July 23, 2025 • 30 mins
Repeat show: Talked with Dr. Kitonga Kiminyo, VP and Dr. Flora Bentsi-Enchill from the T. Leroy Jefferson Medical Society. They are gearing up to host their Annual Community Health Fair on August 9th from 9am to 2pm at John F. Kennedy Middle School in Riviera Beach, Florida. Their health fair is Free and open to everyone. They will provide children's back to school physicals for uninsured, medical/dental screenings, diabetic testing, vision testing, HIV testing, Hearing checks, free mammograms, and free CPR training. This year's theme is "Healthy Hearts and Healthy Minds". In addition to all the exams, info on physical fitness, nutrition and lifestyle choices, children will receive a backpack full of supplies to help prepare them for the upcoming school year. Listeners can pre-register/sign up online for the various services, become a sponsor, become a volunteer, get more info on the society, or make a donation at www.tljmedicalsociety.org
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
iHeart Communities Presents Palm Beach Treasure Coast Perspective which dead Nepp.
Speaker 2 (00:06):
Good morning, Welcome to Palm Beach Pressure Coast Perspective. I'm
your host, dev Nepp. Thanks for spending your weekend with me.
All kinds of great things going on, and they're friends
over the Cultural Council send us a lot of fun
reminders speaking that the Pop Culture Exhibition is happening at
the Cornell Art Museum now through September twenty eighth, and
then they have a Freaky Friday. The musical happening at
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FAU University Theater now through the July twenty seventh. Here
the musical is happening. This was going to be at
the Lakewarth Playhouse July eighteenth through August third. Ooh, and
he likes some great music. You want to head to
Arts Garage in Delray Beach. Oh, Gosh Bocha Ballet Theater
presenting their Summer Breezes show at the Spanish River High
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School on August second and third. Oh, when kids are
getting in free now through August tenth at the Palm
beachsou So if you haven't taken the kiddos to the
zoo in a while, great time to do that. Oh
got a reminder. The American Humane Society is launching their
fifteenth annual Hero Dog Awards. It's a nationwide search. It
celebrates the most encourages and inspiring dogs from across the country.
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So you can go check them out on the website.
Vote for them is so called go to American Humane
dot org, forge slash Hero Dog Awards and there's like
five different categories, one of like shelter dogs, like first
responder dogs. It's really really sweet and they are the
most adorable dogs. I gotta tell you definitely want to
check that out. More fun things happening at the Morikami
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The Art of Piece is going on now through September
twenty eighth. They've got like the tea ceremonies where you
can go on alarm, like the Raking the Gardens ceremony
for the Zen Gardens, And to find out more about that,
go to Morikami dot org. And while you're there you
can find out about all the other exhibitions they've got
going on. And then of course throughout the week they
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have tai Chi happening at the South County Civic Center.
That's Wednesdays at eight and Tuesdays and Thursdays at ten am.
There's no reservations needed for that one and it's free admission,
so everyone check that out. They do do functional fitness
at the Moricomie Park in del Rey that is Tuesdays
and Thursdays at eight thirty. Again a free admission for
that one, but you do need to reserve a space
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because the pavilion doesn't have that much room. So everyone
check those things out. Go to Ppcparks dot com and
there's more details there for you. And of course we
talked about this last week. This is gonna be so cool.
Saint Lucie County is offering their free sea Turtle nest
excavation walks. So I've not done this yet. I definitely
want to do one. I do the one where you
watch the turtles lay the eggs, but I've not done
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the one where there you see the hatch, which I
just think is so cool. And to sign up for it,
you do need to register, and registrations opening on July
tenth at eight am. Go to SLC Hikes dot org
and it's all listed there for you, and it fills
up quickly because it's a limited number for safety for
us and for the turtles. And then when you're also
when you're at SLC Hikes, they have all the different hights, paddles,
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they do kayaking, canoeing as well. Now lots of different
things and they're all on the website there and they
tell you what age group they're good for. So I
like that. They have one that Eric does and it's
like a little scrub preserve. But in the beginning part
of it they now have like the disc golf, so
he also does you like a little training on how
to play disc golf, which is fine. And then we
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spoke to Benji from Palm Beach County Environmental Resources, so
they've got lots of cool things coming and simply go
to PBCERM dot com and all the details are listed
there for you. And if it's too hot for you
to be outside, like for me, you can do pickleball inside.
So some of the rec centers are offering indoor picklebore
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the indoor pickleball West Boyton, Westgate and West Jupiter Recreation
Centers all three are offering different days with inside classes
in the nice air conditioning, so it can't go wrong
with that. And of course our friends over the North
Museum every Saturday now through the end of August, it's
going to be freed mission for pomp Beach County residents,
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and if you live in the city of West Palm Beach,
it's freed mission on Saturdays all year round. So some
really cool programs going on, and you can go to
Norton dot org and find all the different exhibitions and
classes and things they have going on. And every Friday
they do the Art after Dark, and the first one
of the month is always their Jazz Night, so if
you're jazz fan, that's the one you want to sign
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up for. And of course Travis they have lots of
stuff going on throughout the summer, a lot of stuff
with Palm Beach Improv and of course next year they
have their whole Cravis on Broadway series coming. It's gonna
be the Whiz Kimberly Akimbo. This is one I want
to see is called TWA's The Night Before and it's
done by CIRCUSLA, so it's kind of like a Christmas theme,
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So I can't wait to see that one. Some like
it Hot MJ the Musical Beautiful Noise choir Man, and
you can go to Cravis dot org and sign up
to buy those. They also have their Lunch and Learn
series now out and tickets you can buy the whole season,
offer their classical music, and then they have the young
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musicians that do classical as well, which I think is
really cool. So lots of fun stuff happening there. And
then we have a reminder City Fort Pierce is doing
like community lectures, so the next one coming up, and
then July thirty first is the Credit Repair Workshop. For
more info, reach out to Caitlin seven seven to two,
seven four to two nine eight three five and she
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has all the details there for you. And of course
the Treasure Coast is also launching their summer thing. I
love this. It's the locals only discount thing they do
every summer where you get into different restaurants and stuff
and hotels at discounted rate. And for more information on that,
simply go to visit Indianrivercounty dot com and it's all
listed on there for you. Speaking of information, I want
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to welcome my guests for today. I have doctor Camino
from t Leroy Jefferson Medical Society and doctor Flora. Can
you pronoun your name for us?
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Doctor Flora Benzi Achel.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Thanks, want to welcome you. Good morning, doctor Communion. How
long have you been with the society?
Speaker 4 (06:04):
Oh, I've been an active member of the Medical Society
going on six years now and currently I'm the vice president.
