Page 6 - Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens - December '23

Page 6, Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens
Jupiter Senior Softball News

Jupiter Senior Softball Association players paid tribute to all a legal national holiday. Senior Softball program is
the men and women who served in the armed forces during a Following the end of open to persons 55 years of
Veterans Day ceremony Nov. 10 at Maplewood Park. both World War II and the age and older. Games are
About 60 players attended the ceremony prior to their Korean War, Congress again every Monday, Wednesday
morning ball games.The event featured remarks by Army amended the name of the and Friday morning at
veteran Gary Vitaletti who said, “Today we honor America’s holiday in 1954, “this time to 8:30 a.m. at Maplewood
veterans for their patriotism, love of county and willingness to honor those who participated Park pending completion
serve and sacrifice for the common good.” in all U.S. wars” calling it of renovations to Jupiter
Veterans who were present were asked to step forward and Veterans Day, Vitaletti noted. Community Park that are
were applauded by the crowd. They included Mike Manasia, 91, The veterans’ tribute under way.
a Korean War army veteran who is the oldest active player in concluded with playing of For more information
the softball league. Vitaletti explained that the origin of Veterans a recording of God Bless about the senior softball
Day dates to Nov. 11, 1919 when President Woodrow Wilson the U.S.A., a patriotic song program contact Gary
proclaimed the date as Armistice Day to commemorate the first written and recorded by Newman at (917) 623-0791
anniversary of the cessation of fighting in World War I. It wasn’t country music artist Lee Gary Vitaletti was a featured speaker for a Veterans Day or to register go to www.
until 1938 that Congress officially designated Armistice Day as Greenwood. The Jupiter ceremony Nov. 10. leaguelineup.com/jssa.

Dr. Shannon Fox-Levine Appointed from page 4 improve payment for services in Florida as the past chair of the About Center For Child Counseling
Florida Pediatric Council, most notably negotiating a grant The Center for Child Counseling has been building the
“When conversations happen in the community, from a major health plan to subsidize consultation hours for foundation for playful, healthful, and hopeful living for
pediatricians are often overlooked when they are the ones patient centered medical home recognition for independently children and families in Palm Beach County since 1999.
who have been seeing kids and their families since the day owned pediatric practices. She currently serves on the AAP Its services focus on preventing and healing the effects of
they were born. There’s a gap between what pediatricians do Payer Advocacy and Advisory Committee to improve payment adverse experiences and toxic stress on children, promoting
and what community organizations and schools do. So, we are to pediatricians to decrease the financial barrier to access to resiliency and healthy family, school, and community
thrilled to have Fox-Levine to help further our work within our high quality care for all children. She was the president of relationships. www.centerforchildcounseling.org, Twitter: @
community by advocating for the continuity of care. She will the Palm Beach Pediatric Society for ten years, organizing ChildCounselPBC, Facebook: @CenterforChildCounseling,
be the voice on behalf of pediatricians and connect pediatric continuing medical education for peers in the community. One Instagram: @childcounselpbc.
offices to the community resources available to their patients of her proudest achievements is advocating for child safety by Interviews Available With
and families,” said Layman. being one of six named pediatricians in the “Docs vs. Glocks” • Dr. Shannon Fox-Levine, Newly appointed medical
About Shannon Fox-Levine, M.D. lawsuit against the State of Florida which found in the doctors’ director of Center for Child Counseling; president and
Dr. Fox-Levine is a pediatrician and the sole owner of favor in Federal Appellate Court. With COVID-19, she was an pediatrician at Palm Beach Pediatrics
Palm Beach Pediatrics, where she has worked for 20 years. active participant in the state chapter and local school board • Renée Layman, president and chief executive officer
She completed medical school at University of Maryland at discussions about returning children to school safely. She has of Center for Child Counseling
Baltimore and trained in pediatrics at Bellevue/NYU Hospital. been married for 22 years with two sons, 21 and 18. In her
Her goal as a pediatrician is to give the best comprehensive spare time, she enjoys cooking, traveling, and exercising.
medical care to children while also being an advocate for
them in the community. Integrating mental health care for
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