Page 10 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • September 12, 2012 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 the Hamill family in Ridgewood who helped us stock our pantry during our very slow months. A huge thank you goes to the Wyckoff Seniors and MSO of Glen Rock for their ongoing food collections. We are getting ready for our fall fundraisers. Please call if you would like to get involved. Fall needs: Some of our families could use prepaid phone cards for Cricket Mobile, and gift cards for TJ Maxx, Marshalls, IKEA, and gas stations. We also need new sheets for twin and queen size beds, Good Night Pampers Stage 4, new pillows, dish towels, and bath towels, and an air purifier. Meet Josh: Josh is a 12-year-old who was diagnosed with cancer several years ago. After his long struggles with treatment, he is now in the early stages of remission. Josh wants to play soccer, but his parents are not convinced that he is physically and emotionally strong enough to handle this contact sport. Josh mentioned that he wished his was taller since most of the children in his age group are much taller than he is. He often jokes that maybe he needs to be placed in a stretching machine in order to catch up. Josh just started sixth grade. He was
retained a few years ago since he missed a lot of school work due to his medical condition. His desire is to get a personal computer, printer, and software -- including some fun items. Josh said he would share the computer with his sister, brother, parents, cousins, aunts, and uncle, all of whom live in the same household. Josh shows immediate appreciation for any little thing people do for him, and he would truly value the receipt of a personal computer and some financial support to purchase some new school clothing. You can help in a variety of ways. 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
On Aug. 22, after investigating a report of a suspicious vehicle, Officer Brendan Burke arrested a 38-year-old male resident of Ridgewood and charged him with driving while intoxicated. In speaking with the driver, Officer Burke detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage emanating from the man’s breath. Following field sobriety tests, the man was transported to headquarters for processing, and was issued seven summonses. The subject had an outstanding warrant issued by the Glen Rock Municipal Court in the amount of $625, which he paid. He was released with a pending court date. Lieutenant Bernard Vandenberg and Sergeant Michael Powderley assisted in the investigation. Officer Kenneth Junta responded to
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a residence on Vreeland Avenue to take a larceny report on Aug. 24. The victim stated a “children at play” free-standing sign was removed from her driveway. The approximate value of the sign is $30. On Aug. 27, a Glen Rock resident and a Fort Lee resident reported to Officer Van Dyk that wiper blades were taken off their vehicles while parked at the Midland Park High School from Aug. 20 through 24. The value of both thefts amounted to more than $65. Officer Christopher Birch took a report on Aug. 27 from a Godwin Avenue resident who said fraudulent charges were made on his credit card. He reported three charges, amounting to approximately $600, were made on Newegg.com. The case was referred to the detective bureau.