And previously I was the COVID nineteen task force lead
during the pandemic. So the organization itself has been in
existence for many decades now continued to serve the populations
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within Palm Beach County through our various programs.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
So yeah, So for the listeners who may be new
to the area, because we always have new people moving
in all the time. Doctor te Leroy Jefferson actually started
the society, right, the bicycle doctor.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
Right, So the Medical Society is named after him because,
as you said, he was the first half American doctor
here in Palm Beach County. He literally would ride his
bicycle to visit the different residents and provide you know,
home care as he could at that time. And so
that was the inspiration for this Medical Society. We we
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strive to continue that same mission with our different communities
here in Palm Beach County today.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
I think that's fantastic. So now your specialty in medicine
is infectious disease. Correct, yes, and I say there great.
Speaker 4 (07:13):
Yes, infectious diseases.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
So that's like obviously COVID well.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
Yes, I mean certainly after COVID, there was you know, influenza,
there was RSV, so there's a lot of you know,
bad viruses going around. But also you know, we see
patients with lots of bacterial infections, you know, people who
end up in the hospital typically with you know, pneumonia,
with you know, diabetic foot infections, that kind of thing.
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So we actually have a few infectious to see these
doctors at TLJ Medical Society and along with all the
other subspecialties, including a few dentists, one of whom is
with us here today and and others. So we're very
excited to be here.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Oh very cool.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Well, thank you for coming in, and doctor Floric, thanks
for coming back in. So we talked like the last
year maybe here before. Your specialty is general dentistry. Yees,
general dentistry. So how long have you been with the society.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
I've been with a society almost ten years now.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Oh that's so cool.
Speaker 5 (08:10):
Yes, yes, yes, I joined actually from a member of
actual Miobi who is also a member, actually talked to
me about it and an active member of it ever since.
And I just love what the organization stands for helping
out the community, especially the underserved people in the community
and teaching them more about opportunities that they can do
in healthcare specifically.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Oh I like it well, and I know. I've also
spoke to the physical therapy GOT ladies, so they're awesome.
Oh yes, and I make it goo yeah. And doctor Walker,
Monica Walker, came in and talked with me, like, so
you have general practitioners, you have physical therapists, occupational therapists,
lots of different medical genres, if you will represent it
in the society.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
Way, nurses by doctors yes.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Oh why doctors of course? Oh yeah, I forgot about
that and then just went to mine over the weekend.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
I always tell people go to get your eyes trucked
every year, and they're like really, and like, yes, every
year because it can change that quickly without you realizing it.
So especially because I wear contacts a lot, so it's
always good to have that checked. So obviously this sign
is got lots of different things. The big thing you
guys do is every summer you do a great job
about going out in the community and providing those back
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to school like a healthfare. So the back to school shots,
dental checkups and lots of other things are like a
blood pressure checks, all those good things in the community.
So where you're gonna be doing it this year and
what date?
Speaker 5 (09:29):
We're doing it at the JFK Middle School in Revia
Beach August ninth from nine am to two pm. So
JFK Middle School this year in Rivera Beach August ninth
from nine am to two pm.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Do people need to sign up ahead of time or
can they just show up?
Speaker 5 (09:48):
Ideally sign up so we have a better idea also
because we want to see their status in terms of
insurance and things like that. But everything can be found
on our website t LMJ dot.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
Org, TSA Medical Society dot org.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
That's right, very cool, And of course you're also on
social media correct.
Speaker 5 (10:06):
Most certainly yes, they can certainly look us up on Facebook, Instagram,
t Leroy Jefferson Medical Society.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
All I get and so of course these are programs
you offer every year. So when people come and they
sign up ahead of time, you do the vaccines, the
vaccinations for the students, but you also check out other
family members and aw for health services to them as well.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
Correct, Yes, that's correct, And actually our theme this year
is healthy Hearts and healthy Minds, so we're actually doing
a little bit of an increased focus on cardiovascular health specifically,
you know, for the families of the children who are
coming in. But the nuts and bolts of the healthfare
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are the annual physicals for the school children and that
is also including as doctor Flora mentioned, dental screening, eye screening,
and we do audiology as well as hearing screening. So
we do all three along with the physical exam, and
the student leaves the fair with that, along with any
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additional things that they may need, including access to a
vaccine if they're in need of a vaccine, which is
very important. We want to make sure that families know
that we still need all our vaccines and the parents.
This year in the vein, in keeping with our theme
of the heart, we will have free CPR classes there
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and we will also have free HIV testing as well, so,
and I believe doctor Floya, we have a mammogram.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Most certainly they'll be a mammogram van, so there's very private.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
Yeah, So we'll be offering a lot of different things
for the families of the children when they come what
kind of like.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
That's a one stop shop. You get everybody there. That's
so cool. Well, and as a two time breast cancer survivor,
they found it on a mammogram. There was never a lump,
and that's how they that's why I'm still here. They
checked it early. It checked me early because it's a
family history. Saw that little spot and they're like, you know,
we don't like the look of that. We need to
check that out. And sure enough, you know, came back.
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But it was stage zero, so like really early, and
was very fortunate in the second time stage one. But
again we're catching it on a mammogram. That's and if
I had not had that mammogram early, I don't know,
it'd probably be like stage four or something when they
finally found it, you know what I mean. So I
always recommend people, you know, go get squished.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
Yes, yes, definitely we have.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
So it's a self hug exactly.
Speaker 5 (12:36):
I'm glad we have the opportunity to be able to
provide that to the community because, yeah, unfortunate a lot
of people in the community they don't have access that
could care.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Definitely, Oh definitely, And of course like we've talked the
mind and your heart are so important as well. And
we've been doing a lot of talking on the show
the past several months about mental health and mental health
awareness and acceptance. So I have a friend. She takes
her my medication and she's fine if she doesn't need
your medication. You know, she gets super agitated and stuff
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like that. And it's it's like the same if you
break your arm, you're going to get the arm. You know,
you gotta have a cast, get the arm set. Same
thing your mental health. You'll go see a doc. If
you need medication, you do it. If you need the
talk therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, it's available for everybody. We
just need to let people know about it. And that
is so as my friend's daughter says, it's okay not
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to be okay, and like, I think the students are
getting that message far faster than grown people.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
And one of my friends is a teacher and her
students will come in sometimes and they're upset because something's
going on, and so they're like, she's trying to get
settled down to start class. So the thing is, okay,
do you want event or do you want me to
fix it. So she asks them that vent please, she
got two minutes, and they just tell whatever. And then
they start class and now that's something they think needs fixed,
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then they'll tell her and then as a group in
the class, they'll come up with ideas to help fix it.
So I think it's so smart, you know.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
Beautiful, especially giving them the option.
Speaker 5 (14:08):
Sometimes people just want to talk it out, vent it
out right, so that it's great that she gives them
the outlet for that.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Oh yeah, And then when they want to invent, the
other kids look like, we listen, but we don't judge, right,
that's right, They're just adorable. I'm just like, oh my gosh,
me and my grown friends need to take notes.
