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MAY 2018

HIGHLIGHTS 3 O.W.L.S RVNA Blood Pressure Screen

4 Seminar: How We Eat Now sponsored by Union Savings Bank Foundation

10 Book Discussion: One Summer: 1927

11 Tea: Cinco de Mayo sponsored by Laurel Ridge Health Care Center

15 Trip: United Nations

16 Gold Sale

18 Seminar: Scrabble® Strategies sponsored by Union Savings Bank Foundation

23 Fitness Day, sponsored by Western CT Health Network

25 On-line Registration Help Session FH Food Truck Friday, sponsored by Connecticut In-Home Assistance

28 Closed: Memorial Day 29 Annual Meeting

30 Trip: Florence Griswold Museum On-line Registration Help Session

A Message from Grace

Join us for several upcoming special events, including Fitness Day on Wednesday, May 23, our annual meeting on Tuesday,

May 29, and Battle of the Chefs on Sunday, June 3. As the direct beneficiary of all its proceeds, you will be the real winner of the Battle, but this exciting culinary showdown can succeed only with your support. Please consider buying a ticket, and encouraging your friends and family to come, too. See the back page for Battle details.

Spring semester is in full swing, and it’s wonderful to see so many of you in the building. I have a request for those who are using the locker rooms. Please remember that our lockers are for limited use. To ensure availability for those who need them, please retrieve your belongings from the lockers after your class has ended.

Registration for summer semester will open the second week of May. If you who would like help with on-line registration, come to one of the special sessions. See page 3 for details.

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

ANNUAL MEETINGTuesday, May 29, 11:30 am

Executive director Grace Weber, along with members of our Board of Directors, will update you on the

business side of Founders Hall. Then stay to enjoy lunch along with a special art exhibit. The meeting is free, but please sign up at the front desk so we can plan for lunch accordingly.

If you can’t make the meeting, you can review the covered material in the 2017 impact report, which will be mailed to you. Financial reports are posted on our website (www.founders-hall.org, ‘About Us’).

Thursday, May 10, 3 pm

One Summer: 1927by Bill Bryson

Facilitator: Brenda McKinley of the Ridgefield Library

We will deeply miss our long-time facilitator, Mary Rindfleisch of the Ridgefield Library. She enriched our discussions and lives with her guidance, intellect and insights.

Book Discussion

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VOLUNTEER VENUE

Thank you to all our volunteers for their support and patience during the snowy winter months.

We appreciate the many flexible and willing helpers, talented entertainers and skilled bakers!

In the coming weeks, we will be looking for volunteers for Fitness Day (May 23) and to help out at the Battle of the Chefs (June 3). Please see Kimberly to volunteer.

Lost & FoundHave you lost a valuable piece of

jewelry? If so, please see Grace. The piece we found may be yours!

Tea

Friday, May 11, 2 pmCelebrate Mexican culture at this fun fiesta!

FH Food Truck Fridays

The food truck phenomenon is coming to Founders Hall! On select Fridays, a food truck will park outside of Founders Hall. You can buy your lunch and eat with friends while savoring new cuisines!

SEMINARS

SCRABBLE®: STRATEGIES AND FUN, Friday, May 18, 1pmRenowned Scrabble® coach, tournament director and player Cornelia Guest will share easy tips that can help you improve your game strategy for top scores. She has been running a youth Scrabble® class at the Ridgefield Library for the last 13 years, and her youth teams have won the North American School Scrabble® championship five times.

HOW WE EAT NOW: THE EVOLUTION OF FOOD SINCE 1950, Friday, May 4, 1 pmFrom jelly molds to kombucha, American eating habits have long been impressionable and paradoxical. Food writer Judith Hausman will discuss how and why our nation’s changes show up on our plates. How did wartime, industrialization and the suburbs set our tables? When did the cuisine of immigrants enter the mainstream? She’ll explain how science and technology have both seasoned and diminished our diet. Bring your own food memories to share.

Our first food truck features Southern cuisine with a flair. Feast on fried pickles, buttermilk biscuits, fried chicken & pulled pork paired with their famous sauces. As Chef Carey Favreau says, “Where there’s smoke, there’s flavor!”

Favreau recently won the Food Fight II Culinary Battle, held at Ergo Chef in Danbury.

May 25, 12:30 - 2 pm

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Important Info about

NEW MEDICARE CARDS

To help protect you from fraud, Medicare will be sending a new card that replaces your Social Security-

based number with an ID number unique to you.

About the new cardYour new card will automatically come by mail. If you need to update your address, go to: www.ssa.gov/myaccount/

Once you get your new Medicare card, destroy your old Medicare card and start using your new card right away.

