Texas Jewish Post (Dallas, Tex.), Vol. 68, No. 18, Ed. 1 Thursday, May 1, 2014 Page: 6 of 24
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DALLAS DOINGS
TEXAS JEWISH POST $ SINCE 1947
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Contact Executive Director Steve Lewis,
at slewis@templeshalomdallas.org
or phone 972-661 -1810, ext 202.
6930 Alpha Rd. • Dallas, TX 75240
www.templeshalomdallas.org
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By Linda Wisch-Davidsohn
The Wisch Family friendship
with Elya Naxon goes back almost
half a century. Elya and her late
husband, Bill, were always involved
in charitable causes and socio-
economic issues. In her later years,
Elya still possesses that indefatigable
spirit and is an example to all.
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Texas Jewish Arts Association:
a new (Texas) State-of-the-Art
Group in formation
Last May, the Dallas Jewish
Historical Society organized an
evening called in the “Eye of the
Beholder.” Following a brief lecture
about the nature of Jewish art
presented by Nancy Cohen Israel,
19 local Jewish artists exhibited
their remarkable work. The event
attracted more than 200 people
and, by all accounts, was deemed a
huge success!
Small groups present at that
gathering have been working to
capitalize on the energy of that
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DIVIE Exchange of Dallas
launches friends group
“I’ve never been at the birthing of
an organization,” said Elya Naxon,
event chair that launched the
Friends of DME Exchange of Dallas
(Durable Medical Equipment).
“The work that this group is doing
is so important.”
The DME Exchange of Dallas
is a nonprofit organization helping
uninsured, underinsured and
low income residents of Dallas
County receive the durable medical
equipment that they need for
recovery from an accident, injury or
assistance with a chronic condition.
The agency collects donated
equipment, repairs and sanitizes
it, then distributes it to qualified
Dallas County residents free of
charge. No other organization
addresses DME needs countywide.
It began in 2010 when Dallas
Area Interfaith, a coalition of civic
and religious institutions, surveyed
Dallas County residents and
discovered there were many who
were unable to access the medical
equipment they needed because
they were uninsured, underinsured
or had low incomes. This lack of
access was identified as one of the
top five issues needing attention in
Dallas.
The launch party was hosted
by Gail and Dr. Peter Loeb and
co-chaired by Delores and Dr.
Lawrence Barzune and Karen and
Walter Levy. Dr. Ron Anderson,
former CEO and president of
Parkland Hospital and Health
System and founder of the Dallas
County Community Health
Initiative, was the featured guest
speaker. Anderson said that he’d
been aware of the desperate need for
DME to help patients recover more
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Photo: Jan Naxon
At the DME Exchange friends group are from left, Dr. Ron Anderson, Dr. Stan and Linda Pomarantz, Gail and Dr. Peter Loeb
and Elya Naxon.
quickly, return home sooner, and go Dallas County will go without life-
back to work earlier. “An estimated changing equipment because they
25,000-50,000 people annually in cannot afford it,” he said.
Dr. Stan Pomarantz, president
of the DME Exchange of Dallas
board, is keenly aware of the need
for DME because of his work with
Parkland Hospital. One day, he
opened up his garage door and saw
his mother’s wheelchair gathering
dust. “There must be thousands
of pieces of equipment stashed in
people’s garages, attics and closets.
Why not recycle them and give
them to people who need them
now?” thought Pomarantz.
“I know from my work as
an occupational therapist how
important the proper equipment is
during a patient’s recovery,” Naxon
said. “Without proper equipment,
a patient may suffer complications
in recovery or possibly be re-
injured. Members of the Friends
of DME Exchange of Dallas will
dramatically help improve a
person’s quality of life.”
“Right now, we have an urgent
need for wheelchairs and shower
chairs,” said Pomarantz. The
agency also collects home hospital
beds, walkers, rollators, bedside
commodes, crutches, tub transfer
benches and patient lifts.
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