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Doctors at Mount Sinai South Nassau gathered on Feb. 7 as a part of the hospital’s “Go Red for Women Day,” and listened to Anita Rothenberg detail her battle with heart disease.
The focus was on heart health at Mount Sinai South Nassau
Is traditional volunteerism in Valley Stream vanishing?
The Valley Stream Lions In the Valley Stream Lion’s Club, once a dominant force in Club, a long-crouching lion is local charity and service, has beginning to roar back to life. for some time now been facing After years of declining mem- an existential challenge. Zabatbership, mirroring ta, who has served a broader trend in i n n e a rly eve r y the downtur n of leadership capacity some traditional within the club, service clubs said the memberacross the village, ship numbers have the organization is dropped precipishowing signs of tously from the 50 revival. attendees that once President Jim filled its meetings Zabatta welcomed to just 12 active volnew members unteers in 2023. Amrit Singh, Don This year, memberPupke, Liz Nigro, ship levels have Carl Mirabile, Ed grown to 20 Lions, Guerrero, Eleanor a far cry from what Cattry and Su Deep it was in the club’s Roy to its volunheyday but a positeering corps. tive new direction. Vo l u n t e e r i s m JIM ZABAttA Zabatta says that has long been a cor- Vice President, the club routinely nerstone of life in Valley Stream encourages its curValley Stream, with Lions Club rent volunteers to organizations spancome to meetings ning from veteran with a friend or groups to cultural arts initia- acquaintance in tow. He also tives. But increasingly, these says The Valley Stream Lions groups are finding themselves Club has adjusted its expectastruggling to fill volunteer ros- tions, reducing its meeting freters, as the number of active quency from three times per members continues to dwindle. CoNtiNueD oN pAGe 10
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we all know as women, we put everything before ourselves,” Rothenberg said. She described experiencing persistent Mount Sinai South Nassau celebrated “Go fatigue and low energy levels but never susWrap Ad Specs Red for Women Day” on Feb. 7, when heart pected a heart attack due to the common disease survivor Anita Rothenberg joined misconception that pre-menopausal women x 6.5” = Yellow hospitalbox staff members and visitors to pro- are less susceptible. Her wake-up call came mote heart health and prevention of cardio- when she felt extremely ill one day and decided to visit the ER at South Nassau. vascular disease in women. “I had to drive them (the boys) to school,” Heart disease is the leading cause of death among women in the U.S., hospital she recalled. “My energy level was not the same, but I never would have thought about officials said. The annual event featured a compelling a heart attack because it used to be said that personal story from Rothenberg, 70, of Val- prior to menopause, women didn’t get heart ley Stream, and expert insights from Dr. attacks. But one day, I just didn’t feel well. I Pilar Stevens-Haynes, a cardiologist with told my husband, and we came into the ER at South Nassau. I was having a heart attack.” Mount Sinai Heart. Rothenberg became a long-term patient of a cardiologist affiliated with the hospital, A survivor’s story Rothenberg’s battle with heart disease diligently managing her health with medicabegan unexpectedly in 1993 at age 37, despite tion, diet and exercise for more than three leading an active lifestyle as a nursery school decades. “It was scary,” husband, teacherApply and mother of twoat young sons. online mptrg.com/heraldwrap or Rothenberg’s call 516.715.1280 “I wasn’t feeling good for a while, but as CoNtiNueD oN pAGe 10
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