ABC 7 Eyewitness News Cedars-Sinai Volunteer Turns 100 Skip to main content Close Select your preferred language English عربى 简体中文 繁體中文 فارسي עִברִית 日本語 한국어 Русский Español Tagalog Menu Close Call 1-800-CEDARS-1 toggle search form Close Los Angeles, 06 November 2018 15:10 PM America/Los_Angeles ABC 7 Eyewitness News Cedars-Sinai Volunteer Turns 100 Volunteer Charles Selarz celebrates his 100th birthday with relatives and Cedars-Sinai staff members. Photo by Cedars-Sinai. ABC 7 Eyewitness News recently attended the birthday celebration for Charles Selarz, a Cedars-Sinai volunteer who turned 100 years old this month. Selarz is a Holocaust survivor who cheated death many times, enduring brutality at three concentration camps during World War II. Selarz was the only member of his family to survive the war, but today he is surrounded by loving relatives. As Selarz told ABC 7, "I have two good children. They understand me. The grandchildren are perfect, perfect. This keeps me alive." In addition to his two children, Selarz also has six grandchildren and three great grandchildren. Selarz started volunteering at Cedars-Sinai after his wife passed away 23-years-ago. He lives near the hospital and volunteers once a week, doing administrative tasks. He is known among the volunteers for his strong work ethic and his passion to get the job done. At his birthday celebration, Casey McGuire, director of Volunteer Services said called Selarz "a wonder." "He's all about productivity," McGuire told ABC 7. "He wants to make sure when he gets here that there's work on the table in front of him for him to start immediately and if there isn't, somebody's going to hear about it." When asked why he volunteers, Selarz told ABC 7, "because I like to help." At his birthday celebration, Cedars-Sinai's Senior Rabbi Jason Weiner blessed Selarz and led a prayer wishing Selarz many more years of good health. His fellow volunteers sang Happy Birthday and then he cut into a large birthday cake. When asked by his son how it feels to be 100, Selarz said, "I feel like a youngster." Click here to watch the complete ABC 7 story. Related Stories RSS feed - Related Stories (opens in new window) View all headlines - Related Stories Help Wanted Heart—Not Experience—Required September 20, 2022 07:30 AM America/Los_Angeles As the COVID-19 pandemic eases, many people are going back: back to work, back to school, back to normal lives.But one group that hasn’t gone back is the volunteers. Across the U.S., volunteer activity remains low, even as charitable giving has … Read more High Holidays 2021 Hope for a Post-Pandemic World September 02, 2021 06:00 AM America/Los_Angeles As the nation heads into the second Jewish High Holiday season during the COVID-19 pandemic, Cedars-Sinai Senior Rabbi and Director of Spiritual Care Jason Weiner, PhD, is thinking about renewal, a common theme during the holidays that call for … Read more Even During Pandemic Volunteers Bring Comfort April 20, 2021 06:13 AM America/Los_Angeles The Ruth and Harry Roman Emergency Department at Cedars-Sinai sees more than 85,000 patients each year. Among the first to greet those patients and their loved ones–even during the coronavirus pandemic–are Cedars-Sinai’s blue-coated volunteers, who … Read more Show previous items Show next items Contact the Media Team Email: [email protected] Share this release ABC 7 Eyewitness News Cedars-Sinai Volunteer Turns 100 Share on: Twitter Share on: Facebook Share on: LinkedIn Search Our Newsroom Social media Visit our Facebook page (opens in new window) Follow us on Twitter (opens in new window) Visit our Youtube profile (opens in new window) (opens in new window) Latest news 07 Oct 2022 - HealthDay: Black Women Less Likely to Get Laparoscopic Fibroid Surgeries 07 Oct 2022 - Faculty Publications: Sept. 29-Oct. 6 07 Oct 2022 - Fine-Tuning Organ-Chip Technology 06 Oct 2022 - KCRW: Want New Omicron Booster? Wait at Least 2 Months After Last Shot 05 Oct 2022 - Cedars-Sinai Schedules Free Flu Vaccine Clinics 04 Oct 2022 - Cedars-Sinai Showcases Hispanic and Latinx Art Newsroom Home