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Monday, February 12, 2024 Helping define Livonia's Quality of Life

20 years publishing FridayMusings without bias but not without opinion

A special SuperBowl Tailgate for McNamara Towers Residents

10 volunteers, 9 in the picture and one, Dan MacIver, taking the picture, took part in delivering sliders (3 to each apartment-vegetarian, hamburger, and turkey), homemade chips, water or Pepsi, and a box of Girl Scout cookies to every resident at McNamara Towers, a retirement community of 136 one-bedroom apartments in Northeast Livonia. The tailgate boxes were prepared by Leiby Dardas-Kluck of Celebrity Catering.

Two of Livonia's State Representatives were on hand. Laurie Pohutsky and Stephanie Young. Residents opening doors, as the boxes were delivered room to room, or coming to the lobby expressed their appreciation for the thoughtfulness. Appreciation to Dan MacIver for providing the Pepsi and water and to Chuck Dardas for providing the idea and tailgate boxes.

Following in the footsteps of the 1930s Livonia Arts and Letters, 1940s Livonia Women's Club, and the 1960s Jaycettes the

Livonia Women's Connection inspires networking for women

City Councilwoman Carrie Budzinski shares her thoughts on the continued growth and networking opportunities of the Livonia Women's Connection writing that "One of my greatest accomplishments will be the Livonia Women's Connection. I'm blown away and inspired every time.

"So grateful to Laura for inviting me to join this project. Grateful to Heather for helping me organize them this year. Can't wait to do it again at Greenmead on Sunday, June 30th!"

The Livonia Women's Connection is another example of the concept we should all consider. When You Think Livonia, Expect Something Special

Blessings in a Backpack is ready for their annual Trivia Night

You can be a part of helping our community continue to provide

500 Livonia students with food every weekend

Our friends at Blessings in a Backpack are once again hosting a Trivia Night Fundraiser on Friday, April 5, at 7:00 pm at Burton Manor! The tickets this year are $50 per person and all proceeds go to benefit at-risk students here in Livonia.

Blessings in a Backpack sends home food for some 500 students who would otherwise not have food on the weekends.

Your ticket gets you appetizers, pizza, a cash bar, a door prize, and a 50/50 raffle. Please go to https://guestli.st/769125 to get your tickets today!

Clarenceville Marching Band Preparing for Guitar Raffle

Warwick Star Bass II SCK Bass Speaker Cabinet including

heavy-duty Warwick Flight Case. One of the best.

The Clarenceville Marching Band is readying an announcement that their Guitar Raffle is being held to raise money for new Band Uniforms. The details have been worked out and the drawing date for the winning ticket will be May 15th at 6:30 at their annual Spring Concert.

The license has been obtained from the State of Michigan, a special video is being prepared to showcase this one-of-a-kind guitar, tickets are being printed.

There is even a line starting to form to purchase the first tickets when they become available, that is how impressive this guitar is.

As all of the details become available you will find one source for helping the Marching Band at Clarenceville get the word out. It will be right here in FridayMusings. And I am betting all over social media, in music stores, from band members.

The Marching Band is getting a final design for the uniforms ready and a sample produced. So get ready for the raffle details, the rollout of the video, and the showcasing of what the new uniforms will look like.

After checking out this one-of-a-kind guitar that is as close to a work of art as I have seen on a musical instrument I only wish that I had the skill set to play it. Save a ticket for me as I just might take up guitar lessons.

I tried once. Tom Portney, Franklin High School 1967, formed a musical comedy duo, called We Too or was it We Two, I can't remember which, with plans to tour ala the Smothers Brothers. After attending our first, and only guitar lesson, we moved on to other outlets for our creative energy.

The Hardies Family Trust donated $5,000 in matching funds for the first $5,000 raised.

Coffee Hour with Councilwoman Carrie Budzinski: Let's Talk Cyber.

Come, ask questions and learn about what's happening with City Council. In addition to a regular city update, she will host guests during monthly coffee hours to inform residents on issues of interest and help connect them with useful resources.

February's guest is Matthew Stentz from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He will talk about cyber safety - elder financial exploitation, identity theft and child online safety.

