WEBVTT 00:00:09.029 --> 00:00:12.570 Hello and welcome to a Monday edition of Good 00:00:12.570 --> 00:00:15.990 News York. I am your host Mike Brindisi. You 00:00:15.990 --> 00:00:18.910 can follow me on all socials at MikeBTV. We are 00:00:18.910 --> 00:00:23.030 sponsored by Ads on the Go. Getadsonthego .com. 00:00:23.109 --> 00:00:27.269 Love you Zach. And shout out to our director, 00:00:27.629 --> 00:00:30.609 producer of Good News York. Danny Tripodi on 00:00:30.609 --> 00:00:32.630 the ones and twos. Isn't that what they say in 00:00:32.630 --> 00:00:34.630 the business? I don't know. You can follow us 00:00:34.630 --> 00:00:37.049 on all socials at Good News York, GoodNewsYork 00:00:37.049 --> 00:00:40.250 .com, Monday through Thursday, 5 p .m. Eastern 00:00:40.250 --> 00:00:42.109 is when we air our episodes. I am joined today 00:00:42.109 --> 00:00:45.049 by a very, very, very special guest. She has 00:00:45.049 --> 00:00:48.409 been on one of our clients' podcasts, The Crazy 00:00:48.409 --> 00:00:51.909 Real Podcast. She is the founder of the Cuse 00:00:51.909 --> 00:00:56.380 Moms Club, love it already, Ali. Ali, welcome. 00:00:56.859 --> 00:00:58.899 Again, it's always an uneventful single clap. 00:00:59.020 --> 00:01:01.659 Well, thank you, Dani. But we want to welcome 00:01:01.659 --> 00:01:04.140 you. Good morning. Good morning. And thank you 00:01:04.140 --> 00:01:06.219 for being here, especially on a Monday. Thank 00:01:06.219 --> 00:01:08.700 you. When it's what, 16 degrees out? I know. 00:01:08.819 --> 00:01:11.239 You are the founder of the Cuse Moms Club, and 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:13.959 we're clearly going to get into that. But you 00:01:13.959 --> 00:01:16.500 have a great, very interesting background that 00:01:16.500 --> 00:01:18.540 kind of really fits for what you're doing. Tell 00:01:18.540 --> 00:01:21.459 us about yourself and your background. Thanks. 00:01:22.210 --> 00:01:25.310 Well, I am going to be 40 this year, which is 00:01:25.310 --> 00:01:28.209 crazy. I don't usually say my age, but I've been 00:01:28.209 --> 00:01:31.730 around for a minute. I grew up here in Syracuse. 00:01:31.829 --> 00:01:33.849 I went to West Tennessee High School, went to 00:01:33.849 --> 00:01:36.469 Cortland for college and started my teaching 00:01:36.469 --> 00:01:38.829 career here after I traveled a bit and lived 00:01:38.829 --> 00:01:42.170 other places and started teaching here in the 00:01:42.170 --> 00:01:44.609 city of Syracuse. I taught fifth grade for 10 00:01:44.609 --> 00:01:47.950 years. And then when I had my son, I decided 00:01:48.269 --> 00:01:50.290 I wanted to stay home. I kind of always knew 00:01:50.290 --> 00:01:52.489 if I had kids, I would want to be a stay at home 00:01:52.489 --> 00:01:57.689 mom. So it just kind of was the right right path 00:01:57.689 --> 00:02:02.269 for me. And when I started to stay home, I was 00:02:02.269 --> 00:02:06.250 kind of looking for something like a way to connect 00:02:06.250 --> 00:02:11.569 with other moms, a way to kind of just postpartum 00:02:11.569 --> 00:02:15.490 is very lonely and it's very isolating. If you're 00:02:15.490 --> 00:02:20.409 a mom, you know that. So when I was about a year 00:02:20.409 --> 00:02:23.789 postpartum, I decided to start Houston Moms Club 00:02:23.789 --> 00:02:26.969 because I looked around and there was nothing 00:02:26.969 --> 00:02:29.349 for moms in the area. There was no like mom groups. 00:02:29.389 --> 00:02:31.930 There was no postpartum support groups really. 00:02:32.289 --> 00:02:35.189 I think there are a few, but you don't really 00:02:35.189 --> 00:02:37.629 know about them and they're hard to find. So 00:02:37.629 --> 00:02:41.150 I started to kind of think, okay, what could 00:02:41.150 --> 00:02:44.620 I do? What could I do for Myself and other moms 00:02:44.620 --> 00:02:47.979 and our kids and so I came up with chiefs mom's 00:02:47.979 --> 00:02:51.460 club. I love the idea. I think it's awesome Thanks, 00:02:51.659 --> 00:02:53.979 and it's so it's so fitting too because that's 00:02:53.979 --> 00:02:56.379 such a teacher move You know what? I mean like 00:02:56.379 --> 00:02:59.300 I mean that you know But I mean that as a compliment 00:02:59.300 --> 00:03:01.879 like here you are you're leaving your teaching 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:03.900 career your stay -at -home mom But the teacher 00:03:03.900 --> 00:03:06.340 never leaves you thinking what how can I bring 00:03:06.340 --> 00:03:08.639 everybody together and we can learn and grow 00:03:08.639 --> 00:03:15.080 and Speaking of that When you had to make the 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:18.020 decision, was it tough for you to leave the teaching 00:03:18.020 --> 00:03:20.719 job? How did you navigate that? Because that 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:24.580 is a tough decision to make. It was. You know, 00:03:24.580 --> 00:03:27.039 I kind of had reached the point 10 years in the 00:03:27.039 --> 00:03:31.360 city. It's challenging. You get burnt out. It's 00:03:31.360 --> 00:03:34.780 tough. It asks a lot of you. It's very demanding. 