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September 2017 1010 Underhill Avenue, Bronx, NY 10472
A note from the Administrator
Jeff Sicklick
Say Goodbye to Summer…..
Hello Fall…..
Even though we seem to be enjoying a little Indian summer as of
late. We do look forward to the crisp air and beauty of the trees as
Mother Nature paints the leaves red, orange, and gold.
Speaking of paint, the renovation of our Recreation Lodge and
Lobby are just about done. New colors for a New Look.
The Rehab Room and remaining floors will soon follow.
September brought the remembrance of a day that forever
changed America’s history 9/11.
Sixteen years have passed and in speaking with our Residents, I
know we all remember just where we were on that day. Some of
us were here.
There is one thing that remains for sure. “We WILL NEVER
FORGET”
The weather has been monumental this season as we witnessed
three hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria. The true force of nature is
humbling as Centers Health Care now reaches out to those who
suffered devastation in Texas, Florida, and now Puerto Rico.
Many of our Residents and Staff came from Puerto Rico and still
have family remaining.
It is at this time that our heartfelt thoughts and prayers be with all
of our Residents, Staff, Family, and Friends both here and afar.
UPCOMING EVENTS
10/1/17- It’s Salsa Time
10/5/17-Texas Hold’em Tournament w/Pro Dealer
10/8/17-Columbus Carnival Games
10/9/17-Columbus Day Concert Great Italian/Legends
10/12/17-Rocky Movie/Italian Dinner Club
10/14/17-It’s Fiesta Time
10/24/17- United -Nations Day Name that Country
10/26/17-October Birthday Party
10/29/17-OktoberFest Clink & Drink.
10/31/17-Halloween Party.
10/31/17-Childern’s Parade
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On Tues. September 5, 2017 Bronx Center hosted the Kings, Queens, Princesses & Princes in waiting of the
Puerto Rican Royal Court. Reigning Queen Rosemary Colon brought a beautiful show of Traditional Puerto Rican
dance, Song, Poetry, & Authentic costumes to our facility for all our residents to enjoy. Our residents were delighted
to reminisce about the towns that they came from. The President Francisco Gonzalez of the Bronx Puerto Rican Day
parade also spoke. We were later featured in the Bronx Times and on Channel 12 news. It was wonderful to share
with our Residents & staff their pride in their native country Puerto Rico.
Our Hearts go out to all of the families & friends of Puerto Rico which just suffered a devastating hurricane you will
forever be in our thoughts & prayers.
2 September 2017
Let’s Go Yankees!!!
On September 14, 2017; 20 Residents, Family, & Staff from Bronx Center attended the
Yankee Game at Yankee Stadium here in the Bronx! What an exciting game as the
Yankees annihilated the Baltimore orioles 13-5.
We witnessed new 6’7 Slugger Aaron Judge hit 2 home runs that night along with his
teammates Sanchez & Elsbury. A Great time was had by all. We asked our Residents who
would win the World Series??? It was Unanimous... YANKEES!! LET’S GO!!
September 2017 3
Pumpkin Lay Cheesecake
By Milagros Burgos
Ingredients
16 ounces of cream cheese
3 tablespoons unsalted margarine
1-1/4 cups graham cracker crumbs
5 tablespoons granulated sugar
¼ Splenda sweetener, granulated
½ teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
½ cup canned pumpkin puree
¾ teaspoon pumpkin pie spice
Preparation
Preheat oven to 350 degrees set cream cheese out to soften and melt margarine.
In a medium bowl combine graham cracker crumbs, 1 tablespoon sugar and melted margarine. Press into bottom or a 9 inch spring form pan and bake for 8 minutes. Set aside to cool.
In a large bowl, combine cream cheese, Splenda, remaining 4 tablespoons sugar and vanilla. With an electric mixer beat on medium speed until smooth. Blend in eggs one at a time.
Set aside one cup of the cream cheese mixture with pumpkin puree and pumpkin pie spice. Pour over top of the cream cheese filling in the spring from pan.
Bake for 30 minutes, or until center of pie is almost set.
Cool pie to room temperature. Cover and refrigerate until chilled.
4 September 2017
September 2017 5
6 September 2017
I recently heard this story and it’s one I think is worth sharing. Some of you may have
seen the story of Robert Murphy, an NCAA college runner, in your local news. What first
got my attention is that he was in the news, but not for winning the race. What made
Murphy’s story so noteworthy is that he was diagnosed as being on the autism spectrum
at age 3. As a child, his parents worried that he wouldn’t graduate high school but not only did he graduate,
he went on to college and became an NCAA Division I student-athlete at Indiana University-Purdue
University Indianapolis (IUPUI) where he maintains a 3.7 GPA with a major in media studies and science.
