BEDFORD HILLS WOMAN'S CLUB
The Bedford Hills Woman's Club was organized Sept. 28, 1926. During the year there are fund raising events to help support many community projects. Funds are used to give deserving students from Fox Lane High School and John Jay High School a donation toward college. Donations are also made to local agencies, including: A-Home, Making Headway Foundation, Westchester School for Exceptional Children, Country Children's Center, Community Center of Katonah and others. The club meets on the second Tuesday of each month from September to May at 12 noon at the Bedford Hills Community House. For more information, contact the Bedford Hills Woman's Club, attn: Dorothy Sebesta, Box 433, Bedford Hills, N.Y. 10507.
BEDFORD HILLS LIONS CLUB
The Lions Club of Bedford Hills is celebrating its 60th anniversary. The Lions help to support many community projects and causes, including the Bedford Hills Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts, the Bedford Hills Library, Bedford Hills Community House, Katonah-Bedford Hills Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Guiding Eyes for the Blind. The club collects recycled eyeglasses and lends walkers and wheelchairs to those in need. Citizenship Awards are sponsored at Bedford Hills Elementary School and scholarships are presented to Fox Lane High School students, and the club participates in the annual Senior Citizen Christmas Party and Meals on Wheels. The Lions Club meets the first and third Wednesday of each month at the Bedford Hills Community House at 7:30 p.m.
BRLA (BEDFORD RIDING LANES ASSOCIATION)
In 1920, a group of horsemen and large property owners established the Private Lanes Association. Their aim was to preserve, protect and maintain a system of country lanes and trails on private property for the convenience of equestrians so they could avoid the paved roads and increasing automobile traffic. The Private Lanes Association became a publicly supported, non-profit organization now known as the Bedford Riding Lanes Association under the auspices and leadership of Marilyn Simpson. Today, the BRLA still preserves more than 150 miles of beautiful trails in the Bedford Hills, Bedford Village, Katonah, Mount Kisco and Pound Ridge areas. The BRLA currently has more than 300 members and 180 landowners who work to stimulate the interest of the community in the preservation of "horse country" and our area's unique rural character. One of the many aspects that makes this system extra special is that approximately 80% of the trails are privately owned. Through the extraordinary generosity of landowners, the BRLA has been able to connect some of the most exquisitely scenic properties to create an unparalleled trail system. Its close proximity to New York City has in no way changed the system's "Best Kept Secret" status; it is rare to see more than one or two equestrians or hikers per day, if any at all, on most of the trails. The trails are open to all BRLA members whether they are equestrians, hikers or walkers. The BRLA sponsors a Spring and a Fall Hunter Pace as well several other social events for its members and landowners during the year. For more information, call 914-234-BRLA (2752) or write to BRLA (Bedford Riding Lanes Association, Inc.) at Box 178, Bedford, NY. 10506.