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:38.860 You give everything to those kids. And at that 00:03:38.860 --> 00:03:42.509 point, it was kind of like... a struggle for 00:03:42.509 --> 00:03:45.550 me because I'm like, I don't want to have kids 00:03:45.550 --> 00:03:47.530 and send them to someone else to be raised and 00:03:47.530 --> 00:03:51.610 then me go raise other kids. You know, like it 00:03:51.610 --> 00:03:54.009 might, some people might take that the wrong 00:03:54.009 --> 00:03:57.050 way, but some moms don't have a choice. And that 00:03:57.050 --> 00:03:59.990 is really tough. I think a lot of times when 00:03:59.990 --> 00:04:02.250 I talk with other moms, especially in these postpartum 00:04:02.250 --> 00:04:06.069 support circles, the hardest thing is moms leaving 00:04:06.069 --> 00:04:09.250 their babies to go back to work. A lot of them, 00:04:09.250 --> 00:04:11.270 they only get six weeks. Some of them, they get 00:04:11.270 --> 00:04:14.349 a little bit more time, but almost all the moms 00:04:14.349 --> 00:04:19.470 I talk to, they're not ready. So for me, it was 00:04:19.470 --> 00:04:24.490 like I knew I wanted this time. This time is 00:04:24.490 --> 00:04:26.970 priceless. You cannot get this back. When I'm 00:04:26.970 --> 00:04:29.389 80 years old and I look back on my life, I'm 00:04:29.389 --> 00:04:32.290 never going to regret saying, oh, I stayed home 00:04:32.290 --> 00:04:35.550 with my son, but I would regret saying I went 00:04:35.550 --> 00:04:38.649 back to work. That makes sense. You know what? 00:04:38.790 --> 00:04:41.430 You just completely mirrored a Facebook post 00:04:41.430 --> 00:04:43.329 or social media. Not even just Facebook. Yeah. 00:04:43.430 --> 00:04:46.790 I posted on social media about a week ago. My 00:04:46.790 --> 00:04:49.529 wife took a video of my son and I playing football 00:04:49.529 --> 00:04:53.170 out in the yard. And I said, as I'm getting older, 00:04:53.329 --> 00:04:55.910 especially as a father, I'm starting to really 00:04:55.910 --> 00:04:59.189 realize how much time is the most precious thing 00:04:59.189 --> 00:05:01.350 we have on this earth. And you can't get it back. 00:05:01.350 --> 00:05:05.350 You can't. And when you are a parent... and you 00:05:05.350 --> 00:05:07.829 love your kids so much, you want to spend every 00:05:07.829 --> 00:05:10.329 minute you can with them. So I totally understand 00:05:10.329 --> 00:05:14.129 that mentality. And that's such a great perspective. 00:05:14.529 --> 00:05:17.910 Is there anything that you do miss about teaching? 00:05:19.110 --> 00:05:21.089 But it's kind of a part two to that question 00:05:21.089 --> 00:05:23.970 is, but does the Cuse Moms Club kind of scratch 00:05:23.970 --> 00:05:26.250 that itch for what you're missing? You know what 00:05:26.250 --> 00:05:28.110 I mean? Yeah, that's a good question. I think 00:05:28.110 --> 00:05:31.269 there are things I miss. Like I definitely miss 00:05:31.519 --> 00:05:34.240 the adult interactions and like my teammates 00:05:34.240 --> 00:05:37.480 and that, but then I've met so many moms through 00:05:37.480 --> 00:05:40.120 Cuse Moms Club, where it's like, I have that, 00:05:40.120 --> 00:05:42.500 those interactions, I'm a super social person. 00:05:43.319 --> 00:05:45.540 So yeah, like the events that I do, the moms 00:05:45.540 --> 00:05:50.339 that I meet, it's, it kind of, like you said, 00:05:50.500 --> 00:05:55.199 you know, fills that void, I guess, but yeah. 00:05:56.079 --> 00:06:00.019 The, obviously we're going to get into, the actual 00:06:00.019 --> 00:06:02.360 Cuse Moms Club, what it's all about. Or quickly, 00:06:02.980 --> 00:06:05.899 you come up with this idea, I'm gonna start this 00:06:05.899 --> 00:06:08.680 Cuse Moms Club. Now, I don't know your husband. 00:06:09.339 --> 00:06:11.639 I assume there had to have been a conversation. 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:14.439 How did it go? Was it like, oh, what? Or was 00:06:14.439 --> 00:06:16.740 it like, all right, you know, what was his reaction 00:06:16.740 --> 00:06:19.220 to all that? Yeah, my husband is the complete 00:06:19.220 --> 00:06:21.899 opposite of me. He's like the most chill person. 