Watch out for scamsMedicare will never call to ask for personal or private information before mailing cards.

Scam artists may try to get personal information (like your current Medicare Number) by contacting you about your new card.

If someone asks you for your information, for money, or threatens to cancel your health benefits if you don’t share your personal information, hang up and call 1-800-MEDICARE (1-800-633-4227).

Speakers: 9:30 am - 11:30 am

9:30 am: Stress Reduction/Heart HealthMichele Smallidge, Ed.D., R.D., WCHN

10 am: Stroke PreventionMichele Lecardo, R.N., WCHN

10:30 am: Irritable Bowel SyndromeMae Tighe, M.D., Gastroenterology, WCHN

11 am: Shoulder InjuriesDaniel Fish, M.D., Orthopaedic Specialists of Connecticut

Ask the Experts: 11:30 am - 1:30 pm• Lyme Disease Prevention• Wellness Coaching• Blood Pressure Screening• Hand, Arm and Shoulder Health• Danbury Hospital’s Caregiver Center• Injury Prevention

Fitness Activities: 11:30 am - 12:30 pmTry bocce, balance, strength-building and workouts in the fitness garden.

Healthy Lunch: 12:30 pm

HEALTH AND FITNESS DAYWednesday, May 23, 9:30 am - 1:30 pmThanks to our sponsor, Fitness Day is free but please sign up at front desk.

Alfonso AlberoLinda CameraRobert CameraKevin CarrollMary ColemanThomas FrancoYvonne FrancoMary HaroldCarol MaioloKeith McKellop

Sue McKellopNicola MessingRoy MessingLouis MezzoKathleen O’LearyJane PittmanGretchen RobertsonBryan RobinsonMargaret Wright

New Members (as of April 11)

ON-LINE REGISTRATION HELP SESSIONS

Fri., May 25 or Wed. May 30, 10 am - noon

Summer semester is almost here. Here are some tips for registering on-line:

• Log-inName: If you’ve forgotten your log-in name, call Tracy for help.

• Passwords: If you’ve forgotten your password, call Tracy who will send you a new one.

• Families: Family members share the same log-in information.

Don’t struggle with this! Come to one of the above help sessions in the computer room.

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May at the MoviesThe Bishop’s Wife 3 pmAn angel in human form enters the life of a bishop to help him build a new cathedral and repair his fractured marriage.1947, Carrie Grant, Loretta Young NR, 109 mins.

Darkest Hour 2 pmIn 1940, the fate of Western Europe hangs on British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler, or fight on knowing that it could mean a humiliating defeat for Britain and its empire.2017, Gary Oldman, Lily James PG-13, 125 mins.

Battle of the Sexes 2 pmThe true story of the 1973 tennis match between top-ranked Billie Jean King and ex-champ and serial hustler Bobby Riggs.2017, Emma Stone, Steve Carrell PG-13, 121 mins.

Tulip Fever 3 pmAn artist falls for a young married woman while he’s commissioned to paint her portrait during the tulip mania of 17th century Amsterdam. 2017, Alicia Vikander, Dane DeHanne R, 105 mins.

Witness for the Prosecution 2 pmThe hunt is on to find the murderer of a wealthy glamorous heiress who is found dead in her London townhouse. Based on the short story by Agatha Christie.2016, Toby Jones, Kim Cattrall NR, 120 mins.

Victoria & Abdul 2 pmQueen Victoria strikes up an unlikely friendship with a young Indian clerk named Abdul Karim.2017, Judy Dench, Ali Fazal PG-13, 111 mins.

Please note varying start times and that movies could change based on availability.

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Bingo* Fridays** 1 - 3 pm

Bocce Tues./Thurs. 9:30 - 11:30 am Canasta Thursdays 1:15 - 4:15 pm

Chess Mondays 1:30 - 4:30 pm

Gardeners Third Friday 2:30 - 4 pm

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

Needlework Thursdays 12 - 1:45 pm

Pinochle Thursdays 2:40 - 4:30 pm

Quilting Tuesdays 2 - 4 pm

RugHooking Wednesdays 1:30 - 4 pm

Scrabble Thursdays 1:15 - 3:15 pm

Walking Mon./Wed. 8:20 am

Woodcarving Mondays 1:30 - 4 pm

**except May 11*Bingo sponsored by

If you participate in any of our drop-in game groups, please be respectful of class members who meet in your designated room before you. Please let those class attendees finish and clear the room before you set up for your game.

Thank you.

