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MARCH 2018

HIGHLIGHTS

MARCH 1 O.W.L.S RVNA BP Screening 8 Book Discussion 9 Tasting: Soda Bread sponsored by Home Instead Senior Care 12 New Member Coffee Spring Registration Due 28 Trip: A Chorus Line at WBT 30 Closed: Good Friday

A Message from Grace:Heartfelt thanks to all who responded to our February appeal letter with a donation. Whether you give annually or monthly, your ongoing support is providing wonderful programming. Check out what’s new for spring and register online or on paper by March 12.

The Ridgefield Youth Commission is looking for volunteers to help with the installation of its ‘kindness’ mosaic mural at The Barn Teen Center (Governor Street) during the first full week of March. If you would like to help with this community-wide effort, stop by the front desk for details.

We’ll all need an extra dose of kindness and patience when our neighbors at Parks and Recreation begin a major renovation in March. See page two for initial details. We’ll share more information as we learn it.

Founders Hall is a Donor-Supported Education and Recreation Center for Individuals Age 60 and Older

193 Danbury Road, Ridgefield, CT 06877 • 203.431.7000 • www.founders-hall.org • Facebook: Founders Hall RidgefieldM/W/F: 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Tu/Th: 8:30 am - 8:30 pm

SponSored by

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee ShetterlyMarch 8, 3pm

facilitated by Mary Rindfleisch

of the Ridgefield Library

Book Discussion

TasTing

Soda Bread

Friday, March 9 2 pm

Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with a sampling of different soda breads and live Irish music

performed by mezzo soprano Heather Gately and pianist Coleman Gately, this event’s

generous and talented sponsors. spring semesTer

Begins on march 26Please return your

registration by Monday, March 12

new memBer coffee

Monday, March 12

10:30 am

Meet staff, make friends,get involved!

Computer Room Tech HelpNew Hours

Fridays: 2 - 4 pmMorning hours are

discontinued.

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Construction AlertStarting sometime in March, Ridgefield Parks & Recreation will begin a major renovation on their facility. As a Founders Hall member, you may be affected by the following:

• Because of the expected number of workers, there will be more people sharing the parking lot.

• Truck traffic and deliveries in and out of the campus will increase.

• If you take one of our classes at Parks & Rec, such as basketball or pickleball, gym availability may be impacted.

• If you take aquacize, the locker rooms will be under construction on a rotating basis.

The construction project is expected to run through July. We will keep you posted as we learn more. In the meantime, please carpool when possible, use extra caution in the parking lot, and be patient. Remember the bridge construction? That’s now a distant memory... this will soon be, too!

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Ann L. Fowler-Cruzattorney at law

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158 Deer Hill AvenueDanbury, CT 06810

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Winter Fun

Winter Olympics Tea: Vittoria Ricatti, Lynn Mullen, Ellen Doubraski Winter Olympics Tea: Gloria Andersson, Fay Gaudet

John Fisher enjoying January’s Dinner & Movie with friends.Billiards Tournament

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March at the Movies

The Big Sick 2 pmA Pakistan-born comedian and grad student fall in love but struggle as their cultures clash. When she contracts a mysterious illness, he is forced to face her feisty parents, his family’s expectations, and his true feelings.2017, Kumail Nanjiani, Zoe Kazan R, 119 mins.

Dunkirk 2 pmAllied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire and France are surrounded by the German Army, and evacuat-ed during a fierce battle in World War II. 2017 Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney PG, 107 mins.

Wind River 2 pmA veteran tracker with the Fish and Wildlife Service helps to investigate the murder of a young Native American woman, and uses the case as a means of seeking redemption for an earlier act of irresponsibility which ended in tragedy.2017, Jeremy Renner, Elizabeth Olsen R, 111mins.

Megan Leavey 2 pmBased on the true story of a young Marine corporal whose unique discipline and bond with her military combat dog saved many lives during their deployment in Iraq.2017, Kate Mara, Ramon Rodriguez PG-13, 116 mins.

The Glass Castle 2 pmA young girl comes of age in a dysfunctional family of nonconformist nomads with a mother who’s an eccentric artist and an alcoholic father who would stir the children’s imagination with hope as a distraction to their poverty.2017, Brie Larson, Woody Harrelson PG-13, 207 mins.

Crooked House 2 pmIn Agatha Christie’s most twisted tale, a spy-turned-private detective is lured by his former lover to catch her grandfather’s murderer before Scotland Yard exposes dark family secrets.2017, Glenn Close, Terence Stamp PG-13, 115 mins.

Electra Glide Blue 2pmBored with his highway traffic duties, Arizona motorcycle patrolman John Wintergreen is assigned to Homicide where his polite investigative style irks his macho boss. 1974, Robert Blake, Billy Green Bush PG, 113 mins.

