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The Valens Award Experience
Unconditional Commitment amidst life’s challenges is not for the faint of heart. When adversity strikes, pay the lessons of your experiences forward with love. Our gratitude to Excellence-in-Success for the Valens Award.
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Honoring 1LT James Lacy and all Military Veterans on Veteran’s Day 2017
“Thank you for your service!” As America exclaims, “Thank you for your service!” to my husband, and all other veterans who have sacrificed their lives in many ways, it is my hope that a much more user-friendly system can be put in place to navigate veterans’ life-after-service issues. ….
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Celebrating Samuel: Happy Birthday
The ability to be a team player will go a long way in our professional aspirations. The key to navigating this successfully, starts with self-discipline and pre-determination of where we are to draw the line. Team players do not follow or endorse blindly! They band together to add substance and value.
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And the Two Shall Be One: Celebrating A Brave and Courageous Soul on My Birthday
As I mark my own birthday in the hospital waiting room today, with much anticipation of the answers to questions that have cropped up of late, I cannot think of a better way to spend my time than to write this open letter for all to understand what my husband means to me. I hope…
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Parents as Positive Influencers of Their Children From Infancy Through Adulthood!
I thank you for showing by example that it is indeed possible for one to successfully interact with people of differing points of view and orientations to achieve a common goal that speaks to the preservation of humanity.
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Celebrate The Uniondale Early Childhood Center’s 25th Anniversary with Us
The following is an account I wrote and presented in print to the Executive Director at the Uniondale Early Childhood Center’s first annual awards gala. As UECC prepares for its 25th anniversary dinner, I find the contents appropriate enough to share today, in this format, as an introduction to what this Early Childhood Center stands for. Needless to say, that you are…
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Contributing to Making the World a Loving Place: One Wearable Art Workshop at a Time
It is only fitting that I share my take-away from a wearable art silk scarf-designing workshop I recently facilitated at the East Meadow Public Library through my social and cultural enrichment program, My Time Has Come . The sources of inspiration for this workshop were many, with Valentine’s day and Passover on most minds, and not to…
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Spotlight on Barry Tech: Effectively Nurturing Long Island’s Creative and Technically-Minded Youth
For many years now, I have been affiliated with Nassau Boces Barry Tech- quite naturally drawn to what they do for high school students who need more exposure and support out of the walls of the traditional classroom. Barry Tech affords hands-on opportunities to students who are artistically and technical minded in a setting that…
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Creatively Welcoming the Holiday Spirit at the East Meadow Public Library
“It was yet another pleasant reminder of why I have chosen to utilize my passion for the arts to creatively communicate and interact with others!” -Madona Cole-Lacy-Workshop Facilitator… Source: Creatively Welcoming the Holiday Spirit at the East Meadow Public Library
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Creatively Welcoming the Holiday Spirit at the East Meadow Public Library
“It was yet another pleasant reminder of why I have chosen to utilize my passion for the arts to creatively communicate and interact with others!” -Madona Cole-Lacy-Workshop Facilitator
My Time 4 Talk by Madona Cole-Lacy
Commentary and dialogue on current news items, art activities, personal development, cultural diversity, family life, parenting, and education
My Time 4 Talk by Madona Cole-Lacy 