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food drive
St. Philip the
Apostle School is conducting its annual Thanksgiving food drive to collect non-perishable unopened items for those in need. Food products, i.e. pasta, rice, cereal, instant potatoes, flour, gravy, canned fruit and vegetables, can be left in the vestibule through Nov. 21. Frozen turkey donations can be left at the school between the hours of 8:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. Nov. 17 through Nov. 21.
Food baskets are distributed to school and parish families. Leftover items will be donated to the Father English Center’s food pantry in Paterson.
The School is located at 797 Valley Road.
For more information, call 973-779-4700.
library events
The Board of
Trustees meets on the third Wednesday (unless otherwise noted) of each month at 7 p.m. in the community meeting room.
The dates are Nov. 19, Dec. 17, Jan. 21, 2009 and Feb. 11 (which is the second Wednesday).
The November movies
will provide pure entertainment. The movie dates and times are:
Tuesday, Nov. 18, 1:30 p.m. – Allwood branch; and
Thursday, Nov. 20, 7 p.m. – Main Library
"The Brief and
Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao," Junot Diaz’s Pulitzer prize-winning novel, is the selection for the next book discussion at the Library. The discussion will take place Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m. in the Main Library.
Please read the book before attending. The discussion is open to anyone, with no prior book discussion experience or preparation necessary.
Children and their
families are invited to a pre-Thanksgiving magic show featuring Mark Zacharia at the Main Library on Saturday, Nov. 15 at 2 p.m.
The show is free and open to all, but seating is limited, so arrive early.
Refreshments will be served immediately following the show. For more information, call 973-772-5500.
The Clifton Association
of Artists has mounted a show of the works of the members of the Clifton Association of Artists. The exhibit is on display through Nov. 29. Virtually all media are represented from oils to watercolor to pastel painting and photography. There is no set theme for this year’s show but a number of works reflect the fall and holiday season.
It can be viewed in the gallery of the Library during regular hours Monday to Thursday, 10 a.m. to 9 p.m., Friday 10 a.m. to 6 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday 1 to 5 p.m.
The CAA meets monthly from October through May at the Senior Citizens Center on City Hall grounds. All meetings are open to the public.
For more information, call 973-772-5500.
concerts
Thank a veteran
by attending the free 10th annual Salute to Veterans concert/show presented by the Recreation Department on Tuesday, Nov. 25 from 7 to 10 p.m. in the CHS auditorium, 333 Colfax Ave.
The event will feature a lobby display, a patriotic ceremony, an inspirational procession/march of veterans form the six branches of service with narration and theme music, music for dancing by a 20-piece professional band and vocalists, the Silver Starlite Orchestra, a special recognition of the Avenue of Flags volunteers and a USO-type canteen offering free refreshments.
No tickets are needed but a donation of a non-perishable food item or cash would be appreciated.
For more information, call 973-772-5291.
A free holiday
concert featuring the Clifton Community Band will be held Sunday, Dec. 7 at 2 p.m. The concert will be held in the Clifton High School auditorium, 333 Colfax Ave. The band will perform a selection of seasonal favorites.
For more information, call 973-777-1781 or e-mail CliftonBand@optonline.net.
dinners
The American Legion
Quentin Roosevelt Post 8 will have a beefsteak dinner to honor the 2008 baseball team Friday, Nov. 14 at 7:30 p.m. at the Athenia Veterans Hall, 147 Huron Ave.
Tickets are $30.
The Clifton Moose
Lodge will host its 90th anniversary dinner Nov. 15 at the Bethwood in Totowa. The cost is $70 per person, which includes a cocktail hour with carving stations, a main course of prime rib or chicken with all the trimmings followed by four hours of open bar and live music by a six-piece band.
For more information, call 973-471-2157 or 974-569-4090.
Holy Trinity Church
, at the corner of Hope Avenue and Harrison Street in Passaic will have an Austrian wine fest and dinner dance Nov. 22 from 7 to 11 p.m. The Emil Schanta Orchestra will provide music.
Tickets are $30. For reservations, call Gisela Hirmann at 973-772-2361.
The Allwood Community
Church will hold its first annual free Thanksgiving dinner Nov. 27 from 2 to 4 p.m. for anyone who will be alone on this holiday. The Church is located at Chelsea and Merrill roads.
Reservations for one, or two are required and must be made by Nov. 20. Everyone is welcome. Call the Church office at 973-777-6360 for a reservation.
The northern New
Jersey region of Hadassah will hold its annual myrtle wreath brunch on Sunday, Nov. 23 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Wilshire Grand Hotel, 350 Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange. This year’s theme is "Being thankful for what we can do as Hadassah."
