Insight P.t 2: Capital for Small Businesses, Hey Girl! Conference, Honoring Coach Fred Rosenfeld’s Legacy

Bridging the Capital Gap
We’re joined by Varsovia Fernandez, CEO of the Pennsylvania CDFI Network—a coalition of mission-driven financial institutions dedicated to closing the capital gap in underserved communities across Pennsylvania. Varsovia shares details on a new grant program designed to support small businesses—especially in regions that have historically lacked access to capital.
🔗 Learn more: pacdfinetwork.org
📲 Follow: Facebook @pacdfinetwork | LinkedIn: PA CDFI Network
💫 Episode: Love, Healing & Entrepreneurship with Hey Girl! Conference
We’re joined by three powerhouse women who are inspiring self-love, healing, and community through creativity and entrepreneurship.

• Cassandra Burnett, founder of the Hey Girl! Conference, returns with this year’s theme: Love, Me—a transformative gathering centered on personal growth and empowerment.
• Myisha Pettigrew, co-owner of Joie Candle Co., brings intention and warmth through her handcrafted products.
• Yolanda Christopher, a speaker, healer, and creative, helps others reclaim their voice and self-worth.

🗓️ The conference kicks off with a sold-out VIP Night Garden on May 16 in Collingswood, NJ, followed by a full day of programming on May 17 at The Story Factory in Philadelphia.
 🌐 Learn more: heygirlconference.com
📲 Follow: Instagram @heygirlconference | Facebook: Hey Girl! Conference
🏅 Episode: Honoring Coach Fred Rosenfeld’s Legacy
If you’re lucky, you’ve had a mentor like Coach Fred Rosenfeld—a Philadelphia legend whose impact as a teacher, track coach, and community builder lives on.
Rachel Berger of the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History and Steven Bayne, a former political consultant and Overbrook Track alum, share efforts to rename a street in Fred’s honor and raise $30,000 to preserve his legacy. 🕊️ A memorial event is planned for this fall at the Weitzman Museum. Every donation supports this tribute to a life of mentorship and service. 🔗 Donate or learn more: theweitzman.org/fred-rosenfeld
📬 Tax-deductible checks can be sent to:
Rachel Berger
Weitzman National Museum
101 S. Independence Mall East, Philadelphia, PA 19106    

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Good morning. You're listening to Insight, a show about empowering
our community. I'm Lorraine Ballard Morrow. I'm joined by three
powerhouse women who tell us about the Haygirl Conference, which
inspires self love, healing, and community through creativity and entrepreneurship.
If you're lucky, you've had a mentor like Coach Fred Rosenfeld,
a Philadelphia legend whose impact as a teacher, track coach,

(00:22):
and community builder lives on. But first we are joined
by Varsovia Fernandez, CEO of the Pennsylvania CDFI Network at
Community Development Financial Institution, a coalition of mission driven financial
institutions helping to close the capital gap across communities in
the Commonwealth. Varsovia is here to talk about a new

(00:43):
grant program that aims to support small businesses across Pennsylvania
through targeted funding, especially in regions and communities that need
it most. So let's get to it. Varsovia. For listeners
who may not be unfamiliar, what are CDFIs and what
role does the Pennsylvania cdf Network play across the state?

Speaker 2 (01:01):
Thank you, Loray for having me.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
In.

Speaker 2 (01:03):
Community Development Financial Institutions are sort of community lenders that
are certified by the US CDFI front under the US
Department of Treasury. Right their certified specifically to provide access
to capital to load to moderate income communities, typically work

(01:27):
with small business loan funds. There are four different types
of cdffis. For example, credit unions are cdffes, but we
work with a community.

Speaker 1 (01:36):
Lender and that is a challenge for so many small
businesses being able to have access to capital. Tell us
about the new grant, who is it designed to support,
and how much funding is being made available.

Speaker 2 (01:46):
So we are very proud of this accomplishment because it
is a one million dollars grand. It was received to
us from the TD Group TD Charitable Foundation known on
the ground as TV Bank. Then the grand has specifically
being provided to us to provide technical assistant services to
small businesses, including helping them prepare for access to capital.

