Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • 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 Wyckoff police arrest final suspect in July 26 assault case by John Koster The fourth and final suspect in the July 26 assault and robbery in Wyckoff has turned himself in to police. The 20-year-old Oakland man was arrested Aug. 2 and charged with robbery, assault, and theft and released under $25,000 bail. He was arrested by Sergeant Michael Ragucci and Detective Sergeant Michael Musto. As the Oakland man was charged, the man described as the woman’s present boyfriend remained in Bergen County Jail while the woman and the other two men had made bail and had been released. All four are rated as first degree criminals and their cases will be referred to Bergen County Superior Court. Wyckoff Police Chief Benjamin Fox again praised the actions of all the Wyckoff officers involved, especially Detective Sergeant Joseph Soto and Sergeant Michael Ragguci, whom Fox described as the lead officers throughout the investigation. The Wyckoff Police Department has now charged all of the individuals who are believed to have taken part in the July 26 attack on a woman’s ex-boyfriend. The victim was reportedly lured to the Lincoln School parking lot and attacked with a baseball bat and a pipe. The 19-year-old woman was arrested a few hours after the incident. She had reportedly watched while at least two men beat up her ex-boyfriend after she lured him to the parking lot behind the Lincoln School and suggested they take walk. She was charged with robbery and theft by being armed with deadly weapons, and providing transportation to the assailants. She refused to provide any information and was remanded to Bergen County Jail. The first male assailant, a 20-year-old Wyckoff man, was captured by Sergeant Jack McEwan, who was conducting surveillance of the man’s home on Crescent Avenue. When a car pulled in with only the driver visible from the outside, Sergeant McEwan found the assailant lying flat on the back seat. He was arrested and charged with robbery and assault. He was committed to Bergen County Jail in lieu of bail. The second man was arrested July 28, reportedly after a police officer from another town heard the man bragging about the beating he dealt to a 19-year-old Ridgewood man. The 25-year-old Waldwick resident was picked up by Detective Sergeant Joseph Soto and Sergeant Michael Ragucci. He was committed to Bergen County Jail. The Ridgewood victim had shown up bloody and in need of help at a neighborhood home on the night of the ambush.