00:06:21.980 --> 00:06:24.240 He doesn't have social media. He doesn't... have 00:06:24.240 --> 00:06:26.959 instagram i envy that man he doesn't know like 00:06:26.959 --> 00:06:28.899 i will show him a reel and he'll be like like 00:06:28.899 --> 00:06:30.699 he's like an 80 year old like what am i looking 00:06:30.699 --> 00:06:33.379 at like does he do the glasses on the end of 00:06:33.379 --> 00:06:35.040 the nose he wears contacts but i'm sure if he 00:06:35.040 --> 00:06:37.939 did yeah so he's just like he doesn't like get 00:06:37.939 --> 00:06:39.879 things when i show you know so it's like okay 00:06:39.879 --> 00:06:42.339 whatever um so when i told him i was doing this 00:06:42.339 --> 00:06:44.899 like he really i don't think understands i'm 00:06:44.899 --> 00:06:46.899 like oh i have like four thousand followers now 00:06:46.899 --> 00:06:49.060 and he's like you know he he does yeah he has 00:06:49.060 --> 00:06:53.129 like no idea like What's going on? He knows like 00:06:53.129 --> 00:06:55.410 obviously about the events and all that and he 00:06:55.410 --> 00:06:59.009 knows like it's really funny to both of us like 00:06:59.009 --> 00:07:02.189 very Very weird and funny when people are like, 00:07:02.269 --> 00:07:04.129 oh my god, like you're a celebrity your local 00:07:04.129 --> 00:07:06.509 celebrity when people meet us and like my husband's 00:07:06.509 --> 00:07:09.879 like Okay. See, that's great. This is ridiculous. 00:07:10.139 --> 00:07:12.259 No, but that's great. He's the last of a dying 00:07:12.259 --> 00:07:15.519 breed. I love and envy the people. You know, 00:07:15.519 --> 00:07:17.519 I work in this field now, so even if I wanted 00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:19.379 to get rid of social media, I couldn't. I envy 00:07:19.379 --> 00:07:21.519 the people that are so oblivious to what's going 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:23.399 on. And they're like, oh, you have 4 ,000 followers? 00:07:23.660 --> 00:07:25.800 Yeah. Okay. I think he's probably like, you know 00:07:25.800 --> 00:07:27.959 what? My wife's happy. She's not yelling at me. 00:07:28.399 --> 00:07:31.540 Let's go. That's it. So Cuse Moms Club. Love 00:07:31.540 --> 00:07:34.540 the name, first of all. Thanks. So the idea comes 00:07:34.540 --> 00:07:39.769 about Tell us about what is Cuse Moms Club at 00:07:39.769 --> 00:07:42.889 its core and and and yeah, just what what it's 00:07:42.889 --> 00:07:45.329 all about. So when I thought like, oh, I want 00:07:45.329 --> 00:07:48.430 to start something, I kind of had like all these 00:07:48.430 --> 00:07:51.629 ideas kind of in my head, but I didn't want it 00:07:51.629 --> 00:07:54.310 to be like I thought of like the Cuse Mom and 00:07:54.310 --> 00:07:56.250 I'm like, but I don't want it to be about me. 00:07:56.250 --> 00:08:00.290 You know, it's not really about me. So Cuse Moms 00:08:00.290 --> 00:08:03.250 Club, I feel like the club kind of sounds exclusive, 00:08:03.250 --> 00:08:05.800 but it's it's not, you know, like I'd have moms 00:08:05.800 --> 00:08:07.560 be like, how do I join the club? I'm like, you 00:08:07.560 --> 00:08:10.160 just follow. You can join, come to any event. 00:08:10.160 --> 00:08:12.259 You just did. Yeah, you just did. Are you interested? 00:08:12.399 --> 00:08:14.000 You're in. Verbal agreement. You're in, you know? 00:08:14.540 --> 00:08:18.100 So, yeah, it's not like this exclusive thing, 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:20.240 but it kind of sounds like it. So that's kind 00:08:20.240 --> 00:08:22.360 of what I liked it. Like a group, you know, a 00:08:22.360 --> 00:08:27.240 club. Sure. Yeah, so. And what is the kind of 00:08:27.240 --> 00:08:29.800 the mission statement, so to speak, of the club? 00:08:30.019 --> 00:08:32.659 This is... Is it a little bit of a support group, 00:08:32.779 --> 00:08:34.779 just a little bit of a way to get out and do 00:08:34.779 --> 00:08:37.980 things? Talk about that. Yeah, so I think, like 00:08:37.980 --> 00:08:41.379 in my Instagram bio, I have connecting and supporting 00:08:41.379 --> 00:08:44.320 moms in Syracuse, which that's definitely like 00:08:44.320 --> 00:08:47.860 the main goal. And so doing that through the 00:08:47.860 --> 00:08:51.919 postpartum circles, the events, and then finding 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:54.039 adventures and things to do for you and your 00:08:54.039 --> 00:08:56.620 kids around Syracuse, because I felt like that 00:08:56.620 --> 00:08:58.799 was one of the things that was missing, too. 00:08:59.259 --> 00:09:01.279 I would wake up and I'd be like, okay, what can 00:09:01.279 --> 00:09:02.980 we do today? And you're kind of like endlessly 00:09:02.980 --> 00:09:05.340 searching and you just kind of hit dead ends. 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:07.139 Like, okay, I don't really, I don't know. I guess 00:09:07.139 --> 00:09:10.460 we'll, you know, do the same thing. So kind of 00:09:10.460 --> 00:09:15.240 helping moms try to find different things to 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:18.740 do in the area and sharing all about all the 00:09:18.740 --> 00:09:21.159 local offerings in the area. Let me tell you 00:09:21.159 --> 00:09:24.279 something. That sounds like such a simple idea. 