PARSIPPANY — The members of the Morris County Organ Transplant Group are sponsoring a “Dine for Dollars” to benefit New Jersey Sharing Network on Tuesday, November 15 at Kafe Mozart, 2900 Route 10 West, Parsippany.
A percentage of sales to patrons presenting the event flyer go to the NJ Sharing Network Foundation whose mission is to increase the number of lives saved through research, donor family support, education and public awareness about the life-saving benefits of organ and tissue donation and transplantation.
To get a copy of the flyer either e-mail by clicking here, call Nick at (973) 984-6966 or click here to download. You can also visit Kafe Mozart website under “Dine for Dollars” tab at kafemozart.com. A
Kafe Mozart is open from 10:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Kafe Mozart is located in Powder Mill Plaza West, 2900 Route 10 West. To make a reservation call (973) 998-7788.
Members in the group have had heart, lung, liver, kidney and tissue transplants while others have donated organs to save lives.
Members live in the greater Morris County area, including Parsippany, Boonton, Denville, Lake Hopatcong, Morris Township, Morristown, Rockaway and Randolph.
NJ Sharing Network encourages all communities to learn more about the life-saving benefits of organ and tissue donation. Increased awareness can be very helpful when talking with family members, friends and co-workers about the benefits of organ donation. They encourage you to learn more about organ donation and get involved with NJ Sharing Network. To learn more, click here.
PARSIPPANY — Central Middle School Field Hockey Team celebrates after a 5-1 win against Brooklawn as part of the “Greater Morris County Junior School Coaches Association.” This win sends them to the Championship against West Essex! Good luck girls!
MORRIS COUNTY — Morris County Prosecutor Fredric M. Knapp commended the work and dedication of the staff of Deirdre’s House, Morris County’s Child Advocacy Center, as they were designated by the New York Jets to be their “Courage House” through the Ed Block Courage Award Foundation (www.edblock.org).
The Ed Block Courage Award Foundation, Inc. is dedicated to raising awareness and prevention for abused, neglected, and at risk children. The foundation defines a “Courage House” as a facility that provides support and quality care for abused children and their families in that community. The efforts of the Ed Block Courage Award Foundation, the NFL, the NFL Players Association, the NFL Alumni Association, NFL Films, the Professional Football Athletic Trainers Society and the Pro Football Hall of Fame allow for the mission to flourish.
Deirdre’s House was officially designated as a “Courage House” on October 25, 2016. This recognition included a donation of $10,000 from the Ed Block Courage Award Foundation. Members of the Jets organization, including Safety Rontez Miles, and representatives of the Ed Block Courage Award Foundation were in attendance along with Prosecutor Knapp and members of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office Sex Crimes/Child Endangerment Unit as Deirdre’s House received this prestigious honor.
The Prosecutor spoke about Deirdre’s House, the vital services the facility provides for abused, neglected, and at risk children, and the staffs dedication and commitment to the health and welfare of these children. Moreover, he praised the JETS football team for their ongoing support of Deirdre’s House.
Deirdre’s House was established in 1994. It is currently the only site in Morris County where a child victim can be interviewed and digitally recorded by law enforcement, medically examined and treated by a pediatric abuse specialist, prepared for trial, and clinically counseled.
After the event, Prosecutor Knapp said, “One of the many goals of the Morris County Prosecutor’s Office is prosecuting those who injure our children. Deirdre’s House provides a necessary platform towards that goal.”
PARSIPPANY — The Key Club hosted “Halloween at the High” on Thursday, October 27.
Students from various clubs, including, Key Club and Interact, were dressed for Halloween and supervised the games, face painting, or just handed out candy to the children.
Students Annie Zhony, Sima Patel, Vaishnavi Gandhi and Diti Shah handing out candy to the childrenHalloween at the High was hosted by the Key ClubAnjali Shah, Aaron Kreitman and Sanjana SureOne year old Viktor Horan enjoying trick-or-treating at Parsippany High School
Key Club is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. It is a student-led organization that teaches leadership through service to others. Members of the Kiwanis International family, Key Club members build themselves as they build their schools and communities.
In addition to hosting Halloween at the High for children in the community, reads to Parsippany elementary school students in the SKIP program, assists at a local daycare center, and much more. This year the PHS Key Club is fundraising to support the Community FoodBank of New Jersey. Key Club Advisors are Megan Barry and Marygrace Record.
The Parsippany High School Key Club is sponsored by the Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany.
PARSIPPANY — The Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany recently installed its officers for 2016-2017 at an event held at Empire Diner, 1315 Route 46.
The new officers are President Greg Elbin; President-Elect Frank Cahill; Vice President Karen DeChristopher; Secretary Karen Gajewski; Co-Treasurer Steve Dickens and Barbara Lysenko and Immediate Past President/Foundation President Connie Keller.
The board of directors are Club Administration: Bob Keller, Community: Carol Tiesi, CYPO co-directors: Karen DeChristopher and Nick Limanov, Sponsored Youth: Ron Orthwein and Human and Spiritual: Dr. Susan Elbin.
