October 9, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES II • Page 25 Ridgewood Notes Auxiliary hosts Valley Ball 2013 The Valley Hospital Auxiliary Ridgewood Branch will host its Valley Ball 2013 on Friday, Nov. 15. The event will be held at The Rockleigh Country Club in Rockleigh. The evening will begin with cocktails at 7 p.m. and con- tinue with dinner at 8:30 p.m. Proceeds from the black tie optional event will benefit the hospital’s Luckow Pavilion and Valley Home Care’s Pediatric Butterflies program. Contact Marie Bicks at (646) 286-8588 or Frances Ekblom at (201) 602-4683 for details. The deadline to respond is Oct. 21. Library displays Bolger portrait The Ridgewood Library is displaying Virginia Bor- ghese’s oil painting of village philanthropist David Bolger outside the library’s Heritage Center. In 2011, Bolger donated the funds to make the Heritage Center a reality. Currently, patrons have access to genea- logical materials, ancestry databases on the Internet, and archives from Ridgewood and Bergen County, all within a space devoted to local history and genealogy. Borghese is a local artist who painted the portrait after Bolger sat for a single session. Her painting is on loan to the library. The library is located at 125 North Maple Avenue. Band plans salute to veterans The Ridgewood Concert Band will begin its 31 st season with “Salute to Our Nation’s Veterans” on Friday, Oct. 25. The performance will be held at 8 p.m. at West Side Presby- terian Church in Ridgewood. A prelude by the New Jersey City University Wind Symphony will begin at 7:30 p.m. Current and retired United States servicemen and women are invited to attend the concert free of charge. Program highlights will include Holsinger’s “To Tame the Perilous Skies,” “1812 Overture” by Tchaikovsky, and Sou- sa’s “Stars and Stripes Forever.” Joining the RCB will be guest soloist Donald Batchelder, principal trumpet player for the New York City Opera. Colonel Bryan Shelburne, retired director of the U.S. Army Band, Pershing’s Own, will be guest conductor for Morton Gould’s “West Point Symphony.” Guest soloists will also include soprano Mary Kay Messenger and euphonium player John Palatucci. Admission for non-military individuals is $20 for adults, and $15 for seniors. Student tickets are $7. Tickets may be purchased at the door or at www.ridgewoodband.org. Conservancy seeks volunteer gardeners The Conservancy for Ridgewood Public Lands is seek- ing volunteers to help plant some 6,000 daffodil bulbs throughout the village. This beautification effort will be held Sunday, Oct. 20. To volunteer, contact Maribeth Lane at njlanes1@verizon.net, Cynthia Halaby at cynthia@halaby. net, or Diane Walker at walker447@yahoo.com. The volunteers’ efforts will be celebrated at a Daffodil Festival slated for Sunday, April 27, 2014. Church announces fundraiser On Tuesday, Oct. 8, Charlie Brown’s Steakhouse at 95 Linwood Avenue in Washington Township will sponsor a Community Night fundraiser for the benefit of Ridgewood’s historic Old Paramus Reformed Church. The restaurant will donate 20 percent of all lunch and dinner purchases to the church. Restaurant hours are 11:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. Participants must present a Charlie Brown’s Steakhouse coupon located at the Old Paramus Church’s website: www. oldparamus.org. Visit the homepage and scroll down to the bottom. For more information, call (201) 444-5933 from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. weekdays. Club hosts Beauty & Style benefit The Woman’s Club of Ridgewood will hold its Third Annual Beauty, Style, and Party Planning event on Thurs- day, Oct. 10 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the clubhouse at 215 West Ridgewood Avenue in Ridgewood. Proceeds from this year’s event will benefit Sharing the Arts, a non-profit per- forming arts conservatory serving children with mild to moderate developmental delays. Local businesses will donate beverages, appetizers, and desserts, wines for tasting, and floral arrangements. A fashion show will also be presented. A boutique will feature clothing, jewelry, cosmetics, stationery, and home furnishings. Event reservations are $50 per person or $450 for a group of 10. Register online at RidgewoodWomansClub. com or send checks made payable to the Woman’s Club of Ridgewood to 215 West Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood NJ 07450. All reservations will be held at the door. No tick- ets will be mailed. The Woman’s Club of Ridgewood is a non-profit organi- zation dedicated to serving the community. YWCA’s Vacation Day Program includes Trip to Lentini Farm The YWCA Bergen County is offering its Vacation Day program for children in kindergarten through grade six on Oct.14. Children will enjoy a trip to Lentini’s Farm in Newton. The day’s activities include a corn maze, hay maze, hay ride, apple cider, pumpkins, tire crawl and pet- ting zoo, supervised by YWCA’s trained child care staff. The event is open to families already enrolled in YWCA Before and After School Programs as well as to those who are not. The YWCA Vacation Day program provides full day care from 7:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. on designated school holi- days. Based at the YWCA’s 112 Oak Street in Ridgewood facility, the program is supervised by the YWCA’s trained child care staff. The fee is $55 per child per day for families that are currently participating in YWCA Before or After School programs, and $75 for non-participating families. Advance registration is required. To register call (201) 444- 5600 extension 352 or visit www.ywcabergencounty.org for details and registration forms. YWCA Before and After School Programs are offered at schools in seven Bergen County districts: Allendale, Cresskill, Dumont, Old Tappan, Oradell, Ridgewood, and Westwood. An after kindergarten program is available in Oradell. All programs are licensed by the State of New Jersey, Department of Children & Families. We welcome press releases from our readers. Items may be sent to editorial@villadom.com. Deadline is Wednes- day at noon the week prior to publication.