The wreath honoree and guest speaker is Hadassah’s National President Nancy Falchuk, who will share her most recent experiences representing Hadassah at important meetings in Israel.
Chapter women of the year and highlights will be recognized and awards for fundraising and membership will be presented as well.
The tickets are $48 for a kosher brunch. For more information or to make a reservation, call the Region office at 973-472-1401.
The CHS Mustang
Band will have its 70th anniversary dinner Saturday, Nov. 29 at 6:30 p.m. at Johnny’s Bar & Grill, 110 Ackerman Ave. The dinner will include a homemade family style roast beef dinner including wine, beer and soda.
Seating is limited so reserve early. Advance reservations only. No tickets will be sold at the door.
Tickets are $35 for CMBAA members and $40 for non-members. For reservation form, call 973-777-1781 or go to www.mustangbandalumni.org.
labyrinth
The labyrinth will
be open on Thursday, Nov. 20 from 6 to 9 p.m. People of all faiths and beliefs are invited to walk in personal prayer, meditation, peace and healing.
The Labyrinth is located at the Allwood Community Church on the corner of Chelsea and Merrill roads.
For more information, c all 973-777-6360 or visit the Web site at www.allwoodcommunitychurch.com.
fundraisers
St. Andrew’s Home
and School Association will host its 18th annual tricky tray and dinner on Wednesday, Dec. 3 at the Valley Regency, 1129 Valley Road. The doors will open at 6 p.m.
Tickets are $40, which includes a full dinner and two sheets of prize tickets. Tickets may be purchased individually or by a table. Call Victor Kovacs at 973-641-9637 to order tickets.
St. Philip’s Boy
Scout Troop 21 will hold its annual spaghetti dinner fundraiser Sunday, Nov. 16 from noon to 5 p.m. in the school auditorium located at 797 Valley Road. Tickets are $7 for adults and $3 for children ages 4 to 11. Children under 4 years old are free.
No reservations are necessary and tickets can be purchased at the door. For more information, call Bob Shaker at 973=684-4604.
Juvenile Diabetes Research
Foundation and Hope for the Kids invites you to a fundraiser event Nov. 20 at Uno Chicago Bar & Grill, River Front Center, 426 Route 3 west from 11 a.m. to closing.
Bring this write-up and present it to your waiter/waitress at the end of your meal and 20 percent of your total bill will go towards JDRF.
The Clifton Junior
Mustangs football program will have its second annual beefsteak/tricky tray fundraiser Friday, Nov. 21 from 7 p.m. to midnight at the Boys & Girls Club, located on Colfax Avenue.
Tickets are $40 and includes all you can eat beefsteak, beer soda and dessert. You can also BYOB. There will also be a silent tricky tray. The entertainment will be the Flying Mueller Brothers.
For tickets, call Robin at 973-418-4033 or leave a message at 973-278-5356.
Pope John Paul
II School will hold its annual fall tricky tray Sunday, Nov. 16 at 2 p.m. in the school gym located at 775 Valley Road. Trays of merchandise comprised of various themes will go to the winners. Admission is $10 and includes a cup of coffee, pastry and a card of bids with 25 chances.
For more information, call 973-458-9282 or visit the Web site www.pjpiischool.Catholicweb.com.
soup and sandwich
The United Reformed
Church of Clifton, 352 Clifton Ave. will host a homemade soup and sandwich luncheon Saturday, Nov. 15 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the fellowship hall.
The menu will include a choice of homemade beef barley, pea or chicken soup; a sandwich choice of turkey, homemade ham salad, or chicken salad; and a homemade dessert.
Tickets to purchase soup, a sandwich, and dessert is $7. Tickets to purchase soup, a 1/2 sandwich and dessert is $6. A table of baked goods will also be offered for sale.
Call the church office at 973-365-1666 to make reservations and pay at the door.
meetings
Gray Russell, environmental
affairs coordinator for Montclair and Ed Schwartz of the Green Living Solutions consulting group will make a presentation about how to make homes and businesses energy efficient to save on costs and reduce carbon footprints at the Sierra Club meeting to be held Monday, Nov. 17 at 7:30 p.m. in the Main Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave.
Attention will be paid to renovating older homes and building additions and new homes, using sustainable design, materials and technologies, energy audits and the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) standards.
Russell and Schwartz will offer practical advice and cost-saving tips on heating and cooling systems, water management, insulation, windows and doors, lighting, improving indoor air quality, composting and recycling, use of renewable (solar and wind) energy sources and more. Bring your questions.
