At an age when most people have long settled into retirement, 91-year-old Richard Lundstrom is still starting his mornings with a walk to work and a smile. <\/p>\n
For nearly 25 years, he has been a constant presence at the City of Fort Lauderdale\u2019s Beach Community Center, and for many, he\u2019s the heart of the building.<\/p>\n
Lundstrom first began working at the center when the facility opened its doors in 2001. Nearly a quarter-century later, he still works at least 30 hours a week and does a little bit of everything, from greeting residents at the front desk to helping with event rentals, cleaning, painting, and even handling repairs.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s the Cheerios, that\u2019s the secret,\u201d he joked when asked how he\u2019s maintained his energy all these years.<\/p>\n
Those who know him best say it\u2019s more than cereal, it\u2019s his spirit.<\/p>\n
\u201cRichard is very well liked,\u201d said his wife, Constance Lundstrom. \u201cHe is very helpful to everybody, and he shows respect to people.\u201d<\/p>\n
Lundstrom says the environment keeps him motivated.<\/p>\n
\u201cTeam effort\u2026 great people to work for. The city’s great, from the upper echelon down to employees,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
The feeling is mutual. Ask anyone who walks through the doors of the Beach Community Center, and you\u2019ll hear the same thing: Richard is the person who makes the building feel like home.<\/p>\n
Even now, at 91, he takes pride in every task and every interaction.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe best part is the people,\u201d he said. \u201cYou meet so many great people from the city here.\u201d<\/p>\n
For Lundstrom, continuing to work isn\u2019t just a routine, it\u2019s purpose.<\/p>\n
\u201cAs long as I\u2019m able to physically and mentally be here, and I feel really great, that means a lot,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
His wife agrees and believes he\u2019ll keep going as long as he can.<\/p>\n
\u201cI see him going until he can\u2019t, and I will encourage it,\u201d she said. \u201cI have to be thankful that he is still able to do things.\u201d<\/p>\n
After almost 25 years of service, Lundstrom continues to show that passion, community, and purpose don\u2019t come with an age limit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"At an age when most people have long settled into retirement, 91-year-old Richard Lundstrom is still starting his…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70271,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250,1548],"class_list":["post-70270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-good-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70270"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70270\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}