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:28.559 Yeah. And maybe it is as a parent. Yeah. especially 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:31.000 as a parent whose wife is, my wife's a teacher. 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:34.000 Yeah. And when you have a long break, and you're 00:09:34.000 --> 00:09:35.919 scrambling for finding things to do, you can 00:09:35.919 --> 00:09:38.899 only look up so many things. Yeah. Just, I mean, 00:09:39.259 --> 00:09:41.179 obviously the support part of the group of Cuse 00:09:41.179 --> 00:09:44.059 Moms Club is great, but I think just having one 00:09:44.059 --> 00:09:46.919 place where you can go and find events is probably 00:09:46.919 --> 00:09:51.440 key. Yeah. For everybody. Do you think, because 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:54.120 I know you had mentioned... It had gone through 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:56.940 some postpartum, which is a very real thing that 00:09:56.940 --> 00:10:00.019 moms go through. Do you think that was kind of 00:10:00.019 --> 00:10:02.340 the catalyst? Like, that was the thing that kind 00:10:02.340 --> 00:10:06.000 of gave you the spark to start this? Was that 00:10:06.000 --> 00:10:09.240 kind of the inspiration? Yeah, for sure. Like 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:11.340 I said, postpartum was really hard for me. I 00:10:11.340 --> 00:10:14.480 had a really tough time. My son was in the NICU 00:10:14.480 --> 00:10:18.039 for the first week of his life. Yeah, so... Which 00:10:18.039 --> 00:10:21.240 is terrifying. It was really tough. Yeah, it's 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:23.220 at he actually was like perfectly healthy. It 00:10:23.220 --> 00:10:26.379 was just a protocol because he was born so early 00:10:26.379 --> 00:10:28.419 So that was like a really hard thing to deal 00:10:28.419 --> 00:10:30.419 with I think I would have had an easier time 00:10:30.419 --> 00:10:33.460 if I like knew he needed the NICU right? like 00:10:33.460 --> 00:10:35.919 in my heart I knew he didn't and then like later 00:10:35.919 --> 00:10:38.799 confirmed with my midwife who Is at a different 00:10:38.799 --> 00:10:40.500 hospital, but I decided to go to Krauss because 00:10:40.500 --> 00:10:42.200 I was early She was like, yeah, he would have 00:10:42.200 --> 00:10:44.620 been fine here. So that was like a hard thing 00:10:44.620 --> 00:10:48.590 to deal with because when yeah when you have 00:10:48.590 --> 00:10:50.649 a baby or like I just want to have that baby 00:10:50.649 --> 00:10:53.110 with me all the time and that I couldn't it was 00:10:53.110 --> 00:10:56.090 that really messed me up and it it had like long 00:10:56.090 --> 00:11:00.769 -term effects. So yeah once he was a year old 00:11:00.769 --> 00:11:03.610 I kind of felt like okay I was like not getting 00:11:03.610 --> 00:11:06.330 back to myself but I was like I was kind of out 00:11:06.330 --> 00:11:09.429 of the throws of it and so that's when I decided 00:11:09.429 --> 00:11:12.549 to start it but it definitely was probably the 00:11:12.549 --> 00:11:15.029 spark that made me want to start it. It's amazing 00:11:15.029 --> 00:11:18.769 and I'll tell you you know On any sort of entrepreneurial 00:11:18.769 --> 00:11:23.070 adventure, whether it's small or large, it's 00:11:23.070 --> 00:11:26.389 a leap of faith. You have to have the confidence 00:11:26.389 --> 00:11:31.669 and the bravery to do it. You have a career as 00:11:31.669 --> 00:11:34.210 a teacher. What gave you the confidence to say, 00:11:34.269 --> 00:11:37.149 you know what? I'm going to go do this and I 00:11:37.149 --> 00:11:42.590 can do this. Yeah, I know. I honestly didn't 00:11:42.590 --> 00:11:44.929 think it was going to become this big. I just 00:11:44.929 --> 00:11:47.799 was like, oh, I'll just like. like start this 00:11:47.799 --> 00:11:49.899 club and see what happens. Maybe I'll have like 00:11:49.899 --> 00:11:52.919 10 or 20 moms, you know? And I remember the first 00:11:52.919 --> 00:11:55.259 day it was like 400 followers. Like they shut 00:11:55.259 --> 00:11:57.480 my Instagram down. Really? They shut my Instagram 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:59.340 down because they thought I was like collecting 00:11:59.340 --> 00:12:02.659 bot followers. Like, I'm like, what is happening 00:12:02.659 --> 00:12:05.059 here? Like I put it, I posted it. I'm like, they're 00:12:05.059 --> 00:12:06.940 not letting me access this. And like somebody 00:12:06.940 --> 00:12:08.600 messaged, it was like, cause you're growing so 00:12:08.600 --> 00:12:11.389 fast that they shut it. What is so, I mean. For 00:12:11.389 --> 00:12:13.190 anybody who's on social media, especially that 00:12:13.190 --> 00:12:16.009 we're a company click stream studios We produce 00:12:16.009 --> 00:12:18.690 podcasts and social content and we have good 00:12:18.690 --> 00:12:21.330 news York Everybody wishes they knew the secret 00:12:21.330 --> 00:12:23.049 sauce. You know, everyone dreams of like, I'm 00:12:23.049 --> 00:12:24.289 going to start something. I'm going to get a 00:12:24.289 --> 00:12:26.809 ton of followers. Yeah. What did you post? Like, 00:12:26.950 --> 00:12:28.730 what's the gist of what you posted that worked? 