"Around Town" with the Women's Club of Farmingdale

October 26, 2017

“AROUND TOWN” WITH THE WOMEN’S CLUB OF FARMINGDALE

As the Village of Farmingdale celebrated Columbus Day with a street fair, members of the Women’s Club of Farmingdale (WCF) baked homemade cookies, cakes, brownies, scones and biscotti, as well as an assortment of homemade crafts, to sell to fairgoers. Rosemary Emigholz, Anna Ievolo and Cheryl Parisi set up tables and awnings early and displayed the baked assortments in beautifully decorated baskets with a fall theme.

The first WCF meeting took place on October 5 and President Tina Diamond announced that her GFWC (General Federation of Women’s Clubs) International Project would be monthly fundraiser lunches to benefit Heather Parisi’s Pearl of Hope School. Heather is a Farmingdale High School graduate who founded this school in Uganda to give vulnerable children a chance at good health and an education. She also developed her Flip2bFit, a truly amazing game which makes fitness fun through fitness activities for kids, preventing childhood obesity while playing a fun fitness fund game children. WCF member Lorraine Stanton organized the first lunch/fundraiser at Verona Restaurant in Farmingdale. It’s amazing how far as little as $15 can go to help a child in Uganda. For more information: www.fitnessforafrica.org.

The first WCF meeting also hosted a program called, “Mondays at Racine,” a cancer care program whose primary mission is to reduce the physical, emotional and cosmetic side effects of chemotherapy and radiation by providing free in-salon beauty and wellness services. Speaker Cynthia Sansone told the story of how her mother, who had passed away from cancer, came to her in a dream and suggested she open up her hair salon one day a month to offer complimentary services to anyone who has cancer. In 2010 HBO called to say that they were doing a documentary on what happens when women lose their hair. The film was made incorporating the services of Mondays at Racine and it was nominated for an Emmy. Salons all over the world became interested in running the same program. Services include nail services, facials, massage, cosmetics, and hair & scalp treatments. For more information: www.mondaysatracine.org.

Members of WCF and St. Kilian’s Choir are continuing their tradition of singing holiday tunes to the Farmingdale Adult Day Care Center in town and also recently attended the 80^th birthday luncheon of Bishop Dunne.

Kudos to the Village of Farmingdale Beautification Committee which did an amazing job planting fall flowers and decorations on Main Street and at the Village Green. It looks spectacular!!

Congratulations to the Junior League of the Women’s Club of Farmingdale on their 75^th Anniversary.

Submitted by Maria Ortolani