(02:10):
It can include helping them with loan paperwork, or for example,
if they need to learn how to do projections, financial
projections or thimpled to learn more about marketing.

Speaker 1 (02:23):
Well, that's very important because so often people have a
great idea for a business, but they don't necessarily have
the skills or the knowledge to be able to move forward.
On all those things like marketing. A lot of businesses
are saying, yeah, I've got a great product, but they
don't know how to sell that product, So this is great.
How will the program work in terms of eligibility and

(02:44):
geographic reach? Who are you reaching out to?

Speaker 2 (02:47):
So all small businesses located in a low to moderating
from community, which are considered underserved businesses right to underserve
people qualify for the program and how it works is
the very first step is an assessment for the business
and it is a very unique assessment. We have partnered

(03:08):
with Black Squarel, which is another nonprofit in Philadelphia and
they specifically work to grow black business. So Black Squirrel
has designed a tool call thiscore online that assesses they
all five main points of a business, human resources, marketing, financials,

(03:29):
and so forth. So that assessment is going to return
to the business a report that says they start your
witnesses and your strength and from there, the CITYFI, the
community developing financial institution working with the business owner will
then develop a one pager with goals for them to

(03:52):
go through the program and go through the process of
learning how to fix those witnesses right, develop the marketing strategy,
or prepare financial statements. A lot of the businesses don't
have financial statements because they're very small businesses, or they
can be starting and they benefit and the CD Advice
will be offering or already offer a certain level of

(04:16):
workshops according to the stage of business growth. So if
you are a startup, you go into a startup mode
type of workshop that teaches you how to do a
business plan. If you're already having a business for a
number of years and have some revenues, but you want
to expand your business, you want to grow, then you
can go into something that helps you create more of

(04:39):
a strategic plan and address those things that are going
to help you grow. So just sales networking. We have
a great example there is a business that went into
an industry specific conference and came back with sales with orders.
It is really fantastic. So that is the first step.
Then from there they need to follow the goals that

(05:02):
they set on that one page implementation plan right with
the CDFI and they continue to work with the CITIFI
as long as it takes the program. The grant is
for three years, but the CD Advice will be leveraging
these dollars with other programs to ensure that that business
receives the education, the help that they need.

Speaker 1 (05:22):
So many small businesses, as we mentioned before, don't really
have the knowledge in order to sustain itself, and so
you're not only giving them a grant, but you're also
giving them some support services and resources. I wonder if
you can share a success story or an example of
how CDFIs have made a difference in local communities.

Speaker 2 (05:41):
Absolutely, I love those stories because that's why we do
this work. Right. So a good example these two women
who work in the food industry for years. They are educated,
very competent, highly competent women who decided, you know, they
don't want to do that anymore, We're going to start
our own business and are going to create our own
food company. And so they did. They came up with

(06:04):
the recipes to create a line of food that is
on Food for Families. Right. They actually work with one
of our CDFIs, a Neighborhood Progress Fund in Northwest Philly,
to develop their plan. They went through like a twelve
week workshop process where they learned to develop the business,

(06:27):
and they went to conferences, they went to networking events,
they presented to the banks that funded the program, that
allowed for the city FIE to support which just a
different program. Now their food is being distributed in one
of the local supermarkets in Philadelphia.

Speaker 1 (06:43):
That's fantastic, isn't it. Yeah?

Speaker 2 (06:45):
That is I'm.

Speaker 1 (06:46):
Sorry, wonderful. You know, we know that small businesses are
really the backbone of this country's economy, but we also
know that most small businesses fail. So something like this
is really going to come in handy for those businesses
who want to start but really want to get a
strong foundation for success. So where can business owners or

(07:07):
community members go to learn more, apply or stay connected
with the work that you're doing.

Speaker 2 (07:12):
They can visit us on our website EACDFI network dot org.
They go to our program's page and they can see
all the different programs, but they can also learn about
all our CDFs seventeen CDFIs across the state. For this
particular program, we have five CDFIs in Philadelphia that are

(07:35):
helping us and one of the CDFI's in the Lehigh Valley,
which is the TV market, the Grand Cover Stort Market.

