Local Volunteers Serve Hundreds at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital Charity Event
[West Orange, NJ – September 28, 2024] – The Rapid Relief Team (RRT), the charitable arm of the Plymouth Brethren Christian Church, recently pitched in at the St. Jude Walk/Run, an event benefiting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.
Tenafly, NJ — The Borough of Tenafly, in partnership with the Tenafly Chamber of Commerce invites residents and visitors to celebrate the season with the Tenafly Fall Festival on Sunday, October 20th from 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM at Huyler Park. This event promises to be a day filled with festive fun, unique shopping, food trucks, seasonal activities, and live performances by local organizations, making it an unmissable community gathering .
Funding will support revitalization of Kern Park
(SADDLE BROOK, N.J.) – County Executive Jim Tedesco and members of the Board of Commissioners recently presented a ceremonial check for $138,808 from the Bergen County Open Space Trust Fund (OSTF) to Saddle Brook Mayor Bob White and members of the Township Council.
PARAMUS, N.J. – After raising $15,000 for Bergen Community College student military veterans in 2023, the institution’s Hero 5K run will return for its ninth year on Sunday, November 3. The event, sponsored by the Bergen Community College Foundation and the College’s veterans committee, will take place at Bergen’s main campus at 400 Paramus Road in Paramus.
Record Attendance for Swimming Lakes at Darlington County Park
MAHWAH, N.J. – County Executive Jim Tedesco, the Board of Commissioners, and the County Parks Department proudly announce that the 2024 summer swimming season at Darlington County Park was a record year for the popular summer destination.
PARAMUS, N.J. – Bergen Community College’s student theatre troupe, Bergenstages, will open its 51st season on Friday, October 25 with a production of “Harvey.” Delving into timeless tales with four shows and one musical centered around the world of literature, the troupe will also perform “The Mystery of Edwin Drood,” “Lysistrata” and “Nora: A Doll’s House” as part of the 2024-25 season. Special productions of “It Can’t Happen Here” and “Backwards Forward Back” will also take place.
Paramus, NJ, October 3, 2024 – The Valley Hospital’s structural heart team has successfully performed its first procedure using the Abbott TriClip? transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) system, the first-of-its-kind minimally invasive device to repair a leaky tricuspid valve (known as tricuspid regurgitation or TR), according to Abbott.
Paterson, NJ – The Boys & Girls Club of Paterson and Passaic is excited to announce the launch of its Saturday Academic Tutoring Program for the new academic year.
Rochelle Park, N.J. (October 2, 2024) – October is recognized as Domestic Violence Awareness Month and Center for Hope & Safety (CHS), formerly Shelter our Sisters, a nonprofit organization dedicated to helping adults and children in Bergen County rebuild their lives beyond domestic violence, is hosting several events throughout the month to raise awareness of domestic violence in Bergen County and proceeds from the annual “Walk Together to Fight Domestic Violence” event will fund essential support services to assist adults and children who are victims of domestic violence rebuild their lives.
(Roselle, NJ) – According to the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the Organ Procurement and Transplant Network (OPTN), over 22,000 Hispanic individuals are currently on the national organ transplant waiting list. In 2023, Hispanic Americans made up about 15% of all organ donors in the U.S. This number is steadily growing, though it still falls short compared to the need among Hispanic transplant patients.
