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People First of South Florida

Celebrating Our 30th Year!

Group Officers:

  • Dade Chapter
    • President--Sheila Mohler
    • Vice President--Jackie Cranman
    • Secretary--Rachel Harrison
    • Treasurer--Susan Ceppos
    • Sergeant at Arms--Daniel Joseph
    • Member at Large-- Denise Prehay
    • Presidential Advisor--Peter Ceppos
  • Broward Chapter
    • President--Paul Shalett
    • Vice President--Rochelle Morganstern
    • Secretary--Rebecca Katz
    • Treasurer--Marilyn Niego
    • Sergeant at Arms--Lisa Miller
    • Member at Large--Ronnie Talton
    • Presidential Advisor--Frank Shalett

Number of members:

  • 30 members in the Dade Chapter
  • 30 members in the Broward Chapter

Group Meeting Details:

  • Dade Chapter: Meets the second Tuesday of the month, 7-8:30 pm at the North Miami Elks Lodge
  • Broward Chapter: Meets the last Wednesday of the month, 7-8:30 pm at the Sunrise Community Inc., Broward Work Center

Upcoming Events:

  • Wrestling fund raiser (see flyer), May 3, 2008 (usually every month or every other month
  • 30 year anniversary party, March 21, 2009
  • Bowlathon--Broward Chapter, August 2008
  • Family Cafe Conference, June 15-15, 2008
  • Danceathon, January 2009
  • Booths at agency fairs:
    • Dade County CIL 4/9/08
    • APD Broward 7/25/08
    • Sunrise Balloon Race Miami 4/19-4/20/08
  • Disaster/Emergency Procedures

Major Projects/Interests of the Group:

  • Selling wrestling tickets--fundraiser
  • Attending political meetings
  • Contacting legislators

Frank Shalett and Idelio Vales on Legislative Day

Member Activities:

  • Attended the 2009 Legislative Day
  • Special Olympics
  • Frank Shalett, former President of the Broward Chapter (also pictured above), was one of many who gave a speech at the 2009 Legislative Day

Documents, Brochures and Handouts

Contact Information:

Frank Shallet, Presidential Advisor(Broward Chapter)
2436 Van Buren Street, Apt. 6
Hollywood, FL 33020
954-923-2225
superadvocate@att.net

Sheila Mohler, President (Dade Chapter)
1329 NE 105th Street, Apt. 2
Miami Shores, FL 33138
786-587-5089
smbebe@comcast.net

Linda Angress, Advisor
9040 Sunset Drive
Miami, FL 33179
305-273-3062—Office
305-798-0511—Cell
langress@sunrisegroup.org

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