PARSIPPANY — At a recent breakfast meeting, Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany Frank Cahill inducted a new member, Al Goldberg.
Club President Frank Cahill presented Al with his membership plaque and Sponsoring Member Nicolas Limanov placed the official Kiwanis membership pin on Al.
Frank Cahill said “We welcome Mr. Goldberg to this global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.”
Al Goldberg grew up in Brooklyn New York. He is a member of boy scout troop 282. Al served in U.S. Navy Submarine Service and worked for Xerox for 25 years as a Customer Service Engineer. Al moved to Lake Hiawatha in 1985 and met his wife, Valerie in 1986. They just celebrated our 28th wedding anniversary. Al became aware of CERT at 2010 Parsippany Day. He joined CERT and continued to take courses as an active member. In 2015, he earned his technician ham radio license and was recently promoted to Assistant Radio Officer. RACES is the emergency communications component of the OEM. They maintain the radios at the EOC-OEM and RACES provides communications for Cert. They have the ability to be the 911 call center for the town if there is a problem at police headquarters. Al attended both semesters of the Parsippany Citizens Police Academy regularly attends Town Council meetings. Al is also a member of the county animal response team and is a state certified Animal Control Officer. He is a Senior Evaluator for the Bright and Beautiful Therapy Dogs and volunteers at St. Hubert’s animal welfare center working with special-needs dogs. Al is pleased to be able to give back to the community.
On April 25, Al Goldberg will be honored by the Boy Scouts of America, during Parsippany Good Scout Awards. (Click here to read story)
Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany meets every Thursday at 7:15 a.m. at Empire Diner, 1315 Route 46. For more information on Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany click here.