00:12:28.750 --> 00:12:31.789 You had the magic recipe. I honestly think at 00:12:31.789 --> 00:12:34.009 the beginning it was there was nothing in this 00:12:34.009 --> 00:12:37.470 area for moms. Yeah. And I think Instagram was 00:12:37.470 --> 00:12:40.929 my preferred platform because I think as a millennial 00:12:40.929 --> 00:12:42.929 and as a mom, that's where a lot of millennial 00:12:42.929 --> 00:12:45.289 moms are. You know, I think TikTok is growing 00:12:45.289 --> 00:12:48.169 for us, but not not as much as like Instagram 00:12:48.169 --> 00:12:52.370 as our platform. And so then when it started 00:12:52.370 --> 00:12:55.649 to come, I was like, oh my God. Once I got that 00:12:55.649 --> 00:12:57.830 many followers, I'm like, oh shoot, I better 00:12:57.830 --> 00:12:59.570 like start planning some stuff. I better actually 00:12:59.570 --> 00:13:01.970 do something. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. So I'm like, 00:13:02.029 --> 00:13:04.210 okay, like let me, like the postpartum circle 00:13:04.210 --> 00:13:06.110 was the first thing, but yeah, I was like, oh 00:13:06.110 --> 00:13:08.149 my gosh, this is a lot of pressure now. Like 00:13:08.149 --> 00:13:10.850 it started to become where I'm like a lot of 00:13:10.850 --> 00:13:12.149 pressure, but now I've chilled out. I'm like, 00:13:12.230 --> 00:13:14.750 all right, I have like a really great group of 00:13:14.750 --> 00:13:17.570 moms and I... I do not care about the followers. 00:13:17.750 --> 00:13:20.149 I do not care about, like, if people know who 00:13:20.149 --> 00:13:22.929 I am at all. Like, I don't really post myself 00:13:22.929 --> 00:13:25.250 really on my page, again, because it's not about 00:13:25.250 --> 00:13:28.870 me, and I actually don't care about that. Oh, 00:13:28.870 --> 00:13:32.169 my gosh. Yeah. So you're the equivalent of the. 00:13:32.250 --> 00:13:35.370 I had a band for a lot of years. You're the equivalent 00:13:35.370 --> 00:13:38.990 of the musical artist that's like, I don't care 00:13:38.990 --> 00:13:42.669 if I have fans, I do it for the music. You end 00:13:42.669 --> 00:13:44.870 up growing the biggest following next to all 00:13:44.870 --> 00:13:46.929 the bands that are posting every day. Check out 00:13:46.929 --> 00:13:48.990 my music. That really is the key I feel like 00:13:48.990 --> 00:13:51.169 sometimes is you get rid of preconceived notions. 00:13:51.570 --> 00:13:55.049 You just do it because it's your passion. If 00:13:55.049 --> 00:14:00.110 it's good, it'll come along. It'll work. Business 00:14:00.110 --> 00:14:02.840 101. It's like I always tell people like if you 00:14:02.840 --> 00:14:05.519 want to open a restaurant, right? You you're 00:14:05.519 --> 00:14:08.159 not in your city has five steak houses. Don't 00:14:08.159 --> 00:14:10.980 open a steak house, right? You found a hole in 00:14:10.980 --> 00:14:14.580 the market that there was a extreme need for 00:14:14.580 --> 00:14:17.159 for for mothers who needed support and things 00:14:17.159 --> 00:14:19.860 to do and you found that and that's so great 00:14:19.860 --> 00:14:21.720 and you're selfless about it and I think it's 00:14:21.720 --> 00:14:24.799 wonderful What uh, what are some of the things 00:14:24.799 --> 00:14:26.240 that you guys do? I know you mentioned like a 00:14:26.240 --> 00:14:28.840 postpartum circle. Yeah I know I've noticed there's 00:14:28.840 --> 00:14:30.899 happy hours. Talk about the types of events that 00:14:30.899 --> 00:14:33.639 you guys do Yeah, we do all different types of 00:14:33.639 --> 00:14:36.940 events. We do events just for moms So yeah, the 00:14:36.940 --> 00:14:39.860 happy hours we do we're doing like a Galentine's 00:14:39.860 --> 00:14:44.179 Day event So a mom's night out with like shopping 00:14:44.179 --> 00:14:48.320 pampering. It's gonna be great We do events for 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:51.220 moms and kids so that we can connect and meet 00:14:51.279 --> 00:14:53.480 you know, moms in the area that have maybe the 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:55.860 same age kids as us or that live in the same 00:14:55.860 --> 00:14:58.279 area as us. So that's a great way. I've had like 00:14:58.279 --> 00:15:01.419 moms who have become friends through Cuse Moms 00:15:01.419 --> 00:15:03.620 Club, which that's amazing. You know, that's 00:15:03.620 --> 00:15:07.779 like, yeah, obviously the main reason like why 00:15:07.779 --> 00:15:10.820 I started it was to help moms connect. So