Page 6 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • February 27, 2013 Ridgewood Local team supports Tennis for Life program Pictured: Daria Zaslavsky, Nicole Badalyan, Coach Matthew Markman and Baby Madeline Markman. Coach Markman and his tennis team from Fair Lawn High School recently presented a check to the Tennis for Life Breast Cancer Survivors program. The FLHS team is a past supporter of the program. Tennis for Life is a non-profit exercise and support group for breast cancer survivors run by survivors. TFL is continuing its 15-year program and has recently expanded to a second chapter in Rockland County through donations. Tennis for Life meets Wednesday nights at 7 p.m. at the Ridgewood Racquet Club, 249 Ackerman Avenue in Ridgewood. The group is open to people in any phase of their breast cancer experience. Tennis players at all levels are welcome, especially beginners. TFL uses tennis lessons to help rebuild participants’ stamina and morale. In 2012, TFL joined Community Meals on Wheels in a pilot program to deliver free meals to breast cancer patients. The pre-cooked, frozen meals are available without cost to any Bergen County resident who has been treated for breast cancer in the last three months. Each recipient gets a box containing seven nutritious meals and an additional 10 meals for family members living at home. There is no income threshold to receive the meals, which are delivered once a month. This program is funded by the Eisai Inc. pharmaceutical company of Woodcliff Lake. The Bergen County program is one of two nationwide by Eisai. The other is in Andover, MA. Cancer Care will identify patients who fit the established criteria and enroll them in the meal program. To apply, call Kathy Nugent at Cancer Care, (201) 301-6809, or e-mail knugent@cancercare.org. To join Tennis for Life, call Cyd Coughlin at (201) 3843816 or e-mail cydmc1@gmail.com. For more information about Tennis for Life, visit www.tennisforlife.org or see us on Facebook at TENNISFORLIFENJ/NY. Tennis for Life is supported by the Eastern Adult Tennis Foundation, the United States Tennis Association, and the Hackensack University Medical Center Foundation.