The Westport Women’s Club “Rockettes”
rock up a storm of cash!
By Jon
Alden
Everythingwestport.com
Saturday, May 10, 2008
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The Westport Women’s Club “Rockettes” rocked up a storm of cash for
their scholarship fund, while three generations of moms and moms-to-be decorated
a Mother’s Day cake at Lees Market. Not
to be outdone, another three generations comprised of Sue Smith (President),
her daughter Sandy Thurston, and granddaughter Susan Thurston, 14-years-old,
rocked side-by-side at Lees Market to the malt shop music piped in over Lees sound system. “We’re here to fill the jars,” Said Sue
Smith over the strains of Peggy Lee singing “Who’s Sorry Now!” that never seems
to fall out of fashion.
Westport
Women’s Club members rocked in Sue Smith’s impossibly blue, six wooden rockers
from her back porch that were brought to Lees for the occasion. The 50’s music
playing on Lees sound system was accompanied by Sky and Friends, a guitar-strummin’ duo rocking to there own beat.
The Westport Woman's Club hosted its annual Rock-a-Thon
from 9 a.m. through 4 p.m., with 15 club members working in two to four hour
shifts. “It’s hard work,” said Joan Amaral, “but someone’s gotta do
it!” “This is our annual fund raiser for
monies to be used for scholarships for deserving students,” added Elsie Buess. I got the
message and dropped a $5 bill into the jar, as did many others throughout the
day. It was a worthy cause.
If you couldn’t
make it to the store, get in touch with anyone of their members to make a
donation. In the past they have given as many as seven $500.00
scholarships. They hope to do this in
2008 also. "We rocked them in the
cradle and now we'll rock them into college," said Pat Dean, Chairwoman of
their Scholarship Committee. For more information call Mary McCarthy at (508)
636-4282, or email her at: mccarthym@myatt.net
From the left: (1) Women’s Club Rockettes
(from the left) Pat Dean, Jan Brilhante, Sandy Thurston, Susan Thurston,14-years-old, and
Sue Smith. (2) Sky Travis (left) and Ken Brilhante. (3) Sharon Potter (left) and Sandy Thurston. (4)
More Rockettes! From the left: Joan Amaral,
Elsie Buess, and Doris Sanford, all from Westport.
Meanwhile, at the other end of
the building in the Lees Community Room, Lees Market was also sponsoring their Annual Mother’s Day Cake Decorating
from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Many of the young, and not so young, came in to decorate
and take home a special Mother’s Day cake for their deserving mothers! And you
didn’t even have to sign up!
(Left) Three generational cake
decorating! From the left: Grandmom Rose Mercier,
Autumn Medeiros, eight-months-old, and Mom Cassie Medeiros.
(Below) Amber Amaral, an employee of Lees Supermarket shows everyone how
to be an expert at cake decorating. Hmmmmmm, that’s a
familiar logo!
For
more information on this event or future events, call (508) 636-3348, or go
on-line at: www.leesmarket.com
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