This story is fantastic; an underdog, considered limited by the outside world due to his disorder. Everyone
assumed there was no hope of a fulfilling future. But Robert wasn’t dissuaded. He wanted to run, so he ran.
He wanted to learn, so he went to college. He’s a totally self-sufficient, intelligent young man, who also
happens to be one of the top college runners in the country.
I love this story because I see so many similarities in our facilities, and we have the same mind-set here.
Advancing age bring lots of challenges, but those challenges don’t diminish our residents’ spirit, or their
determination to lives their lives to the fullest. Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias can wreak havoc on
the mind, but inside is the same vibrant, curious, intelligent person who wants to do the same – live their life.
And in our homes throughout NY, NJ and RI, they do. Our world class teams of therapists, care givers,
recreation specialists and more, work with people who many have written off, physically, mentally or
emotionally; sometimes for nothing more than the fact that they have grown old. We have the privilege of
helping these folks to achieve their potential. We provide them with so much more than the basic necessities
to survive; we provide them with the services they need to thrive. And we share in their successes. We are
indeed fortunate to work in an industry where we can all go home at night knowing that we have done
something special, something memorable, something important – something that made the world a better
place, one person at a time.
I salute Robert Murphy for his courage and commitment.
I salute all the people who encouraged him to get where he is
and I hope that he will inspire others to strive for more than the
limits placed on them by some people around them. And I
would be remiss if I didn’t take this opportunity to salute every
single member of the Centers Health Care team, in every
facility, in whatever role they fill, for helping us to find the
“Robert Murphy” in our residents and for helping them reach
their goals.
Kenny Rozenberg, CEO
A note from Kenny
September 2017 7
Welcome to the family!
We’ve covered stories of Centers’ growth on these pages in the past, but none have been quite this big.
Our family is once again expanding, though exploding may be more accurate. This summer, we welcomed
ten new facilities to our family.
Oak Hill Center in Pawtucket, RI joined us along with Focus Utica and Focus Otsego and on September 1st
we welcomed seven former Capital Living facilities, greatly expanding our presence in the Adirondack
region. On July 30, more than 2,000 Centers employees and their families joined us at an Adirondack
welcome party. Along with the five outstanding facilities that previously made up our Adirondack Region,
we now offer fourteen locations from Ulster County north to Essex County, and from the Vermont border to
Onondaga County in the west. In addition to expanding our long term care locations and our short term
rehabilitation, we now offer assisted living as well as adult day health care in two locations, at our
Washington Center campus and at Focus Utica. We’re looking forward to bringing you lots of success
stories from these new facilities in the future.
1. What did the tree say to
autumn?
Leaf me alone.
2. What did one autumn
leaf say to another?
I’m falling for you.
3. Why did summer catch
autumn?
Because autumn is fall
4. Why do the Boston Red
Sox fans love autumn?
Because watching the
leaves fall reminds
them of the Yankees.
5. How do you fix a broken
pumpkin?
With a pumpkin patch.
6. Why are trees very
forgiving?
Because in the fall they
“Let it go” and in the
spring they “Turn over
a new leaf”
7. What falls in autumn?
Leaves!
Fall Jokes
1010 Underhill Avenue, Bronx, NY 10472
www.bronxcenter.net
1. The Spy Museum- A memorabilia of
artifacts, mystery behind the life of
spies in American and all over the
world.
2. Martin Luther King Jr’s Step- its 18
steps from the top of the Lincoln
Memorial Landing. There is a step
dedicated to his speech.
3. DEA Museum- the Drug Enforcement
Agency Museum was renovated and
updated recently is located across
Potomac River.
4. The Exorcist Steps- it’s located in
Georgetown.
5. Einstein Memorial- Located on the
grounds of the National Academy of
Sciences, nestled in a grove of trees,
sits a huge bronze statue, its right by
the Vietnam Memorial.
6. The White House – did you know that
the famous white house was not
actually white? It takes 570 gallons of
white paint to cover the entire building.
7. Darth Vader & Religion- The National
Cathedral has a Darth Vader
grotesque outside and inside a stained
glass panel dedicated to astronomy
7 spots you should see in
Washington D.C
8 September 2017
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