Taylor, Eldridge & Endres Celebrate Pride Month, Honor Pride For Youth
This year, Taylor, Eldridge & Endres, P.C. was a proud sponsor of Pride For Youth’s virtual fundraiser and Pride kick-off event which featured youth performances, personal stories, special guest appearances, a lookback at PFY’s journey, and much more. Pride For Youth, with locations in both Nassau and Suffolk, advocates for LGBTQ+ youth and provides supportive services to young community members.
I attended the Community Associations Institute’s annual Law Seminar last month. The Seminar was held in Las Vegas this year and, while I am not a gambler, I still felt like a winner at the end of the three-day conference.
Ten years ago, I received a telephone call from an attorney friend of mine, asking if I was interested in joining his networking group. I am always interested in new business opportunities and asked for more details. “We meet every Thursday morning at 7:00 a.m.” was his reply. Needless to say, I was virtually speechless. EVERY THURSDAY??? AT 7 O’CLOCK IN THE MORNING??? Was he kidding?
The Trade Show Committee of the Long Island Chapter of the Community Associations Institute (CAI) has been working diligently behind the scenes to prepare an exciting program for community Board members at the 13th Annual CAI Long Island Trade Show. This year’s event will be taking place at the Hilton Long Island in Melville on October 5, 2019, from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm.
This July, I had the opportunity to attend the annual summer meeting of the New York State Bar Association Real Property Law Section. Although the New York State Bar Association is an organization for New York attorneys, this year the meeting was held in Manchester, Vermont. The spectacular views of the Green Mountains made for a beautiful setting for the meeting.
I recently started attending meetings of the Long Island Metro Business Action (LIMBA), a group that convenes on one or two Friday mornings each month at 8 a.m. at the Courtyard Marriott Hotel in Ronkonkoma. Each event features a speaker on a topic of relevance to Long Island, and, in particular, its business community. Recent sessions have featured the Town Supervisors of Smithtown and Brookhaven, as well as experts on government reform, ADA compliant websites and environmental issues.
You are probably familiar with the Wounded Warrior Project, a non-profit group that directly assists and serves affected veterans returning home from war, as well as their impacted families stateside (in a variety of ways as detailed below), but did you also know that over 1 in 3 returning service members live with PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder), and over 1 in 5 live with TBI (traumatic brain injury)?
As Co-Chair of the Real Property Committee of the Suffolk County Bar Association, I recently took part in the coordination of a five-part continuing legal education series that was designed to assist lawyers in representing clients in complex commercial transactions. The program was created and coordinated by the Co-Chairs of the Real Property Committee and the Transactional Law Committee. I, along with the Co-Chairs and members of both committees, presented this series over five weeks in March and April.
The basketball court at Madison Square Garden is an unlikely place for someone well under six feet tall to find herself, but that is where I was last week in support of Bideawee, an animal rescue, and welfare organization, as part of its Young Professionals Committee and as a volunteer.
About thirty of us, varying in careers but with a love for animals in common, attended the Knicks vs. Raptors game in an effort to raise awareness and support for Bideawee, which allows the organization to rescue more animals, give them any medical attention they need, and get them adopted into their forever homes.
I have attended the New York Yankees’ Women’s Fantasy Camp for the past seven years. One hundred twenty women of all ages become Yankees for a few days. We stay in the same hotel, play baseball, have meals together and spend time in the training room when we get hurt. Each year, new friendships are formed, and old ones maintained. We learn to work together as a team, to win as a team or lose as a team.
Growing up, playing softball was fun but nothing compared to playing baseball on the same field as Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera, and Mickey Rivers.
Can’t We All Just Get Along . . . ?!
As a practicing attorney whose firm represents numerous condominiums, co-ops and Homeowner Associations throughout Long Island, I recently attended CAI’s annual Law Seminar in New Orleans to review major changes and trends in community association law across the country. The guest speaker who addressed the approximately 600 attorneys present was Mitchell Landrieu, NOLA’s prior mayor, and boy, was he spectacular!
I joined the Rotary Club of Smithtown four years ago as an avenue for community service, and along the way, I found an amazing group of new friends. Our Club, on a local level, is dedicated to fighting the heroin epidemic on Long Island, working with veterans and fostering literacy. On the international level, our Club joins with thousands of other Rotary Clubs across the country and around the world to eliminate polio, bring fresh water to those in need and peace to the world.
