Page 6 THE VILLADOM TIMES IV • November 13, 2013 Emmanuel asks... Can You Help? We thank Waldwick Girl Scout Troop 4286 for the food donation and the members of Girl Scout Troop 1202 who made beautiful Thanksgiving baskets for our families. Thanks to Vincent for the gift card for Vanessa’s family. They were so happy! We are planning our Fourth Annual Bash, which will be held March 7, 2014. Contact us if you would like to be involved. We need help getting corporate sponsorships and donations of tickets and memorabilia. We also need help selling ads for our event journal. Please help our families during the holidays. Our north- ern region provides assistance to five counties in northern New Jersey. We are currently working with 70 families. We deliver food to 16 of these families every month. We like to give each family food baskets for Thanksgiving and Christ- mas. Making a basket is a perfect way for your family to get 4-29-09 help a family together to karen/janine in need. We need Thanksgiving baskets by Nov. 18 and Christmas baskets by Dec. 16 so our EmmanuelHelp2x.75(4-29-09) drivers have time to coordinate their deliveries. 3 x We .75 would appreciate the following donations: cranberry and other fruit juices, stuffing mix, gravy, bread or muffin mix, coffee, tea, hot chocolate, cake mix, nuts, mints, and soups. Please be creative and include items like a paper tablecloth, some festive napkins, or a $10 gift card. We are also accepting turkeys and we have a freezer to store them. You can also adopt some of our children for the holi- days, and purchase their holiday gifts. John is a bright, seven-year-old boy in the second grade. He was diagnosed with cancer at age four. He had one of his kidneys removed early in his life. After his initial treat- ments, John went into remission. Almost a year later, he had a relapse. This time, the cancer affected part of his lung. After another challenging round of chemotherapy, John is again in remission. John’s family could really benefit from gift cards to Toys R Us or to a department store where they can pur- chase children’s clothing. ECF is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide a variety of specialized services, at no charge, to any New Jersey family facing the challenges of caring for a child with cancer. We do not raise money for cancer research. We provide direct in-home care to our families. Many families do not have the financial or emotional sup- port to help them get through a major illness like cancer, so our primary focus is providing professional counseling, emergency financial assistance, and material goods such as household items, toys, and monthly grocery deliveries. These individually tailored services are critical in helping families get through the crisis of pediatric cancer. ECF does not receive any government funding. We rely on donations from the community: financial support, in- kind donations, and volunteer time. Call (201) 612-8118 or e-mail Laura at laura@emmanuelcancer.org to see how you can help. • We need volunteers who can deliver groceries to fami- lies in Bergen and Essex counties. Spanish-speaking driv- ers are in particularly high demand! • Turn your event into a fundraiser and collect checks or gift cards for our families. • Get your kids involved. Kids have great ideas and many have already held successful fundraisers for us. • Hold a drive for our food pantry. • Is your Scout Troop looking to earn badges? This is a great way to get creative and have fun while learning about philanthropy. Did you know that the Emmanuel Cancer Foundation is celebrating 30 years of providing services? If you would care to make a contribution to honor this milestone, imagine how much good we could do with $30 from every reader! If your company has a matching gift program, please let us know. 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 food pantry, and see what ECF is all about. The Northern Regional Center is located at 174 Paterson Avenue in Midland Park. Please call us at (201) 612-8118 before you stop by. Stor- age space is limited, so please do not leave items at the center without checking with us. For more information, visit www.emmanuelcancer.org or “like” us on Facebook: EmmanuelCancerFoundation. As always, thank you for helping the children and their families! Authors to discuss self-publishing Local authors Carol Karels and Barry Sheinkopf will present “How to Self-Publish Your Book” on Saturday, Nov. 16 at the Mahwah Public Library. The program will begin at 2 p.m. Karels and Sheinkopf will discuss their experiences in getting their own books published. Sheinkopf will discuss how he has helped area authors get their books into print. Karels, a self-publishing consultant and author of seven self-published books, will discuss different options. This talk is for aspiring, new, and published authors who are considering independent publishing. The discus- sion will include information on editing, design, printing, distribution, and marketing. Sheinkopf, founder and director of the Writing Center in Englewood Cliffs, edits, designs, and publishes books through his design firm for the boutique imprint Full Court Press. Full Court Press now has 140 titles in print. He is an adjunct professor at the College of Staten Island and a member of the Authors Guild and Mystery Writers of America. He has published three books of poems and three mys- tery novels, including “The Longest Odds” (Lynx Books), “The Ivory Kitten” (Lynx Books), and “These Barely Silent Dead: An Intrigue.” Karels is the Leonia borough historian and author of four books on Leonia history. She is the editor of “The Revolutionary War in Bergen County,” and author of the award-winning “Cooked: An Inner City Nursing Memoir.” She has also self-published travel books on Turkey, Bul- garia, and Greece. This program is free. No registration is necessary. Seats will be available on a “first come” basis. The library is located at 100 Ridge Road in Mahwah. Call (201) 529- READ for details.