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DONORS

ThankyoutoallourdonorsMarch 9 – April 9 ° Founders Circle Member ^ Monthly Donor

Linda AccuostiLaura Lee and Elliot AgisimJeffrey AltmanShelley and Dan AndertonThe Angel CooperativeRichard AttridgeVirginia BaileyJean Baldridge YatesChloe BallBarbara and David BarenbergBonnie Barrett °Carol BarrettMaureen and Geoffrey BartlettCharlotte BazydolaRalph and Emily BeckJackie and Tom BeckVernon and Nancy BeckArthur and Ellen BeckerDavid and Andrea BeebeMarilyn BellagambaVideen and Christopher BennettLinda BerryPhyllis BestGloria and Aldo BiagiottiLee V. Blum °Susan Malitz and Harry BlumfieldMichael and Barbara BoeckmannDonna and Michael Bonelli, Sr.Louis BorgetPeter and Mary BostwickMaude BradyMark BreckenridgeLois and John BrennanIlse BritzGreg and Anne BrodginskiGladys BroganGeorge BrooksKathleen and Paul BurlesonOrlando and Ann BusinoMax and Fran CaldwellJo Ann and Michael CaliJoan CampbellMargie CampbellJoseph CarasziKiri CardegnaLaurel CareyMaria CarlinoJudy CarpenterDavina CarrSara Champion

Charles and Dorothy ChapmanPing and Sally ChowRose and Mike ChristJim Christiano °Thomas ChurchMary CiarciaJoseph P. ClearyMr. and Mrs. Theodore ClevelandShirley CliffordKevin and Chris CoffeyColby’s of RidgefieldVirginia CollierGary and Deirdre CondonHelen and Frank ConnallyRuth CorbettValerie M. CosgroveMary M. CostaMary Jo CostabileDavid CroninJackie CrookerMr. and Mrs. Christopher CrowlSabina CrozierCT In-Home Assistance, LLCDeanna Cunningham °Donna CurranLouise and Walter DagesThe Dapper Den BarbershopEllen and Murray DarvickJack DavidBill and Marge DavidsonRobert and Sue De FalcoThomas and Sally DiorioEllen DoubraskiJoe and Alison Doucet ^Meg DownsTracy and Brett Dubin ^George and Mary Ann EgglestonInga EngstromMr. and Mrs. Edward ErskineDiane and Thomas FalconieriAngelina and Vincent Falotico ^John and Ann FaragunaJudy FarnetiClancy and Barbara FauntleroyConnie and John FentonJean FerlazzoBonnie R. FischerBeulah Fisher and Dr. John K. Fisher

Joan and Carl ForcheskiLorraine and Brian ForrlerRobert F. FriedLiz and Paul GafneyChristine T. Gardner ^Mrs. Phyllis GargiuloFay GaudetJean GaumerMarcia and Peter GeikeRichard Gillespie ^Carol and Ron GiustinoRon and Eileen GlebaSusan GlendinningKatharine GluckAnn GoelitzNancy GoettmanRela GolanCarol GrassoRalph and Joan GreenBill and Joanne GreeneThe Greens at CannondaleMaryann and Peter Grierson °Conte GuzmanCarol J. HaleyArlene HallettBeth and Chuck HancockLizzy HansonCarolyn G. HarrimanGeoff and Bonnie HarringtonEllie HartogJudith HausmanFran HeadHope HellerLillian HernandezThomas and Mary HerzogDawn HettrichLynne HillsRuth Holzthum ^Jim and Jean Horend ^John and Joan HughesWilliam N. Hunter, Jr. ^Jan and Sandy HurdIBM Employee ServicesMargot and Paul Ingrassia ^Peggy and Richard InserraGalina IoselevMulvaney Plumbing and HeatingNancy JacobowitzPat JeniskiJudith JenningsPeggy JettCraig Johnson and Diane Usas

Mary KalettaMichael and Barbara KaplanJohn KarpikPatricia KeaneKeeler Tavern MuseumGail KeenePatricia KeoughDiane KernerAnnette KhazadianArline and Robert KimerlingEd and Rayanne KleinerRay and Joyce KoontzPeter and Sandy KoppenLinda and Jeff KrulwichRobin LagemanLake CompounceFrank and Bunny LancasterMr. and Mrs. Chip LandonBill and Bernadette LangensteinPaul and Stella LangerElsie Millaway and Michael LaPlanteJudy and Joe LaPortaLinda Laqueur ^Joan LaspiaDonna LawrenceVirginia LeemanJane LeffBob and Lori LenzTom Lesko °Martha LevitesPatricia LigosDenis and Mary Ellen LonctoWilliam and Marianne LoomisAnna LossiusPeter LozyniakSusan and Dieter LuelsdorfCharles A. LuisiEugene and Jill MaciejowskiRalph and Lorraine MackinLucille and Doug MacklemFrank and Sharon Madden ^Jeremy and Patricia MainGuido and Toni MaioloCarmela MaioranoMaria MaleyTom and Patti Maloney ^Vincent and Marilyn Maneri ^Maggie MannaJohn and Jeanette Mannuzza ^Maplewood at DanburyMaplewood at NewtownMaplewood at Stony Hill

