Making Time Count—King Jewelers Raffles Off
Two Cuervo y Sobrinos Watches in a
Benefit for Amigos for Kids

 King Jewelers created an evening filled with Latin style and flair by bringing beautiful jewelry, amazing food and South Florida’s elite together to raise money for a worthy cause. On Thursday, June 9, Scott, Maxine and David King joined their customers and friends to “Make Time Count,” a benefit for Amigos Together for Kids. 
 
Background music by Celia Cruz, along with hors d’oeurves and cocktails, created an elegant and festive evening. The Founder and Chairman of Amigos for Kids and Vice-President of Univision Radio, Jorge Plascencia and other board members including T. Gomez and Andres Asion, were on hand to raise awareness and help stop child abuse.   

 
The evening’s festivities included a raffle featuring two magnificent fine Swiss timepieces from Cuervo y Sobrinos:  an 18kt rose gold “Torpedo” valued at $6,800 and a “Dual Time Prominente” valued at $4,150. Other prizes included Spa Getaways from Iluma Center for Health in Aventura; a box of handmade cigars from Mike’s Cigar; and an evening for four at Michael’s Kitchen in Hollywood. 

 
“It’s organizations like Amigos for Kids that truly make a difference in the community and help make South Florida a better place to live,” said David King. “Their after school programs, back-to-school backpack campaign and holiday toy drive really make a difference in children’s lives. We are thrilled to be able to support such a wonderful organization and bring attention to its causes. King Jewelers looks forward to a long relationship with Amigos for Kids.”
 
Amigos Together For Kids™ (DBA: Amigos For Kids™) is a 501(C)3 non-profit corporation founded in 1991 by a small group of individuals committed to making a difference in the lives of underprivileged children. Amigos for Kids responds to the diverse needs of South Florida’s abused, abandoned and less fortunate children and their families, through education, abuse prevention and community involvement. Throughout its 14-year history, Amigos has implemented a large array of programs that have significantly made a lasting impact in the lives of these children and their families.
 
Ultimately, Amigos For Kids hopes to strengthen the entire community by helping to eliminate the painful cycle of child abuse and neglect. For more information, please contact 305-279-1155, email info@amigosforkids.org, or visit.www.amigosforkids.org.
 
PHOTO IDS
1. Julie Lando, Director of Marketing for King Jewelers; David King; Jorge Plasencia, Vice-President of Univison Radio and Chairman of Amigos for Kids; and Maxine and Scott King at the King Jewelers “Make Time Count” benefit for Amigos for Kids, an organization committed to making a difference in the lives of underprivileged children
2. Andres Asion, Vice-President of Cervera Real Estate; Ali Lamadrid; Zaicha Martell; Ana Maria Picasso; and Jorge Plasencia, Vice-President of Univison Radio and Chairman of Amigos for Kids, at the King Jewelers “Make Time Count” benefit for Amigos for Kids

U.S. Postal Service Announces Quick and
Easy Way to Order Greeting Cards and Gift Cards

The U.S. Postal Service has announced a totally new way to order gift cards and greeting cards online and mailed via First-Class to friends and family. The announcement was made by the USPS during a special press conference and demonstration of the Postal Service’s NetPost™ CardStore held recently at the Bass Pro Shops Outdoor World retail store in Springfield, MO.
 
The new service, available on the Postal Service’s website at www.usps.com/netpost/giftcard.htm, allows you to browse the image gallery to choose a greeting card to fit the occasion. You can even add a digital picture or personalized message, change the style of font or the image, and choose the stamp you want.
 
If you wish to enclose a gift card, you may choose a Bass Pro Shops gift card or select from several other national retailers gift cards available through the site.
 
“We are very excited about our partnership with the US Postal Service and being a part of this new service,” stated Bass Pro Shops spokesman Larry Whiteley. “In today’s busy world, this is another time saver that will hopefully allow them to spend more time in our great outdoors.”
 
Greeting cards and gift cards can be mailed to you or you may request that USPS mail it the next day or in the future. They can also be ordered and mailed separately.

Innovative Professional Organizer Provides
a Tune-Up for the Home and Office

Lolly Friel turns your home or business from upside-down to right-side-up—one piece of paper at a time. This dynamic organizer has merged her administrative experience and talents with a lifelong passion of helping others, and has hit the Miami area by storm with her new company, “Lolly’s Professional Organizing.”
 
Why would anyone need a professional organizer? According to Friel, it “makes sense really…the more organized you are, the less stress you have, [and] the more time you have to spend
doing other things, whether dedicating time to your career—or just having fun!”
 
Lolly’s Professional Organizing offers extensive services for organizing offices of all sizes: file and file systems, cabinets, desks, and both small and large storage spaces. The company can provide a workflow analysis and assist with training of clerical staff.
 
Organizing for the home includes kitchens, bathrooms, closets, garages, and, of course, home offices.
 