Newly elected President Greg Elbin addresses the members with is 2016-17 initiativesNewly elected President Greg Elbin gives immediate Past President Connie Keller a thank you gift.President-Elect Frank Cahill being sworn in for the 2016-2017 term. President Greg Elbin is congratulating FrankBarbara Lysenko being sworn in as co-treasurer. Her and Steven Dickens will share the responsbilitiesKaren DeChristopher being sworn in as the new Vice PresidentKiwanis Club of Greater ParsippanyNewly sworn in officers at Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany
Kiwanis International is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to improving the world one child and one community at a time.
The New Jersey District of Kiwanis was established in 1918. Now over 99 years later, the New Jersey District remains active with ten divisions and 80 clubs. The New Jersey Kiwanis Family, including Aktion Club, Circle K, Key Club, Builder’s Club and K-Kids Club members, is over 17,000 people strong who share the common bond of serving our local and global communities.
Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany was formed on December 5, 1991 with a roster of 46 original charter members. The club was chartered in February 1992. Charter members included Jayne Beline, Frank Cahill, Margaret Cerbo, Nicolas Cerbo, Karen Gajewski, Harold Gantert, Barbara Ievoli, Ronda Kron, Michael Luther, James Mechtel, Jeanne O’Donnell, Frank Priore, Philip Santiago, Dr. Joseph Weisberg among others.
The first meeting was held at Concord Place (now Fairfield Inn & Suites Parsippany) and two years later the meetings were changed to Empire Diner.
The original board consisted of F. Houston Taylor, President; James Mechtel, President elect; Ronda Kron, Vice-President; Karen Gajewski, Secretary; Mark Wiener, Treasurer; and Directors Dr. Joseph Weisberg, Joe Linfante, James Carabello, Mary Lynn Kaprel, Kelly Stratmore, Marion Clark and Richard Epstein.
Other Presidents included Ronda Kron (1994-1995), Dr. Joseph Weisberg (1995-1996 and 2004-2005), Karen Gajewski (1997-1998), Jayne Beline (1999-2000), Michael Mulhaul (2002-2003), Robbie Furman (2003-2004), Doreen Breenan (2005-2006), Joyce Garrow (2006-2007), Gordon Meth (2008-2009), Joseph O’Neill (2009-2010), Paul Philipps (2010-2011), Robert Keller (2011-2012), Davey Willans (2012-2013), Carol Tiesi (2013-2014) Mimi Letts (2014-2015) and more recently Connie Keller (2015-2016).
Some of the past and present programs and projects of the Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany are:
Sponsor the Parsippany Hills High School, Parsippany High School and Whippany Park High School Key Clubs.
Sponsor the Brooklawn Middle School and Central Middle School Builders Clubs.
Sponsor nine K-Kids Clubs in the Grammar Schools in Parsippany.
Co-sponsor a Division Aktion Club.
Donate to the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts of Parsippany.
Donate to Project Graduation.
Donate to the Interfaith Council of Morris County.
Donate to the Homeless of Morris County.
Cook for Homeless Solutions once a month.
Donate to the Parsippany Library Programs.
Donate to the Parsippany Food Bank.
Donate to Programs through grants to our Foundation, such as Craftsman Farms.
Sponsor the Parsippany Street Fair.
Donate to the Morris County Battered Women.
Donate to the Parsippany Day Care Center.
Sponsor Scholarships for Kiwanis Youth Leadership Training, Key leader Training, Hugh O’Brien Camp and Scholarships for further education.
Donate to Autism, Eliminate and Children’s Specialized Hospital.
Support Little League in Parsippany.
Support our local churches through an Ecumenical Breakfast for friendship, fellowship and exchange of ideas.
Donate to Camp Nejeda.
The Club formed a Foundation, on June 3, 2004, to handle all the Service Funds raised for our programs and projects. It is a 501(C)3 account and only covers the Fundraisers. The Administrative account is still handled by the Club. These two accounts are kept separate by the Laws of Kiwanis International. The Foundation is composed of the same Officers and Directors as the Club but with a change in position and voting power.
For more information on Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany, click here, or attend our weekly meeting held at Empire Diner, 1315 Route 46, Parsippany at 7:15 a.m. Thursday.
PARSIPPANY — Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany Foundation hosted its 20th Annual “Grand Tasting” benefitting Camp Nejeda, serving children with Type 1 Diabetes since 1958, and other charitable projects on Thursday, October 20 at the Hanover Manor, 16 Eagle Rock Avenue, East Hanover. Grand Tasting Chairman Michael Mulhaul said “We raised over $300,000 in the past twenty years, in which Kiwanis Club was able to donate to other non-profit organizations, including Camp Nejeda, Lake Drive Program – Mountain Lakes School District,
Morristown Memorial Hospital, Eliminate and Autism.
Cost for the fun-filled event was only $60.00 per person and included a Dinner Buffet, Hors d’oeuvres, Fine Wines, Craft Beers, Single Malts, Select Spirits, Silent Auction and much more.
