St. Lukes Elder Care Solutions of Central CT

What a wonderful evening! Over 300 people attended the St. Lukes Elder care
"Timeless" fashion show at River House in Haddam CT.
Pictured with me are Diane Cummings, Chairwoman of the event and Connecticut's favorite funny man and WFSB Channel 3
weather anchor, Scott Haney who emceed the
show. I was a special guest and had the opportunity to meet some of the ladies that modeled in the show. The ages of the "models" were anywhere between 25 and 100!!!!



St. Lukes is an incredible organization. They are dedicated to helping our seniors in central CT with housing, trips to the market,minor home repair, education and advocacy,transportation to medical appts and the list goes on and on!!

They have a great motto~ "You don't stop laughing because you grow old. You grow old because you stop laughing."

CT Food Pantry's desperatly low on donations!

What a great day! The soup kitchen that I have been volunteering for these last 3 years held a pasta dinner fundraiser to help stock thier food pantry. Food Pantry's across our state are at dangerously low levels due to the economic slump occuring across our nation. No longer just for the homeles and disadvantaged, many more middle income families are starting to use the food pantry as a way to stretch thier food dollars,leaving the shelves empty and bare.


Barbara Dublin,Executive Director, pictured with me here, made the call to Mrs. CT asking for HELP! We both worked together to get a huge amount of press for the event and more than 200 people turned out with food in hand and monetary donations! WTNH channel 8 turned out with thier camera crews to help gain exposure to this statewide problem.
Just click on the link and watch the video!
http://www.wtnh.com/Global/story.asp?S=8355276

Many volunteers worked the event including some very talented "Chefs" who cooked up a great meal for everyone!





Mrs. Connecticut helps Collect food and personally thanks everyone for coming!

Let's fill these shelves!!! Don't forget to donate to YOUR local food pantry!

CT. Miracle Ride for Connecticut Children's Hospital

What an AMAZING DAY!!!!! I was asked to be the lead "Rider" for the Connecticut Childrens Hospital "2008 Miracle Ride". Thousands of Motorcycle enthusiasts from around the state joined in as we rode from Newington, past the children's hospital and then onto Bristol CT. where the ride ended at Lake Compounce amusement park. This year, the "Miracle Ride " hopes to net over $125,000!!! My fingers are crossed that they achieved it!

I have never been on a motorcycle before so for my first time out, I could not ask for better company! What a sight to see! Motorcycles for miles and miles!!!
Pictured with me is the event Charperson Gary Gillette. He has worked tirelessly to put this event together and he did a stupendous job!


A special shout out goes to my amazing driver, Tony, AKA "Slider" who coordinated all the mapping of the routes, and worked with local towns to bring this wonderful event to fruition!

Slider, you look great in a crown!!!!



Hat's off to all the local and statewide law enforcement who volunteered thier time for this wonderful event!








Look Mom, no hands!!!!

Red Cross Blood Drive!!

GIVE BLOOD!!!!
This morning, I was on hand to greet blood donors at the Waterville Firefighters Blood Drive!
I got to meet some amazing volunteers and speak with some of the donors. I also learned that there is a HUGE need for blood in the State of Connecticut.
Pictured with me is Vicki Krampets the Team supervisor of the day. She told me that our State needs a minimum of 650 pints of blood A DAY, to keep up with demand. There are between 12 and 15 blood drives scheduled Monday thru Friday across our state, every week of the year!

There were also some terrific volunteers working the event and helping with refreshments.

I also had the opportunity to give out the "I Gave blood stickers" and spoke with with some of the donors. Mike, Pictured left, always gives blood and what I found to be consistent with the entire morning, is that many donors not only give thier own blood, but they volunteer within our communities,raising funds, building playgrounds and supporting other area organizations.
Now that's what I call volunteering!!!!
For the nearest blood drive nearest you, please call 1-800-Give-Life.
Just get out there and GIVE BLOOD!!!!!

MS Walk 2008 ~ Litchfield site

Cold and misty this morning for the over 10,000 walkers throughout the state, that participated in the MS walk 2008. Once everyone started walking I think that we all warmed up pretty quickly! I met up with a former Mrs. Hartland US, Geishza Ahles, and walked for her team. It was great seeing Geizha again and I hope to see her compete for Mrs. Connecticut 2009 next year!
Also in attendance were "Forever Team Michaela", walking in honor of Micheala Pettit who was murdered in Cheshire along with her sister and mom last July. It was really inpsiring to see all the children that are keeping Micheala's spirit alive.
The weather did not dampen anyone's spirit!!!!

St. Peter and Paul School Fashion Show!

I had a great time modeling in the St. Peter and Paul school fashion show! Over 175 ladies turned out for the event and everyone had a great time!!! Fashions were sponsored by the Dress Barn of Bristol and all the "models" looked wonderful!

Pictured above is Chairwoman Linda Galvin with her assistant to the models, Micheal Ryan.
The "Red Hot" red hat society ladies were in attendance as well and dressed in all thier colorful finery!