FC Life November 2018

BY Norma Lippman

Callaway, Florida is a suburb of Panama City. It is 9.6 square miles and has about 14,405 people living in 5,541 households. The median income for a household is $36,064, and Hurricane Michael just about leveled Callaway. Palm Beach Gardens responded by creating "Operation Sister City.” The aim was to help public employees who were first responders after the storm along with police officers and firefighters. Frenchman's Creek was asked through our Volunteer Match program to join the

VOLUNTEER MATCH

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effort and though we only had a few days notice, a respectable amount of requested supplies were collected and added to the caravan of police cars, tractor trailers and a truck that left City Hall loaded with donations for people many of whom have lost their homes. For more information on how you can help in any way, contact Nancy Berkley.

Column by LOIS STERN and photography by ANDREA FINKEL

HENRICK, named after the Prince of Denmark, is a 7 month old English Lab who presently weighs 65 pounds. He is the dog of MARIANNE and MARTY WINICK. He was born in Wisconsin and was a gift from their son, Jon. They have always had dogs and are happy to bring Henrick into their family. He is very friendly and loves going to visit his new friends in the dog park.

We are dog people. And we’ve loved each one 100 percent. But they never live long enough and so, because our beloved Cappy died in April, this fall, Ted- dy came to live with us. Cappy was a Yorkie/Pom and Teddy is a Morkie. He came to us through The Pet Cottage and is 5 years old. His former owner can no longer care for him, so he needed a new home. He came house trained, crate trained and very very cuddly. He loves the golf cart, people and other dogs. Cats, not so much. He doesn’t shed, has lots of energy and sleeps at the foot of the bed (that took some negotiating). When you adopt a rescued dog, you avoid a lot of puppy issues and you see what size and personality you are getting. Teddy is a perfect fit for us.

NORMA and BOB LIPPMAN

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