that's 00:15:10.820 --> 00:15:14.580 great. And then, yeah, just doing events for 00:15:14.580 --> 00:15:16.639 families, too. A lot of the events I do on the 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:19.350 weekends I do for families because That's family 00:15:19.350 --> 00:15:20.990 time, right? So I don't wanna be like, oh no, 00:15:21.090 --> 00:15:23.549 it's just moms and kids. And then like, what 00:15:23.549 --> 00:15:25.509 are the dads gonna be doing? Just, you know. 00:15:25.509 --> 00:15:27.129 Right. That's their time to spend with their 00:15:27.129 --> 00:15:30.269 kids. So I try to be mindful of that. But most 00:15:30.269 --> 00:15:32.990 of the events are for moms or moms and their 00:15:32.990 --> 00:15:37.809 kids. That's amazing. Yeah. And is there a certain 00:15:37.809 --> 00:15:41.129 venue that you go to? I know obviously with events, 00:15:41.129 --> 00:15:43.539 you have different venues because it's... different 00:15:43.539 --> 00:15:45.679 event. Yeah. But is there is there like a clubhouse 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:47.740 or just kind of a home base for you guys? There's 00:15:47.740 --> 00:15:52.159 not. I wish there was. But there's not. I think 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:54.940 that's something that in the future I would love 00:15:54.940 --> 00:15:59.139 to do. Again, like you talked about the entrepreneurial 00:15:59.139 --> 00:16:01.700 side of this, I can't even say the word. Tough 00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:05.019 word. But that is like not my wheelhouse at all. 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:07.139 So again, being a teacher, like I don't really 00:16:07.139 --> 00:16:10.000 know how to run a business. I don't. But I would 00:16:10.000 --> 00:16:13.330 love to. Have you ever heard of Play Day in Liverpool? 00:16:13.509 --> 00:16:16.029 It's like an indoor play place. No, I haven't. 00:16:16.049 --> 00:16:18.230 OK, so it's like an indoor play place for kids, 00:16:18.529 --> 00:16:21.049 but it's the only one in the area. So in the 00:16:21.049 --> 00:16:22.730 back of my mind, I'm like, I would love to own 00:16:22.730 --> 00:16:26.029 something like that in like Camillus, like where 00:16:26.029 --> 00:16:30.250 I am kind of based. And that could be like a 00:16:30.250 --> 00:16:32.509 home base that could also be used for events 00:16:32.509 --> 00:16:37.289 that could also be used for like even. like schooling 00:16:37.289 --> 00:16:40.009 down the road like a little like pre -k or top 00:16:40.009 --> 00:16:42.629 you know or the dads can come and the they can 00:16:42.629 --> 00:16:45.190 go in the play area with the kids and then the 00:16:45.190 --> 00:16:48.110 moms can do their thing you know i mean if anyone's 00:16:48.110 --> 00:16:53.129 listening uh yeah any venues investors any investors 00:16:53.129 --> 00:16:55.590 any realtors i think that's a wonderful idea 00:16:55.590 --> 00:16:58.269 yeah so right now we don't have a clubhouse but 00:16:58.269 --> 00:17:00.730 i i would love that you know that would just 00:17:00.730 --> 00:17:03.230 take obviously i don't make money off of this 00:17:03.230 --> 00:17:05.980 right now so that would take I have to find funding 00:17:05.980 --> 00:17:09.240 and I've been wanting to try to look in the not 00:17:09.240 --> 00:17:12.160 -for -profit route, but have you ever like searched 00:17:12.160 --> 00:17:14.220 how to do that? It's very daunting. It's a ton 00:17:14.220 --> 00:17:16.640 of paperwork. There's like, I feel like I need 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:18.940 to just hire somebody and be like, can you turn 00:17:18.940 --> 00:17:20.839 this into a not -for -profit? So I have some 00:17:20.839 --> 00:17:24.220 funding so that I can like elevate my events 00:17:24.220 --> 00:17:27.220 and, you know, take it to the next level. Well, 00:17:27.339 --> 00:17:30.099 it sounds like you're doing everything right. 00:17:30.819 --> 00:17:34.180 What? How do you come up with this idea for different 00:17:34.180 --> 00:17:37.940 events? And what goes into choosing the venues? 00:17:38.619 --> 00:17:42.680 Yeah, so a lot of times I think, okay, what are 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:44.819 things that I would want to do either by myself 00:17:44.819 --> 00:17:48.819 or with my son? So that kind of helps. I have 00:17:48.819 --> 00:17:51.339 people reach out to me a lot, like, hey, would 00:17:51.339 --> 00:17:53.599 you want to collab on this type of event? Would 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:57.160 you want to do something at our space? So that's 00:17:57.160 --> 00:17:59.880 really nice. I have been now kind of been able 00:17:59.880 --> 00:18:03.359 to pick and choose like what I do because I have 00:18:03.359 --> 00:18:06.420 a lot of people reaching out to me, which is 00:18:06.420 --> 