Speaker 4 (14:27):
Yes, No, it is important to allow the children, especially
to know that it's okay to talk about things that
may not be okay. And that's the good thing about screenings.
It familiarizes the children to the process of, you know,
meeting someone like a doctor Flora who is a family
general dentist who will talk to you very kindly and
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talk to you. Are you having any issues in your mouth?
Have you noticed you know anything? And this you know,
this will be repeated throughout the day during the healthfare.
When they go for the air screenings, you know someone
will we'll talk to the children ask them about can
you you know hear this? Can you hear that? The
same with the vision screenings are there certainly because we
know that, you know, any deficiency in all of those
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three areas, your your your vision or your hearing or
in your mouth can affect you know, your overall health
and how you do on a day to day basis,
whether in school or not. So we're very fortunate to
do this, and I just want to remind everyone that
we are doing this in collaboration with JFK Middle School
during what's called their Viking Bash. They were kind enough
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to let us go in with them. So this is
going to be a very large event with a lot
of school children. It's a back to school event right
before school starts, so a big part of it is
you know, back to school orientation, but also back to
school you know, annual screenings, and so we're looking forward.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
To it and it's perfect that you're doing it all
together because they need all those things to go back
to school.
Speaker 5 (15:55):
Yes, exactly, So they get the screenings, like doctor Communio said,
and then also they get a backpack at the end
with all the goodies that they need to get school
started off on the right foot.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
I really want to backpack. So for the listeners that
are coming, we need to go online to the website
and sign up pre register, just so you make sure
of everything's set up for them. It goes a little
bit smoother.
Speaker 3 (16:16):
Right exactly.
Speaker 5 (16:17):
I mean, watkins are always welcome, but yes, ideally sign
up ahead on our website or on Facebook see Lee
Roy Jefferson Medical Society.
Speaker 4 (16:26):
And again just to emphasize, we are focused on uninsured
or underinsured individuals, but we are more than happy to
take on those who who do have coverage. So this
is an event for everyone across the board. But we
really really want to get medical access to those who
really need it. But you know, please everyone come on
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out on August ninth to JFK Middle School. Looking forward
to seeing.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
You well, definitely, And I always tell people that go
out and take advantage of these things in the community.
And of course I talked a few weeks ago with
Joff from the River Bridge into National just a reminder
for everybody every Saturday, they're still doing it every Saturday.
The Old Bayite and Beach mall. They're doing the free
food drives, so if you need if you're short on
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food and you need food, you can just drive there
and roundly. At nine o'clock they start it for volunteers.
They are going to help sort the food. If you
get there between like five and six am, let's start
sorting the food. But then they start putting it delivering
to the people in the cars around nine am.
Speaker 4 (17:26):
Very nice.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Yeah, so he said, the last time we talked, they
have we're getting two thousand families awake. There's that many
people in our community that are that that are struggling.
So he's like, don't struggle, come out, get the food.
They have it, Yes, and if you have the time
to volunteer, they totally welcome you come into volunteer. Which
brings me to you guys. I'm sure you guys like
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volunteers for Tea Leeward Jefferson as well.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
Always we have some volunteers signed up already, so we're
very fortunate for that. As far as physician volunteers, always
great to have them. We just have to do a
background check on them, but I can once again, you
can check out our website.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
T Leroy T LJ.
Speaker 5 (18:05):
Medical Society dot org t l J Medical Society dot
org to sign up so that we can get you registered,
especially all physician healthcare really anybody in a healthcare field
to sign up to a volunteer. But then also we
welcome high school students who also want to volunteer. We
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can go on our website t Ljmedical Society dot org
and we can talk to one of our directors and
they can help guide you accordingly. So August ninth, JFK
Middle School, Rivera Beach nine am to two pm.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
And food is provided. We forget about.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Foods Friday food. There's food wait, I'm definitely there.
Speaker 4 (18:46):
Yes, yes, So for the for the school age children
that we'll be coming through, we will be giving them meals.
And to doctor Flores's point, yeah, this this kind of
event would not be even workable without you know, having
a chance to work with so many different groups. So
as this is our twenty fourth year doing it, we
have a lot of support. We have the Black Nurse
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Practitioners of Palm Beach, We have a lot of different
organizations who are coming in and really to make this
a success, including a lot of the people who you
mentioned who are been on your show who are tied
into TLDA Medical Society, so we're very excited.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
And of course for businesses and folks listening businesses who
like to sponsor the different events, they can reach out
to you as well.
Speaker 5 (19:32):
Most certainly, yes, we have great sponsors like we have
Jack and Jill Diabetes Coalition, just to name a few.
So many sponsors we're so grateful for and we can't
never have enough because you know, there's so much, so
many people to serve. So once again, you can reach
us on our website t l J Medical Society dot org.
We would love to have you sponsor, and of course
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we would mention your name on our websites on all
the programs and what have you and T shirts. We
even have T shirts I give at the event, so
your name will also be mentioned on there. And I
think it's great for the community to see the different
organizations around supporting our people.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
Oh absolutely, And speaking of the society, for folks like
doctors and medical folks who have not joined you, guys
offer you do all these really cool programs in the community,
but then you also like help mentor each other and
support each other. So I know you have different events
like you have lunch and learn series throughout them. Different
months you have being like award nights and galas galas.
Speaker 4 (20:33):
That's right, that's right. We have had a lot of
what's become landmark events in Palm Beach County through the
years now where you know our science of success events.
You know, we've had. One of our biggest events is
having thousands of school age children from southern Florida all
come down to a high school on one day and
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get to meet different healthcare professionals. They move from room
to room meeting all these different healthcare professionals, and then
they they get to meet our speaker, which is usually
someone amazing you know, previous surgeon general or you know
some great healthcare professional. So yeah, we have lots of
programs that are set to not only encourage, but to
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mentor school age children into careers in healthcare. We do
go out into the community as well many times, like
we are doing with this healthcare but we have mentoring
activities and for as you pointed out, for the healthcare
providers ourselves, we do have networking events as well. So
it's not only about supporting our next generation, but about
supporting each other.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Well, I think that's perfect because, as we've all noticed,
world is very stressful lately, yes, and so anything we
can do to help each other, Like the one lady
years ago is in a like a therapy session for
the cancer one of the other cancer ladies. She said that,
you know, her neighbor wanted to help. And when she
went through her breast cancer, she had the big by
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lateral mistectomy, so you really can't lift your arms and
stuff for a while, so she wasn't her neighbor. Generally,
the neighbor wanted to help out. So she's like, really,
if you could take the garbage drag that can to
the curb and bring it back, because she honestly could
not do that for like at least I don't know,
three or four weeks, and so it's been years and
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he's still doing it because he wants to be able
to help. So I think in all of us there's
somebody who wants to help you. And the more people
we can help and reach out to each other, the
better it is for everybody. And I do think it's
really awesome that you offer all this mentoring service amongst
yourselves but also for the students because you can see,
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like do you want to be you know, infectious disease,
you want to be a dentist, you want to do
eye doctor, you know. So one of my friends grew
up and she's an eye doctor and I would have
never thought of that. Another one is like, she does
the genetics and I was like, wow, misty's a geneticism.
