My Nonprofit Reviews

I have two stories :: One, my neighbor went to Jo Rosen's meetings a few times after her husband died and sure enough, she met a man who was mourning his wife and about two years later, the two of them fell in love and married! They are living happily ever after!!

Two: My mother, who had Parkinsons, loved music and had played the piano all her life. Now living with us, we looked for a piano teacher who was skilled in helping her play despite her tremors and her dementia. I called PRO and Jo Rosen put us in touch with a wonderful teacher, Susanne Shapiro, who taught my mother and had the patience of a saint! It was a godsend to have Ms. Shapiro help her lift her spirits and practice with her (and, it turned out very coincidentally, more than 40 years before, they had met at a mutual friend's dinner party in New York - 3000 miles east of where they now lived in Los Angeles)!!! Jo also recommended a terrific masseuse for my mother and she came every week to massage my mother's body with hopes of keeping it supple and flexible. My family cannot thank Jo Rosen enough for all both the physical and the spiritual help that she provided for my mother when she had Parkinsons, dementia and lived with us for almost seven years.
Trying to give back, my husband was able to host several PRO functions in those years - which were always not only fun but very fulfilling. This organization - and Jo Rosen - deserve many kudos for the wonderful, important work they've been doing all these years....