Press Releases - 2008 Archives
MorseLife Hosts Silver Anniversary Ball to Commemorate 25th Anniversary and Pay Tribute to Founders
More than 350 friends and supporters of MorseLife came together at The Breakers on a spectacular winter evening last night for its Silver Anniversary Ball. The event commemorated the 25th anniversary of MorseLife, the charitable nonprofit organization serving the needs of seniors, and paid tribute to its founders.
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MorseLife’s Adult Food Program Receives Federal Funding
MorseLife, through the Kramer Senior Services Agency, is pleased to announce the re-sponsorship of its adult food program by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s “Child and Adult Food Program.” As part of this ongoing program, meals are available at no separate charge to enrolled eligible participants of the MorseLife adult day centers -- the Schaffer Adult Day Center on the Marilyn & Stanley M. Katz Seniors Campus in West Palm Beach, and the Morse Adult Day Center in Boynton Beach.
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Homebound Mitzvah Program Looking For Volunteers To Make a Difference to Jewish Seniors over High Holidays
For eleven years, volunteers of all ages and from all walks of life have made a difference to homebound Jewish seniors in the community over the Jewish High Holidays and Passover. MorseLife’s Homebound Mitzvah Program is seeking caring volunteers – individuals, families and groups – to deliver High Holiday packages on Thursday, September 25th to more than 2400 Jewish seniors throughout Palm Beach County and vicinity.
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MorseLife Buries 25th Anniversary Time Capsule
On July 7, the staff of MorseLife held a ceremony in the Rose Garden of Morse Geriatric Center to officially commemorate the day 25 years ago that we opened our doors to the first residents.
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Marjorie Agran of Palm Beach Gardens Named Chairman for Friends of MorseLife
Marjorie Agran of Palm Beach Gardens succeeds Ellen S. Falk and Sidney Rosenthal as Chairman for Friends of MorseLife. Marjorie has been an active member of the “Friends” for more than five years, twice serving as Gala Chairman.
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2008 Tzofim Friendship Caravan Visits MorseLife
The residents at Morse Geriatric Center and The Tradition of the Palm Beaches on the MorseLife campus in West Palm Beach were recently given a wonderful “taste” of Israeli music and culture, courtesy of teenagers who are part of the Tzofim (Israeli Boy and Girl Scouts) Friendship Caravan.
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Project Passover: Morse Geriatric Center Serves Seder Meals to Nearly 2,500
Two weeks before Passover, Cochava Feilich is charged with preparing 290 meals for residents and their guests for the first and second seder at the center and 2,200 seder meals for the homebound Jewish population in the area.
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Jewish Agencies in Palm Beach Area to Host Multi-Generational Community Holocaust Remembrance Event on May 1
Jewish agencies in Palm Beach County Jewish will be hosting a multi-generational Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day) event on Thursday, May 1 at 7:30 pm at The Tradition of the Palm Beaches, 4920 Loring Drive in West Palm Beach.
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MorseLife Establishes Silver Awards Honoring Those Who Enhance The Lives of Seniors
Celebrating its twenty-five year anniversary of honoring seniors in Palm Beach County, MorseLife is pleased to announce its first annual Silver Awards to pay tribute to those who have enhanced the lives of older adults.
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MorseLife Honors Charlotte Stern as Volunteer of the Quarter
MorseLife recently selected Charlotte Stern, a resident of the organization’s independent living residence The Tradition of the Palm Beaches, as its Volunteer of the Quarter. At 91 years old, Charlotte has been opening her heart and soul as a volunteer for many organizations in New York and New Jersey for more than 35 years.
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MorseLife Celebrates Those Who Generously Open Their Hearts To Seniors In 25th Annual Volunteer Recognition Luncheon
Nearly 600 people of all ages and backgrounds annually give generously of their time and energy as volunteers for MorseLife and its entities serving the needs of seniors of Palm Beach County.
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