FC Life November 2018

Norma Lippman researched and wrote this wonderful article about “Giving Back” at this Thanksgiving season. Most of the people at Frenchman's have children, and none of them are ordinary. They are all extra-ordinary. Please meet Mark Bergel, son of MIMI and DICK BERGEL. Mark was recently inducted into the Montgomery County, (Maryland) Business Hall of Fame. In 2001, Dr. Mark was teaching at American University. He volunteered with his students to deliver food to families living in need in our nation's capital region. He found himself in apartment after apartment where there were no beds, dressers, tables or other furniture - and where families were living with little or no access to the information and support readily available to others. With no seed money, but a strong conviction that we could do better for those living in poverty, he converted his living room into a nonprofit office and founded A Wider Circle, which today is housed in a huge warehouse. To date, the organization has served more than 200,000 children and adults and currently hosts more than 30,000 volunteers every year. To learn more, go to Google. This most recent honor is just one of many recognizing this extraordinary man and his contribution to humanity. In addition, the week after Thanksgiving, Mark was inducted into the 2018 Class of the Montgomery County, Maryland, Human Rights Hall of Fame.

Meet our new Assistant Supervisor of our Fitness and Spa, JOSEPH MCNAMARA. Joseph has been in the spa industry for 16 to 17 years. Before enter- ing the spa industry, he wasa ballet dancer with the National Ballet of Canada in Toronto. After that, he started as a massage therapist and went to a spa manager of two country clubs prior to coming to Frenchman’s. What brought him to Frenchman’s literally was a knock on the door offering him his present position. Joseph is thrilled to be with us and is looking forward to helping Marisol keep the high stand- ards of our facility in addition to keeping our fitness center current with the changing technology of fitness and spa facilities.

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