Operation Get Ahead's Fashionable Foxes

   

  Izora Robinson has been a resident of the Village of Hempstead since 1959. She retired from the village as a school crossing guard, after 36 years of service. As a devoted and dedicated worker, she never missed a day of work. After her retirement, Izora joined the Operation Get Ahead (O.G.A.) Senior Circle in 2007. She then began working with the arts and crafts class. Izora and the director, Tina Hodge-Bowles decided to give the group of ladies a special name. They selected the name Izora’s Diamonds. The name was chosen because diamonds represent Izora’s birthstone.

   

   In its first year, the group made a large hand-sewn patchwork quilt. The following year the ladies crocheted ‘chemo-caps’. These were handmade with love by the women who cared. The caps represented the “color of hope.” The caps were dedicated to all cancer patients at the Winthrop University Hospital, Department of Hematology and Oncology in June 2010.

   

   In the fourth year, Izora’s Diamonds crocheted various garments that they modeled. And in the fifth year, the group made and modeled a poncho that they had created.

The journey continues. The new vision for Izora’s Diamonds is to continue striving to help others. The ladies will make dialysis blanket throws. These will be given to the local Hempstead Dialysis Center for its patients.