Marty is a retired teacher. He taught for 44 years. Currently, Marty is the President of The Exchange Club. Marty traveled the world in "38 days" and he has some beautiful artwork to prove it. He also collects pop-up books!   

The Exchange Club graciously made a donation of $500 to Friends of Feeney Inc.  after I presented about our mission and goals: 

 Marty has volunteered at many Friends of Feeney events: 

 The Battle of the Badges Basketball game hosted by The United Way at The University of Hartford 

The Trick or Trick Event at The Miracle Field

The Global Cardboard Challenge with The Elmwood Makers at The Elmwood Community Center  

A bus trip for children and families of the Hillcrest Neighborhood to Hartford Wolfpack hockey game 

 Please donate your cans/bottles and nonperishable food items at our next event at GastroPark on Saturday, February 20th 1-4:  

Please donate to our current fundraiser for The Hamel Family: 

Read the West Hartford News article about our community raising money for a family who had a housefire. We received over 400 donations. 

 Help support Friends of Feeney by making a purchase from:   

Life on the Mountain Blend coffee from WeHa Roasting Company: 

The Friends of Feeney collection at Sockstarz:  

The Friends of Feeney apparel catalog at Fresh Ink:   

Shout out:  

System X  

www.systemx.com

(860)-358-0119

Irene Luaices owns Donut Crazy located on 993 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT.  860-206-3918 [email protected] donutcrazy.com/locations/west-hartford/ 

 Irene is a mom of three girls! 

She cares about the West Hartford community and that was on full display when Donut Crazy was host to Friends of Feeney's most successful fundraiser to date.  

Check out the Hartford Courant article about the fundraiser 

 Check out some photos from the fundraiser    

 Recyclable Can Drive Event on Saturday, January 23rd 1-6 PM 

 Shoutouts: Savage Pallet Projects 

 https://www.facebook.com/Savage_Pallet_Projects 

 "First. Last. Best. Worst" Game  https://postcardacademy.co/blog/storytelling-tips  

Feeney Talks With Matt Dicks - Episode #1  

Dr. Rick Araya is a chiropractor at Araya Chiropractic Wellness Center which is located at 39 Talcott Road in West Hartford, CT.  His phone number is 860-561-LIFE (5433) which is very fitting and pretty cool because Rick loves life! He is very passionate about his practice! Our conversation was both engaging and inspirational. 

http://www.healthyhartford.com/dr_rick_araya/

https://www.facebook.com/arayachiro/ 

https://www.instagram.com/dr.rick.life/ 

https://www.leagueathletics.com/Page.asp?n=30217&org=whgsl.org 

https://www.facebook.com/Photo of Rick at Fundraiser for Friends Of Feeney 

Friends of Feeney Returnable Can Drive on Saturday, January 23rd at Gastropark. https://fb.me/e/1Y0yjI8XC 

https://www.thegastropark.com/  

Shout outs:

 Episode #8 with Steve Famiglietti 

https://ndmc.pyd.org/hall-of-fame/class-of-2018/steve-famiglietti/

Fresh Ink LLC  

https://www.facebook.com/Fresh-Ink-LLC

https://www.instagram.com/fresh_ink_weha/

Steve is the Manager of Blind Vocational Services at New England Assistive Technology Center (N.E.A.T Center).  

Follow Steve on Twitter: 

It was great to sit down with Steve to talk about his professional accomplishments, his personal interests and his guide dog named Joel. We talked about the 8.5 year working relationship between Steve and Joel. Joel is from Guiding Eyes for the Blind.  

Steve is a collector of clocks. He has 21 cuckoo clocks, 2 grandfather clocks and 2 mantel clocks.  

For the past 12 years when Steve has the time, he enjoys chasing storms with Silver Lining Tours.  

https://www.fox61.com/article/news/ct-man-chases-tornadoes-and-hes-legally-blind/520-cbda17cb-1035-4271-8551-2542551eef82 Steve is truly an inspiration!  

We had a wonderful conversation! I am glad that Steve is my #friend.   

