Welcome to Sterrer Realty’s inaugural blogpost. Since this is a real estate blogsite, one would expect, anticipate, even demand information about real estate on the Barrier Beach of Long Beach, NY and the surrounding towns of Atlantic Beach, Lido Beach, Point Lookout and Island Park. And you will, but not yet!
This blog is chainlinked to www.sterrerrealty.com. That’s where all your real estate needs will be satisfied (selling, buying, leasing, appraising, marketing, links to the community, points of interest, restaurants, parks, etc.) even sold properties & cyberhomes.
Here’s where we will establish a whole new, different and unique type of communication.
Here’s where we’ll introduce the National Campaign entitled “We’re More Than Realtors“. It’s a place where local realtors can give back to their community, in addition to being members of various local clubs, organizations, societies, and sporting events (which, by the way, is a very good thing)
This is where we will discuss our involvement, at the next level, in an extremely unique venture; echocardiogram screening for 8th graders participating in sports.
One of the causes of Sudden Death in Athletes is HCM- hypertropic cardiomyopathy (an abnormality of the left ventricle of the heart chamber, causing enlargement, then closing off the septum wall, not permitting blood flow. This is one cause of Sudden Death. The more athletes vigorously exercise, the quicker the closure.
A fellow Realtor in a neighboring town lost her 14 year old son to this undiagnosed condition 20 years ago and has since founded the Jason F. Gruen Research Foundation. She worked with her State Senator, secured funding and with a Pediatric Cardiologist from Schneider Childrens Hospital, to perform onsite echocardiogram screenings at her local Middle School in 2006.
The heart of a 13 year old becomes structured enough where abnormalities can be detected, if they exist. Over 600 children have been screened since then with more than 20 detected abnormalities. All were treated. This pilot program has received much local attention and many awards. They were the first public school district in America to offer this service.
Now, after 18 months of hard work, we are bringing her program to the Long Beach School system (many meetings with local school & hospital officials, fellow Realtors, school and Realtor Board Public Relations groups, lots of traveling, several presentations + more, has finally paid off).
On Saturday, December 6th, 2008, from 9 AM – 12 Noon at the Middle School Gym, Long Beach will become only the second Public School District in America to offer this on-site service of echocardiogram screenings for 8th graders who want to participate in sports.
Future postings will cover the follow-up work in this area, in addition to lists of Sudden Deaths in Athletes nationwide, reports about echocardiogram screenings, HCM, etc.
We welcome your comments and concerns. We hope you appreciate our efforts to be more then Realtors, to constructively as well as productively, give back to our community.
