Submitted by Anne Magnotti
Ladies who are members of The Woman’s Club of Westfield Home Life Department spent an afternoon together recently busily filling, with much eagerness, many, many Christmas stockings to the brim with greeting cards of good cheer, writing pads with pens, decks of cards, candy, lotion, fun items and so much more. The stockings will be shipped to those active in the military with the hope of bringing a smile to a soldier’s face and as a way of showing our appreciation and gratitude for all the work that our service men and women do and for all the sacrifices that they make defending our country.
These stockings will join many other stockings as part of the “Boatsie Boxes” delivery system. Boatsie Boxes began in 2004 when Master Sergeant Patrick R. Boatsie’s mother, Gail, forwarded a personal request from the Deputy of Programs in Baghdad for personal items needed for the Military in Baghdad hospitals. Four months later Master Sergeant Boatsie was deployed from Baghdad and the care package delivery was extended to include any deployed troop in need of support.
The Woman’s Club of Westfield meets at a general meeting the second Monday of the month at The Masonic Lodge in Westfield, 1011 Central Avenue, Westfield at one o’clock in the afternoon.
(above, l-r) The Woman’s Club of Westfield Members Julie Nardone, Pat D’Angelo, Vivian O’Neil, Diana Peterson, Jane Walsweer and Nancy Hatfield.