That's so cool.
Speaker 3 (23:01):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
And my friend's kids are nuclear engineers.
Speaker 4 (23:05):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
And then other friends kids they're perfectly happy pulling up
the most amazing, you know, coffee shot at the barista thing.
I mean, like everybody has their thing, you know. Another
friend's daughter is like and now in a big summer musical.
So it's so exciting to see them grow and find
their different talents.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Yes.
Speaker 5 (23:26):
And that's one of the things that we love about
our organization is we allow these kids on an opportunity
to meet people for different backgrounds, different healthcare, someplace of
a non healthcare profession, so that they can see what's
possible for them, because some of them they have no
opportunity to see anything past, you know, just their home
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life or what have you. So that's one of the
things I has kept me with Teley Roy Jefferson all
this time is because the organization is so focused on
helping the community, the students and the high school students
see the opportunity that could possibly be theirs if they're
you know, if they shadow mentor or what have you
get mentor so.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
Of course there's another cool feature that CHIEI WORDERFS Medical
Society offers is for students, like college level students are
getting into the fields. So say doctor Flair, they want
to do general dentistry or maybe even a specialty dentistry,
they can come and work with you in your office,
right and like shadow you.
Speaker 5 (24:24):
Most certainly yes, I mean always willing to have people coming.
I would say pretty much everybody in our organization would
be willing to have a students that's interested in that
particular field come shadow them, come ask them questions, talk
about it, talk with the other team members in that office,
and see all the different aspects because you never really
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know what you think you want to be until you
see it. And sometimes they're surprised when they go into
an office and like, oh wow, I didn't know the specialty,
even the sub specialty even existed, and that maybe what
they maybe think about doing all along, and they get
a chance to see it and boom, it's fantastic.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
Oh yeah, Like, well, a couple years ago I found
out that there is an oncology subspecialty in OBG y
N had no idea and I was like, wow, okay,
that's that's cool. But okay, you find out things as
you go, so I think it's amazing. And I had
a roommate in college. She was going for physical therapy
and she'd done like she's like in her third year
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I think three and a half years, and went to
do her practical practicum if you will, I guess, and
was back to the college within a couple of weeks,
and it was supposed to be like the whole semester.
She did not realize the kinds of injuries that people
would have that she would have to work with, that
that she'd be helping, and it was not I don't
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know what she thought it was, but when she actually
went to do the hands on it was not a
good mix, not a good match. So she came back
and got a difference. She changed to her specialty.
Speaker 4 (25:53):
That's correct.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
But had she been able to come follow somebody in
their practice that first year, I think she would have
a better idea of what was happening exactly.
Speaker 5 (26:04):
I mean sometimes you have people, yeah, they finished a
program and they're like, oh my gosh, I don't think
this is what I wanted to do. And there's a
lot of money to go through some of these programs
and not be fully aware of what you're signing up for.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
You know, sometimes it's very glamorous on TV.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
I think that might have been in the media. A
little bit of both, actually, I think, but I like
the fact that they can come to your offices and
see that. And then of course part of the society obviously,
you have the different programs, you do different initiatives, so
like doctor Comenio you were mentioning you were the lead
during COVID. So as different things pop up in the community,
be it you know, prostate cancer awareness or dental health awareness,
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you guys take turns and do events in the community. Correct.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (26:46):
For example, you know, we're wrapping up the month of June,
which is Men's Health Month, and so you know, Tilja
Medical Society was out in Bahoki where you know, when
they had a Men's Health Day along with a lot
of other vendors, and we had basically a very nice,
(27:08):
personable moment when men in the crowd were able to
ask us in as men physicians for that particular event
about various things, including mental health as you had mentioned earlier,
to you know, sexual health for men uh to cancer
specifically prostate as you had mentioned. So you know, we
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we do events like that based on opportunities you know,
that are presented to us, and so we we try
to go near and far to do to do that,
whether it's screening for pregnant women with high blood pressure.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
Mental narcotics.
Speaker 4 (27:42):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, so yeah, we have CME classes where
physicians can listen into about opioid abuse and so yeah,
we we we really try to cover the gamut when
it comes to all the medical issues that we think
are affecting are the population here in Palm Beach County.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
So of course if somebody has an organization and they
want to collaborate with you, they can reach.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
Out absolutely absolutely. And one of the things that the
healthfare that we always have and this being our twenty
fourth year doing it, are lots of different vendors, as
doctor Flora mentioned, lots of different organizations who come and
offer information, whether it's legal aid, whether it's you know,
home health services, you know, there's a lot of other
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opportunities which is not directly medical, but sort of medical
adjacent that you know, the families will find very interesting
when they come to the healthfare on August ninth.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
Oh, I agree, I know. We do differents for the
radio stations. Sometimes we'll have like a medical company come
out and they hand out the little freebezes and everybody
loves the squishy things what have you. But then you know,
Grandma gets her blood pressure checked and they're like, okay,
we need to follow up, make sure you go back
to your doc. You know, a little high today, you know.
But they just you know, keeping people aware of their
health and like in tune with themselves in the community.
(28:59):
So again before we got so, let's get the information
on the day of the event and where they can
go to get more information.
Speaker 5 (29:04):
Okay, So the annual Back to School health Fare JFK
Middle School in Revera Beach August ninth, from nine am
to two pm. Physicals, dental screenings, vision screening, hearing screenings,
and backpacks so they can get started back to school.
And then different things for the parents mental awareness, mimmogram,
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diabetes les, CPR, yes, CPR training.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
All right, Well, Thank you both for coming in talking
with me today doing such a cool thing in the communities.
Very much appreciate it and definitely very much need it.
Thank you, Thank you very much.
Speaker 4 (29:40):
Thank you for having us on deb and.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
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Speaker 2 (00:06):
Good morning, Welcome to Palm Beach Pressure Coast Perspective. I'm
your host, dev Nepp. Thanks for spending your weekend with me.
All kinds of great things going on, and they're friends
over the Cultural Council send us a lot of fun
reminders speaking that the Pop Culture Exhibition is happening at
the Cornell Art Museum now through September twenty eighth, and
then they have a Freaky Friday. The musical happening at
(00:27):
FAU University Theater now through the July twenty seventh. Here
the musical is happening. This was going to be at
the Lakewarth Playhouse July eighteenth through August third. Ooh, and
he likes some great music. You want to head to
Arts Garage in Delray Beach. Oh, Gosh Bocha Ballet Theater
presenting their Summer Breezes show at the Spanish River High
(00:47):
School on August second and third. Oh, when kids are
getting in free now through August tenth at the Palm
beachsou So if you haven't taken the kiddos to the
zoo in a while, great time to do that. Oh
got a reminder. The American Humane Society is launching their
fifteenth annual Hero Dog Awards. It's a nationwide search. It
celebrates the most encourages and inspiring dogs from across the country.
