We’ve kicked off our annual “Souper Bowl” Food Drive! Our club members and others in the community are asked to drop off supplies in a donation box in the Lobby of our Library. We aim to fill the pantry of The Center for Food Action! Hearty soups and other essential winter shelf-stable staples as well as supermarket gift cards are welcome. Dropoff is until February 11th when we will drive the donations to the Center for Food Action in Mahwah. Help us to help others! Together we can make a difference!

Members volunteered to work at the Community Thrift Shop in Midland Park on November 14th. Working in two shifts, they tagged and hung newly donated items from the public to ready them for sale. Our club suports the Thrift Shop with our own donations as well with volunteer hours. If you’d like to donate gently used clothing or household items, bag your donations and mark them with the #39 and head to 85 Godwin Avenue (down behind the Kings Shopping Center) on a Monday morning beteween the hours of 9 and 11.

Thanks to the generosity of our members, we delivered many bags filled with everything to make October birthday children happy!

Did you know that nearly 65% of our fundraising goes back to our local community? The remaining portions of our funds are channeled towards charities dedicated to the welfare of women and children.

Thank you for being part of our journey and making a real difference. Your support means the world to us!

Members filled 22 Hospital Survivor Bags for parents of children with cancer and donated them to Emmanuel Cancer Foundation’s Center in Midland Park this month. Nestled in the bags with a note of encouragement were natural and fragrance free toiletries (toothpaste, toothbrush, deodorant, comb, dry shampoo), a pad and pen for taking notes, granola bars and snacks, adult coloring book, colored pencils, and a Sudoku or crossword puzzle book. We hope to bring some comfort to parents who are faced with supporting their children as they endure the huge challenge of chldhood cancer.

Many thanks to Linda Miko who organized this community service project.

In late January and February, club members donated and collected hearty soups and other non-perishable food items to support the Center for Food Action’s “Souper Bowl” Food Drive. Members brought their donations to our meeting. Collection baskets were also placed in the USR Library lobby and a drive through was held at our recycling center on a Saturday. Community outreach and member generosity filled two carloads of donations to help neighbors in need.

Members kicked off November by volunteering to work shifts at the Community Thrift Shop in Midland Park––tagging and sorting a huge pile of donated clothing in preparation for sale.

A big thank you to all our members and those in our greater community who donated to our pre-Easter and Passover Food Drive to benefit The Center For Food Action and Emmanuel Cancer Center. We were able to donate over 30 large reusable grocery bags of food!

Stop by the USR Library this Saturday, April 9th! From 10am -1pm members wil be collecting non-perishable food for the Center for Food Action and Emmanuel Cancer Center. Donate and make a happy Easter or Passover for families in need! Together we can make a difference!

After you donate, stop by the Friends of the Library Book Sale for your next great read at incredibly affordable pirces!