FLORIDA FIRE SERVICE April 2018 26 https://www.facebook.com/FlFireChiefsAssociation/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/florida-fire-chiefs @FlFireChiefs Please check us out on social media Dear Safe Haven family and friends, I had a wonderful time last night visiting with Baby Milagros, her mother Donna and her other adopted siblings (pls. see the attachment photos). Miami Children’s Hospital sponsors an all week event for mentally and Physically challenged children. I estimate it was attended by over 100 people including from other countries. I spent the evening with them at A.D. Barnes park. Milagros will be 13 years old in a few days. A beautiful little girl inside and out, very sweet and VERY intelligent. She was born without a chin, arms and only one leg but has the personality of a champion. I have known her since she was 2 days old . Her bio. mother had called our helpline. She dearly LOVES her mother. I asked her what she wanted to be when she grows up and her reply was “a mother”. Very moving moment for me….. They live in another state and when they get home they will put together a video for us to use that will be quite compelling. Milagros is truly a blessing to all who know her . I surely felt that last night. If there wasn’t A Safe Haven for Newborns, the chances were extremely slim for her to have a chance for a future and then to touch so many lives. We must all count our blessings, Nick Nick E. Silverio Founder Lazaro Alfonso . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Delray Beach Fire Rescue Daniel Barrios. . . . . . . . . . . . . Reedy Creek Improvement District Juan Bernal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ten 8 Fire Equipment Daniel Booker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . City of Margate/Coconut Creek Daniel Bowen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Deltona Fire Rescue Andrew Conner. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Glynn County Fleet Armando Jose Cruz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miami Dade Fire Rescue Michael Daraich. . . . . . . . . . . . DeKalb County Fleet Management Jorge Diaz . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Miami Dade Fire Rescue Corey Dunbar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ten 8 Fire Equipment Steve Erched . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . City of Margate/Coconut Creek John Fickers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Preston Foreman . . . . . . . . . . . DeKalb County Fleet Management Maikel Garcia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . City of Miami Fire Rescue Emilio J. Garcia . . . . . Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Fleet Maintenance Doug Ginn . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ten 8 Fire Equipment Bill Hamilton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . City of Naples Stephen Hesson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Gainesville Fire Rescue Don Hughes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Satellite Beach Fire Department Timothy Hykes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Atlantic Emergency Solutions Scott Jennings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ten 8 Fire Equipment Richard Klimm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ten 8 Fire Equipment Greg Kunter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ten 8 Fire Equipment Christian Latham. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Manatee County Government RobertoLorenzo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . City of Margate/Coconut Creek JessieMadden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ten 8 Fire Equipment Joe Maus. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Monroe County Fire Rescue Weston McClintock . Manatee County Public Works - Fleet Services Jeff Morse. . . . . . . . . . North Collier Fire Rescue Control & District Brodrick Nealy, Jr. . . . . . . . . . . . . Polk County Fleet Management Alexander Nualart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . City of Plantation Paul Phillips. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . City of Margate/Coconut Creek Jimmy Roberts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Polk County Fleet Maintenance Christopher Robinson. . . . . . . . DeKalb County Fleet Management Daniel Simmons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mexico Beach Fire Department Roger Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Reedy Creek Improvement District Kent Taylor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Panama City Fire Department Aaron B. Taylor. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Campbellton VFD Nicholas Scott Trezona Miami-Dade Fire Rescue Fleet Maintenance Ty Vassil . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Margate-Coconut Creek Fire Rescue Greg Veilleux . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . City of Leesburg Luis Villar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . City of Margate/Coconut Creek Timothy Westberry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Lake City Fire Department Tracy Young, CFO . . . Lee County Port Authority ARFF Department April 2018 FFS.QXD 4/10/18 1:56 PM Page 26