(01:13):
So you can go check them out on the website.
Vote for them is so called go to American Humane
dot org, forge slash Hero Dog Awards and there's like
five different categories, one of like shelter dogs, like first
responder dogs. It's really really sweet and they are the
most adorable dogs. I gotta tell you definitely want to
check that out. More fun things happening at the Morikami
(01:35):
The Art of Piece is going on now through September
twenty eighth. They've got like the tea ceremonies where you
can go on alarm, like the Raking the Gardens ceremony
for the Zen Gardens, And to find out more about that,
go to Morikami dot org. And while you're there you
can find out about all the other exhibitions they've got
going on. And then of course throughout the week they
(01:55):
have tai Chi happening at the South County Civic Center.
That's Wednesdays at eight and Tuesdays and Thursdays at ten am.
There's no reservations needed for that one and it's free admission,
so everyone check that out. They do do functional fitness
at the Moricomie Park in del Rey that is Tuesdays
and Thursdays at eight thirty. Again a free admission for
that one, but you do need to reserve a space
(02:16):
because the pavilion doesn't have that much room. So everyone
check those things out. Go to Ppcparks dot com and
there's more details there for you. And of course we
talked about this last week. This is gonna be so cool.
Saint Lucie County is offering their free sea Turtle nest
excavation walks. So I've not done this yet. I definitely
want to do one. I do the one where you
watch the turtles lay the eggs, but I've not done
(02:38):
the one where there you see the hatch, which I
just think is so cool. And to sign up for it,
you do need to register, and registrations opening on July
tenth at eight am. Go to SLC Hikes dot org
and it's all listed there for you, and it fills
up quickly because it's a limited number for safety for
us and for the turtles. And then when you're also
when you're at SLC Hikes, they have all the different hights, paddles,
(03:01):
they do kayaking, canoeing as well. Now lots of different
things and they're all on the website there and they
tell you what age group they're good for. So I
like that. They have one that Eric does and it's
like a little scrub preserve. But in the beginning part
of it they now have like the disc golf, so
he also does you like a little training on how
to play disc golf, which is fine. And then we
(03:22):
spoke to Benji from Palm Beach County Environmental Resources, so
they've got lots of cool things coming and simply go
to PBCERM dot com and all the details are listed
there for you. And if it's too hot for you
to be outside, like for me, you can do pickleball inside.
So some of the rec centers are offering indoor picklebore
(03:44):
the indoor pickleball West Boyton, Westgate and West Jupiter Recreation
Centers all three are offering different days with inside classes
in the nice air conditioning, so it can't go wrong
with that. And of course our friends over the North
Museum every Saturday now through the end of August, it's
going to be freed mission for pomp Beach County residents,
(04:05):
and if you live in the city of West Palm Beach,
it's freed mission on Saturdays all year round. So some
really cool programs going on, and you can go to
Norton dot org and find all the different exhibitions and
classes and things they have going on. And every Friday
they do the Art after Dark, and the first one
of the month is always their Jazz Night, so if
you're jazz fan, that's the one you want to sign
(04:25):
up for. And of course Travis they have lots of
stuff going on throughout the summer, a lot of stuff
with Palm Beach Improv and of course next year they
have their whole Cravis on Broadway series coming. It's gonna
be the Whiz Kimberly Akimbo. This is one I want
to see is called TWA's The Night Before and it's
done by CIRCUSLA, so it's kind of like a Christmas theme,
(04:46):
So I can't wait to see that one. Some like
it Hot MJ the Musical Beautiful Noise choir Man, and
you can go to Cravis dot org and sign up
to buy those. They also have their Lunch and Learn
series now out and tickets you can buy the whole season,
offer their classical music, and then they have the young
(05:06):
musicians that do classical as well, which I think is
really cool. So lots of fun stuff happening there. And
then we have a reminder City Fort Pierce is doing
like community lectures, so the next one coming up, and
then July thirty first is the Credit Repair Workshop. For
more info, reach out to Caitlin seven seven to two,
seven four to two nine eight three five and she
(05:26):
has all the details there for you. And of course
the Treasure Coast is also launching their summer thing. I
love this. It's the locals only discount thing they do
every summer where you get into different restaurants and stuff
and hotels at discounted rate. And for more information on that,
simply go to visit Indianrivercounty dot com and it's all
listed on there for you. Speaking of information, I want
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to welcome my guests for today. I have doctor Camino
from t Leroy Jefferson Medical Society and doctor Flora. Can
you pronoun your name for us?
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Doctor Flora Benzi Achel.
Speaker 2 (05:58):
Thanks, want to welcome you. Good morning, doctor Communion. How
long have you been with the society?
Speaker 4 (06:04):
Oh, I've been an active member of the Medical Society
going on six years now and currently I'm the vice president.
And previously I was the COVID nineteen task force lead
during the pandemic. So the organization itself has been in
existence for many decades now continued to serve the populations
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within Palm Beach County through our various programs.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
So yeah, So for the listeners who may be new
to the area, because we always have new people moving
in all the time. Doctor te Leroy Jefferson actually started
the society, right, the bicycle doctor.
Speaker 4 (06:38):
Right, So the Medical Society is named after him because,
as you said, he was the first half American doctor
here in Palm Beach County. He literally would ride his
bicycle to visit the different residents and provide you know,
home care as he could at that time. And so
that was the inspiration for this Medical Society. We we
(07:01):
strive to continue that same mission with our different communities
here in Palm Beach County today.
Speaker 2 (07:07):
I think that's fantastic. So now your specialty in medicine
is infectious disease. Correct, yes, and I say there great.
Speaker 4 (07:13):
Yes, infectious diseases.
Speaker 2 (07:14):
So that's like obviously COVID well.
Speaker 4 (07:17):
Yes, I mean certainly after COVID, there was you know, influenza,
there was RSV, so there's a lot of you know,
bad viruses going around. But also you know, we see
patients with lots of bacterial infections, you know, people who
end up in the hospital typically with you know, pneumonia,
with you know, diabetic foot infections, that kind of thing.
(07:38):
So we actually have a few infectious to see these
doctors at TLJ Medical Society and along with all the
other subspecialties, including a few dentists, one of whom is
with us here today and and others. So we're very
excited to be here.
Speaker 3 (07:56):
Oh very cool.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Well, thank you for coming in, and doctor Floric, thanks
for coming back in. So we talked like the last
year maybe here before. Your specialty is general dentistry. Yees,
general dentistry. So how long have you been with the society.
