Hello esteemed alumni members, friends, and supporters, welcome and thank you for sharing my message for the month of May.  An important commitment among members of the CAAAI Executive Branch is to promote positive thinking and forward thinking.  With this in mind, we prayerfully and eagerly look forward to states around this country and in the Caribbean to fully open up soon in a ‘post covid’ environment.  We are also aware that covid has negatively affected Cambridge Alumni members and their families in different ways to include health, finance, working from home, teaching our children at home, and job losses due to companies that closed their doors since the beginning of the pandemic.  But we are determined to bounce right back as conditions return to normal, and as the job markets begin opening up again.

In order to do that, we must be prepared to re-enter the workplace at any and every level. We also know that (no fault of ours) some of us have not done a job interview for sometime, so I hope that the following simple tips will be of help to someone in getting ready for a new job or regaining an old one.

The Cambridge Academy Alumni Association International (CAAAI) joins the family and friends of Alumna, Lola Patricia McCalman to mourn her recent passing. Lola exchanged her cross for her crown on Friday, April 16, 2021, and had her going home celebration online on Friday, April 23rd. Lola, who was a supporter and regular attendee of our association’s biennial reunion events, will be dearly missed by her family, and her alumni brothers and sisters. We are confident that she has gone on to a place of eternal rest, peace, and happiness, where she will meet with her ancestors and be embraced in the loving and welcoming arms of God. On behalf of the CEO, Dr. Desiree (Des) DeFlorimonte, the Executive Board, and the entire Cambridge Academy family we send our deepest sympathy, and the assurance of our lasting support to Lola’s family and loved ones.

Cambridge Academy Alumni Association International (CAAAI) joins the family of Winifred Doris, our association’s General Secretary and member of the Information Sub-Committee, in mourning the loss of her mother Ms. Winifred Euphemia Doris, Sr. who ended her 94-years earthly journey to be with God in heaven on March 27, 2021.

We know that words cannot explain or express how you and your family must feel at this time; but we all have a sense of your loss at the passing of your dear mother. This is the time when family and friends are meaningful as a sustainable force for one another, so the CAAAI hopes that in some small measure we could offer you words of encouragement, support, love, and peace.

The family of Winifred Euphemia Doris Sr. (born July 3, 1927) sadly announces her death on March 27, 2021 in New York.

A viewing will be held on Thursday April 15 at Benta’s Funeral Home at 630 St. Nicholas Avenue, New York 10030 between 2:00 – 4:00 PM.

Family and close friends are invited to attend her funeral service on Friday April 16, 2021 at 10:30 AM at Our Lady Queen of Martyrs Church, 110-06 Queens Blvd, Forest Hills, NY 11375.

Instead of flowers, our family encourages donations to the Winifred Euphemia Doris Sr. Scholarship Fund that is being established at St. Charles Borromeo School in Harlem to honor her lifelong vocation as an educator.

Hello esteemed members, friends, and supporters of the CAAAI, welcome to the month of April, the month we all look forward to fresh new beginnings, blooming flowers, the spring season, Easter, and longer daylight hours each and every day. As promised, I plan to reach out to you every month with a message that hopefully will keep us together and informed. This month, I would like to talk a little about what is foremost in the minds of everyone, and that is the Coronavirus Vaccine. As you know, there has been much talk about vaccine efficacy, vaccine availability, slow registrations and long lines, and perhaps the fear of something negative happening to us as a result of taking the vaccine. I understand. I also understand that members have lost family and friends to this ‘covid beast’ that stole them away from us; may their memories be always with us and give us the strength to carry on for them.