Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • June 20, 2012 Our hat’s off to Carolyn Edwards from Ramsey, one of our volunteers who hosted a jewelry party and collected food for our pantry. Thank you! Meet Aaron: Aaron was diagnosed with eye cancer when he was just a year old. He lost his right eye shortly after that. Now Aaron is 10 and he cannot see very well out of his left eye because of a cataract. He lives with his mom, who, over the years, has constantly struggled trying to find jobs that pay enough money provide care for her son. They have moved about six times since they have been known to ECF. Mom and Aaron just took a room in someone else’s apartment because that is all they can afford. Aaron needs new glasses to help him salvage the little eyesight he has left. This family is also in need of furniture for their home. Neither of them has a bed or a dresser for their clothing. When you ask Aaron’s mom if she has any regrets having to live this way, she says, “I will do anything to make sure Aaron is being taken care of.” Specific needs are gift cards to Target or Walmart for furniture, and Burlington Coat Factory for clothing. The family could really benefit from a gift card to Optical World for Aaron’s glasses. Summer needs: We need window air conditioning units, new or in good working condition, for our families. We also need boys’ summer clothing in size 7/8 and XL, and shoes in size 7. Some of our families could use prepaid phone cards for Cricket Mobile. We are looking for gift cards to TJ Maxx and Marshalls. We will give these to our families so they can buy summer clothing. In addition, we can use gas gift cards. We are still looking for a replacement CPU for Martha’s family. (They have a monitor and keyboard.) 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. You can help in a variety of ways. 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. 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! The Glen Rock Board of Education voted 5-2 with two members absent to add $152,763 in change orders to the money budgeted for the improvement of the sports fields at Glen Rock High School. The two change orders provide an additional $85,263 to widen the soccer field and an additional $67,500 for soil to be used on the project. Terry Moore, a newly appointed trustee who served two terms on the Glen Rock Borough Council, voted against the change orders, as did trustee Sheldon Hirschberg. Both are committed to cost control in school spending and Moore, who left the Glen Rock Council voluntarily when she opted not to seek re-election, sat on many council meetings when members of the public urged the Glen Rock Borough Council to cut spending and reduce property taxes by whatever Change orders allow widening of Glen Rock High soccer field means possible. Trustee Rona McNabola said the board majority voted on the recommendation of the Glen Rock High School athletic department, which wanted the soccer field to have the same parameters as the new football field, and that the soccer field expansion only increased the field space by one foot along the edge. She confirmed that the project is still well under budget, despite the two change orders voted on June 11. The total project, now budgeted at $3,689,756, includes drainage retention systems, new turf for the school fields and the baseball field, a re-grading of the school track, new bleachers, and additional tennis courts and press box. J. KOSTER