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Joey’s Fund Inc.’s ninth annual charity car show raises $12K for Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Care Center, $6,500 for Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital.
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A WILD EQUINE CENTER FOR FOOD AND CHOCOLATE WRIC corrals crucial funds at Bergen Equestrian Center
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PAYS IT FORWARD Janet Sharma, Joy Dorsey-Whiting honored at fun Fall Fundraiser
BY HILLARY VIDERS FOR NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS
The Center for Food Actionʼs Fall Fundraiser on Oct. 9, Moving Forward Together, is being hailed as a huge success, in no small part due to the quality of its two stellar community member honorees. CFA, founded in 1976, is a non-profit, 501 (c)(3) organization that provides emergency services to Northern New Jerseyʼs poorest and most vulnerable residents. It provides food, housing, utility, and heating assistance and offers counseling and advocacy services to low-income individuals and families. This yearʼs CFA Fall Fundraiser, held at the Teaneck Marriott at Glenpointe, was attended by more than 150, including Bergen County Commissioner Tracy Zur, members of the Rotary Club, National Council of Jewish Women, National Coalition of 100 Black Women, and many other organizations. They were joined by CFA executive director Nicole Davis, CFA communications director
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Englewood-based Women’s Rights Information Center’s (WRIC) Equine and Chocolate fundraiser—the name a play on wine and chocolate—was a tasty event on Oct. 22 at Overpeck Park. Hillary Viders photo above, April Neumann 2022 photo right.
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BY HILLARY VIDERS FOR NORTHERN VALLEY PRESS
and chocolate sound like an unlikely combination, but on Oct. 22 they were in perfect alignment at the Bergen Equestrian Center in Overpeck Park in Leonia. The occasion was EngleORSES
wood-based Womenʼs Rights Information Centerʼs (WRIC) Equine and Chocolate fundraiser, and it was quite a tasty event. From 2 to 5 p.m., hundreds of people gathered at the Overpeck stables for fun and food: lots and lots of food!
For an entry fee of $35 per adult, and children under 10 free, people were able to enjoy all the food, treats and drinks they want-
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Gottheimer stands with THS grad’s family after Hamas kidnap At later JCC forum, says priority is bipartisan security aid package, crushing Hamas terrorists
U.S. Congressman Josh Gottheimer, the sole Jewish member of the New Jersey Congressional delegation, on Oct. 23 met with the family of Edan Alexander, a 19-year-old Tenafly High School graduate among those taken hostage by Hamas during the horrific Oct. 7 terrorist attack on Israel. Gottheimer represents the Alexander family, part of Legislative District 5, in Congress. Within a week, on Sunday, Oct. 29, Gottheimer hosted an open community discussion on the events unfolding in Israel, Gaza, across the Middle East, and at home, encouraging dialogue and answering questions about the war, public safety and the rise in antisemitism and Islamophobia. The attack and aftermath are a worsening humanitarian crisis. Alexander volunteered to serve in the Israel Defense Forces after graduating from
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Flat Rock Brook Nature Center’s Great Fall Festival welcomes hundreds to a day of celebration in the great outdoors.
Nov. 10, 1951, Mayor M. Leslie Denning of Englewood made history when he picked up a black rotary telephone and dialed 10 digits…
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