Speaker 3 (08:07):
I've been with a society almost ten years now.
Speaker 2 (08:09):
Oh that's so cool.
Speaker 5 (08:10):
Yes, yes, yes, I joined actually from a member of
actual Miobi who is also a member, actually talked to
me about it and an active member of it ever since.
And I just love what the organization stands for helping
out the community, especially the underserved people in the community
and teaching them more about opportunities that they can do
in healthcare specifically.
Speaker 2 (08:31):
Oh I like it well, and I know. I've also
spoke to the physical therapy GOT ladies, so they're awesome.
Oh yes, and I make it goo yeah. And doctor Walker,
Monica Walker, came in and talked with me, like, so
you have general practitioners, you have physical therapists, occupational therapists,
lots of different medical genres, if you will represent it
in the society.
Speaker 3 (08:49):
Way, nurses by doctors yes.
Speaker 2 (08:52):
Oh why doctors of course? Oh yeah, I forgot about
that and then just went to mine over the weekend.
Speaker 4 (08:55):
Oh.
Speaker 2 (08:56):
I always tell people go to get your eyes trucked
every year, and they're like really, and like, yes, every
year because it can change that quickly without you realizing it.
So especially because I wear contacts a lot, so it's
always good to have that checked. So obviously this sign
is got lots of different things. The big thing you
guys do is every summer you do a great job
about going out in the community and providing those back
(09:16):
to school like a healthfare. So the back to school shots,
dental checkups and lots of other things are like a
blood pressure checks, all those good things in the community.
So where you're gonna be doing it this year and
what date?
Speaker 5 (09:29):
We're doing it at the JFK Middle School in Revia
Beach August ninth from nine am to two pm. So
JFK Middle School this year in Rivera Beach August ninth
from nine am to two pm.
Speaker 2 (09:44):
Do people need to sign up ahead of time or
can they just show up?
Speaker 5 (09:48):
Ideally sign up so we have a better idea also
because we want to see their status in terms of
insurance and things like that. But everything can be found
on our website t LMJ dot.
Speaker 4 (10:00):
Org, TSA Medical Society dot org.
Speaker 2 (10:02):
That's right, very cool, And of course you're also on
social media correct.
Speaker 5 (10:06):
Most certainly yes, they can certainly look us up on Facebook, Instagram,
t Leroy Jefferson Medical Society.
Speaker 2 (10:14):
All I get and so of course these are programs
you offer every year. So when people come and they
sign up ahead of time, you do the vaccines, the
vaccinations for the students, but you also check out other
family members and aw for health services to them as well.
Speaker 4 (10:28):
Correct, Yes, that's correct, And actually our theme this year
is healthy Hearts and healthy Minds, so we're actually doing
a little bit of an increased focus on cardiovascular health specifically,
you know, for the families of the children who are
coming in. But the nuts and bolts of the healthfare
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are the annual physicals for the school children and that
is also including as doctor Flora mentioned, dental screening, eye screening,
and we do audiology as well as hearing screening. So
we do all three along with the physical exam, and
the student leaves the fair with that, along with any
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additional things that they may need, including access to a
vaccine if they're in need of a vaccine, which is
very important. We want to make sure that families know
that we still need all our vaccines and the parents.
This year in the vein, in keeping with our theme
of the heart, we will have free CPR classes there
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and we will also have free HIV testing as well, so,
and I believe doctor Floya, we have a mammogram.
Speaker 3 (11:42):
Most certainly they'll be a mammogram van, so there's very private.
Speaker 4 (11:46):
Yeah, So we'll be offering a lot of different things
for the families of the children when they come what
kind of like.
Speaker 2 (11:52):
That's a one stop shop. You get everybody there. That's
so cool. Well, and as a two time breast cancer survivor,
they found it on a mammogram. There was never a lump,
and that's how they that's why I'm still here. They
checked it early. It checked me early because it's a
family history. Saw that little spot and they're like, you know,
we don't like the look of that. We need to
check that out. And sure enough, you know, came back.
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But it was stage zero, so like really early, and
was very fortunate in the second time stage one. But
again we're catching it on a mammogram. That's and if
I had not had that mammogram early, I don't know,
it'd probably be like stage four or something when they
finally found it, you know what I mean. So I
always recommend people, you know, go get squished.
Speaker 3 (12:31):
Yes, yes, definitely we have.
Speaker 2 (12:33):
So it's a self hug exactly.
Speaker 5 (12:36):
I'm glad we have the opportunity to be able to
provide that to the community because, yeah, unfortunate a lot
of people in the community they don't have access that
could care.
Speaker 2 (12:44):
Definitely, Oh definitely, And of course like we've talked the
mind and your heart are so important as well. And
we've been doing a lot of talking on the show
the past several months about mental health and mental health
awareness and acceptance. So I have a friend. She takes
her my medication and she's fine if she doesn't need
your medication. You know, she gets super agitated and stuff
(13:06):
like that. And it's it's like the same if you
break your arm, you're going to get the arm. You know,
you gotta have a cast, get the arm set. Same
thing your mental health. You'll go see a doc. If
you need medication, you do it. If you need the
talk therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, it's available for everybody. We
just need to let people know about it. And that
is so as my friend's daughter says, it's okay not
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to be okay, and like, I think the students are
getting that message far faster than grown people.
Speaker 3 (13:35):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (13:35):
And one of my friends is a teacher and her
students will come in sometimes and they're upset because something's
going on, and so they're like, she's trying to get
settled down to start class. So the thing is, okay,
do you want event or do you want me to
fix it. So she asks them that vent please, she
got two minutes, and they just tell whatever. And then
they start class and now that's something they think needs fixed,
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then they'll tell her and then as a group in
the class, they'll come up with ideas to help fix it.
So I think it's so smart, you know.
Speaker 3 (14:05):
Beautiful, especially giving them the option.
Speaker 5 (14:08):
Sometimes people just want to talk it out, vent it
out right, so that it's great that she gives them
the outlet for that.
Speaker 2 (14:15):
Oh yeah, And then when they want to invent, the
other kids look like, we listen, but we don't judge, right,
that's right, They're just adorable. I'm just like, oh my gosh,
me and my grown friends need to take notes.
Speaker 4 (14:27):
Yes, No, it is important to allow the children, especially
to know that it's okay to talk about things that
may not be okay. And that's the good thing about screenings.
It familiarizes the children to the process of, you know,
meeting someone like a doctor Flora who is a family
general dentist who will talk to you very kindly and
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talk to you. Are you having any issues in your mouth?
Have you noticed you know anything? And this you know,
this will be repeated throughout the day during the healthfare.
