Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • August 8, 2012 left mandible, she again went through treatment. A viral infection has damaged a cranial nerve, and soon she will have surgery on her left eye. Doctors question radiation treatments because they cannot do chemotherapy forever. Surprisingly, Jennifer has lots of energy and is constantly moving around and is very inquisitive. Mom is her primary caretaker and is unable to work in order to take Jennifer to continual hospital visits for chemotherapy, when she’s sick, or for checkups. Dad is the only one who works and tries to get to the hospital when he can. Jennifer loves Thomas the Train and wants Emily the Train toys and books. She also wants an iPad because another kid in the hospital shared his iPad with her, and she enjoyed playing the games on the iPad. ECF uses monetary contributions to cover the costs associated with providing free services to any New Jersey child who has cancer. Approximately 70 cents from every dollar goes toward direct care for our families. If your company has a charitable giving program, please let us know. Each month, we distribute about 140 bags of food to our families. You can help us fill our pantry. When you go grocery shopping and something non-perishable is on sale, please grab some extra items and drop them off at our outreach center. Staples such as sugar, flour, salt, cooking oil, detergent, pancake mix/syrup, and rice are always needed. Consider turning your next event into a fundraiser for ECF, and ask guests to bring checks or gift cards to be used by our families. Your efforts help us to help our families in many ways, including sending a case worker to visit the families at home or in the hospital. Kids can help, too. Many have held sales or other events and contributed the proceeds to ECF. If your Boy Scout or Girl Scout Troop needs to earn badges, visit us in Midland Park. Scouts can get creative and have fun helping our families as they learn about philanthropy. ECF representatives are available to discuss our programs at your next fundraiser or event. Give us a call for more information. If you have a few hours a week to spare, consider becoming a volunteer, or just stop by and meet with us, take a look at our pantry, and see what ECF is all about. This September, we will need a volunteer on Fridays from 1 to 4 p.m. Call (201) 612-8118 before you stop by. Please do not leave items at the center without checking with us first. Our storage space is limited. The Northern Regional Center is located at 174 Paterson Avenue, Midland Park, NJ 07432. Visit us at www. emmanuelcancer.org. As always, thank you for helping the children and their families! Our hat’s off to our many readers who help us each week and bring in donations. We don’t know what we would do without your generosity. Thanks to Bill Auld and his team from the Joseph Lapinski Foundation for including ECF in their 24 Hours of Kindness event. Summer needs: We need window air conditioning units, new or in good working condition, for our families. Some of our families could also use prepaid phone cards for Cricket Mobile. We are looking for clothing gift cards to TJ Maxx and Marshalls for fall and back to school items. Several of our families would appreciate Ikea gift cards to help with their furniture needs. Gas station gift cards are also needed. We are in need of new sheets for twin and queen size beds and Good Night Pampers Stage 4. We also need new pillows, dish towels, and bath towels. Please help us fill the children’s backpacks with school supplies like filler paper, markers, and glue sticks. Meet Jennifer: Seven-year-old Jennifer was diagnosed with liver cancer when she was two. Emmanuel Cancer Foundation began working with the family soon afterward. Jennifer was student of the month for reading all her books in April 2012. She loves wearing her mother’s high heels, and she loves Strawberry Shortcake toys. Believe it or not, Jennifer has battled cancer four times. Her treatments have consisted of weekly visits to the hospital for chemotherapy, a bone marrow transplant where her mother was compatible for the transplant, and an emergency kidney transplant. Jennifer also had the nasal tube for feeding, and additional chemotherapy due to post transplant lymphatic disorder. When her cancer returned in her Franklin Lakes On July 27, the Franklin Lakes Police Department arrested the treasurer of Franklin Lakes VFW Post 5702 and charged him with theft, misapplication of entrusted property, theft by deception, and credit card fraud. The arrest was the result of a police investigation that was launched earlier this year, after the VFW’s March 22 report to police of accounting discrepancies in the amount of $186,913. At that time, police learned that the VFW suspected the organization’s treasurer might be responsible for the theft of funds entrusted to him. The 57-year-old Harrington Park man is alleged to have used the VFW checking account and credit card between Police department files charges against treasurer of local VFW post 2007 and March of 2012 for his own use. He was arrested on July 27 and released on $75,000 bail. Detective Anthony Pacelli investigated. On July 26, as a result of a burglary investigation conducted with the assistance of the Wayne Police Department, a 26-year-old Wanaque woman was arrested and charged with two counts of burglary, two counts of theft, and one count of credit card fraud. She is alleged to have participated in the June 5 burglary of a Laurie Lane residence and the June 9 burglary of a Kent Place residence. She was released on $25,000 bail. Detective Anthony Pacelli investigated.