There is no admission charge and everyone is welcome. For more information, call the North Jersey Sierra Club at 201-461-4534.
The program, "How
to take great pictures" will be held Tuesday, Nov. 18 from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Passaic Public Library, 195 Gregory Ave. in Passaic.
The program, presented by Barbara Hall, has won many awards for her outdoor photography, will cover topics including digital photography, types of cameras and techniques for good composition.
Admission is free and light refreshments will be served.
For more information, call 973-779-0474, ext. 11 or go to the Web site www.passaicpubliclibrary.org.
The Entrepreneurs Club
of America will have its next meeting and luncheon Wednesday, Nov. 19 at the Alexus Steakhouse, 955 Valley Road from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Cost is $20.
For reservations, call Bill Berger at 973-246-1030 or e-mail kaseycaclub.com.
The Clifton Republican
Club meets at the VFW Hall, 491 Valley Road at 7:30 p.m. Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month. Membership dues of $10 for the year are due. Refreshments will be served. All republicans are invited to join.
The next meeting will be Dec. 9.
For more information, call Ellen at 973-365-1060.
The Parkinson Support
Group of North Jersey will meet Saturday, Nov. 15 at 10 a.m. in the private dining room of Mountainside Hospital, Montclair. Valet parking is available.
Dr. Jacob Sage, chief professor of neurology, movement disorders clinic, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center will be the guest speaker. He will give his address in the hospital auditorium.
Refreshments will be served. For more information, call Tom McKay at 973-694-2759 or log on to parkywil@aol.com.
The Clifton Stamp
Society will meet at the at the Community Recreation Center, 1232 Main Ave. in Room 3 from September through December. The meeting hours are between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m.
The dates are Nov. 17, Dec. 1 and 15.
For more information about the Society, call the Recreation Department at 973-470-5956 or log on to www.cliftonnj.org/stamp.
Clifton Toastmasters, a
part of Toastmasters International, a nonprofit public speaking and leadership skills group, meets the first, third and fifth Tuesday of the month at the Main Memorial Library, 292 Piaget Ave. beginning at 7 p.m.
For more information, call 973-420-4148 or e-mail cliftontoastmasters@verizon.net.
The North Jersey
Astronomical Group meets the second Wednesday of the month at 8 p.m. in Richardson Hall, Room 232 at Montclair State University, 1 Normal Ave., in Montclair.
For more information regarding the guest speakers, go to www.njastro.org.
book signing
Randy Owen, singer
/songwriter of country music will sign his new memoir "Born Country: How Faith, Family and Music Brought Me Home" Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at the Barnes & Noble, 395 Route 3 east.
Owens recounts his journey form the son of an Alabama share cropper to the front man and songwriter/lead singer of Alabama – the biggest country music group of all time in an inspiring rags-to-riches memoir.
angels of animals
Angels of Animals
will hold pet adoptions Friday, Nov. 14, 21 and 28 from 6 to 9 p.m. at Petco, located on Route 3 west.
The group also needs qualified individuals to provide short and long term foster care for adult cats and kittens. Angels of Animals will cover the costs of veterinary care, food and supplies for the animal, as well as provide you with support while the animal is in foster care.
The group’s annual
Thanksgiving bake sale will be held Friday, Nov. 21 from 5 to 9 p.m. at Petco, Route 3 west. Home baked goods and sweets including holiday pies, pet and holiday crafts and rescue magnets will be for sale. Kittens and cats will also be available for adoption that evening.
For more information, call 973-471-0622 or visit www.angelsofanimals.org.
elks lodge 1569
The Clifton Elks
Lodge 1569, located at 775 Clifton Ave., will have its regular lodge meetings the second and fourth Thursday of the month.
For more information, call 973-473-9752. For more information about the New Jersey State Elks Association go to www.njelks.org. For more information about the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks of the U.S. go to www.elks.org.
The autumn fest pasta night will be held Friday, Nov. 21 from 5 to 8 p.m. Funds raised will benefit the Lodge’s new freezer fund. Tickets are $10 for an all you can eat night. Children under 12 are $5 and under 2 are free.
atlantic City
The Athena veterans
post is sponsoring a bus trip to Resorts in Atlantic City on Sunday, Nov. 16 at 9:30 a.m. The cost will be $30 and you will receive back $26 in slots dollars. Continental breakfast will be served at 8 a.m.
For more information, call the post at 973-778-0931 or Pat Salerno at 973-742–1913.
