April 3, 2013 THE VILLADOM TIMES III • Page 11 for our kids and their families? Please let us know. 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 Ho-Ho-Kus Cub Scout Pack 54 Bear Den 2 for the beautiful Easter baskets. Special thanks to Rod and Linda Bolten for supplying hams to our families receiving food each month. We also thank Stephanie and Pete Belasco for purchasing food gift cards to help our families enjoy a nice Easter meal. Several of our families were affected by Hurricane Sandy. They still have many needs. Please consider calling us to see how you can help. The following items are needed to help these and some of our other local families: new or gently-used clothing for boys ages 10 and up, new twin and queen-size sheets, stage 3 diapers and baby wipes, cake mix and icing for birthday bags, a computer hard drive, a twin bed and dresser, DVD players, microwaves and toaster ovens, test strips for one of our diabetic children, a silverware set. Meet Nicky: This ECF patient has been battling cancer for many years. His hospital stays are becoming more frequent, and he is housebound, unable to walk any distance as his respiratory system is greatly compromised. He is on oxygen 24/7 and had a tracheotomy to help him breathe. He requires constant monitoring, suction to help him breathe, and has a nurse every evening and several times a week. He was so ill after his last flare up that he lost 44 pounds, making all his clothes too large. He would greatly appreciate some new comfortable clothes, specifically some sweats with an elastic waist and P.J. elastic waist pants/bottoms with sports teams/logos. He now wears a men’s size large. He also needs some white low-cut sweat socks in men’s size 10-13. He could also use a small table to hold his oxygen machine. Emmanuel Cancer Foundation is now celebrating 30 years of providing exceptional free services to families all over New Jersey. If you would care to make a contribution to honor this milestone, imagine how much good we could do with $30 from every reader! ECF is seeking volunteers to help with a party for our families. Can you provide food, gifts, activities, or crafts The joy of reading The Ho-Ho-Kus Public School Student Council and eighth graders invited kindergarten through third grade students to celebrate the joy of reading. Over 70 children participated in Books and Bites Nite, an evening of bedtime stories complete with cookies and milk. This month, the student council also collected books to support Books 4 Cause. This organization provides books and supplies throughout Africa. Ho-Ho-Kus students and student council members Emma, Clare, and Annabelle collected over 3,000 books for this foundation. Ms. DiPasquale and Mrs. Maskin, co-advisors to the student council, are very proud of the evening’s success thanks to the hard work of the student council.