- E-CONNECTIONS - November 2009
What's Inside Member Announcements Expert's Corner Quick Links WCA in the News Events Calendar Welcome New Members About CONNECTIONS Business Links World Trade Council Member Spotlight Read More... AliGraphics Read More... Sign-up now to receive this newsletter. Name E-mail Address    Grand and Platinum Members To link to our Corporate Members, Click the Banner Below		Welcome Welcome to the November 2009 issue of E-CONNECTIONS, our bi-monthly electronic newsletter. We appreciate the feedback we receive on our Enewsletter and hope to continue to hear how we can better communicate with you. Please contact me at dforcina@westchester.org with your ideas. Please enjoy the issue. Member Announcements RPD Media Associates, LLC, a full-service video/audio content development and marketing firm, has produced four innovative marketing videos for its national client, SageWater. SageWater, a national repipe company based in Virginia, recently launched its new website today at: www.sagewater-usa.com. Read More... APS Healthcare, a leading provider of specialty healthcare solutions, unveiled its new corporate headquarters in White Plains today, bringing 200 new jobs to Westchester County and New York State. Read More... Clarfeld Financial Advisors is proud to announce that Barron's has rated founder and CEO, Rob Clarfeld, the top independent investment advisor in NY, and third best in the country in their 2009 national ranking of "America's Top 100 Independent Investment Advisors." Read More... Ms. Joanne Fernandez, Government Affairs Manager for Entergy was the award recipient from the Westchester Hispanic Chamber of Commerce for promoting and incorporating Latino owned businesses in Westchester as vendors with Westchester's corporations and for overall contributions to the Latino community in Westchester. Read More... FORDHAM COLLEGE NEWS Read More... Mark your calendars, Hudson Valley Hospital Center's 2009 Auxiliary Ball titled "A Golden Gala" will be held on Saturday, November 7th at Trump National Golf Club in Briarcliff Manor. This is the 49th year for the event. The gala honors various community members for their support of the hospital. Read More... The fall has started off with a kick for Leake & Watts, a not-for-profit agency committed to addressing a myriad of challenges that confront individuals and families dealing with poverty, disabilities, and a lack of access to education and basic services. Read More... Former Jets wide receiver Wayne Chrebet will join MTA Metro-North Railroad President Howard Permut on Sunday September 20 to kick off direct train service on the New Haven Line to the New Jersey Meadowlands Sports Complex. Read More... NYSSCPA President David J. Moynihan and NYSSCPA President-elect Margaret A. Wood will be traveling across New York State this Fall to provide important Society updates and to address the topic of "Quality Matters." They also want to hear from YOU, the members, about the issues YOU are concerned about. Please take advantage of this opportunity to meet and greet your statewide Society leaders. Read More... PHELPS HOSPITAL LOOKS CLOSE TO HOME FOR SOLUTION TO NATIONAL NURSING SHORTAGE Read More... The Westchester Community Opportunity Program Inc. (WestCOP) is holding its 44th Annual Fundraising Gala on Friday, November 20, 2009 at the Canyon Club in Armonk, New York. Read More... This Fall, the Westchester Library System (WLS ) begins Imagining a Greener World Through Reading, a program offering Westchester youth a unique opportunity. Through works of fiction, teens will examine the environmental issues that impact their daily lives. A $2,500 grant from Con Edison makes participation in the program free for a culturally diverse audience of teens. Read More... Brigida (Bridget) Goris-Klein has been promoted to tax partner in BDO Seidman's Westchester, New York office. Bridget has 16 years of taxation experience in public and private practice. During this time she has held key Fortune 100 and public accounting leadership positions. Bridget's primary area of specialization includes corporate taxation, encompassing tax risk analysis, support of tax return positions and tax examination representation. Her clients range from family-owned businesses, C-corporations, S-corporations, LLCs and high net-worth individuals to servicing tax compliance and tax planning for public corporations. Bridget's current client base includes manufacturing companies, real estate ventures, restaurants, financial services firms and apparel/consumer products both in the retail and wholesale space. Bridget is a CPA/MST. Continuing its leadership in educational technology, Iona College on October 17 dedicated its re- designed and expanded Ryan Library, one of the most advanced college libraries in the nation and one that is worthy of a nationally ranked private college. The $14 million project was fully paid for by funds contributed by private donors and grants from foundations. Manhattanville College's Graduate Education, Business, Writing, and Adult Accelerated Undergraduate Completion Programs are hosting a Graduate Open House on Saturday, December 5, 10:30am-12:30pm. Our Open House gives you the opportunity to meet with Admissions Representatives, Academic Advisors, Student Services Offices and Deans. To register, please call 914-694-3425 or e-mail gps@mville.edu. Wildlife Conservation Society click here On November 19, Progressive