Page 8 THE VILLADOM TIMES I • March 6, 2013 support our families. Many of them do not have the financial or emotional support to help them get through a major illness like cancer. We do not charge anything for our services. We rely on you! You can help us in a variety of ways. Turn your event into a fundraiser, and collect checks or gift cards for our families. Your efforts help us to help families in many ways, including sending a case worker to visit the families at their home or in the hospital. This support for the kids, their siblings, and parents is crucial. Get your kids involved, too. Some have held sales or events and donated the proceeds to ECF. Is your Cub Scout or Girl Scout Troop looking to earn badges? Call us for some ideas to get creative and have fun while learning about philanthropy! We are also available to speak about our programs at your next event. 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 in Midland Park. Visit us on the web at www.emmanuelcancer.org. As always, thank you for helping the children and their families! Our hat’s off to the Abundant Life Reformed Church in Wyckoff for their ongoing support. Thanks to everyone who supported our recent fundraiser at The Brick House. We will have more about the event in our next issue. Our thoughts remain with our families who have been affected by Hurricane Sandy. They will continue to have many needs long after the repairs are done. Please consider calling us to see how you can help. The following are needed to help these and some of our other local families: new or gently-used boys’ clothing for kids ages 10 and up; new twin and queen-size sheets; stage three diapers, size five diapers, and baby wipes; cake mix and icing for birthday bags; a computer hard drive; a twin bed and a dresser; DVD players; microwaves and toaster ovens; and test strips for one of our diabetic children. Meet Susie: Susie is an eight-year who was diagnosed with leukemia a few years ago. Since her initial diagnosis, she has been in and out of the hospital going through different treatment options. At first, her condition improved and she was discharged, but then she suffered a relapse. Now Susie feels tired most of the time, although she manages to color, play cards, and draw while she is confined to her home. Susie is neither physically strong nor mentally ready for home schooling. Even climbing the stairs to her bedroom is a challenge, so her mother had to put her bed in the living room to make it easy on her mobility. Susie’s fragile condition and her need to visit the hospital frequently prevent her mother from holding a steady job. Naturally, this impacts the family’s financial situation tremendously. Life has been very difficult for Susie’s family as they struggle just to meet their basic survival needs. They are currently looking for affordable and suitable housing. This family has been surviving with ECF’s assistance with rent and other outstanding utility bills. Your contribution will enable ECF to continue to provide for Susie and her family with financial, material, and emotional needs. No amount is too small! We rely on the local community to help Recycling company (continued from page 7) contract compared to the borough’s previous contract. Also at the December meeting, Borough Attorney William Smith also advised the council that, in his opinion, there was nothing Gaeta pointed out that would compel the council not to accept the lowest bidder. “In my opinion,” Smith said, “based on what is before us, you can award the contract to the lowest bidder. Nothing prohibits them from selling their company, and if we learn of a major defect in the bid and that we received misinformation from the bidder, the council has the right to reverse the award. But there is no indication that is the case. This is the first we’ve learned about the sale of the company.” The council proceeded, therefore, to approve the award of the garbage and recycling collection and disposal contract to Advance Waste Systems. The contract calls for solid waste collection two days a week from April to September and one day a week from October to March, excluding grass and yard waste. The contract also calls for the borough to receive revenue from all recyclables, and grass and yard waste would be a separate collection once a week from April to November. The bid submitted by Advance Waste Systems ranged from $404,323 in 2013 to $409,589 in 2017. Smith and the attorney for Advanced Waste Systems Inc were scheduled to appear in Superior Court before Judge Joseph S Conte on March 12 to show cause why Gaeta should not be granted the relief he has demanded in his lawsuit.