Speaker 1 (07:43):
Great and what is the website for more information.

Speaker 2 (07:46):
Www dot PA CDFI Network dot org. Backslash programs.

Speaker 1 (07:54):
This is a great opportunity all these small business owners
out there, What a great chance to will be able
to create success for your businesses with support and funding.
Capital is really hard to get sometimes and in these
times when there's so many challenges economically, this is a great,
great opportunity of our Sovia Fernandez, CEO of the Pennsylvania

(08:18):
CDFI Network, Community Development Financial Institution CDFI, thank you so much,
Thank you.

Speaker 2 (08:24):
Ray.

Speaker 1 (08:27):
Joining us today are three powerhouse women inspiring community and
self love through creativity, entrepreneurship and healing. Cassandra Burnett is
the founder of a Hay Girl Conference, returning this year
with a powerful theme Love Me. The conference features dynamic
speakers activities that guide attendees through deeply personal love, stories

(08:49):
of growth, healing, and empowerment. Cassandra is joined by Maisha Pettigroup,
co owner of Joy Candle Company, a brand that's lighting
the way with intention and warmth, and you'll Christopher, a speaker,
creative and healer committed to helping others who claim their
voice and self worth. The Hey Girl Conference kicks off
with a VIP night garden, and we're going to talk

(09:11):
about all these things with the folks that I just mentioned.
So we'll start with Cassandra. What inspired this year's theme,
love Me for the hay Girl Conference and how do
you hope attendees connect with it?

Speaker 4 (09:23):
Yeah, so first hay Girl, So girls, that's right. So
what inspired a theme this year was from our conference
Last year? We did an exercise where we were all
told to close our eyes, hug ourselves, and say I
Love me three times. And I was able to take
in the moment and what I took away was that

(09:44):
there were women that had never said that to themselves
in the room. There were women that had never thought
that about themselves. There were women that actually hated themselves
in the room, and there were women that fully loved
themselves in the room. So from that ca this theme
of love me. We're really writing our love letters to ourselves,

(10:05):
so it's to me, by me, signed love Me. And
what I hope for women to take away from this
year's conference is that one they get to know who
they are right now in twenty twenty five, because we
change throughout our lives and sometimes we don't realize that.
So one get to know who we are, and then
two to love her unconditionally, with no strings attached, no caveats,

(10:30):
no conditions, So that's where the inspiration and what I
hope that they take away from this year's conference.

Speaker 1 (10:35):
Oh that sounds amazing. Let me turn to one of
your vendors, Mayosha Pettigrew. Joy Candle Companies all about joy
and intentionality. How does your business align with the spirit
of Hey Girl and this year's theme of self love?
And what do you hope attendees take away from their
experience with your vendor table and products at the conference.

Speaker 5 (10:56):
Well, I hope that they take away with the idea
to set intentional spaces for themselves. So the whole focus
of JUA is why it's joy in French, because we
think everything in your home should bring you joy, and
we like to say we create an experience in a jar.
So just really we want women to be intentional about

(11:18):
setting the tone for their wellness spaces. This is our
fourth year at the Hagirl conference, so we're kind of
like the ogs at the conference, and we kind of
have a candle crew that comes year round specifically just
for our candles. So we just hope that it continues
to help them just build on their wellness skills and
just have different tools for relaxation and just resetting, you know,

(11:40):
just in life.

Speaker 1 (11:42):
We all need that. We do need to reset, and
we need to do a lot of self care these days.
Let's turn to Yolanda Christopher. Your session touches on voice
and identity. How can women reclaim their voice, especially in
the business world or after trauma.

Speaker 6 (11:59):
Yeah, so that's a good question.

Speaker 1 (12:02):
It's a lot to unpack and a lot to unpack.