When they go for the air screenings, you know someone
will we'll talk to the children ask them about can
you you know hear this? Can you hear that? The
same with the vision screenings are there certainly because we
know that, you know, any deficiency in all of those
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three areas, your your your vision or your hearing or
in your mouth can affect you know, your overall health
and how you do on a day to day basis,
whether in school or not. So we're very fortunate to
do this, and I just want to remind everyone that
we are doing this in collaboration with JFK Middle School
during what's called their Viking Bash. They were kind enough
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to let us go in with them. So this is
going to be a very large event with a lot
of school children. It's a back to school event right
before school starts, so a big part of it is
you know, back to school orientation, but also back to
school you know, annual screenings, and so we're looking forward.
Speaker 2 (15:50):
To it and it's perfect that you're doing it all
together because they need all those things to go back
to school.
Speaker 5 (15:55):
Yes, exactly, So they get the screenings, like doctor Communio said,
and then also they get a backpack at the end
with all the goodies that they need to get school
started off on the right foot.
Speaker 2 (16:04):
I really want to backpack. So for the listeners that
are coming, we need to go online to the website
and sign up pre register, just so you make sure
of everything's set up for them. It goes a little
bit smoother.
Speaker 3 (16:16):
Right exactly.
Speaker 5 (16:17):
I mean, watkins are always welcome, but yes, ideally sign
up ahead on our website or on Facebook see Lee
Roy Jefferson Medical Society.
Speaker 4 (16:26):
And again just to emphasize, we are focused on uninsured
or underinsured individuals, but we are more than happy to
take on those who who do have coverage. So this
is an event for everyone across the board. But we
really really want to get medical access to those who
really need it. But you know, please everyone come on
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out on August ninth to JFK Middle School. Looking forward
to seeing.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
You well, definitely, And I always tell people that go
out and take advantage of these things in the community.
And of course I talked a few weeks ago with
Joff from the River Bridge into National just a reminder
for everybody every Saturday, they're still doing it every Saturday.
The Old Bayite and Beach mall. They're doing the free
food drives, so if you need if you're short on
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food and you need food, you can just drive there
and roundly. At nine o'clock they start it for volunteers.
They are going to help sort the food. If you
get there between like five and six am, let's start
sorting the food. But then they start putting it delivering
to the people in the cars around nine am.
Speaker 4 (17:26):
Very nice.
Speaker 2 (17:26):
Yeah, so he said, the last time we talked, they
have we're getting two thousand families awake. There's that many
people in our community that are that that are struggling.
So he's like, don't struggle, come out, get the food.
They have it, Yes, and if you have the time
to volunteer, they totally welcome you come into volunteer. Which
brings me to you guys. I'm sure you guys like
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volunteers for Tea Leeward Jefferson as well.
Speaker 5 (17:49):
Always we have some volunteers signed up already, so we're
very fortunate for that. As far as physician volunteers, always
great to have them. We just have to do a
background check on them, but I can once again, you
can check out our website.
Speaker 3 (18:03):
T Leroy T LJ.
Speaker 5 (18:05):
Medical Society dot org t l J Medical Society dot
org to sign up so that we can get you registered,
especially all physician healthcare really anybody in a healthcare field
to sign up to a volunteer. But then also we
welcome high school students who also want to volunteer. We
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can go on our website t Ljmedical Society dot org
and we can talk to one of our directors and
they can help guide you accordingly. So August ninth, JFK
Middle School, Rivera Beach nine am to two pm.
Speaker 3 (18:40):
And food is provided. We forget about.
Speaker 2 (18:43):
Foods Friday food. There's food wait, I'm definitely there.
Speaker 4 (18:46):
Yes, yes, So for the for the school age children
that we'll be coming through, we will be giving them meals.
And to doctor Flores's point, yeah, this this kind of
event would not be even workable without you know, having
a chance to work with so many different groups. So
as this is our twenty fourth year doing it, we
have a lot of support. We have the Black Nurse
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Practitioners of Palm Beach, We have a lot of different
organizations who are coming in and really to make this
a success, including a lot of the people who you
mentioned who are been on your show who are tied
into TLDA Medical Society, so we're very excited.
Speaker 2 (19:25):
And of course for businesses and folks listening businesses who
like to sponsor the different events, they can reach out
to you as well.
Speaker 5 (19:32):
Most certainly, yes, we have great sponsors like we have
Jack and Jill Diabetes Coalition, just to name a few.
So many sponsors we're so grateful for and we can't
never have enough because you know, there's so much, so
many people to serve. So once again, you can reach
us on our website t l J Medical Society dot org.
We would love to have you sponsor, and of course
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we would mention your name on our websites on all
the programs and what have you and T shirts. We
even have T shirts I give at the event, so
your name will also be mentioned on there. And I
think it's great for the community to see the different
organizations around supporting our people.
Speaker 2 (20:09):
Oh absolutely, And speaking of the society, for folks like
doctors and medical folks who have not joined you, guys
offer you do all these really cool programs in the community,
but then you also like help mentor each other and
support each other. So I know you have different events
like you have lunch and learn series throughout them. Different
months you have being like award nights and galas galas.
Speaker 4 (20:33):
That's right, that's right. We have had a lot of
what's become landmark events in Palm Beach County through the
years now where you know our science of success events.
You know, we've had. One of our biggest events is
having thousands of school age children from southern Florida all
come down to a high school on one day and
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get to meet different healthcare professionals. They move from room
to room meeting all these different healthcare professionals, and then
they they get to meet our speaker, which is usually
someone amazing you know, previous surgeon general or you know
some great healthcare professional. So yeah, we have lots of
programs that are set to not only encourage, but to
(21:15):
mentor school age children into careers in healthcare. We do
go out into the community as well many times, like
we are doing with this healthcare but we have mentoring
activities and for as you pointed out, for the healthcare
providers ourselves, we do have networking events as well. So
it's not only about supporting our next generation, but about
supporting each other.
Speaker 2 (21:37):
Well, I think that's perfect because, as we've all noticed,
world is very stressful lately, yes, and so anything we
can do to help each other, Like the one lady
years ago is in a like a therapy session for
the cancer one of the other cancer ladies. She said that,
you know, her neighbor wanted to help. And when she
went through her breast cancer, she had the big by
(22:01):
lateral mistectomy, so you really can't lift your arms and
stuff for a while, so she wasn't her neighbor. Generally,
the neighbor wanted to help out. So she's like, really,
if you could take the garbage drag that can to
the curb and bring it back, because she honestly could
not do that for like at least I don't know,
three or four weeks, and so it's been years and
(22:21):
he's still doing it because he wants to be able
to help. So I think in all of us there's
somebody who wants to help you. And the more people
we can help and reach out to each other, the
better it is for everybody. And I do think it's
really awesome that you offer all this mentoring service amongst
yourselves but also for the students because you can see,
(22:42):
like do you want to be you know, infectious disease,
you want to be a dentist, you want to do
eye doctor, you know. So one of my friends grew
up and she's an eye doctor and I would have
never thought of that. Another one is like, she does
the genetics and I was like, wow, misty's a geneticism.
