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      Commissioner’s Update                                                                                 Town Of Jupiter




      Honoring And Supporting                            War, has made it her life’s mission to raise awareness of
                                                         lands to pay respect for their loss. She works with U.S.  News
                                                         Gold Star Families and install memorial markers on public
      Our Veterans
                                                         Army officials to sponsor these markers and organizes
      By County Commissioner                             community commemoration events.                    By Ilan Kaufer,
      Maria Marino                                          Jupiter-based Renewal Coalition is a nonprofit charitable   Jupiter Vice Mayor
         Every Veterans  Day,                            organization whose mission is to assist wounded service      I hope you are having a
      we honor the brave and                             members and their families in their transition from   great start to December and
      dedicated men and women                            military to civilian life, or back to active duty by offering   had a fun Thanksgiving.
      who have served the                                a retreat at Florida residences. The intent is to provide   My family and I wish
      public at the highest level                        military families with a relaxed, pleasant and welcoming   you and your family a
      in our Armed Forces. In                            environment. Volunteers provide all transportation, food,   wonderful and meaningful
      this  community,  we  are                          lodging, activities, and entertainment.            holiday season. Please find
      fortunate to have many                                PGA Hope (Helping Our Patriots Everywhere) is the   below some recent updates.
      avenues through which we                           flagship military program of the PGA of America, and   Police Staffing Update
      can support our veterans all                       locally through the South Florida PGA Foundation. This      As you know, I have
      year round, and I have had the privilege to learn about and   program introduces golf to veterans with disabilities to   long advocated for all budgeted police department positions to
      work with several local programs.                  enhance their physical, mental, social and emotional well-  be filled. I am pleased to report that the police department has
         Habitat for Humanity of Palm Beach County is now   being. It is 6 to 8 weeks in length, and includes expert   now been authorized to fill all budgeted positions. This will
      an affiliate for Veteran Build, an initiative to engage   instruction from PGA professionals. Funded entirely by the   include filling vacancies that were created due to retirements,
      military service members, veterans, and their families in   foundation, it is offered free of charge to military veterans   as well as budgeted positions that were not previously being
      their mission of building homes, communities and hope.   and their families.                          filled. Based on this most recent development, all sworn law
      Habitat believes that every veteran deserves to be welcomed      Additionally, the annual Palm Beach Gardens Mayor’s   enforcement positions in the department are or will be in the
      home with dignity, honor, and respect. They are committed   Veterans Golf Classic raises funds to help local families   process of being filled. I am glad to see that this will occur
      to  serving  those  who  serve  by  providing safe,  decent,   served by the Veterans Affairs Medical Center.  in the near future.
      energy-efficient, and affordable housing to veterans in this      Residents in our North County community also work      Public safety will continue to be my top priority. I will
      county. Additionally, in partnership with the Home Depot   with the Missing in America Project, a national effort to   continue to advocate to ensure that all budgeted police
      Foundation, Habitat developed the Repair Corps program to   locate, identify and inter the unclaimed cremated remains of   positions be filled and ensure that Town staffing levels are
      offer critical home repairs to military veteran homeowners.   American veterans through the joint efforts of private, state   adequate to maintain the high level of service our residents
         Gold Star Family is a term coined from the Service   and federal organizations. The program provides honor and   deserve and expect.
      Flag – flags or banners flown by families during World   respect to those who have served this country by securing      Thank you to the public for their support on this issue and
      War I. They bore a blue star for every immediate family   a final resting place for these forgotten heroes.  to all our Town employees for their hard work and dedication
      member serving in the United States Armed Forces during      Palm Beach County’s Division of Veterans Services   to our community.
      any period of war or hostilities engaging our troops. If   assists and counsels former and current members of the   Town Manager Update
      that loved one died in combat, a gold star replaced the   Armed Forces who reside in the county. Services include      In November, the Town separated with our Town manager.
      blue star and informed the community of the price paid   assistance  in  preparing  and  filing  claims  for  federal,   The public testimony from our Town employees and the
      by that family in the cause of freedom. Our nation now   state and local  benefits, for  which  they, dependents   concerns from our police department is something I took
      recognizes Gold Star Mother’s and Family’s Day on the   and survivors may be eligible. For more information   very seriously. It was clear that the situation was no longer
      last Sunday in September. Gold Star Spouses Day is April   visit https://discover.pbcgov.org/communityservices/  tenable, and it was important to move on to new leadership.
      5. Just this year, the U.S. Senate designated Aug. 1 as   humanservices/Pages/Veteran-Services.       I voted against the severance package concerning the Town
      Gold Star Children’s Day.                             Your comments are welcome, and as always, please
         Lauren Berkson, a District 1 resident whose father   contact me if I can be of assistance to you by calling (561)   Town Of Jupiter News on page 8
      Joseph Berkson was an Army Ranger killed in the Vietnam   355-2201, or by email to mmarino@pbcgov.org.
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