Speaker 6 (12:04):
Yeah, and so grateful to be a part of this
conference because even meeting the women ahead of time, that's
really the focus is understanding and learning your voice. Right now,
women who are making money are doing it by sacrificing
sleep and sanity and their saturdays and really overwhelmed by everything.
They're putting off their dreams for themselves and fitting themselves

(12:28):
inside of this like burnout box because they're just too
tired to be exhausted. And so finding your voice really
has a lot to do with what are those spaces
that I am spending my time that aren't serving me
and taking the time to reflect and understand that there
are actually tools and teams and systems and support systems
like Hey Girl conference to help us slow down and

(12:50):
really lean into figuring out what that is that I
have time and space that I create that and being intentional.

Speaker 1 (12:56):
Yeah, that's so tough for women especially, is to be
able to prioritize yourself as opposed to everybody else around you.

Speaker 6 (13:02):
Right, absolutely everybody else. I'm finding more and more everyone's
got the hats on and the labels and everything comes
before them. And it's really hard to see yourself or
even understand that you do have needs that aren't being
met and if they were, you could be doing better
and more for not just yourself, but your community and
your family.

Speaker 1 (13:20):
Back to Cassandra, let's talk about topics that are going
to be discussed, like love after loss, delegation, and shame.
The conference covers deeply personal terrain. How did you select
your speakers and what forces were you looking to amplify?

Speaker 4 (13:36):
Yeah, so how I select my speakers. I'm a woman
of faith, So I pray and meditate over every aspect
of this conference, including the speakers and the topics, and
I just let God direct me. And so the topics
that we have about delegation, asking for help, about how
do you love yourself after loss? How do you commit

(13:59):
to saying I'm going to pour this love into this relationship,
into this person, into this business, understanding that it may
I may lose them.

Speaker 5 (14:08):
Like how do you do that? So those are.

Speaker 4 (14:10):
Some of the topics. But you know, what I want
people to take away is that love is special. We
are created to love. We have love inside of us
and there should not be a situation or an environment
that can steal that away from us. And if it
has been stolen, we can get it back. You can

(14:30):
rewrite your next best chapter of your love story. And
I just really firmly believe that. You know, Yolanda talked
about the titles we carry. This is a space where
you can check those titles at the door, those responsibilities,
those expectations, the burdens at the door, and we can
just be Cassandra, Lorraine, Mayesha and Yolanda and we deserve that.

(14:56):
That's not something that we should work towards. That's a
right entitled to spaces like Haygirl Conference.

Speaker 1 (15:04):
Well, let's get to the specifics. The conference is happening.

Speaker 4 (15:07):
Where so we are going to be back again at
the Story Factory, which is in the Northern Liberty section
of Philadelphia. It is a woman owned production house, so
we are very much about women owned and we're going
to be there from nine to four pm on Saturday,
May seventeen, so that's a Saturday after Mother's Day. We're
going to have all of these great panels where we're
going to talk about very irrelevant things to our lives,

(15:30):
and we're also going to have fun. We dance, we sing,
we shop. There is an all women owned business vendor
marketplace with very specifically curated businesses. I'm wearing one of
them right now, disable Collective Shanty. This is her fatigue
camo jacket that's been dazzled out. So we will have

(15:52):
brunch served by Sweet Amalia chef Melissa McGrath, a female chef.
We're very excited about her. We're going to have a performance,
a live performance by Soriah Nicole. She's a local performer
that is phenomenal and above anything. When we started talking
about this in the beginning, community like, we're your people.
Come spend Saturday with us. This is a radical act

(16:15):
of loving yourself with other like minded women.

Speaker 5 (16:19):
You deserve it.

Speaker 4 (16:20):
Let's do it together.

Speaker 1 (16:22):
Oh hey, girls, sounds like an amazing eventage people want
to sign up. How do they do that?

Speaker 4 (16:26):
They go to our website Heygirlconference dot com and all
of the information is there. Our VIP night is sold out,
so that is a public service announcement. You don't want
the conference ticket to sell out, so go ahead and
get that ticket. We are on Instagram and on Facebook,
Hey Girl Conference on both of those social media platforms.