And whether moving to a new office, condo, apartment, or single-family home of any size, the packing and unpacking services of Lolly’s Professional Organizing will eliminate most—if not all—the stress of the move!
 
Lolly’s Professional Organizing offers free initial consultations. For more information and to schedule a consultation, contact Lolly’s Professional Organizing at 786-213-1352 or via email, sobelolly@yahoo.com.

All Tenet South Florida Hospitals Enhance Quality Care
by Implementing American Heart Association’s Get With The GuidelinesSM–Coronary Artery Disease Program

Tenet South Florida has announced that all 14 of its acute care hospitals were among the 17 hospitals in the tri-county area to have received recognition from the American Heart Association as Get With The GuidelinesSM – Coronary Artery Disease hospitals for the second consecutive year.  
 
“The recognition signifies that each of Tenet South Florida’s 14 acute care hospitals is participating in the American Heart Association Get With The Guidelines program,” said Tony Newbold, American Heart Association Affiliate Board Chairman. “The quality improvement initiative is designed to reduce the risk of recurrent heart attacks by helping hospital staff follow proven evidence-based guidelines and procedures while coronary patients are in their care.”
 
“Providing the highest quality patient care is the top priority for Tenet South Florida hospitals,” said Don S. Steigman, Senior Vice President of Tenet South Florida. “Once again, our hospitals have demonstrated their dedication to making their cardiac units among the best in the country by implementing the American Heart Association’s Get With The Guidelines program. Following the AHA guidelines helps us accomplish this by making it easier for our professionals to improve the long-term outcome for cardiac patients.”
 
Under the program, coronary patients are started on aggressive risk reduction therapies such as cholesterol-lowering drugs, aspirin, ACE inhibitors and beta-blockers in the hospital and receive smoking cessation and weight management counseling and referrals for cardiac rehabilitation before being discharged. These standards of care are outlined in the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology secondary prevention guidelines for patients with coronary artery disease.
 
According to the American Heart Association, more than 450,000 people suffer recurrent heart attacks each year.  Statistics also show that within six years after a heart attack, about 22 percent of men and 46 percent of women will be disabled with heart failure. Within one year of an attack, 25 percent of men and 38 percent of women will die. However, research indicates that when patients are discharged from the hospital on appropriate medications such as aspirin, beta-blockers, ACE inhibitors and lipid-lowering medicines, a patient’s risk of a second event is reduced and lives are saved.
 
Get With The Guidelines is designed to help hospital staffs develop and implement a secondary prevention guideline process. The program includes quality-improvement measures such as care maps, discharge protocols, standing orders and measurement tools. Designed to be quick and efficient, these guideline tools enable Tenet South Florida’s 14 acute care hospitals to improve the quality of care they provide cardiac patients, save lives and ultimately, reduce health care costs by lowering the recurrence of heart attacks. Projections have shown that if the Get With The Guidelines–CAD program were implemented nationwide, more than 80,000 lives could be saved each year.
 
The American Heart Association program was developed with support from an unrestricted educational grant from Merck & Co., Inc., and is being implemented in hospitals around the country. For more information on Get With The Guidelines, visit www.americanheart.org/getwiththeguidelines.
 
Tenet South Florida hospitals include the number one rated hospital for cardiac services in Florida for 2004, as ranked by HealthGrades, a national healthcare quality company. Tenet South Florida hospitals that earned five-star rankings are Delray Medical Center, Florida Medical Center and Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center.
 
Tenet South Florida hospitals are Parkway Regional Medical Center, Cleveland Clinic Hospital, Coral Gables Hospital, Delray Medical Center, Florida Medical Center, Good Samaritan Medical Center, Hialeah Hospital, Hollywood Medical Center, North Ridge Medical Center, North Shore Medical Center, Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center, Palmetto General Hospital, Pinecrest Rehabilitation Hospital, St. Mary’s Medical Center and West Boca Medical Center.  
 
Tenet South Florida can be found on the Internet at www.tenetsouthflorida.com.

PetSet Goes Asian Fusion at “Bong” in Boca Raton,
to Benefit the Humane Society of Broward County

On June 14, PetSet went north to expand membership and awareness of the Humane Society of Broward County. Bong, an Asian Fusion restaurant, opened their doors to PetSet’s first social in West Palm Beach.
 
PetSet has met the growing demand of PetSetters to have more events in various locations. Chairs Michelle Van Vogelpoel and Carey McKearnan are “Excited to be able to spread the mission of the Humane Society of Broward County to the West Palm Beach area.”
 
The event drew a crowd of over 300 and raised over $4,900 for the Humane Society of Broward County.
 
PetSet’s Bong was proudly sponsored by Purina ONE, Boca Raton magazine, Vista BMW and Bong.  
 