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Donors from March 9 through April 9 (cont’d)Maria and Carmine MaralloAnne T. MartinBrian and Terrie MartinDouglas and Klaire MartinLou and Carolyn McAdamsKaren McChesneyPatricia McGearySusan and Joseph McGowanKathleen and Bob McLaughlinBetsy and John McMahonMonica and Philip McMorranDorothy MedoffDr. Adeline MerrillLouis and Marilyn Mezzo ^Victor Mimeault ^Anne P. MitchellMobile RescueLuba MolnarCaroline MolyneuxBob and Kathy MoriartyMary R. Morrisroe ^Raymond and Helen MorseRon and Sandy MosielloRich and Tina MoskwaMrs. Joanne MoylerChris and Marion MuellerJoellen and Robert MurphyJanet and Willard NelsonOasis Senior AdvisorsNancy O’ConnellBen Oko and Helen DimosUrsula and Kenneth OlsenNoreen O’MaraHerb and Sandy OringelRobert Orr

Emilya PadlowskiFlorence PahmerFran PalazzoFrancis and Joan PannoAlberta and Bob PappollaLucille PaternianiHerb PearsonMarianne PeiBob G. PerryBrian and Lori PetersonFranziska Pfeiffer ^Jim PhelpsNeil PivarnikCandace Plechavicius °Kathleen Preli ^Tom and Mary Laura Pritchard °Richard ProctorRoger Restaino and Miriam MartinezMarguerite and Wayne ReynoldsVittoria RicattiMeveral RickertRidgefield LibraryRidgefield Thrift ShopGoldie RobitaillePat and Ed RoheEllen RossLynn RyerDavid Sachs and Linda ShackelfordLinda SaksJoanne Christiano SalernoTad and Priscilla Sanford

Saugatuck Homecare Inc.Anna SchianoZelda and Raphael SchwartzAnthony and Irene SciscentiGrace ScordinoCarole Weinig SegalMaggie SeligmanNatalie SerfilippiSusan and John ShenkoLillian SherdalJan and Paul SiegelEudes and Manny SilvaJoyce SilverstadtWalter and Sabina SlavinEarl and Marian SloanBarbara G. SmithDavid B. Smith and Maria Victor-SmithMary and Richard SmithMichael and Karen SoltisMarciana SperlingMarjorie SposatoEdie StaffordSusan StanleyCatherine StevensElizabeth StonebridgeJudith StotzChristian and Linda StraleyLinda StrobergSylvia P. SturgesDenise SullivanLynne SwansonJanet SwiftPat SwiftDepu Tan

Vivian Shevitz and Gary TanakaJerry TherrienJoel H. Third ^Tom ThulinMary TierneyRebecca TownsendDebbie TrinkerUnion Savings Bank FoundationThe UPS Store - RidgefieldJoann VasiBert and Cynthia VeilleuxAlayne Vlachos °The Donna and John Ward Charitable FundWilliam WarneckeElizabeth WatersMarianne Wattley Jean and Clifford WebbGrace and Mark Weber ^Webster BankPeter C. Welch, M.D.Western Connecticut Health NetworkShirley WilkenDon and Jayme WilkinsonSteve and Sally WilliamsonWilton MeadowsTom and Mary Lee WolfMary Lou WorrallWilliam and Nancy WrightBill and Barbara WymanStefano and Laura ZandriJeanne Zornoza

Anonymous (2)Joan Antkiw*Stephen AntkiwRose M. Antonucci *Theresa BachBonnie BarrettLee V. BlumJoan BubertJim ChristianoJeanne CookElaine CouriJohn CouriDeanna Cunningham

Jack Daniels *Julienne DanielsRichard GodboutEvelyn GodboutLiz GoldstoneSteve GoldstoneMaryann GriersonPeter GriersonEmelie Howard *Claudia KellyJim KellyAline Lawrence *Tom Lesko

Dolores MacNeillJanet Gebbia MannucciaSal MannucciaMargaret McEachernBeverly OsgoodBill OsgoodJoanne PatrickJohn PatrickCarol M. PerineCandace PlechaviciusMary Laura PritchardTom PritchardBobbie Schneider *

Lori SeibertTed SeibertHelene TaylorAlayne VlachosKatherine A. Van Den AmeeleEdward W. Van Den AmeeleJanet Oakley WallaceWilliam L. Wallace *

*in grateful memory

Founders circleLink your legacy with Founders Hall and impact lives for years to come.

