Retired Educators of New York Chenango will be hosting a friendship and Valentine card making workshop from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 23 at the Norwich Family YMCA. (Sun file photo)

NORWICH — The Retired Educators of New York Chenango (RENY) will be hosting a Valentine and friendship card making workshop from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 23 at the Norwich Family YMCA, located at 68-70 North Broad Street in Norwich.

The workshop is open to the public, and is $10 for RENY members and $15 for non-members. Pre-registration is encouraged but not required. To sign up ahead of time, contact RENY Chenango President Mary Ann Luciano at maryann.luciano@gmail.com or leaving a voicemail at 607-336-2728.

Luciano said the workshop will be taught by RENY Member Carolynne Whitefeather, a retired educator who worked as Utica University Museum Director and an adjunct professor at Mohawk Valley Community College.

"Carolynne will have a variety of materials to use and the folks who come can put together Valentine cards, friendship cards, very unique different ways of doing cards," Luciano explained. "Being an artist, she approaches card making from a very different perspective, and so some of the cards are 3D, some of them have a variety of pieces to them, collages. She will also have packets of materials people can take away with them and make cards."