Feeney Talks With Friends

Thai , Scott and Andy are #friends on and off the court!  Feeney, Scott, and Andy make up the "Bottom Three" of our pickup basketball league.     Andy is a Global Director at Otis.   Thai is the Sports Director at the Mandel JCC of Greater Hartford.  860-231-6410  ttran@mandelljcc.org Scott is an insurance agent/sales manager at AFLAC.   Throughout the podcast, we talk about basketball in the JCC...

Derek Slap is our State Senator. He represents West Hartford, Farmington, Burlington, and a portion of Bloomfield.   Derek's contact info:  email: slap@senatedems.ct.gov   cell: 860-519-9672  work: 860-240-1436  https://www.facebook.com/SenatorDerekSlap/  https://www.instagram.com/derekslap/?hl=en Derek was a "celebrity server" at two of our fundraisers.   1. Rita's Italian Ice in June 2019  2. Do...

Annisa owns West Hartford CoWorking and The Small Business Collective .  430 New Park Avenue, Suite 102  West Hartford, CT 06110  hello@wehaworks.com  860-800-9342 Shout outs:  West Hartford Chamber of Commerce     GastroPark   Speak Up Storytelling - First Kiss  

Tate is a co-owner of Iron & Grain  and GastroPark .  637 New Park Ave, West Hartford, CT 06110 (860) 840-2179 https://www.ctbites.com/blog/2020/8/30/gastropark-opening-in https://we-ha.com/art-will-be-popping-up-at-west-hartfords-gastropark/ Recyclable Can and Bottle Drive in January. Recyclable Can & Bottle and Food Drive in February.  Recyclable Can & Bottle, Food and Coat Drive in...

Most importantly, Matt is the father of three amazing girls! When he not with his family, Matt is the Head of Marketing at Maximum Beverage and the host of " Brown Baggin' It ".    Maximum Beverage has three locations. The West Hartford location is in Bishops Corner on 340 N Main St, West Hartford, CT 06117.  (860) 761-2541.    Matt donated his time and box truck for our Can Drives at GastroPark....

It was great talking with Len from An Infinite Abundance about Reiki.    (860) 593-5257   Len has been doing Reiki for eight years!   We discuss the importance of Celery Juice at minute 20. Real Men Wear Pink Event Shout outs:  Donut Crazy Directline Media Fresh Ink WeHa Roasing and Brewing  

It was a great time talking with Will from WeHa Brewing and Cody from WeHa Roasting . We look forward to their business opening soon on Shield St in West Hartford. Read all about it in the We-Ha.com Business Buzz article by Ronni Newton.  Please participate in our ongoing fundraiser and purchase the Life on The Mountain Magazine Blend ! A percentage goes to Friends of Feeney.  Shoutouts: A big tha...

Brooke Daly is the Vice-President of the Down Syndrome Association of Connecticut . She runs "Fighters for Finn" for the Step Up for Down Syndrome Walk in New Britain, CT.   Be on the look out for her #FinnFriday tweets CBS News - On The Road featuring Finn Daly Finn Daly at the SWAT Challenge Shoutouts: Alison's Mastery Experience Project - Ceramics for Friends of Feeney: 

Friends Of Feeney is very excited to partner with Nala's Kitchen on our current fundraiser! Please order by Sunday, April 11th and use promo code: Feeney2021, and 20% of all purchases will go directly to help support our mission. We welcome everyone in Connecticut to participate, as we deliver all throughout the state. If you have any questions, please call us at (860)578-2314.   We are thrilled a...

Steven is in Sales & Business Development for OtherDesigns. He is there, "For ALL of your PRINTING needs....."  400 Chapel Road, #3B | South Windsor, CT 06074  cell    | 860-531-8895   work  | 860-515-8423 x 101  email  | sking@otherdesigns.com  site    | www. OtherDesigns.com       Feeney gets his business cards   Celebrity Server Steven at The Donut Crazy Fundraiser   Hartford Step Off Class...

Javil “Jah”John is a Certified Back Consultant at Relax the Back .    982 Farmington Ave West Hartford, CT. 860-236-3773   Jah is also an involved member of the local community. He is active member in the West Hartford Chamber of Commerce and Minority Business Network .   Jah is a supporter of Friends of Feeney:   Toy Drive with Doug   Donut Crazy event    Shoutouts: Life On The Mountain Magazine...

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 Fee...

Irene Luaices owns Donut Crazy located on 993 Farmington Ave, West Hartford, CT.  860-206-3918 WESTHARTFORD@DONUTCRAZY.COM 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 abou...

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...

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...

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   dire...

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 th...

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 Challen...

Chicken and Feeney have known each other for 22 years. They met at L.E.A.P. Leadership, Education & Athletics in Partnership  in New Haven. Before becoming a teacher, Feeney was a Senior Counselor at L.E.A.P.  Chicken was in his group of 10-12 year old boys.  Listen how Chicken and Feeney maintained a positive relationship through a lot of successes and challenges.    The Rosie the Riveter pai...

Matt is a teacher, storyteller, columnist, playwright, blogger, author and dad. Matt and Feeney teach together in West Hartford at the best elementary school in the area! Matt is the artistic director of SpeakUp .    https://www.facebook.com/speakupstory Feeney was a guest on Matt's SpeakUp podcast . Feeney has told multiple stories at SpeakUp: 1. SpeakUp - Mrs. Jarrell   2. SpeakUp - Power 3. Spe...