PetSet is the new generation of young adults in South Florida who are dedicated to making a difference in the lives of animals by raising funds and awareness for the Humane Society of Broward County. PetSet’s Board of Directors is currently headed by Susan Penrod and has an established membership of over 1,100. The majority of membership is comprised of individuals between the ages of 21 and 45. The Humane Society of Broward County is supported entirely by private donations. 
 
Please visit the shelter at 2070 Griffin Road in Fort Lauderdale to adopt a friend for life or go to www.humanebroward.com to see the pets available for adoption or find out when PetSets next event is! For additional information, to volunteer for a special event committee, or to become a member of PetSet, call 954-266-6817.
 
 
 PHOTO IDS
 1. Gathering for the Bong event are Georgette Evans and Bruce W. Klein, Jr. of Boca Raton magazine, Susan Campanelli from Vista BMW, Event Chairs Carey McKearnan, Michelle Van Vogelpoel and Ernesto "Bong" Sta. Maria, Jr., of Bong

Developers of The Waves Las Olas
Host Demolition “Smash Bash”

Grab a mallet, a can of spray paint—oh—and don’t forget a paintball gun or two! For anyone with a grudge to bear or a little extra stress, The Waves “Smash Bash” was the hottest ticket in town.
 
So what was the impetus for all this aggression? The developers of The Waves Las Olas hosted the “Smash Bash” to mark the impending demolition of three single-story buildings that currently stand on the site where their striking, new, 21-story, landmark loft tower will rise.
 
“The sound of breaking glass was music to our ears because all this destruction means construction is coming soon. We wanted our purchasers and other special guests to celebrate the demolition of the existing buildings, which is scheduled to commence shortly. Our objective was to make the event a ‘smashing’ good time for everyone,” said Richard Schweitzer of The Waves LLC, who is co-developer of the nearly sold-out tower along with Jose Hermop of Hermop, Inc.
 
In preparation for the party, the developers retained an artist to embellish the doomed building with humorous caricatures that guests might enjoy defacing. Targets included Osama Ben Laden, Adolph Hitler, well-known politicos, Dr. Evil (Austin Powers), Cruella De Vil (101 Dalmations) and many more well-hated villains.
 
“As anticipated, our blue jean-clad guests got into the swing of things—literally—as they wielded sledgehammers, shot paintball guns and spray painted graffiti on the interior and exterior walls of our former office space,” Schweitzer noted. “By the time the evening ended, few walls and windows were left in tact. People really got into the demolition spirit.”
 
Outside, beneath a tent and along a portion of the street that had been cordoned off with barricades and plastic roadway cones, Dee Allen’s wait staff from A Gourmet Affair was clad in hardhats and other construction gear, as they served a wide array of delectable hors d’oeuvres, sweets and a selection of drinks. Tables, draped in burlap, were anchored with fake sticks dynamite and vases filled with floating nails and screws. Construction warning signs and other job site paraphernalia contributed to the fun of the evening, as did the lively DJ, Mr. Marc Vanen from Catalyst Media Solutions. Another evening highlight was a tongue-in-cheek audio-visual presentation—a kind of demolition music video—that was projected onto a huge screen in the middle of the street provided by Twilight Features, Inc. The video culminated with dramatic imagery of The Waves Las Olas tower rising out of the dust like a phoenix from an imploded building.
 
“Along with the fun of the theme, this was really another opportunity for our purchasers to get to know their future neighbors. And for future residents, the wild creativity involved in this event further confirmed the uniqueness of the new tower that they will call their new home,” Schweitzer concluded.
 
There are only a few opportunities left to purchase at The Waves Las Olas, including a few oversized, two-story lofts with industrial-style staircases leading to mezzanines. Priced from $648,000 to $696,000 these two-story residences will provide spectacular sunset views through walls of impact-resistant glass soaring 20-feet high. With three baths, they are spacious enough to accommodate three separate sleeping areas. These true loft spaces only have interior walls surrounding the bathrooms, kitchens and closets. Standard features include: polished concrete floors, porcelain tile floors in the baths and kitchens, with European cabinetry, stainless-steel appliances and stone countertops.
 
Amenities at The Waves will include a contemporary lobby with a 16’ saltwater aquarium, glass-walled Fitness Center, Zen Orchid Garden and a luxurious resort-style rooftop pool with a waterfall, spa, cabana shade area, steam room and sauna. There will also be approximately 3,000 square feet of commercial space, which will be occupied by the project’s developers and architectural firm. Satellite offices for various trades involved with the tower will initially occupy space there as well.
 
For information about purchasing residences at The Waves Las Olas, call Galleria Collection Marketing at 954-767-9147 or visit www.thewaveslasolas.com.
 
 
PHOTO IDS
1. Philip Gerde, developer Richard Schweitzer, Susan Rindley, Patricia Anglero and The Waves Las Olas purchaser Nani Vinken, star of the Discovery Channel/TLC’s “In a Fix”