Women’s History Month Movie Night

March 21, 2024October 14, 2025Leave a comment

Club members celebrated Women’s History Month by attending a screening of the newly released movie, Cabrini, in mid-March. It was the incredible story of the tenacity and strength of a woman who traveled from Italy to New York by ship in 1889, and began a mission to help poor Italian immigrants in lower Manhattan. A champion, not only of Italians but of all orphaned immigrant children, Francesca Cabrini stood up to the strong and powerful men she encountered in her quest to help the poor––the Pope, the Mayor and Archbishop of New York and other city officials. Undaunted by the work “NO”, nothing stood in her way as she founded orphanages and hospitals and taught the illiterate so they could make a new life for themselves in their new country. Known as Mother Cabrini, and now St. Frances Cabrini, she was the embodiment of a strong woman with a vision that we celebrate this month!

Charcuterie Board Fundraiser

March 9, 2024October 14, 2025Leave a comment

We celebrated the leap year bonus day of February 29th with a Charcuterie Board Fundraiser held at our town Firehouse. Many community members joined us. We all made scrumptious boards of meats, cheeses, dried fruit, chocolate, grapes, kiwis, pickles, jars of honey and jam and edible flowers. We learned to make roses out of salami and ribbons of prosciutto. Many thanks to Perfect Parings-Graze from Warwick, NY for their clear instructions, and for furnishing the ingredients to make our boards-complete with boxes to transport them home! Thanks also to the businesses who sponsored our Silent Auction––Salt of The Earth, Mindful Cafe, The Breslow Center, Injexcellence Med Spa, The Parlour, Delpinos’s, Stumpy’s Hatchet House, Deka Lash, The Corredor Crew, Pinstripes, Pauline Ann, and to members who donated auction items––Jane Bodnar, Jeanine Matthews, Nancy Tarbutton, Elizabeth Pittman, Christine Lagana, Ali Smith, Diana Nash, Ann Guadango, Brigitte Marten, Lucille Fallon, Linda Miko, Joan Clifford, and Claudia O’Bosky. Many attendees went home with great gifts and helped us to fund our scholarships, donations to first responders, and other charitable causes. Kudos to our Fundraising Team who organized this wonderful event! The evening was lots of fun and a great success!

Comedy Show Evening

February 28, 2024October 14, 2025Leave a comment

Members enjoyed dinner together and Dena Blizzard’s “I Love You, Get Away From Me!” comedy show at the Mayo Performing Arts Theater in Morristown last week. Thanks to our Arts Chairs––Kristen, Christine, and Brigitte––for organizing an enjoyable evening of comaraderie and laughs.

February Donations

February 27, 2024October 14, 2025Leave a comment

February may be a short month (a day longer this year), but it’s a great time to think of others!

Our members, as well as community members, contributed soups and other shelf-stable foods to help stock the pantry at The Center For Food Action in Mahwah. Our collection box in the Library had to be emptied often before the day when we packed up two carloads of donations. Our annual “Souper Bowl” drive in town was a big success!

We also received an incredible donation from a former member who was moving. A life-long knitter and quilter, she donated all newly crafted items––15 baby hats and 8 small quilts to keep little ones warm in their car seats, a quited play mat, pillow, bibs, 2 sets of infant knitted hat and glove sets, and a teddy bear. She trusted that we would find a good “home” for them. We took the baby items to The Lighthouse Pregnancy Reseource Center in Hawthorne that we support year round. They were most grateful for the donations for their newborns.

Charcuterie Board Fundraiser

February 7, 2024October 14, 2025Leave a comment

We’ve planned a wonderful social evening/fundraiser to celebrate Leap Year!

Annual “Souper Bowl” Food Drive

February 2, 2024October 14, 2025Leave a comment

We’ve kicked off our annual “Souper Bowl” Food Drive! Our club members and others in the community are asked to drop off supplies in a donation box in the Lobby of our Library. We aim to fill the pantry of The Center for Food Action! Hearty soups and other essential winter shelf-stable staples as well as supermarket gift cards are welcome. Dropoff is until February 11th when we will drive the donations to the Center for Food Action in Mahwah. Help us to help others! Together we can make a difference!

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

February 2, 2024October 14, 2025Leave a comment

Members commemorated International Holocaust Remembrance Day at the end of January. Our Book Club members read The Midwife of Auschwitz by Anna Stuart and, together with other members and friends, made a trip to the Holocaust Museum and Center for Tolerance and Education on the nearby campus of Rockland Community College. We participated in a Moral Courage Workshop and toured the museum. It was sobering afternoon and a reminder to fight to end hatred of any kind, anywhere. Many thanks to Phyllis Schmaus who led our tour.

Restorative Yoga

January 17, 2024October 14, 2025Leave a comment

Members kicked off 2024 with a Restorative Yoga session at Shree Yoga in Saddle River. It was awesome by candlelight, and an excellent way to refresh and renew after the holiday season.

Book Group Meeting and Holiday Book Swap

December 24, 2023October 14, 2025Leave a comment

Begun on Zoom in early 2021 in the days of COVID isolation, our Club’s Book Group will be celebrating our third year of monthly book discussions as we turn the calendar page to 2024! From a small number of original readers, the group has grown to include 27 members who now meet at members’ homes! Our most recent meeting was to discuss Ann Patchett’s new book, Tom Lake. We celebrated the story of a cherry orchard family with a cherry cocktail, cherry turnovers and Cornish Pasties. Every member present brought a wrapped book to swap––and stealing went on as packages were opened! Everyone went home with a new book to read over the holidays. We look forward to another year of reading together!