Callie's AVON Walk for Breast Cancer fundraiser

Happy Spring Everyone!

As you have hopefully noticed, Spring has finally SPRUNG here in New England......and with each new day, we are reminded of God's blessing upon us, our family and friends...the renewal of life...sun shining, grass greening, flower's blooming and humanity's spirit soaring with the anticipation of warm weather.
Thanks again for supporting me and my team as we continue to train for the 39.3 mile AVON Walk for Breast Cancer. Your donations, kind words and shared laughter are keeping us motivated during these final weeks until the walk on May 14th and 15th.

Our amazing team of 12 women will be holding a fundraiser on Saturday, April 23 from 6:00pm - 10:00pm at the Cask'n Flagon (62 Brookline Avenue, Boston, MA). We hope you can join us.

At the event, we'll be holding a Silent Auction and a Raffle. Below are some of the incredible items that we'll have available, including:

* Rounds of golf at Hopkinton Country Club and Shining Rock Golf Club
* Night on the Town Limosine Service for an Evening
* Several Pairs of Red Sox Tickets
* Bahston Clambake
* Salon Gift Baskets
* Hotel Retreat & Dinner
* Restaurant gift certificates
* Therapeutic Massage
* Deluxe Stationery Gift Baskets
* and more!

It is $15 at the door, there will be free appetizers, private bar, great tunes, and of course - a dance floor. No Nealon party without a dance floor! So please come out, have fun, get in the raffle for some great prizes and bust a move all for this great cause!

Hope to see you there!

Love,
Callie

A letter from Kathleen

Greetings and Salutations:

You may know me from growing up in Sparta New Jersey, attending George Mason University in Northern Virginia or from working and living in North or South Carolina or maybe since I have been residing in Connecticut.

In the last two years I have made some significant changes in my life and have received a lot of help from the local YMCA. Due to the choices I made in the past I was put in a position where I needed to restructure my life. When I moved to Connecticut almost two years ago I was in desperate need of an avenue of hope. The YMCA became a great place for Logan and me to be surrounded by social responsibility, healthy living and youth development. I acquired a membership through their Y Cares program that made membership affordable. This membership gave us HOPE that all would be well.

I am asking that you consider donating to the Y Cares program. Your donation will help provide memberships to those that might be going through a hardship similar to ours or one that is different. Either way it provides hope to people who might think there isn’t any.

I am now employed at the Y and every day I witness what the program does for these families. This program benefits the many families who are facing some of life’s challenges such as health needs and job loss. I have watched these families grow from the Y experience.

Should you decide you would like to share a gift with the Y Cares Program more information on what your gift goes to can be found at the website below.

http://oceancommunityymca.org/ROTY2011.php

Should you choose to donate there is a way to give directly from the above website. There is two drop down options for you to choose where you would like to apply your gift. One allows you to choose the campaign you would like to apply your gift to. The other asks if you would like your gift to be affiliated with a campaigner and my name is listed.

Logan and I are involved with Mystic Reach Out to Youth and I cannot express to you how helpful it has been for us.

Kathleen Langenbach

Callie preparing for 2011 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer

Callie is partcipating on the 2011 Avon Walk for Breast Cancer this May in Boston and would love our support in the fight against breast cancer. She needs to raise $1,800.00 in order to walk in May with her team, "Team Second Base". She has a long way to go, but is very confident she'll get there with all of the support she has from her friends and family. So, please whether it's $10 or $100 - anything counts and she appreciates all donations, no matter the amount.

Click on this link to donate: Callie's donation page


***Also, if there is anyone in particular that you would like Callie to walk for, please email her at cnealon214@gmail.com or callie.nealon@ca.com and she will write their name on a pink ribbon and pin it to her shirt during the walk in Boston!***

Pam's website

   
Hi all-
  
Please check out my website... there are some awesome gift ideas and
  
Spring Organizational Items available today.  I would love your
  
support, whether via an order or through passing my information on to
  
your friends and family :)  I LOVE this stuff, I know you will too.
  
* 10% of my sales go directly to my project at the Ronald McDonald
  
House.  What a great way to get involved, something nice for you or a
  
friend and you are really helping a fantastic cause.  My final family
  
suite design will be revealed mid April at the house in Uptown
  
Charlotte.  I would love to share with everyone....
  
See you all soon.
http://www.mythirtyone.com/pamsettar/  Pamela      

Betty

Elizabeth C. Clancy, 89, died Monday, January 31, 2011 in Framingham. She was the widow of the late Dr. George F. Clancy, who died on July 9, 1996. Born in Pawtucket, RI, she was the daughter of the late Arthur and Lillian (Houston) Pelkey. She was a graduate of Pawtucket High School and St. Joseph's Nursing School in Providence. She served in the Army Nurse Corp. during World War II. She and her husband settled in Worcester, MA where he was a physician for 37 years and raised their five children. After Dr. Clancys retirement, they moved to Hopkinton to be closer to some of their family and watch their grandchildren grow up. She was an avid reader and New England sports fan. Her final years were spent at Carmel Terrace Assisted Living Home where she enjoyed her family, friends and activities. She not only knew everyones name, but always had a kind word to say to them as well. She is survived by her sons George F. Clancy Jr. of Littleton, CO and Attorney Michael P. Clancy and his wife Tracy of Turners Falls, and her daughters Patricia Monahan and her husband Martin of Troy, NY, Dr. Jane Clancy of South Natick and Anne Nealon and her husband Thomas of Hopkinton. She also leaves her brothers Arthur Pelkey of Hartford, CT and John Pelkey of Pineville, NC. Lastly, she leaves her twelve grandchildren Matthew C. Nealon, Patrick S. Nealon, Callie H. Nealon, Andrew H. Nealon, Jack C. Nealon, and Mary Catherine W. Nealon; Stephen F. Monahan and Conor T. Monahan; Andrew G. Clancy and Jeffrey Clancy; and Porter E. Clancy, and Emma L. Clancy. A memorial funeral Mass will be celebrated Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. in the Holy Family Chapel at St. Patrick's Manor, 863 Central St., Framingham. Funeral arrangements are under the direction of the Callanan Cronin Funeral Home, 34 Church St., Hopkinton (www.callanancronin.com). In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Respite Center, 112 Main St., Hopkinton, MA 01748

