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Foundation Spotlights Food Insecurity and Donates Turkeys to Help People Experiencing Hardships


(Hackensack, New Jersey; November 21, 2022)— The Northern New Jersey Community Foundation's (NNJCF) celebration of National Community Foundation Week from November 12 through November 18 and National Philanthropy Day on November 15 highlighted the escalation of food insecurity in the region. 

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Valley’s Emergency Department Director Honored as an Emergency Nurses Association’s “20 Under 40”


RIDGEWOOD, NJ, November 21, 2022 – Valley Health System congratulates Rebecca Basso, DNP, RN, CEN, CPEN, EMT-B, HN-BC, NEA-BC, Director of the Emergency Department and Emergency Services for The Valley Hospital, on being named a 20 Under 40 honoree by the Emergency Nurses Association (ENA).

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Bergen 5K a Day for Heroes


PARAMUS, N.J. – Caped crusaders, large and small, turned out for the seventh annual Hero 5K fundraiser for Bergen Community College student veterans on November 13, delivering $14,709 in proceeds.

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Valley Doctor Receives Medical Honoree Award from the American Cancer Society


RIDGEWOOD, NJ, November 18, 2022 – Eleonora Teplinsky, MD, Head of Breast Medical Oncology for Valley-Mount Sinai Comprehensive Cancer Care, is a recipient of the Medical Honoree Award from the American Cancer Society, presented at the Society’s 41st Annual Diamond Ball on October 16, 2022.

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Author and Activist Letty Cottin Pogrebin hosted by NCJW BCS


On Tuesday November 15, The National Council of Jewish Women hosted author and activist Letty Cottin Pogrebin, author of Shanda: A Memoir of Shame and Secrecy, which has been shortlisted by the New York Times. During the event Pogrebin shared how three generations of her family had to suppress the truth about their sexual identity, politics, and personal traumas due to their Jewish faith and recount their ability to reinvent themselves through all their tribulations. 

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