This morning I bumped into a neighbor in the garage of my condo building. His mother was taken ill and was just being released from Fairlawn Rehab Center. He was hoping that enough services could be provided to her at home (she lives in a condo in the same building)so that she could continue to live as independently as possible. But he was not convinced that that would be the best solution and had recently visited Eisenberg Center, our only Jewish sponsored assisted living facility.

Although members of the Jewish community, neither are connected in any way to the community...

Yet when it might come to providing a warm, secure, and protected environment, the Assisted Living Facility they are looking to is the one sponsored by the Jewish community.

Got me thinking...for all of those in our community that are unaffiliated and unattached, there are those of us who do contribute to the community and it is we who are able to provide those services when needed to all in the community...

How do we educate that large group in our community that we all need to be part of the community....our concept of Tzedakah is to do the right thing.....so we are pleased when we can offer the appropriate services to those who need them....but we must also expect that they too must be contributing members of our community; not only when needed but at all times.