The Camp Nejeda crew
Scott Ross – Board President of Camp Nejeda, thanking the attendees for supporting Camp Nejeda
Carol Tiesi
Grand Tasting Chairman Michael Mulhaul and Steve Dickens
Kiwanis Treasurer Steve Dickens auctioning off a bottle of wine
The Women’s Club supporting the Grand Tasting
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Young working the “Wine Pull”
Nicholas Limanov
Kiwanis President-Elect Frank Cahill
Adam Gragnani, Councilwoman Loretta Gragnani, Congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen and Delores dePierro
Mercedes Covert Muzio and Ylka Padila, Provident Bank, supporting the fundraiser
Silent Auction item
President Elect Frank Cahill, Scott Ross – Board President of Camp Nejeda, Robert Peluso and Nicolas Limanov
The Ladies in Red: Laura Donnelly and Connie Keller selling the 50/50 tickets
The event was well attended
Joanne Rich
Joanne Rich, Mimi Letts, Howard Letts and Greg Elbin
Wine Tasting Chairman Michael Mulhaul sampling at the Grand Tasting
Kiwanis Club Foundation President Connie Keller and Nicolas Limanov
Some of the wines being sampled at the Grand Tasting
Sheldon Wohl sampling sangria
Silent Auction item
Silent Auction item
Silent Auction item
Silent Auction item donated by Kafe Mozart
Camp Nejeda has been in continuous operation since 1958 and at our present location since 1960. They are funded by the Camp Nejeda Foundation, Inc, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.
Camp Nejeda is located at 910 Saddleback Road, Stillwater, New Jersey.
At Camp Nejeda youth with diabetes are given the opportunity to live, if only for one or two weeks, in a world where having diabetes is the norm and where there is no need to explain blood sugar testing, finger pricks, insulin injections, ketones, ‘lows’ (insulin reactions), boluses or ‘carb’ counting because everyone here already understands.
Camp Nejeda is fully licensed by the New Jersey Department of Health and accredited by the American Camp Association. ACA accredited camps meet up to 300 standards for health, food service, safety, and program quality.
The Camp Nejeda Foundation subsidizes the cost of camp for all our campers and provides additional financial assistance to approximately 30% of our campers each year. Campership awards range from 20% to 100% support. Most awards are for 100%.
Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany meets at the Empire Diner, 1315 Route 46, each Thursday at 7:15 a.m. for breakfast.
For more information on Kiwanis Club of Greater Parsippany, click here.
PARSIPPANY — During the months of October 2015 and November 2015 members of the Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department received information concerning the belief that synthetic drugs were being distributed from within the Video Boutique, located at 100 Route 46.
(Click here to view original article in Parsippany Focus).
The investigation resulted in the October 11, 2016 seizure of over one hundred (100) packages of synthetic drugs from within the store.
Criminal warrants were issued for Gamage Jayantha, Parsippany, an employee of the store, and Jeffrey Namer of Livingston, the store’s owner.
Both defendants were charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Imitation CDS, Conspiracy to Distribute Prescription Legend Drugs, Conspiracy to Distribute Toxic Chemicals, Possession of Imitation CDS with Intent to Distribute, Possession of Prescription Legend Drugs with Intent to Distribute, Possession of Toxic Chemicals with Intent to Distribute, as well as multiple counts of Distribution of Imitation CDS, Distribution of Prescription Legend Drugs and Distribution of Toxic Chemicals.
Jayantha’s bail was set at $125,000 cash or bond. He was unable to post bail and is currently lodged in the Morris County Correctional Facility.
Namer’s bail was set at $150,000 cash or bond. Upon his October 14, 2016 arrest, he immediately posted bail and was released.
Chief of Police Paul Philipps would like to thank the Parsippany Police Department’s Special Enforcement Unit for their dedication and commitment during this investigation. He would also like to thank the Investigators from the NJ Office of Attorney General’s Consumer Affairs Enforcement Bureau, the Morris County Sheriff’s Department Criminal Investigations Section and K-9 units, and Detectives from the Morris County Prosecutors Office for assisting our Department.
Editors Note: A criminal complaint is merely an accusation. Despite this accusation, the defendant is presumed innocent until he or she is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
PARSIPPANY — Parsippany-Troy Hills Police Department were called to the scene of a pedestrian hit in the area of 138 North Beverwyck Road on Tuesday, October 25 at approximately 9:00 p.m.
Morris County Sheriff Department on the scene of a fatality on North Beverwyck Road
Parsippany Police, Morris County Sheriff’s Department, Morris County Medical Examiner, Morris County Prosecutors Office and Rockaway Neck Volunteer First Aid Squad were at the scene.
Witnesses at the scene stated a female was hit by a car and did not survive the crash.
A vehicle which was parked on nearby Longview Avenue was towed to Parsippany Police Headquarters by Eagle Towing.
As details are released, Parsippany Focus will update this article.
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