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Help Monarch Butterflies At Maritime Aquarium's Earth Day Celebration
NORWALK, Conn. -- Celebrate the 45th Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22, by helping The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk make the planet a little more accommodating for one of the most-loved backyard visitors, the monarch butterfly.
On Earth Day, aquarium visitors can assemble milkweed “starter cups” to take home and plant. Monarch butterflies lay their eggs exclusively on milkweed, and the newly hatched caterpillars feed soley on the plant. “However, as fields and empty lots are developed, and as we use more weed-killers on our properties, milkweed has become harder to find,” said John Lenzyck…
Woman's Club Of White Plains Event Funds Scholarships
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. -- The Woman's Club of White Plains Foundation hosted its annual Scholarship Luncheon and Spring Fashion Show at its home, the CV Rich Mansion on Ridgeway in White Plains, on April 11.
Nearly 200 people, including some previous scholarship winners, attended and supported the event, which included luncheon, fashion show and silent auction. Teachers, students, Woman’s Club members and members of the White Plains school board modeled spring fashions from LOLA New York, Bloomingdale’s, Katules, Steilmann European Fashion, Gabriella and Fiamor Boutique.
The event honored …