Actress Melissa Joan Hart (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) ? Now expecting her third child, actress Melissa Joan Hart knows about the joys and challenges of being a mother.
Hart, a Long Island native, teamed up with Barclays in Bethpage to throw a baby shower for some very deserving military wives ? moms and mothers-to-be, who are separated from their husbands who are serving overseas.
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TV 10-55?s Ann Mercogliano was invited to the celebration.
As the former Sabrina The Teenage Witch star explained, the day of golfing and ladies lunching was to show appreciation for the sacrifices these women make.
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?They don?t have [their husbands] to help them off the couch, or run and get them a glass of water ? or even possibly take them to the hospital,? Hart said.
As event coordinator Jonathan Hartley explained, it?s about the little things.
?Giving them a day, a very special day?to take their minds off their spouse being deployed, shower them with as many gifts as we can, and just make them happy,? said event coordinator Jonathan Hartley.
One of the military wives at the event was Rose Cykewick. Her daughter, Grace Ann, is just five weeks old. Cykewick and her child are getting ready to say goodbye to dad Daniel ? again. He?s being deployed this fall.
?He?s going to miss our anniversary,? Cykewick said. ?But thankfully he?ll be back for the baby?s first Christmas.?
But, she says, she?s always proud of her husband.
?It?s gonna be tough,? she said. ?But I know it?s good that he can do what he does.?
Added Hart: ?These women, they have husbands, they?re just not there. So hopefully theyr?e getting support from family and friends nearby.?
As for the former Clarissa Explains It All star, she?s about to tell her own story soon. Along with currently starring in Melissa & Joey, she?s also writing a book called Melissa Explains It All. It will be out next September.
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