Coffee Hours are open to the public - kids are welcome. There will be light refreshments and they are meeting in the Meeting Room down the hall from the Friends Bookstore.

Two hometown groups partner for March Reading Month

Come one, come all! March is Reading Month and the Livonia Democratic Club (LDC) is joining forces with the fine folks from D.O. It For Denny to help them with their Annual Book Fair!

Beginning Thursday, February 16, 2024, the LDC will be collecting books and supplies that will benefit the kids/patients at the Children's Hospital of Michigan!

All donations, starting Thursday, February 16, may be dropped off in the collection box at the Livonia Senior Center. You can also order your donations from the Amazon Wish List and it will be delivered directly to the book fair coordinator, Mitsy Morris (mitsymorris@aol.com).

To access the Wish List, go to Amazon Registry and Gifting, click on Find a Registry or Gift List, Type in D.O. it for Denny (type this exactly as indicated) as well as Gift List, and the Livonia Dem site will pop up.

Collection Dates: February 16 - March 29.

Collecting: Books (for patients aged 0-18), crayons, and bookmarks

Specifications:

All donated items MUST be new

Craft items MUST be Crayola brand

All items must be non-toxic

Bilingual books (Spanish and Arabic) included

The goal is to collect 200 books or craft items! The LDC fresh off collecting nearly 5,000 boxes of Mac and Cheese for Blessings in a Backpack are looking forward to reaching this new goal as a part of their community outreach effort.

A perfect setting for a celebration of culture, love and entertainment

Another Valentine Month opportunity to show love for Livonia-February 24.

Concert sponsored by:

Hardies Family Trust

Livonia Town Hall

Bentley Historic Marker receives Lansing approval and set for September dedication

The tentative date for the dedication of the Bentley High School Historic Marker is set for September 15th.

Mark your calendar for September 15th and spread the word so that we can have an appreciative crowd of Bentley High School graduates on hand for the dedication.

Details are being worked out for the dedication and will be shared as they come available.

3rd Annual Tour de Livonia and 7th Annual

Good Old Fashioned Neighborhood Corn Roast set for September 8th at Bicentennial Park

Two fun events are teaming up once again for an exciting Livonia Sunday in September (the 8th) that brings people together to celebrate so much that is good in our hometown.

The 3rd Annual Tour de Livonia and the 7th Annual Good Old Fashioned Neighborhood Corn Roast are again providing one day where residents can take part in the approximately 20-mile or 7-mile bike ride through Livonia followed by a corn roast at Bicentennial Park.

The Tour de Livonia is a project of Livonia Kids & Families with all funds raised going to their mission of working to better the lives of children and families in need.

The Corn Roast brings together 35 or more community organizations to introduce themselves to families wanting to learn more about their hometown and how they can become engaged in Livonia.

Details will be forthcoming on registering for the Tour de Livonia as well as how your organization can join with neighbors for some of the best sweet corn reflecting some of our hometown agricultural roots.

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We can't only define Livonia as taking small steps toward maintaining the way things were. That will give us mediocre outcomes. Our goal needs to be innovative and transformative.

Musings will keep you informed as to how students can reach out for recently announced scholarships

Community Financial Credit Union

For more information check in here

Livonia Lions Club offers

LivoniaLions.org is not live yet. Keep it bookmarked.

Livonia/Westland Chamber

2024 High School Scholarship - Livonia - Westland Chamber of Commerce (livoniawestland.org)

Braille Books for Children

https://shorturl.at/uxQSW

The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) in partnership with the American Council of the Blind (ACB), provides financial support each year to students who have vision loss. There are multiple scholarship opportunities available to college and graduate school students attending a post-secondary educational institution.

The application deadline is February 14, 2024.

Community Choice Credit Union

Scholarships (communitychoicecu.com)

Following in the footsteps of the 1930s Livonia Arts and Letters, 1940s Livonia Women's Club, and the 1960s Jaycettes the

﻿Livonia Women's Connection inspires networking for women

Coffee Hour with Councilwoman Carrie Budzinski: Let's Talk Cyber.

Livonia Women's Connection inspires networking for women