Tzahal Shalom of Northern Westchester welcomed seven IDF Officers to the community beginning October 19th for 10 days. They met with adults, children, teens and seniors at venues ranging from Parlor Meetings at people’s homes, public and private High School visits, Hebrew schools, Synagogue Shabbat services, study sessions, and more.
There was a High School Teen Event at Grand Prix, a Middle School Challenge, Café Joe at Temple Beth El where all seven spoke about their experiences in front of 250 people, and their annual Comedy Night where 200 people attended to raise funds to bring the program back again next year.
The Officers speak about their lives and their experiences to approximately 2,000 people while they are here.* This year, all seven participated in Protective Edge, the situation in Israel this past summer. Each officer has a host family and a buddy family in the community. These relationships are forever.
This is the eighth year that Tzahal Shalom has brought the program to our community. The Co-Chairs of the program are Anita Greenwald, Michele Kraushaar, Randi Kreisler, and Alisa Emanuel.
*Over ten synagogues in Westchester participated in hosting the IDF officers; the program is not exclusive to any one synagogue community but rather a gift to the community at large.
This wonderful concept was started in Wisconsin in 2009. Today there are over 15,000 in all corners of the world. Chappaqua proudly welcomes four of our own in November. The locations are: Gedney Park, the Duck Pond lawn, the Senter Street Rec Center and one on a private yard off route 120 near Grafflin. The libraries were paid for by small contributions from many Chappaqua families and built by scout troops and groups of friends. “The idea is to provide new venues for trading quality books as well as building a greater sense of community,” said Dawn Greenberg who brought the idea to town. “We are absolutely thrilled that the Town Board supported the idea and we look forward to seeing many happy swaps.”
An unconventional gift idea for this upcoming Holiday season would be to order someone a monthly delivery of fresh flowers for a year! This is a great gift because it lasts the entire year! Each month, a beautiful, fresh floral arrangement will be delivered to the receiver of the gift! You can be reminded each month how special you are to the person who gave you this gift.
For over 40 years, the DeCicco Family has stood by the simple, but yet powerful mantra of “Quality First.” Evolving into the new generation of DeCicco & Sons, they continue to provide their customers with only premium quality local meat, seafood, produce, baked goods from scratch, the finest grocery items available, award-winning craft beer, wood burning brick oven pizza, sushi, complete event planning and catering, and more. And when it comes to “Unconventional Gifts,” a flair for originality can be seen in their award-winning craft beer selection– and their exclusive offer of a Free Growler of one of their exceptional craft beers! Choose from over a dozen different drafts. Or, perhaps, customize your own gift basket and include the popular “one-size-fits-all” DeCicco & Sons Gift Card! DeCicco’s is at 17 Maple Avenue in Armonk with locations in Ardsley, Brewster, Harrison and Pelham.