00:18:09.680 also hard because I have to say no sometimes 00:18:09.680 --> 00:18:12.119 because otherwise it's like too much. So I try 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:16.720 to keep it to like five to seven events per month 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:20.700 so that it's not like a burnout and I'm sure 00:18:20.700 --> 00:18:22.519 not like every night of the week. Like, OK, I 00:18:22.519 --> 00:18:26.329 got to go, you know, do this or. Yeah, no, it's 00:18:26.329 --> 00:18:28.710 actually really smart. Again, I'll apply it to 00:18:28.710 --> 00:18:31.650 I'll compare it to, you know, having a band or 00:18:31.650 --> 00:18:33.609 being a musician. You know, one of the rules 00:18:33.609 --> 00:18:37.150 of thumb in like a local music scene is don't 00:18:37.150 --> 00:18:41.170 play 10 times a month because then, you know, 00:18:41.210 --> 00:18:42.910 the shows that you do play, some people are going 00:18:42.910 --> 00:18:44.509 to go, I'm not going to go to this show. I could 00:18:44.509 --> 00:18:46.609 go see them next week. You know, make it make 00:18:46.609 --> 00:18:51.869 it more of a special thing. Yeah. Is there also 00:18:51.869 --> 00:18:54.589 some like so obviously the events are the events. 00:18:54.839 --> 00:18:56.779 But outside of that, you have a strong social 00:18:56.779 --> 00:18:58.779 media presence. Is there a lot of interaction 00:18:58.779 --> 00:19:01.000 with the members through social media as far 00:19:01.000 --> 00:19:03.039 as support goes and interacting with each other? 00:19:03.140 --> 00:19:07.140 Yeah, for sure. Like I get so many messages just 00:19:07.140 --> 00:19:09.680 like thanking me, which is really nice. And like 00:19:09.680 --> 00:19:13.740 how like this has helped me so much as a mom 00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:17.319 in my postpartum era, which is like awesome, 00:19:17.319 --> 00:19:19.900 you know? Yeah, that's the that's the whole thing, 00:19:19.900 --> 00:19:22.380 right? I mean, the events are great, but it's 00:19:22.380 --> 00:19:24.789 like at the crux of it. Yeah. You know, this 00:19:24.789 --> 00:19:27.509 started by being inspired by by struggling through 00:19:27.509 --> 00:19:29.089 postpartum. And when you hear other moms, you're 00:19:29.089 --> 00:19:31.430 like, this is why I did it. Yeah, like at Christmas 00:19:31.430 --> 00:19:33.529 time, like I had a like a couple of moms then 00:19:33.529 --> 00:19:35.369 mo me like, just thank you so much for what you 00:19:35.369 --> 00:19:39.150 do. I had a mom give me a present like just so 00:19:39.150 --> 00:19:43.109 unexpected and so nice, you know. Yeah, but they're 00:19:43.109 --> 00:19:47.269 doing it because again, you're selfless and you're 00:19:47.269 --> 00:19:49.960 providing. as much as this is a recreational 00:19:49.960 --> 00:19:52.460 thing of sorts, it's also a support group, and 00:19:52.460 --> 00:19:55.839 you're helping people through some of the toughest 00:19:55.839 --> 00:20:00.099 periods of their life. It's amazing. You've accomplished 00:20:00.099 --> 00:20:03.900 so much with the Cuse Moms Club, and for the 00:20:03.900 --> 00:20:06.400 most part, it's lighthearted, but are there any 00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:09.119 milestones or goals, or where do you see this 00:20:09.119 --> 00:20:10.599 going over there? Is there something where you're 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:11.900 like, you know what I really want to do with 00:20:11.900 --> 00:20:13.880 this group? I'd love for us to be able to do 00:20:13.880 --> 00:20:19.190 this. Yeah, I think... long -term obviously the 00:20:19.190 --> 00:20:23.130 not -for -profit route would be amazing and then 00:20:23.130 --> 00:20:25.430 I have thought about like the future and what 00:20:25.430 --> 00:20:27.450 this could look like because obviously my son 00:20:27.450 --> 00:20:31.710 is not gonna be young forever, you know and as 00:20:31.710 --> 00:20:34.569 he grows like Homeschooling is something I've 00:20:34.569 --> 00:20:36.430 thought about because I have just loved staying 00:20:36.430 --> 00:20:39.029 home with him so much and then obviously bringing 00:20:39.029 --> 00:20:41.970 in that like teacher part of me I would love 00:20:41.970 --> 00:20:44.309 to be the one that is teaching him and seeing 00:20:44.309 --> 00:20:48.519 him grow and Obviously being a teacher and you 00:20:48.519 --> 00:20:50.460 like when that light clicks for the kids and 00:20:50.460 --> 00:20:52.660 you see their growth like that's amazing. Like 00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:54.740 that would be awesome to do that with my own 00:20:54.740 --> 00:20:57.480 son. So just talking with other moms about that, 00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:59.480 I know there are a lot of moms who are interested 00:20:59.480 --> 00:21:02.940 