Shout outs: 

 https://thefrenchcleaner.com/ 

https://www.daswaniclothiers.com/

Seth is a Senior Writer for ESPN. 

Seth has volunteered his time as a "celebrity server" at our Rita's Italian Ice fundraising event! 

It was great to sit down and chat about Friends of Feeney, our community and sports! Follow Seth on Twitter: 

Sponsors for the #FriendsOfFeeney 2020 Virtual Global Cardboard Challenge:

West Hartford Chamber of Commerce    whchamber.com, Directline Media  directlinemediaproductions.com, Sorel Brothers LLC - 860-539-5030, Boards and Beyond  boardsbeyond.com, Pasi LLC  - 860-284-6880, High Meadow Day Camp  highmeadowdaycamp.com, Chuck Minahan, Gateway Financial Partners -  860-652-4360 ext. 226, Uberdog   myuberdog.com, Just Taxes LLC -860-214-5431, Resilience Fitness LLC    resiliencefitnessllc.com, Cricket Press Inc   cricketpress.biz,  West Hartford Lock Company 860-236-0671,  Sunday Vinyl    facebook.com/SundayVinyl, Jeff Brand - Ion Insurance Producer - 860-913-9569, We-Ha.com    we-ha.com, Fuchs Financial - 860-461-1709, Speak Up     speakupstorytelling.com,  CM Landscaping 860-983-9953, SJC Electric LLC   facebook.com/SJCelectric, French Cleaners  thefrenchcleaners.com, We Care Computers    wecarecomputers.com, Donut Crazy - 860-206-3918, Savage Pallet Projects     @SavagePalletProjects - Instagram, Jason Coscia - Liberty Mutual Insurance -  617-331-9554, Daswani Clothiers 860-233-4435, Hot Basil hotbasilwesthartford.com, The Film Critic's Ticket moviecritic.today, Life on the Mountain Magazine [email protected], Mandall JCC of Great Hartford mandelljcc.org, Fresh Ink LLC freshinkllc.com, System X Ceramic Protection   system.com

Special Thanks to Wendy from The Elmwood Makers [email protected] 

Mentions:

Business Pants Podcast 

Matt owns Bards Clothing. Matt has volunteered his time as a "celebrity server" at our Donut Crazy fundraising event! 

Follow Bards Clothing on Instagram: 

Use promo code "Be A Good Friend" at Donut Crazy and receive 10% off your order. 

It was wonderful to talk with Nancy. She is one of the main reasons #FriendsOfFeeney started and now serves as secretary of our organization. #143 https://sockstarzusa.com  https://donutcrazy.com/locations/west-hartford  https://www.whps.org  https://www.highmeadowdaycamp.com/Home

Wendy runs Elmwood Maker Space. In addition to being a college professor and mother of three boys! Wendy and Feeney became #friends after her son was in his third grade class. Elmwood Maker Space and Friends of Feeney collaborated on an amazing community event which followed the Park Road Parade called The Global Cardboard Challenge on 10/6/19 at the Elmwood Community Center. 

Listen to all of the benefits of Maker Space and the importance of letting children build, create, problem solve, invent and make mistakes! 

 https://www.facebook.com/pg/FriendsOfFeeney/photos/?tab=album&album_id=527075641197837

 https://www.westhartfordct.gov/town-departments/senior-centers/elmwood-senior-center

 To learn more about Maker Space watch Caine's Arcade. 

Rob is a father, cross-fitter, lawyer, basketball player and rock-star. Rob volunteered his time and performed acoustically at the Global Cardboard Challenge hosted by Friends of Feeney & Elmwood Maker Space.

 Listen how Rob and Feeney went from frenemies to #friends. 

Check out Rob performing at the Hartbeat Music Festival 2020 at the 45:00 minute mark of this video: 

Global Cardboard Challenge photo:  

https://www.facebook.com/SundayVinyl

https://www.facebook.com/jeremyhaddadmusic 

http://www.mandelljcc.org