Thank you!

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DEVELOPMENT

Spring for Things

Thanks to all who contributed to April’s Spring for Things. You’ve helped ease costs

for day-to-day expenses such as coffee and copying.

Because of your care and support, Founders Hall will bloom with great programs, classes and fellowship. Thank you for tending this very special garden.

ANTIQUE APPRAISAL DAY

What a fun and fascinating event! Jack DeStories of Fairfield Auction evaluated

99 items for almost 38 people who brought in their treasures.

Together, they raised $500 for life-long learning at Founders Hall.

GOLD SALEWednesday, May 16

noon - 4 pm

An appraiser from American Gold & Diamond Buyers will be here to evaluate

your unwanted gold, silver and diamond jewelry and watches, and then offer you a price based on current market values. If you sell, you will receive cash; Founders Hall will receive a portion of the total proceeds. Please bring valid identification.

A Tax-Favorable Way to Give

If you are age 70-1/2 or older and have a traditional IRA, you are required to take

a minimum distribution each year, which is subject to income tax.

A provision of the tax law allows you to transfer a charitable contribution directly from the IRA to Founders Hall without paying any income tax on that distribution. This is called a ‘qualified charitable distribution’ or QDC, and could mean tax savings for you.

Please check with your financial advisor for details.

Bobbie linked her legacy with Founders Hall.Will you?

Bobbie Schneider was known for tending both flowers and friendships at Founders Hall. She cherished this caring community so much that she wanted to ensure it for future generations.

Life-long learning at Founders Hall is now part of Bobbie’s legacy. Why not make it part of yours?

Join Founders Circle. See Cindy Nesbitt for details.

left: Jean and Michael Jaykusright: Frank Panno and Jack DeStories

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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.

Win Two Tickets to Battle of the Chefs on

Sunday, June 3rd!Value: $200

$10 per entry

One winner for every 50 tickets sold.

Raffle tickets are for sale at the front desk.

Drawing will be held at the Cinco de Mayo Té on Friday, May 11.

TICKETSGeneral: $100

Chef’s Table: $500

www.founders-hall.orgor call 203.431.7000

in late-April

Founders Hall 193 Danbury Road, Ridgefield, CT

SUNDAY JUNE 3

4-7pm at Founders Hall

Watch three fabulous chefs as they match sharp knives

and quick wits in this mouth-watering,

soul satisfying, culinary showdown.

The Battle Returns

BATTLE Chefs

to Benefit Founders Hall

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Open Bar Food

Fun

Battle FAQs1. Who is the Battle for?You! As a member, you directly benefit from the proceeds. The only way Founders Hall can continue to operate with no membership fee, extremely low class fees and numerous free events is through philanthropy, which includes events like this. Your support is critical for its success.

2. Why are the tickets so expensive?The Battle is a fund-raising event. Because it offers so much entertainment, food and drink, it is costly to put on. That’s why just $25 of a $100 ticket is considered to be a donation.

3. Why go when we don’t get to eat the chefs’ food?You do! You’ll taste special appetizers the chefs create that feature a required ingredient, and you’ll get to vote on your favorite. You’ll also be served signature desserts from all three chefs. What’s more, an open bar and delicious hors d’oeuvres are available throughout the event. Those hors d’oeuvres feature the secret ingredients the chefs will be using in the Battle. Additionally, special vendors will be giving out samples of their gourmet foods.

4. Why can’t we taste the entrée?In just 60 minutes, the chefs can prepare only enough entrees to split among 24 people. That’s why tickets for the entrée tasting sell for $500. To feed the rest of the crowd, the chefs make their special appetizers and desserts, as noted above.

5. What else is there to do at the Battle?Immerse yourself in this epic culinary showdown. Vote for your favorite appetizer. Cheer the chefs on as they battle to create a winning entrée. Learn from the chefs as you study their techniques. Join the countdown before the clock runs out. Party with other foodies and FH fans. Hear from the judges, culinary stars in their own right. Most important of all, support all of the dynamic programs that you enjoy at Founders Hall.

6. Can I sit down?There will be chairs available. But, there will be so much action, you probably won’t want to sit for long!