in the homeschool like route. So maybe down the 00:21:02.940 --> 00:21:04.660 road, that's something like this could turn into 00:21:04.660 --> 00:21:08.039 like a homeschool co -op. I don't know. I feel 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:11.220 like the possibilities are endless. I love where 00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:13.759 your mind's going because, you know, given your 00:21:13.759 --> 00:21:16.549 background in teaching, You know, this could 00:21:16.549 --> 00:21:19.309 evolve into something you never expected where, 00:21:19.349 --> 00:21:21.730 you know, the teaching element is involved. Who 00:21:21.730 --> 00:21:25.150 knows? But we wish you the best. Thanks. Allie, 00:21:25.150 --> 00:21:26.970 you're a former teacher. Once a teacher, always 00:21:26.970 --> 00:21:30.930 a teacher. Hughes Moms Club. What are some events 00:21:30.930 --> 00:21:33.000 coming up that you want to talk about? Yeah, 00:21:33.000 --> 00:21:36.539 so we have a couple events in February already 00:21:36.539 --> 00:21:38.799 on the books. We have the Galentine's Day event, 00:21:38.819 --> 00:21:41.319 which I'm super excited about. That's February 00:21:41.319 --> 00:21:44.720 13th, and that is at the Linear Collective. So 00:21:44.720 --> 00:21:46.759 it's going to be a night of shopping. We have 00:21:46.759 --> 00:21:51.640 vendors. We have pampering, massages, things 00:21:51.640 --> 00:21:56.299 like that. And then we have an event February 00:21:56.299 --> 00:21:58.400 11th. It's going to be at St. Camillus. It's 00:21:58.400 --> 00:21:59.880 a nursing home. I don't know if you've heard 00:21:59.880 --> 00:22:04.599 of it. It's in Syracuse. My grandpa was in St. 00:22:04.759 --> 00:22:07.079 Camilla's for like forever, for like seven years. 00:22:07.619 --> 00:22:10.420 So we're going to go and do like a little senior 00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:12.759 story time where the kids and the seniors can 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:15.700 kind of like sing songs and do a little craft 00:22:15.700 --> 00:22:17.940 together and hopefully bring some joy to the 00:22:17.940 --> 00:22:20.640 people in St. Camilla's because. How fun. You 00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:23.140 know, you're not only helping moms and children, 00:22:23.339 --> 00:22:25.619 now you're helping the elderly. You're like Mother 00:22:25.619 --> 00:22:30.539 Teresa. No, OK. It's wonderful. If there are 00:22:30.539 --> 00:22:32.940 any moms out there that they're interested in 00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:35.359 the Cuse Moms Club, where can they go to find 00:22:35.359 --> 00:22:38.680 you? Give us the plugs. Yeah. So Instagram, it's 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:41.359 at Cuse Moms Club. That is the main platform 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:46.000 I'm on right now. I don't really do much on Facebook 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:49.579 just because it's a lot to run multiple platforms 00:22:49.579 --> 00:22:52.000 and answer a lot of messages in that. So I try 00:22:52.000 --> 00:22:53.920 to be mindful of how much time I'm on my phone. 00:22:54.259 --> 00:22:56.779 But yeah, Cuse Moms Club. And if you are interested 00:22:56.779 --> 00:23:01.589 in collaborating an event or looking to have 00:23:01.589 --> 00:23:03.849 me host something at your space, you can email 00:23:03.849 --> 00:23:08.089 me at Q's Moms Club at gmail .com. Amazing. Is 00:23:08.089 --> 00:23:10.410 there anything else you want to talk about or 00:23:10.410 --> 00:23:14.470 mention about Q's Moms Club before we go? I don't 00:23:14.470 --> 00:23:16.529 think so. Just thank you everyone who's part 00:23:16.529 --> 00:23:18.950 of it and thanks for the support and we love 00:23:18.950 --> 00:23:21.109 it. I think it sounds like everyone is thanking 00:23:21.109 --> 00:23:23.849 you. Even our executive assistant Amanda said 00:23:23.849 --> 00:23:26.029 before you got here, she goes, Oh my God, I love 00:23:26.029 --> 00:23:27.670 it. She goes, every time I want to do something 00:23:27.670 --> 00:23:31.890 with my daughter, I look up Cuse Moms Club. That's 00:23:31.890 --> 00:23:33.230 awesome. You're doing amazing things. Thank you. 00:23:33.230 --> 00:23:35.349 And we're so happy you came on Good News York. 00:23:35.589 --> 00:23:39.829 We wish you the best. Ali from Cuse Moms Club. 00:23:40.009 --> 00:23:42.910 Again, check her out at Cuse Moms Club. I'm Mike 00:23:42.910 --> 00:23:44.910 Brindisi. You can follow me on all socials, at 00:23:44.910 --> 00:23:49.490 MikeBTV. And we, Good News York, are on all socials. 00:23:49.500 --> 00:23:52.559 at Good News York, goodnewsyork .com. New episodes 00:23:52.559 --> 00:23:54.279 air Monday through Thursday, 5 p .m. 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