Felicia rides her bicycle for the
Aids Ride For Life….
Every fall, twenty-or-so renegade patrons and bartenders
come together as Team Felicia and join a couple hundred
other crazy people in the Aids Ride for Life, a grueling
100-mile bicycle ride around Cayuga Lake to raise money
for the Southern Tier Aids Program (STAP). From 2005-2007.
Team Felicia members raised over $40,000! Felicia also successfully
sought out corporate sponsorship from Stolichnaya vodka
for two of those rides. Felicia received an award in 2006
from STAP for being an outstanding community partner.
Felicia swims for Hospicare…
Felicia organized a small team of women to swim across chilly
Cayuga Lake two summers in a row for Women Swimmin’,
a fundraiser for Hospicare of Tompkins County. Felicia also
donated an item for a corresponding silent auction. In 2007,
Women Swimmin’ raised $203,000 for Hospicare! Now
that’s a tall glass of water!
Felicia beautifies the community…
Felicia participates in Cornell Cooperative Extension’s
Community Beautification Project, a program that works to
improve the visual and aesthetic appearance of our communities.
Felicia is a block captain for the project, building flower
boxes and benches, planting donated annuals and encouraging
other businesses in downtown Ithaca to become involved in
beautifying the neighborhoods.
Felicia supports local arts…
Felicia has developed special relationships with both the
Kitchen Theatre and Hangar Theater, supporting them through
publicity efforts at the lounge, food/liquor catering services
and financial donations.
Felicia gives love to homeless animals…
At the prompting of Felicia’s bar dog, Eesah, Felicia
sponsored a water station for the SPCA’s pet walk-a-thon
in 2007 and donated a portion of all lounge sales to the
SPCA on Eesah’s birthday. Felicia sells SPCA 2008
calendars, which attractively display Eesah as “Mr.
January.”
Felicia funds team sports…
Felicia has sponsored multiple sports teams, including ultimate
frisbee, bowling and women’s softball.
Felicia uses locally-made products from…
Ithaca Beer
Souther Tier Brewing Company
Rooster Fish Brewery
Bloomer Creek Vineyards
Bellwether Hard Cider
Kingbird Farm
Sweetland Farm
Gimme! Coffee
Felicia’s personal garden
Felicia cares about the earth…
Felicia is committed to trying to leave a small footprint
on this precious planet. Currently, Felicia composts all
bar scraps, about 20 to 30 lbs per week. Yes, all of those
limes that you don’t eat, your squeezed-out lemon
wedges, the vodka-soaked cucumbers from the infusions, the
fresh grated ginger-lime pulp that has been pressed through
a sieve, the stray olives, and the occasional toothpick
that sneaks in, all of these lovely items are brought home
to be added to the compost that nurtures Felicia’s
garden. Today’s uneaten pizza crust = tomorrow’s
homegrown mint in your mojito. In other green news, Felicia
started purchasing 100% wind and hydro electricity for the
lounge from NYSEG solutions in January of 2008.
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