Fordham Preparatory School - Ramview Ramview SUMMER 17 | Page 46

Prep Initially, an unexpected health crisis prevented Linda from being as involved as she would have liked, but the experience only strengthened her resolve to show gratitude for the good things in her life, and the Prep was high on that list. While still working full-time, she joined the Mothers’ Club and volunteered to build and manage their website, an Executive Board position that grew into so much more. From there she became Vice President of the Mothers’ Club and ran the Night of Fashion, the Mothers’ Club’s largest fundraiser. In 2013, she began the first of her two years as Co-President, tirelessly organizing and attending all of the meetings and events, and spearheading dozens of little projects that helped not only the Prep, but the community at large. Whether hosting the moms of accepted students at her home, making a bi-monthly Saturday morning bread run to POTS or orchestrating midnight runs to provide breakfast and other items to the homeless in the city, Linda’s eagerness to help never wanes, and once you meet her, you never forget her. She becomes a dear friend the moment she makes your acquaintance. As if her Mothers’ Club duties and other projects f