Northwest Focal Point Senior Center District - Regular Meeting

Good evening and welcome to the Northwest Focal Point Senior Center District meeting. It is now 06:37. Please call the roll.

Board mayor Rosano? Here. Board mayor Cozzano?

Present.

Boardman Simone?

Here.

Board member Arserio? Here. Board member Swartz?

Here. And it is Wednesday, 09/17/2025. Please stand for the pledge of allegiance and a moment of silence. Okay. First item.

Item one a is minutes for approval from the 08/20/2025 meeting.

Any comments? Any corrections? Any changes?

Motion to approve. Second.

Hearing none, please call the roll.

Board member Zano?

Yes.

Board member Cardiano? Yes. Board member Simone? Yes. Board member Rottaro? Yes. Board member Swartz?

Yes. Thank you. Item two, new business.

Item two a is a resolution of the board of the Northwest Focal Point Senior Center District approving the fiscal year twenty twenty five, twenty twenty six budget, providing for automatic adjustments, providing for an effective date. This resolution is before you for your consideration this evening.

What's the wish of the board? So move to approve. Second. Any comments? Any comments from the public? Hearing none, please call the roll.

Clerk Member Rosario? Yes. Clerk Member Cartagiano? Yes. Clerk Member Simone? Yes. Clerk Member Rosario?

As always, would like to thank you so much for your support. It is much appreciated that we always get so much support from the board, as always. We couldn't do what we do without all of you, as always. Since our last meeting, we've had all of our exciting activities. We have our usual things like our health talks, exercise classes.

Our farmers market now is monthly, but it's much appreciated. We are able to serve probably about 70 people, and in fact, we have one tomorrow. The week of September 22 is fall prevention week, so we have some health talks planned during that week on that topic, both in English and in Spanish, some presentations. October 13 at 11:30, our wonderful, very talented chorus is going to be performing for us, so stop by if you can. You know we have a lot of talent at our center.

October 24 is International Folk Festival Day where we celebrate all nationalities and all Everyone comes dressed in their national colors, they tell about where they're from, a lot of people like to bring food, which we don't encourage, but they do. October 31, we have our Halloween costume parade at 11:30. November 14, everyone's favorite day, WE bowling tournament, so start practicing, come out. November 18, we have our Thanksgiving basket day, so if any members of the public have any donations they'd like to donate to the center, we're accepting nonperishable items, toiletries, pies, frozen poultry of all kinds, chickens, turkeys. We assemble baskets.

I think last year we did, I think, 70 baskets, but you know, we like to increase the amount that we are able to give out every year. December 9 at 11:30, our chorus is gonna be doing their production that day. We call it the in house production. There's people singing, probably some poetry, different expressions of talent on that day. On December 11, Denise takes some members of the center to Tradewinds Park to see the Fantasy of Lights trip. On one of our buses, they go through, and they always like to They sing on the bus, and they have a lot of fun that night. December 15, we're having what we call a holiday race. It's like a game that we have these big blow up dice, they

have a

playing field on the floor, and they move these wooden horses. But the horses have holiday themed heads, like a dreidel and a Santa Claus, and it's fun. So that day is holiday raceUgly Sweater Day, so that's fun. December 26, we have big bingo, and December 31, celebrate the New Year with a toast at noon, because we have Noon Year's toast. So that's us from now until the end of the year. But mixed in between, we have health talks and different programs, and we're also trying to we're going to discuss the mayor kindly referred us a new activity that we're going to meet with the commissioner to figure out how that's gonna work for us, but we're gonna incorporate that into our programming as well. So that's a health activity. So that's us.

It just took care of my whole year.

And we also had Florida Telecommunications Relay. They give out free phones for people that are hard of hearing. It's those phones with the big captions. She's been there twice already, and she ran out of phones. So And we had to

think that most of the people you have there suddenly have become hard of hearing?

Correct. And also what she does, once she gives out the phone, then she also explains how they work. So now she's coming back October 8, I wanna say it is. She's coming back again because she not she ran out of phone. Plus when the people receive the phone, then she goes over it with them like this is how you so she's coming back October 8 for another session.

That's only for people with hard lines

for the school.

Right? No. It's actually there's a little cell phone amplifier thing. Right? Yeah. There's, like, a little thing you can hook to your cell phone, and it amplifies the cell phone as well. So yeah. October 8, 09:30, I believe, she's coming. But you have to demonstrate an example of you don't have to have a hearing aid or a cochlear implant, but she'll give you a hearing test there to determine the need.

I'm sorry. Where is she?

I knew that. I was about to tell you, like I so knew that. I fell for that. Yeah.

I'm new here.

So knew that was coming.

So that's the story.

Thank you.

Thank you, everybody.

Board member Rosano, do you happen to hear me?

Terry, thanks for what you do, and we really appreciate it. Let everybody that everybody there know. Thank you.

Board member Tatiana, turn up the hearing aid.

What you guys just rock it every every every day. And whenever I go there, just see smiling faces after smiling faces after smiling faces. Thank you.

Board member Simone.

I'd like to say the senior center is a resident's home away from home. Very welcoming there. They love it there. Thank you to you and your staff for all the wonderful things that you do for the residents.

Right member. Nothing at this time. Keep up the good work. Thank you.

And of course, one day, we'll all be old enough to be there and go, Yeah. It's always a pleasure to go over and enjoy the activities there. People don't realize that you can get old, but you don't have to grow old. So thank you. Thank you. And with that said, second meeting adjourned.