Heart of ida Vol 1 Iss 1
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SENIOR SPOTLIGHT<br />
AGING<br />
WELL<br />
INTO<br />
99+<br />
In honor <strong>of</strong> the debut issue <strong>of</strong> AgeWell,<br />
we believed that the first Senior Spotlight<br />
interview needed an older adult<br />
who 1) would celebrate a significant<br />
birthday this year, 2) was a longtime<br />
Long Beach area Resident and 3) was<br />
active in the community.<br />
Through a good friend <strong>of</strong> <strong>Heart</strong> <strong>of</strong> Ida,<br />
we were introduced to Mildred Wallerstein,<br />
who found some time in her busy<br />
schedule to have a chat with us.<br />
Mildred, who is 99, will celebrate her<br />
100th birthday this July. She has lived<br />
in Long Beach and Signal Hill for over<br />
30 years. Still very active in the community,<br />
Mildred drives to several classes<br />
and programs (yes, she still drives<br />
a car!). Just last year, Mildred received<br />
the Community <strong>Vol</strong>unteer <strong>of</strong> the Year<br />
award honoring her work in the community,<br />
knitting caps for hospital patients<br />
and the homeless, wrapping<br />
gifts for toy drives and folding newsletters<br />
(to name a few).<br />
Originally from Boston, Mildred was the<br />
middle child with two brothers.<br />
“Before Long Beach, I was in Boston.<br />
I was born in Boston, I lived there for<br />
68 years before I came here. I have<br />
two brothers. Both have died, but they<br />
were the greatest guys in the world…<br />
and I was in the middle, so, I never<br />
got any hand-me-downs.”<br />
AgeWell Long Beach | Spring 2017 5
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