Speaker 1 (16:48):
Fantastic, And I'd like to talk with Mayisha and Yolanda Mayisha.
If people obviously they're going to go to the conference
and check out your vendor booth thera, but if they
want to know more about your company's joa candle, how
do they find out more?

Speaker 5 (17:04):
You can find us at ww dot juacandlecode dot com
and on Facebook and Instagram under duacandleco.

Speaker 1 (17:11):
And what about you, Yolanda, tell us where they can
find you and what you provide.

Speaker 6 (17:17):
Absolutely, you can find me on Instagram at Yolanda Christopher
and you can also see my website Yolandachristopher dot com.
And I provide a community and coaching for women entrepreneurs
and leaders to be able to not just find that
space that we talked about for living more joyful lives,
but also to double and trouble their incomes while doing

(17:39):
so so that they're having more fun with money.

Speaker 1 (17:41):
Oh yeah, I love that. That's great. Let's go Heygirl
the conference. The Haygirl Conference is happening on May seventeenth
at the Story Factory in Philadelphia, and I'd like to
thank all of the folks for joining us here. Cassandra Burnett,
founder of a Haygirl Conference, along with Maisha Pettigrew, co
owner of Doi Candle Company, a brand that's lighting the

(18:02):
way with intention and warmth. And Yolanda Christopher, a speaker,
creative and healer committed to helping others who claim their
voice and self worth. Those are just two of the
many speakers and vendors that are going to be at
this conference that's happening on May seventeenth at the Story
Factory in Philadelphia. Thanks to all of you, I dank you.

(18:26):
Today we're honoring the life and legacy of Coach Fred Rosenfeld,
a Philadelphia legend whose impact is a track coach, mentor,
and teacher continues to shape lives long after his passing.
Joining us today are Rachel Berger, major Gifts and Corporate
Giving Officer at the Weitzman National Museum of American Jewish History,

(18:47):
and Stephen Baine, a former political consultant and proud Overbrooked
Track alum, together their leading efforts to rename a street
in Fred's honor and raise funds to celebrate his lifelong
commitment to uploft youth from all walks of life. A
memorial event is planned for this fall at the Whitesman Museum,
and every dollar raised will go towards preserving his extraordinary legacy.

(19:09):
So let's talk about the legacy of Coach Fred Rosenfeld.
I'm going to start with you, Rachel. What inspired the
Whitesman Museum to get involved in honoring Coach Fred Rosenfeld's legacy?

Speaker 7 (19:20):
Thank you so much, Lorraine. What inspired the Whitesmen were
a few reasons. First and foremost, Steve Bain approached us
a few months ago with this idea and this opportunity
to honor Coach Fred Rosenfeld, who was a high school
track coach and a mentor to so many. He was
Jewish and the Whitesman's mission is to share the stories

(19:43):
of how Jews have shaped and have been shaped by
this country, and I think Fred Rosenfeld's story is such
a beautiful encapsulation of that mission, and so telling his
story at the museum felt like a really wonderful opportunity
and a real connection to our community. And I was
so glad that Steve approached us because I actually have

(20:07):
a personal connection to Fred. I myself, I'm not a runner,
but my sister Riiselberger was a runner, and she ran
for Coach Rose in high school. He was a great
mentor to her personally, and after she ran for him
in high school, she actually ran eleven marathons in her lifetime. Yeah,

(20:27):
she passed away lust fall. So it's very personally meaningful.
And I've spoken to a lot of people over the
course of the beginning of this campaign, and everyone has
shared that Coach Rose had this incredible ability to make
people feel seen and to push them to be their
best selves. And it's just been so moving to talk

(20:48):
to people about his legacy, about Coach Rose, to get
to know his family, and to get to know the
people who he impacted.

Speaker 1 (20:54):
Well, Stephen, as someone who actually knew Fred personally, what
do you believe made his coaching styles so impactful across
generations and communities, And tell us a little more about
your own personal connection with him.