That's so cool.
Speaker 3 (23:01):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
And my friend's kids are nuclear engineers.
Speaker 4 (23:05):
Yes.
Speaker 2 (23:06):
And then other friends kids they're perfectly happy pulling up
the most amazing, you know, coffee shot at the barista thing.
I mean, like everybody has their thing, you know. Another
friend's daughter is like and now in a big summer musical.
So it's so exciting to see them grow and find
their different talents.
Speaker 3 (23:24):
Yes.
Speaker 5 (23:26):
And that's one of the things that we love about
our organization is we allow these kids on an opportunity
to meet people for different backgrounds, different healthcare, someplace of
a non healthcare profession, so that they can see what's
possible for them, because some of them they have no
opportunity to see anything past, you know, just their home
(23:46):
life or what have you. So that's one of the
things I has kept me with Teley Roy Jefferson all
this time is because the organization is so focused on
helping the community, the students and the high school students
see the opportunity that could possibly be theirs if they're
you know, if they shadow mentor or what have you
get mentor so.
Speaker 2 (24:05):
Of course there's another cool feature that CHIEI WORDERFS Medical
Society offers is for students, like college level students are
getting into the fields. So say doctor Flair, they want
to do general dentistry or maybe even a specialty dentistry,
they can come and work with you in your office,
right and like shadow you.
Speaker 5 (24:24):
Most certainly yes, I mean always willing to have people coming.
I would say pretty much everybody in our organization would
be willing to have a students that's interested in that
particular field come shadow them, come ask them questions, talk
about it, talk with the other team members in that office,
and see all the different aspects because you never really
(24:47):
know what you think you want to be until you
see it. And sometimes they're surprised when they go into
an office and like, oh wow, I didn't know the specialty,
even the sub specialty even existed, and that maybe what
they maybe think about doing all along, and they get
a chance to see it and boom, it's fantastic.
Speaker 2 (25:01):
Oh yeah, Like, well, a couple years ago I found
out that there is an oncology subspecialty in OBG y
N had no idea and I was like, wow, okay,
that's that's cool. But okay, you find out things as
you go, so I think it's amazing. And I had
a roommate in college. She was going for physical therapy
and she'd done like she's like in her third year
(25:22):
I think three and a half years, and went to
do her practical practicum if you will, I guess, and
was back to the college within a couple of weeks,
and it was supposed to be like the whole semester.
She did not realize the kinds of injuries that people
would have that she would have to work with, that
that she'd be helping, and it was not I don't
(25:43):
know what she thought it was, but when she actually
went to do the hands on it was not a
good mix, not a good match. So she came back
and got a difference. She changed to her specialty.
Speaker 4 (25:53):
That's correct.
Speaker 2 (25:54):
But had she been able to come follow somebody in
their practice that first year, I think she would have
a better idea of what was happening exactly.
Speaker 5 (26:04):
I mean sometimes you have people, yeah, they finished a
program and they're like, oh my gosh, I don't think
this is what I wanted to do. And there's a
lot of money to go through some of these programs
and not be fully aware of what you're signing up for.
Speaker 3 (26:15):
You know, sometimes it's very glamorous on TV.
Speaker 2 (26:18):
I think that might have been in the media. A
little bit of both, actually, I think, but I like
the fact that they can come to your offices and
see that. And then of course part of the society obviously,
you have the different programs, you do different initiatives, so
like doctor Comenio you were mentioning you were the lead
during COVID. So as different things pop up in the community,
be it you know, prostate cancer awareness or dental health awareness,
(26:42):
you guys take turns and do events in the community. Correct.
Speaker 1 (26:46):
Yes.
Speaker 4 (26:46):
For example, you know, we're wrapping up the month of June,
which is Men's Health Month, and so you know, Tilja
Medical Society was out in Bahoki where you know, when
they had a Men's Health Day along with a lot
of other vendors, and we had basically a very nice,
(27:08):
personable moment when men in the crowd were able to
ask us in as men physicians for that particular event
about various things, including mental health as you had mentioned earlier,
to you know, sexual health for men uh to cancer
specifically prostate as you had mentioned. So you know, we
(27:28):
we do events like that based on opportunities you know,
that are presented to us, and so we we try
to go near and far to do to do that,
whether it's screening for pregnant women with high blood pressure.
Speaker 3 (27:40):
Mental narcotics.
Speaker 4 (27:42):
Yeah, yeah, yeah, so yeah, we have CME classes where
physicians can listen into about opioid abuse and so yeah,
we we we really try to cover the gamut when
it comes to all the medical issues that we think
are affecting are the population here in Palm Beach County.
Speaker 2 (28:00):
So of course if somebody has an organization and they
want to collaborate with you, they can reach.
Speaker 4 (28:04):
Out absolutely absolutely. And one of the things that the
healthfare that we always have and this being our twenty
fourth year doing it, are lots of different vendors, as
doctor Flora mentioned, lots of different organizations who come and
offer information, whether it's legal aid, whether it's you know,
home health services, you know, there's a lot of other
(28:25):
opportunities which is not directly medical, but sort of medical
adjacent that you know, the families will find very interesting
when they come to the healthfare on August ninth.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
Oh, I agree, I know. We do differents for the
radio stations. Sometimes we'll have like a medical company come
out and they hand out the little freebezes and everybody
loves the squishy things what have you. But then you know,
Grandma gets her blood pressure checked and they're like, okay,
we need to follow up, make sure you go back
to your doc. You know, a little high today, you know.
But they just you know, keeping people aware of their
health and like in tune with themselves in the community.
(28:59):
So again before we got so, let's get the information
on the day of the event and where they can
go to get more information.
Speaker 5 (29:04):
Okay, So the annual Back to School health Fare JFK
Middle School in Revera Beach August ninth, from nine am
to two pm. Physicals, dental screenings, vision screening, hearing screenings,
and backpacks so they can get started back to school.
And then different things for the parents mental awareness, mimmogram,
(29:27):
diabetes les, CPR, yes, CPR training.
Speaker 2 (29:31):
All right, Well, Thank you both for coming in talking
with me today doing such a cool thing in the communities.
Very much appreciate it and definitely very much need it.
Thank you, Thank you very much.
Speaker 4 (29:40):
Thank you for having us on deb and.
Speaker 2 (29:42):
If you need more information, reach out to me Palm
Beach Perspective at iHeartMedia dot com and I'm happy to
for it on the details. Don't forget. You can always
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I hope everybody has a wonderful weekend. I'm dev net
and this has been my perspective. Remember life is good,
so be your healthiest view and let's get out there
(30:02):
and live it. Until next week.
Speaker 1 (30:04):
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