A bus will
leave St. Brendan’s on Lakeview Avenue to the Resorts casino in Atlantic City at 10:30 a.m.
The trip scheduled will be on Dec. 7.
Tickets are $28. For more information, call 973-471-0802.
Holy Trinity Golden
Agers sponsor trips to Atlantic City’s Trump Plaza every second Tuesday of the month.
A trips is scheduled for Dec. 9.
For more information, call Carmine at 973-472-7039.
St. Mary’s Hospital
Guild sponsors trip to the Resorts casino in Atlantic City the third Monday of each month. The cost is $25 with a return of $20 and a food voucher of $8. The bus leaves from the Masonic Temple on Van Houten Avenue at 9 a.m.
For reservations, call Gloria at 973-471-8680.
phenomenal grandmothers
The Phenomenal Grandmothers will meet on the first Wednesday of the month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the Main Library, 292 Piaget Ave. All women are welcome to attend. You do not have to be a grandmother.
A citywide drive
for bed pillows is underway for the shelter. Residents are being asked to donate one pillow. Cost is $2.50. Expensive pillows are not requested since they must be discarded if not taken when the women leave the shelter. Other items needed are towels, washcloths, twin size bed sheets, comforters or blankets. Pillowcases new or gently used are also needed.
The holiday season is approaching and the need for stuffed animals, toys, puzzles, ribbons, pieces of material for bags, are also needed. In donating items needed for domestic abuse personal care bags, stuffed animals, toys, clothes, diapers, baby items and more.
For more information, call Colleen Murray at 973-253-9579 after 1 p.m.
Colleen Murray, organizer
of the Clifton chapter was named National by-laws chairperson at the Grandmothers Clubs of America national convention in Kansas City, Mo. She was also named as the National Ozark Queen of the convention and won for her skit as Dorothy. She has served as chairperson for the scrap book and yearbook committees for the past two years.
She received a certificate from Cure – Children’s Cancer Research for the Club’s donation of $3,100 for 2008. Georgia placed first with $6,000 and the Clifton chapter came in second.
attention volunteers
The North Jersey
Developmental Center, a 24-hour residential facility for developmentally disabled adults, is seeking community residents to provide parties and entertainment for its clients.
The Center will provide the refreshments.
The Center is seeking clerical volunteers. Clerical duties include typing, filing, answering phones and general clerical procedures.
For more information, call Fran Sardoni, volunteer services at 973-256-1700, ext. 3004 or write to the Center, P.O. Box 169, Totowa 07511.
Developmentally disabled adults
seek companionship from community volunteers. North Jersey Developmental Center’s People Who Need People program provides friendship for clients who have no visitors and limited community contact. Clients greatly benefit from the extra care and attention that a volunteer visitor provides. No special skills are necessary, although we can utilize special talents.
For more information, contact Fran Sardoni, volunteer services, 973-256-1700, ext. 3004 or write to: North Jersey Developmental Center, Volunteer Services Office, P.O. Box 169, Totowa, 07511.
The Passaic County
Women’s Center needs your help to assist survivors of sexual assault. PCWC will be holding a free comprehensive, 40-hour volunteer advocate training spanning an eight-week period beginning mid to late September. This training will be held on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 7 to 9:30 p.m. and alternating Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Once trained, volunteers will provide support and advocacy, information and referrals, to survivors of sexual assault and/or domestic violence during accompaniments to hospitals and or law enforcement agencies.
If you are interested in making a difference in the lives of sexual assault survivors; if you are caring, compassionate, motivated and empathetic and would like to volunteer your time and energy for this worthwhile cause, call Tracy Francese, program coordinator at 973-881-0725, ext. 19 to set up an initial interview consultation.
st. mary’s hospital clinics
Two free pre-natal
classes (two classes of 2 1/2-hours each) will be held at the Hospital, 350 Boulevard in Passaic.
In these classes you will receive information on how the baby grows, your health and about the delivery of the baby.
For more information regarding dates and to make an appointment, call 973-365-4795 or 973-365-4794.
Blood pressure clinics, weight clinic and individual counseling presentations are offered at the Hospital. To receive more information or to make an appointment at one of the sites, call 973-365-4795.
thrift shops
The Helen Sanders thrift shop located at the Daughters of Miriam Center/The Gallen Institute, 155 Hazel St. is open Monday, Wednesday and Fridays from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information, call 973- 253-5377.
St. John’s thrift shop, located at 209 Lafayette Ave, Passaic Park is open Tuesday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be clothing, housewares, artwork and more available for purchase. For more information, call 973-779-4536.
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