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MAY 19 - 25, 2022
eleCTIoN WINNeRS
Debra Sheinin Hewlett-Woodmere trustee
Chani Jeter Hewlett-Woodmere trustee
hewlett-Woodmere Public School District board
Debra Sheinin (1,826) and Chani Jeter (1,464) beat an at-large field to win seats on the school board. Challengers included Jack Sahfran (1,369), Sarah Fried (1,228), and Ella Zalkind (672). Courtesy Lyss Stern
The MoMS TIMe Out retreat has a varied, and entirely optional, itinerary. Yoga and meditation are popular among those who want to reground themselves and relax.
This timeout is just for moms
Woodmere native creates mental health haven By lISA MARGARIA lmargaria@liherald.com
Woodmere native Lyss Stern and her DivaMoms business partner, Wendy Siegel, created an escape for mothers called Moms Time Out, a retreat that gives them the chance to get away from their daily parental responsibilities for a weekend and refresh their mental health. In July 2020, Stern took her daughter, now 8, to Camp Tyler Hill in Tyler Hill, Pennsylvania — owned by Siegel and her husband, Andy — where Stern spent her summers growing up. When she arrived, Stern said, she had an “aha moment.” At the time, people were feeling the stress and fear of the unknown as the coronavirus pandemic ramped up. A national survey in the
Journal of Women’s Health, published in 2021, found “alarmingly high rates of mental health problems” in women early in the pandemic. “I said to Wendy, we just need a weekend up here alone — just the moms,” Stern recalled. “Like, I need a mom timeout. Can we make something happen?” “I just was like, there’s no way you’re going to get moms to break away from their families for a weekend — it’ll never happen,” Siegel recounted. “Lyss kept saying, ‘If we build it, they will come.’ We kind of put our heads together, and she convinced me, and we created a really cool itinerary for moms.” Though that itinerary has grown since the first retreat in September 2020, Moms Time Out consists of yoga, meditation, acupuncture, Continued on page 13
hewlett-Woodmere school district budget Total: $130.6 million. Passed, 1,925-1,616
hewlett-Woodmere Public library board Shari Braverman ran unopposed
hewlett-Woodmere Public library budget Total: $6.61 million. Passed, 2,027-1,430
lawrence School District board
Michael Hatten, Tova Plaut and David Sussman unopposed
lawrence school district budget
Total: $102.49 million. Passed, 679-207
Peninsula Public library board Sarah Yastrab ran unopposed
— Lisa Margaria