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PGA POA Communication Corner

Submitted by Gail Coppage, usually 1 hour 15 minutes. The one-time course includes when Newspapers: Remember to discontinue newspaper
PGA POA Communications someone would need CPR, the basics of Automated External service. Old newspapers piled up on the driveway tell
Committee Defibrillator (AED) which is a medical device that can help everyone you are not home.
Welcome Spring in restore a normal heart rhythm in someone experiencing sudden Lights: It is always good to leave on some exterior lights
beautiful South Florida! cardiac arrest and the basics of CPR. The Fire Department while you are away from your Florida home. You might
What amazing days and prefers to offer classes during the workday, but they can utilize interior lighting timers which automatically turn lights
evenings! Cooler mornings, also accommodate evening classes for a minimum of 20 on/off to give the appearance that your home is occupied. If
beautiful warm and breezy participants. Please note that classes are always offered free you have a house sitter or someone who checks your home
afternoons and cooler of charge. Fire department staff can also arrange for an on-site during the summer/fall, that person can also handle bulb
sweater weather evenings! training session. The Fire Department also holds these classes replacement if needed.
Congratulation And Best every other month on the third Tuesday of the month, including Air Conditioner: Never turn off your air conditioner!
Wishes offering Child/Infant CPR classes. For more information: Florida has a very warm and muggy environment and
Congratulations to the PGA National POA Board https://www.pbgfl.gov/782/Free-CPR-Classes. mold can grow and does grow very quickly without air
members and officers! President Jack Hughes, Vice President Reminder About Rules And Regulations conditioning. You can set your thermometer to 80 to 85
Jim Kraus, Treasurer Bob Kramer and Secretary Bill Heath. Are you new to PGA National? Have you ever lived in a degrees and set the fan to “automatic.” Please follow the
Welcome to new Board Member Vicki Miller! Thank you to gated community? Living in a gated community is wonderful. manufacturer’s directions for a humidistat.
all the PGA residents who voted and who attended the Annual There are several rules and regulations regarding important Food: Please remove all perishable food from your
Meeting held at Mirasol on Feb. 6. categories in a deed restricted community. New homeowners refrigerator, in the home, garage or outside on the patio.
Condolences To The Family Of Mike Engelsher often have so many things happening at one time, that reading Water: Please shut off the water to your home/unit if
Longtime POA President and colleague Mike Engelsher through HOA and POA regulations are often the last thing to possible. Shutting off the water should be done one or two
passed away in February. Mike joined the POA Board of do. The Property Owners Association (POA) has an annual hours before you leave your home. After the water has been
Governors in 2006 and served as the Board President for six assessment in addition to the HOA or Condo Association off for an hour, check for leaks. If you decide to keep the
years. He was a consummate gentleman and quiet leader who assessment. The POA Board is currently working on the July water on in your home, please have your house sitter or friend
served as an active partner and colleague on the POA Board. 1, 2025 to June 30, 2026 fiscal year budget. Please remember run water in the sinks and flush toilets periodically to keep
Mike’s calm exterior, wise counsel, ability to keep the board that the POA Annual Assessment notice is mailed each year all internal components from drying out and causing odors
on task, and often sharing a joke or a smile under even the on June 1st with payment due on July 1st. in your home.
most difficult of topics are some of the many reasons Mike Helpful Hints For Seasonal Residents Leaving PGA Toilets: If you use bluing containers in your toilet tank,
Engelsher will be missed by all of us. We send condolences National remove them before you leave the home for the season. The
to the Engelsher family and thank them for Mike’s support April may find you traveling back to a second home bluing containers are caustic (corroding) and may cause
and love for all things PGA National for so many years. during this springtime. Being responsible for two homes damage to the components in the toilet tank when the blue
“Hands Only” CPR Training simultaneously can be difficult and it is easy to forget to do water just sits in the tank.
The Palm Beach Gardens Fire Department offers “hands some things when moving from one residence to another
only” CPR classes. Classes located at the city offices are residence. Here is a helpful reminder list: PGA POA Communication Corner on page 3
Commissioner’s Update

Free Tax Services Offered To anytime and anywhere, or they can meet with an IRS-certified spouse’s, if married and filing joint return
• A Photo ID card (driver’s license, etc.), including
volunteer in person at one of 16 locations throughout the
Palm Beach County Residents county. Volunteers are available to assist in English, Spanish, • For Dependent Care Credit, bring care provider’s
Creole and sign language, with no appointment required. name, address, SSN/EIN, and amount you paid
By Mayor Maria G. Marino To make it easier to prepare your return please bring the • For Education Credit, bring 1098T or 1098E and
It’s that time of year when following items to the VITA sites: amount paid for qualified expenses
the United Way of Palm • Last year’s Federal Income Tax Return (2024 income • Form 1095-A, Health Insurance Marketplace
Beach County teams up tax returns) Statement
with IRS-certified Volunteer • Social Security Cards for you, your spouse (if married), If married and filing a joint return, both spouses
Income Tax Assistance and all dependents listed on the return must come to the VITA site.
(VITA) volunteers for a • Correct birth dates for all names listed on the return VITA volunteers will NOT prepare Schedule D
tax-free filing campaign. • All W-2s for 2024, including spouses (Complex), Schedule E, Employee Business Expenses,
This initiative offers free, • Form 1098 – Mortgage interest, property taxes Moving Expenses and Nondeductible IRA.
confidential, and secure tax • Form 1099 – DIV, G, INT, MISC, NEC, K, Q, R, RRB, This Free Tax Assistance is offered from Thursday,
preparation and e-filing for SSA for 2024 January 22 to Tuesday, April 15. Don’t miss this deadline!
qualified taxpayers. Taxes • Bank account and routing numbers for direct deposit To find a VITA site location near you, call 211 or visit
Filed Free provides two easy and stress-free ways to file at of your refund (This is optional, but it gets your cash to www.TaxesFiledFree.org.
no cost: taxpayers can file online at www.MyFreeTaxes.com you fast)