MOVIE AND TV LEGEND TONY CURTIS SIGNS ON AS SPOKESMAN FOR WEBSITE PORTAL TARGETED AT KEEPING SENIORS OVER 55 VIBRANT AND FIT
Senior Business Chairman Proves Retirement Not All It's Cracked Up To Be; Creates Portal For Retirees To Stay Active
Uniondale, NY -- (PRnetwire) -- September 5, 2001 -- Senior business chairman Stan Lebow proves retirement not all it's cracked up to be, announces formal launch of website, Zelgo.com, intended to keep seniors active both mentally and physically. Movie star Tony Curtis added as spokesman for the content portal which was created as a community where people over 55 can find everything that suits their daily lives.
While all retirees may not want a full work schedule, recent reports indicate activity might just be the fountain of youth that everyone has been looking for.
A study from Cornell University Gerontology Research Institute states that most retirees do want to participate in productive activities. At the same time, a L.I. Jewish Medical Center doctor stated that keeping the mind active is just as important as keeping the body active because it may help deter the effects of Alzheimer's and depression.
After 40 years in business, retirement was something 75 year old Zelgo.com chairman Stan Lebow had been looking forward to with relish. Now he could play golf, travel, study and do all the things free time would offer him. "That feeling of euphoria lasted just about 2 weeks," said Lebow "But the third week I realized that I was sitting in the sun but completely disconnected from the world."
He complained that Monday came but no phone calls came. Nobody called him to complain about business mistakes, no salesman, no fellow employees, nobody to chastise, nobody to cajole.
Lebow decided that he better get back into something active or he would simply sit around and fade away. Joining with a venture capitalist, he established Zelgo.com, a website designed for "Seniors on the go", Seniors like himself that were looking for something more.
Said Lebow, "Well, maybe retirement wasn't all I had hoped it would be but I was lucky to get back to working 10-12 hour days--and feeling 20 years younger!"
Lebow recruited Tony Curtis as the site's Spokesman, and in a few short months Zelgo.com has become one of the leading Senior sites on the Internet, bringing information, advice, news, entertainment, and loads of other interesting links to Seniors on Internet.
Concludes Chairman Lebow, "Zelgo.com is designed to be a place for active Seniors who are still out there trying to beat par!"
CONTACT:
Erika Johnson
email: erika@zelgo.com
fax: 516-390-4758
phone: 516-390-4757
url: http://www.zelgo.com
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