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Join Us! Bingo Fridays* 1 - 3 pm*

Canasta Thursdays 12:30 - 2:30 pm Chess Mondays 1:30 - 4:30 pm

Gardeners Third Friday 1 - 2:30 pm

Mah Jongg Thursdays 10am - 12 pm Mexican Train Wednesdays 2:30 - 4:30 pm Dominoes

Needlework Thursdays 12 - 1:45 pm

Pinochle Thursdays 2:30 - 4:30 pm

Quilting Tuesdays 2 - 4 pm

Rug Hooking Wednesdays 1:30 - 4 pm

Scrabble Thursdays 12:45 - 2:45 pm

Walking Mon./Wed. 8:20 am

Weaving Wednesdays 10 am-12 pm

Wood Carving Mondays 1:30 - 4 pm

*except March 9

Movies may change based on availability.

New Members(as of Feb. 9th)

Valerie Becker

Patricia Bishop

Kirsten Cardegna

Moira Duggan

Elva Follows

Joseph Higgins

Galina Ioselev

Linda Lubin

Jay Lubin

Donny Lutrick

Rita Mercedes

Marilyn Mezzo

Barbara Roush

Alice Simon

Martha Talburt

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Founders Hall, a 501(c)3 public charity incorporated under the name Founders Hall Foundation, Inc., was established by the Couri and Goldstone families. The Foundation has an agreement with the town of Ridgefield to lease the land and run Founders Hall through 2022, with the option for future extensions. With continued support from generous people like you, the Foundation will run Founders Hall for generations to come.

DEVELOPMENT

Thank you to all our donors January 13th – February 9, 2018AnonymousTheresa Bach °Bethel Health Care CenterLois and John BrennanGreg and Anne BrodginskiJo Ann and Michael CaliMary Kay CarrollAnne CookJohn and Elaine Couri °Deanna Cunningham °Dimitri’s DinerJerry and Barbara DineenIrene and Michael DoylePenny EdwardsAngelina and Vincent Falotico ^Richard and Evelyn Godbout °Eleanore P. Guida-GeeHope GustafsonMrs. Ruth I. Holzthum ^Home Care by RVNAHome Instead Senior CareJim and Jean Horend ^IBM Employee ServicesLaura IslerJanet JacobsCathy and Kevin JonesMary KalettaJohn KarpikGeorgia Ann KindgrenMr. and Mrs. A. KokalariTom Lesko °Wadsworth Russell Lewis Trust FundDenis and Mary Ellen Loncto

Anna LossiusTom and Patti Maloney ^Anne T. MartinEve and Alan MencherRon and Sandy MosielloJoellen and Robert MurphyPatricia Nevins and Robert MarkTom and Mary Ann O’GradyGreg and Elaine PaulyKathleen Preli ^Prudential FoundationRehab by RVNAVittoria RicattiRidgefield CrossingsKent and Margaret Rohrer ^Ellen RossRidgefield VNARita R. SamelsonMary Jane ScottNancy and Charles SilbertEarl and Marian SloanDavid B. Smith and Maria Victor-SmithMargo StalegaElizabeth StonebridgeThe Cascades Senior LivingCarmela TripiWaveny Care CenterGunnar P. WilmotAdriana Ippoliti Zandri

° Founders Circle Member ^ Monthly Donor

Giving Day

If you spend time online, you’re probably seeing appeals for Fairfield County’s Community Foundation’s Giving Day, a one-day, regional effort to harness the collective power of giving. While we applaud that effort, we also gratefully

recognize that many of you have just made a donation to Founders Hall in response to our February appeal letter. That’s why you will not see Founders Hall listed among Giving Day participants.

If you want to give to Founders Hall on Giving Day, you can do so directly at www.founders-hall.org. We are always grateful for your support, whenever you choose to give!

Anonymous (2)Joan Antkiw*

Stephen AntkiwRose M. Antonucci *

Theresa BachBonnie Barrett

Lee V. BlumJoan Bubert

Jim ChristianoJeanne CookElaine Couri

John CouriDeanna Cunningham

Jack Daniels *Julienne Daniels

Richard GodboutEvelyn Godbout

Liz GoldstoneSteve Goldstone

Maryann GriersonPeter Grierson

Emelie Howard *Claudia Kelly

Jim KellyAline Lawrence *

Tom LeskoDolores MacNeill

Janet Gebbia MannucciaSal Mannuccia

Margaret McEachernBeverly Osgood

Bill OsgoodJoanne Patrick

John PatrickCarol M. Perine

Candace PlechaviciusMary Laura Pritchard

Tom PritchardBobbie Schneider *

Lori SeibertTed Seibert

Helene TaylorAlayne Vlachos

Katherine A. Van Den AmeeleEdward W. Van Den Ameele

Janet Oakley WallaceWilliam L. Wallace *

* In grateful memory

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