Your next meeting will be 6:30 PM Tuesday May 7th, 2024, at Moose Lodge
Family Center 6191 Rock Island Road Tamarac.

We’ve had some great sponsors and speakers at recent meetings. Patronize
those businesses and mention that you’re a Broward 10-13 member. Sponsors for
the May meeting will be Dr. Mildred Collazo DDS from promisingdentalparkland.com
& Marc Bienenfeld, financial advisor from blswealthmanagement.com . Please give
them complete courtesy and attention. If you need to talk during the speaker
presentations, go outside. Your sponsors support our club and are interested in you.
Please treat them as friends and family.

Let us know if you have, or factually know of, confirmed Emblem and/or
Aetna providers in the Broward/Palm Beach/Miami counties areas. The list is small
but we should keep ourselves updated.
Next HR 218 course is Friday, June 14th, 2024 at Gun World of South
Florida, 1700 S Powerline Rd, Deerfield Beach. The course is open to all NYPD 10-13
members and LEO guests. Please bring police ID and required ammo for said firearm
and all safety items; eye & ear protection. Cost is $25, P/P. RSVP on Facebook 10-13
page, or this email. Bring additional magazines, to assist with expediting your relay.
Also, as of July 2024, the HR218 course has been changed. Details of the new course
will be forthcoming, and it will apply to our future relays.

Special thanks to Warren Sam for keeping up with publishing The Blotter as
often as we can get the information to him. He’s doing a great service from a
distance. Your board has kept up with a fast pace of running the club and always
working in the background to keep things going. . . I’m humbled and proud to run
with them!

Be kind to one another … offer help to other 10-13 members and always talk
openly (But, PLEASE, NOT DURING THE MEETINGS! !) Until the meeting … stay
healthy, happy and safe ! !

– Martin

Greetings and welcome,

The NYPD 10-13 Club of Broward and the City of Hollywood Department of Parks, Recreation and Cultural Arts is delighted to have you join us for this year’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade and Festival. Below, you will find important information for the parade and staging area.

• Parade Staging Entry: Monroe Street and 21^st Avenue. (Please see attachment)
• All participants must be in matching uniforms or in attire associated with that unit.
• Due to recent changes and to keep confusion to a minimum, please do not enter the parade staging area before 11:00am, you will be asked to leave and re-enter.
• Parade staging will open at 11:00AM closing at 12:30PM. The parade will start promptly at 1:00PM.
• There will be absolutely no entries permitted once parade staging closes. Staff will be onsite to assist you.
• Please give your group name when entering the staging area and please remember your entire group (those with multiple vehicles) must be present before checking in. You will receive your number at that time.
• BEADS ARE PERMITTED, please refrain from throwing them. Hand-to-hand or a light underhand toss is highly recommended!
• YOU ARE THE PARADE! Please minimize gaps by staying 10-15 feet behind the unit in front of you at all times.

**NOTE: AS PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED, THE STAGING AREA IS SMALL. PLEASE KEEP YOUR ENTRIES TO A MINIMUM BUT NOT TO EXCEED 20 PARTICIPANTS. GOLF CARTS ARE LIMITED TO 5 PER ENTRY. DUE TO THE PARADE ROUTE AND MOMENTUM, PLEASE REFRAIN FROM ENTERING BICYCLES, STROLLERS, OR SKATEBOARDS IN THIS PARADE.**

Below you will find the City’s Plastic Ordinance for your review. Please adhere to these rules as they will be strictly enforced. Anyone caught in violation will be asked to leave. Avoid distributing candy or items wrapped in any form of plastic, as wells as, gum, peanuts or chocolates.

The City’s plastic and Styrofoam ordinance passed in 2020, §97.08-97.12, prohibits the use of polystyrene (“Styrofoam”), single-use plastic and bioplastic food service products. This includes eating and serving utensils, tableware, containers, lids, plates, bowls, cups, straws, wrappings, bottles, bags or other packaging and all similar articles used for transporting or consuming prepared food or beverages. Reusable, compostable, or biodegradable materials may be used as alternatives such as paper, bamboo, and other plant-based fiber items.

Please come and join us at our next general membership meeting. It will be held at 7p, but arrive approx. an hour early to mingle and meet new people, at the Moose Lodge 6191 Rock Island Rd., Tamarac.

Please, if you have not done so already, send in your 2024 membership dues before January 31, 2024. The price goes up $5 after that date for existing members.