Speaker 3 (21:08):
Coach Rose, and I will waffle through a few different ways.
Coach Rose, Fred mister Rose, because I knew him as
all three of those things. He was a person who
was genuine. He was very real about what he did
and how he did it. He didn't see color, he
didn't see athleticity. There was a time mister man Frisby
shared the story that one time they got stuck in

(21:30):
Syracuse and it was snowed in. Mister Rose was downstairs
talking to somebody and the person heard that the kids
were stuck for it extra day. He said, oh, I'll
buy him. I'll buy breakfast for him, buy breakfast for him.
When mister heard it, he turned around and said, well,
mister Rose, did you tell her we were black? And
this lady ended up paying for everybody who came down

(21:50):
and got stuck up there from Philadelphia. But his was
a way that he just did not understand how we
could not help the person directly in front of you.

Speaker 1 (21:57):
He didn't see color, he didn't.

Speaker 3 (21:59):
See college, didn't se color. He was a little frustrated
by the fact that a lot of people did do that.
Because even when he began coaching, and I was fortunate,
I was I think his third a fourth class. After
he accepted the head coaching job, from mister Harding, the
late Jonas Harding. He just had a way of knowing
how to make you feel special in that space. Nobody

(22:23):
ever got cut from the team. You found your way off.
You saw you couldn't do it. But he made sure
the first guy and the sixty fourth guy had the
same rules and regulations to run by. So if your
grades weren't right, you didn't run, you could have been
the fastest person in the world. You did not run.
You didn't practice. When I talked about the game, but
I talked about the meat. We're talking about practice C minus.

(22:43):
You could not practice. So he's very real about that.
From my experience, from my time in the eleventh grade
through my senior year, we won two city championships, he
was very much part of that support base that I
needed to have to do what I did. I was
an egghead and I was one of those street runners.
I could race anybody in the street and went. They
showed me the way to run, mister Jones, who was
my sprint coach, mister Rose, They showed me how to

(23:07):
do what it is I love to do. Got me
into coaching for a short period of time, and they
spawned a number of guys throughout the years, Olympians, World champions.
We're talking to Jason Grimes, to late Paul Jordan. I'm
saying that that Paul was really special to me. He

(23:27):
just he just mentored a lot of people and he
kept it real with all of us even throughout the years.
Once a month we all talked. We always got on
the phone. They talked to the last this last dying breath.
We always talked. And he was just one of those
guys that I was fortunate. I had my mother and
father at home. However, you need a village and that
track team, those coaches became our village, and he extended

(23:49):
it past that all the way through until his last days.
So there's a friendship. It began as coach, teacher, coach,
mentor friend.

Speaker 1 (23:58):
Wow, that is a wonderful and I wonder Rachel, if
you could walk us through how people can contribute to
the fundraiser. And you have a goal of thirty thousand dollars,
what will that goal support.

Speaker 7 (24:12):
Yes, people can contribute to the fundraiser in a few
different ways. If you'd like to make a gift online,
you can do so by going to the Whitesman National
Museum of American Jewish History's website, which is the Whitesman
Dorg Forward slash Fred Rosenfeld And you can click on

(24:32):
that link and you can make a donation, and when
you do, in the notes section, you can just indicate
in memory of Fred ROSENFELDT. If you'd like to send
a check, that's also wonderful. You can send it to
my attention, Rachel Berger at the Whitesman Museum one zero
one South Independence Mall, East, Philadelphia, PA, one nine to

(24:53):
one zero six. You can again write in the notes
Fred ROSENFELDT. You had asked the question what will the
thirty thousand dollars goal support, So it'll support two different things.
The first is we will be putting up a plaque
in our Core exhibition in memory of Fred Rosenfeld's legacy.
We have a section on Jews and Sports, and we

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think that his story fits really beautifully within that larger narrative.
And the second thing that thirty thousand dollars will contribute
to is free admission to the museum. And what we
plan to do is have a weekend this fall where
admission will be free in Fred Rosenfeld's honor, and we
invite his friends and family. We invite all the students,

(25:40):
all the campers, all of the many runners and athletes
and former athletes who were affected by him to come
to the museum. We'll have some of his stories available
to share and really be able to go through the
museum and hear his story among a larger story.