Big Birthday for Chris and Jeff!!

A message from Uncle John and Aunt Lorraine to the boys of Baltimore:

O M G, how time flies. Chris and Jeff turn the Big 21 today!! (Look out Baltimore!) Happy Birthday guys!!


A message from cousin Kelley - enjoy that first legal beer, guys!! Happy Birthday!

Family Memorial Mass

Hello - A family memorial mass will be held on Saturday, January 22nd at 8 a.m.

Following the mass, Aunt Ann Click invites all to join us for brunch at her house. Please let Ann if you're able to make it so she can plan accordingly.

Christmas Message from Kathy:

So many people I have talked to lately have mentioned how they wish the Christmas celebration could be simpler with more focus on the spirit and being together. I was going through a drawer looking for my musical bracelet and reread a letter I received from my father in December of 1968 – my first year away at College.

Excerpt from Letter of December, 1968

“I find myself thinking of all the wonderful Christmases we had over the many past years and the reluctance always to take the tree down after Christmas in order that the season might be prolonged for a few more days. – I feel that Tommy senses the mood for last Friday he said to me ‘Cathy wants the house decorated when she comes home so you & Mom go to the Cape and Sunday when you return I’ll have it all done’. Sure enough when we came home Sunday afternoon, he greeted us at the door & proudly gave us a tour. He apparently found decorations that we did not know existed. His reactions were really great.”

Everybody has heard the story a hundred times about how Lobster Newburg came to be a part of a Christmas tradition (Aunt Mary and Uncle Bill came to our house for several years on Christmas eve and Mom served Lobster Newburg and the really small peas. Perhaps one you didn’t hear was the one Christmas Eve where the present opened was a gumball machine – present opened, being carried upstairs at house on Church Street, and the gumballs got loose from machine and came blasting and tumbling down the upcarpeted stairs – some even got into heating vents. I bet today every Christmas eve when the heat comes on at that place – you can hear the rattle of the errant Christmas gumballs.
Merry Christmas!

Family recipe for Lobster Newburg


This was made by my mother every Christmas Eve for my dad throughout my childhood. She served it on toast points with small green peas. She then instituted a Christmas tradition after my father died of hosting a family dinner for her 8 children (no grandchildren) and their spouses and served us Lobster Newburg on the Pepperidge Farms patty shells cups with the small green peas. This tradition lasted many, many years.


RECIPE:

1 cup butter (seems she used more than 1 cup of butter)
½ cup flour
¼ cup cornstarch
5 cups milk
2 cups light cream
3 and ½ lbs cooked lobster meat
1/8th teaspoon nutmeg
1 Tablespoon paprika
1 Tablespoon salt
¼ teaspoon white pepper
3 eggs, slightly beaten
¾ cup sherry or so to taste
1 Tablespoon lemon juice (or so)

Melt ½ cup of the butter in a large, heavy saucepan. Blend flour and cornstarch with 2 cups of milk. Add gradually to melted butter, stirring constantly. Add remaining 3 cups mild and the cream. Cook over medium heat, stirring frequently, until mixture thickens and is smooth.

Meanwhile, lightly sauté lobster meat in remaining ½ cup of butter in a large skillet. Add nutmeg, paprika, salt, and pepper to hot sauce. Gradually add about 1 cup of the thickened sauce to the eggs, stirring constantly. Reduce heat and gradually stir egge mixture into sauce. Add lobster. Cook about 1 minute longer. Add sherry and lemon juice. Serve in patty shells.

This recipe makes 24 servings.

RJ’s Eagle Scout Court Of Honor – YOU ARE INVITED!

In case you hadn’t heard, RJ attained the high rank of EAGLE SCOUT back in May – the highest rank available in Boy Scouts. It is an achievement that very few men in America can claim and came as a result of many years of hard work, commitment, leadership and perseverance. Jen and I are very proud of him.

RJ’s official Eagle Court of Honor ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, November 28 (Thanksgiving Week-End) at 1:00 PM at Sacred Heart of Jesus Church – 11 East Main Street – Milford, MA. The ceremony is in the lower church and then a reception serving food and drinks will follow in the Bell Tower Room (attached to the church). Jen and I would be honored if any of you could attend to celebrate this special moment with us. Please rsvp to Bob at bob.nealon@cudl.com or 508-981-1746 or Jen at 508-450-8816 – which will help us with the food/drink headcount. Happy Thanksgiving to Everyone! -Bob

The Ghana video from Jack's blog