East Bay or Gulf Coast Marine Fisheries Hatchery and Lennard High School to honor the students’ Enhancement Center at Apollo Beach Floracademic success and assist with college ida Conservation and Technology Center, funds. In 2021, ABWC was able to provide will discuss her career history and set up $14,200 in total scholarships to nine recipi- of the Piney Point Hatchery. All luncheons ents. These opportunities are made possible are $22, and reservations and payments by the hard work of ABWC members and must be received by the Friday prior to the generous member donations. An eligible stu- luncheon. For menu details, the venue, and dent for a 2022 ABWC college scholarship reservations contact Barbara DeOca at 892must reside in the Apollo Beach area and/or 1219 or abwclub2020@gmail.com. To keep be zoned to attend East Bay High or Lennard everyone safe, the club asks that only vacHigh School. Furthermore, applicants should cinated ladies attend the luncheons for the be accepted as full-time students to a two time being. If you wish to learn more about or four-year college or university in the state the ABWC, information can be found on the of Florida. Consideration for the scholarship website or by contacting Second Vice Preswill be based on financial need, academic ident of Membership Liz Pedersen at 777standing, community service history and 8215 or kenlizpedersen@msn.com.
Staff Report
Florida has about Diaz coordinat200,000 migrant ed the fair with Dr. farmworkers. These Norman Beatty, an essential members of assistant professor our community often of medicine in the struggle with access to division of infectious health care. That’s why diseases and globUF/IFAS Extension and al medicine in the UF Health teamed up College of Medicine, with several other orwhich is part of UF ganizations to set up a Health—the Unistatewide mobile health versity of Florida’s clinic, which last month academic health cencame to Wimauma. ter—and an affiliate At the clinic, which faculty in the UF Centook place on Januter for Latin Ameriary 22 at the Beth-El can Studies. Farmworker Ministry, Having joined forc100 workers received es, Diaz and Beatty vaccinations and were One hundred local farmworkers received have invited a host of vaccinations and were screened for diabetes, screened for diabetes, high blood pressure, obesity, major depres- other partners excited high blood pressure, sion, heart disease and Chagas disease at a to join the effort. obesity, major depres“Our plan is to conmobile clinic in Wimauma last month. sion, heart disease and Chagas disease. tinue to offer these health fairs throughThese diseases often go unrecognized for out Florida where we are needed the years, if not decades, before they manifest most. Partnering with UF/IFAS, we hope clinical signs and symptoms. to reach these underserved communities,” In addition to health screenings, he said. “Our strategy is to utilize a mobile COVID-19 vaccinations were offered to approach to health care delivery. This is an those who had not been inoculated or need essential workforce that often suffers from a booster and UF/IFAS Extension agents a lack of resources and significant health gave information to farmworkers about care disparity.” improving their health via activity and nuDiaz and Beatty consider the flagship trition. Wimauma event a success and credit the “Project leaders started in Wimauma be- relationships local groups have with the cause it’s one of many places around Flori- workers and the established trust for getda with a huge influx of migrant farmwork- ting the word out about the event. ers, particularly during the winter harvest To learn more about UF/IFAS, visit ifas. season,” said John Diaz, president of CAFE ufl.edu. For more information about BethLatino (the Coalition of Florida Extension El Farmworker Ministry, visit https://bethEducators for Latinos). el.org/ or call 633-1548.