Speaker 1 (25:56):
This will have already happened by the time this interview air. You, Stephen,
were very instrumental in a partnership with council member Curtis
Jones and state Representative Morgan Cephust about renaming a street
in the name of coach Fred Rosenfeld. Tell us what

(26:16):
that means to you and all the people that were
touched by him.

Speaker 3 (26:21):
Well, first, let me let me give them the full credit,
because Curtis is the council person in the area who
actually was cross country a manager of the cross country
team when he was there, really and Morgan was a
former runner of Fred's at Central Kidding, so they were
really one instrumental because it's their district to make sure
that happened. But I think it's really something to be
said because he meant a lot, not just to the

(26:43):
runners that Overbrook, but being an over of alumni then
coming back a student teaching at a school and actually
he was not supposed to be a track coach. He
was supposed to the coach the soccer team. Soccer team
didn't develop, he wanted to do something. He started helping
out the track team and that's how the track team
got him. It's going to mean something to a lot
of people because he meant a lot to a lot

(27:05):
of people in different parts of their lives. Thousands of
people through Overbrook Central. And I have to give a
shout out to Patrick d Savada and Lynn Robbins Norton.
They have helped pull this together to make sure we
got people to know what's going on and getting people
to donate, and they've been very much, very instrumental in this.
I really appreciate their help as well as everybody else

(27:27):
is to bring this together and bring us around.

Speaker 1 (27:29):
And where is that street.

Speaker 3 (27:30):
It's going to be the corner of fifty ninth in Oxford,
right on the corner Overbrook, right where the G bus
lets you all. You're right there on that corner.

Speaker 1 (27:37):
I love that. And just to close, I wonder if
you can share maybe something that really stands out in
your mind as to something that coach Rosenfeldt said or
did for you personally, that you'll never forget.

Speaker 3 (27:53):
Wow, there are several things. But I remember when we
were coming down my senior year, coming to city council
so they could recognize us. And we're coming across the park,
going past whereas now I guess it's the police Chest Museum.
And he's riding across and suddenly he decides he wants
to get some gum out of his pocket. Now we're

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already late, and he's doing about sixty going across the
park and I'm in the passenger seat. He stands up,
he said, get the wheel. Can you drive? I said, yeah,
I got my license. He said, well, get the wheel.
He stands up in the car. A lot of cars running,
running thing, and I'm trying to be, you know, hard
rocking coming around doing it. And I realized he had

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to have a lot of trust in me to allow
me to do that, because we were coming towards that
curve real quick, and he was just he was just
some digging in it and he finally found it, and
he found it and he sat back down there like
nothing happened. I, on the other hand, my heart is
just like just like leaping, But that showed me how
much he trusted me. And we had a lot of

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competence conversations over the years, really a awful lot. Wendy,
his wife is a God send. She allows us to
have them for all those years. Really do appreciate his
time and his friendship.

Speaker 1 (29:06):
Yeah, well, he's certainly made a huge difference in so
many people's lives, certainly your life and countless others and Rachel.
If again people want more information about how they can
find out more about Coach Fred Rosenfeldt and also donate.
What is the website.

Speaker 7 (29:22):
Www dot t h E W E I t Z
M A n dot org. And you can also email
me at our b E R G E R at
the Whitesman dot org. So our burger at the Whitesman
dot org.

Speaker 1 (29:42):
We all have I would hope someone or many people
that have made a huge difference in our lives. And
it seems as though Coach Fred Rosenfeldt over the many
decades has touched so many lives. It really really has
been the supporter and mentor for individuals who've gone on
to do so many things things and that is the
life and legacy of Coach Fred Rosenfeld, a Philadelphia legend

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whose impact as a track coach, mentor, and teacher continues
to shape lives long after his passing. We want to
thank Rachel Berger, major Gifts and Corporate Giving officer at
the Weizman National Museum of American Jewish History, And of
course Stephen Bain, a former political consultant, a proud overbooked track,
a lum, and someone who counts coach Fred Rosenfeld as

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a mentor and coach. Thank you both for joining us today.
Thank you, Thank you. You can listen to all of
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