Computing will host an event for local small and mid-sized business owners, decision makers and managers at Antonees on Broadway. Come see a live demo of the new Windows 7 and see why it will improve user productivity. Software giveaways. Hot breakfast. Register now at: www.pro gressivecomputing.com The Andrus Children's Center will host workshops on combating obesity through healthy eating and physical fitness at the 10th annual Yonkers FAMILY DAY November 7. The Peckham Family Foundation of White Plains is generously underwriting Andrus' leadership of the event including the distribution of 100s of jump ropes! Join us! The Hudson River Museum in Yonkers announces American Sugar Refining, Inc.'s (Domino Sugar) sponsorship of the new Science Sundays series with a gift of $15,000. Science Sundays will cover subjects as diverse as environmental awareness to space exploration. For information please visit www.hrm.org, or call 914-963-4550. Hudson Fusion recently won ten 2009 American Graphic Design Awards. One of the most prestigious competitions in the industry, Hudson Fusion was amongst the select 15% that were honored for creative work including corporate identity, web sites, promotions and more. Expert's Corner Fighting the Flu Season at the Office Some Easy Steps Can Save a Lot of Misery By Erik A. Larsen, M.D., Associate Director, Emergency Department, White Plains Hospital Center American businesses typically lose billions of dollars in employee sick days and lost productivity because of the flu. This year is especially problematic because we are dealing with both the regular seasonal flu and the H1N1 influenza (the new strain otherwise known as "swine flu"). Each year in the U.S., seasonal influenza results in an estimated 36,000 deaths and more than 200,000 hospitalizations from flu-related causes. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is expecting there will be more deaths and illnesses from the H1N1 outbreak which affects primarily young people under the age of 25, children under the age of 5, pregnant women, individuals with chronic pulmonary, cardiovascular, renal, hepatic, hematological, neurologic, neuromuscular or metabolic disorders, and residents of nursing homes and other long-term care facilities. Business owners can take some easy steps to help keep both their employees and bottom lines healthy and to do their part to help prevent the spread of the flu infection in our community and beyond. It's important to impress individuals to get vaccinated for both flu strains, which is highly recommended by public health care officials to prevent becoming infected. Because the H1N1 is a new virus, most people will not have immunity to it. It's also recommended to promote proper hand hygiene in the work place. Understanding how the viruses spread underscores why keeping one's hands clean is a key prevention step. The disease is carried though respiratory droplets-coughing and sneezing-and then transmitting those droplets by touching the mucus membranes-mouth, nose and eyes. The hands are the most obvious means by which people unknowingly spread infection both at the work place and at home-by shaking other people's hands, handling food, opening doors in public places or turning the pages of a magazine in the waiting room of an office. Washing the hands often with soap and warm water for 15 to 20 seconds, especially after coughing and sneezing, is highly recommended. At White Plains Hospital Center, we also advocate and practice an extra step to make hand hygiene even more effective- the use of alcohol-based sanitizers. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has long recommended hand sanitizers as an effective way to reduce the number of potential infection-spreading microorganisms on the skin. Two years ago, White Plains Hospital Center adopted the policy by distributing hand wipes on every patient meal tray- the first community hospital in Westchester do so- and mounted an aggressive campaign to encourage all visitors and hospital personnel to make use of hand sanitizers. Hand sanitizers are not expensive and can be purchased in neighborhood pharmacies. Business owners might want to consider providing hand sanitizers in the rest rooms of their facilities for use by the employees. In the event an employee becomes sick with the flu, it's important he or she stay home until 24 hours after the fever is gone without the use of fever-reducing medicines. However, an infected individual often does not feel sick for 24 hours after the onset of the disease. That means the person was potentially infectious to other people during that time. That's why it's so important to maintain good hygiene procedures at the work place. Tissues and other disposable items used by the sick person should be thrown away and the surfaces of their desk and computer wiped with a disinfectant. Eating utensils and dishes need to be cleaned separately and washed thoroughly in a dishwasher with soap and water if possible. Communicating accurate information about this serious public health issue will help in minimizing the number of people who will be infected with the flu. White Plains Hospital Center makes available on its website, www.wphopsital.org , timely information and tips about how to prepare and cope with the flu. The staff of the Hospital wishes everyone safe passage through this flu season and good health always.

 

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