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Ridgewood Girl Scout is keeping food drive fresh

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Ridgewood Girl Scout is keeping food drive fresh

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014    LAST UPDATED: MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2014, 12:51 AM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER

Last summer, as a group of Passaic campers complained about their food, Ridgewood Girl Scout Hayley Punjabi looked guiltily at her healthful, filling meal.The Girl Scout-led summer camp in Passaic, which Punjabi interned at, provided free state lunches for low-income children. In terms of their quality, Punjabi saw the lunches as “very mediocre.”

“It was really sad, and this is like 15 minutes from Ridgewood, New Jersey,” Punjabi said. “I would bring a nice salad and a whole food lunch, and I would just feel so bad.”

The campers were some of “the nicest girls I’ve ever met,” the Ridgewood High School (RHS) senior recalled, so it hurt her to hear them commenting about their food – saying things like “it’s the same thing every day” and “I’m hungry.”

Now, Punjabi is doing something about it.

In an attempt to get filling, healthy food to low-income people, she has organized special food drives for the clients of Social Services Association of Ridgewood and Vicinity (SSA). The first drive is taking place tomorrow, Sept. 9 and the second one will be Tuesday, Sept. 16, according to Punjabi. Instead of calling for the typical salt-and-fat-heavy non-perishable goods, Punjabi is asking only for fresh fruits and vegetables.

Both drives will take place at the Ridgewood train station headquarters of the SSA from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

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Ridgewood Girl Scout hopes crossing flags will save lives

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Ridgewood Girl Scout hopes crossing flags will save lives

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2014
BY  DARIUS AMOS
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS

Amelia Maas knows that her idea will not solve all traffic problems in the Central Business District, but the Ridgewood teen hopes her proposal will reduce the number of pedestrian accidents in town.As part of her Girl Scout Gold Award project, Maas, a member of Troop 1380, presented her plan to bring crosswalk flags to Ridgewood and arm pedestrians — specifically for those navigating across the village’s busiest thoroughfares — with a simple tool that will alert motorists when an individual is crossing the street.

“Pedestrian visibility, or lack thereof, contributes to more than 60 percent of accidents in crosswalks. When a driver is unable to see obstacles that are in the way, collisions are unavoidable,” said Maas, 17.

Her pitch, delivered at a Ridgewood Council meeting earlier this month, is an inexpensive and relatively uncomplicated remedy to one of the downtown’s biggest headaches. The project, as proposed by Maas, calls for the placement of brightly colored flags at targeted intersections.

– See more at: https://www.northjersey.com/community/246475341_Ridgewood_Girl_Scout_hopes_crossing_flags_will_save_lives.html#sthash.GYmoR3Iz.dp