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What A Thrift Shop

By Arthur Dermer, For over 60 years items such as furniture. The
Hospital Volunteer the Debbie-Rand Thrift Shoppe is open 6 days
Memorial Service a week. Call for hours of
1962, a few ladies in League Thrift Shoppe operation.
Boca Raton were looking to has been providing The Thrift Shoppe is
raise money for what would the residents of Boca staffed by over 50 volunteers
eventually become Boca Raton and beyond of the Debbie-Rand Memorial
Raton Regional Hospital. with extraordinary Service League under the
They hoped to acquire a values in gently used, direction of Brooke Mateland.
property which would quality items including Each volunteer serves for a
become a thrift shop. As furniture, designer minimum of 4 hours a week.
luck would have it, a little clothing, jewelry, Many volunteers work 2 or
pink building had just become available. That building household items more shifts. Typical is Renee Renee Markowitz, Thrift shop
had served the community for many years as the St. Paul’s and so much more. Markowitz, a Boca Pointe volunteer
Lutheran Church. That church had outgrown the facility. The Many people in our Brooke Mateland, Shoppe manager resident. She works 2 or more
little pink building was just the spot for a thrift shop which community have also shifts a week as does her sister Sandy. When asked why she
would continue to grow and serve the Boca community. become enthusiastic buyers of high-end merchandise in “The volunteers she says “I get back much more than I give”.
By 2012, the little pink building could no longer meet the Boutique” section of The Shoppe. There you will find designer
needs of the growing community. With the help of Gloria clothing, jewelry and other fine items.
Drummond, the volunteer League acquired a new facility at If you are interested in donating items to the Thrift
930 Meadows Road, just across from the existing Boca Raton Shoppe, call 561-395-2208 for information. The Shoppe
Hospital. Beware of construction in the hospital zone. can assist you by providing pick-up and delivery of large

Community Association Meetings Monthly Schedule

(All meetings held via Zoom and in person.)

All meetings will be held electronically via Zoom and in person. The following is our regular Debbie-Rand Thrift Shoppe
schedule of monthly meetings, however, sometimes meetings are cancelled or schedules are
revised due to holidays, etc. If you would like to attend, please call the BPCA office, (561) The purpose of the Debbie-Rand Memorial Service League
395-7551, the day before the meeting to request the Zoom link be emailed to you. is to coordinate all volunteer services and to raise funds and
to initiate beneficial activities in support of the not-for-profit
Boca Raton Regional Hospital. Last year, the Volunteer League
Access Control & Safety Committee TBD contributed over $500,000 to the Hospital, most of which were
profits from the Thrift Shoppe. In total the Volunteer League
Architectural Control Site Committee TBD has contributed over $35,000,000 to the Boca Raton Regional
Hospital. This money helps purchase valuable new equipment
Board of Directors 3rd Tuesday of each month at 9:30 a.m. for doctors and staff to help Boca residents.
If you are interested in becoming a Debbie-Rand volunteer
Budget & Finance Committee TBD or would like more information about that organization please
contact the volunteer office at 561-955-4098. 

Pediatric General & Thoracic

Surgery in the Palm Beaches

At Palm Beach Children’s Surgical Specialists, we are committed to Stronger Together. For You.
providing compassionate and experienced pediatric surgical care to
children in our community. Using advanced minimally invasive surgical
techniques we solve surgical issues in our littlest patients up to teens,
helping parents and their little ones navigate treatment options.

Our Pediatric Surgeons specialize in:

• Advanced minimally invasive laparoscopy (MIS)
• Thoracoscopy - Video-assisted thoracoscopic
surgery (VATS)
• NUSS Surgery for chest wall defects (Nuss Bar)
• Complex neonatal surgery with prenatal
counseling and intervention

• Endocrine surgery (thyroid, parathyroid,
adrenals)

• Oncologic surgery for
childhood malignancies Avraham Schlager, Anne Fischer,
MD, FACS MD, PhD, FACS

LOCATIONS

To make an appointment 927 45th Street, Suite 301, 9970 North Central Park Blvd.,
STE 400-A, Boca Raton†
West Palm Beach*†
call 888-249-9610
or scan the QR code 641 University Drive, Suite 105, 11551 Southern Blvd., Suite 2,
Jupiter* Royal Palm Beach*

*Fischer †Schlager