>RIDGEWOOD YMCA TO HOST FUNDRAISER TO SUPPORT ITS WORLD SERVICE PROGRAM “Gotta Have Heart”
Fri, February 10, 2012
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Women’s Club of Ridgewood, 215 W Ridgewood Ave, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
The Ridgewood YMCA will host “Gotta Have Heart”, a fundraiser to support its World Service Program, on Friday, February 10th from 6:30 to 9:30pm at the Women’s Club of Ridgewood. The evening will include wine and cheese tasting and hors d’oeuvres, along with silent auctions and music.
Since 1986, the Ridgewood YMCA World Service has worked with YMCAs in other countries such as Haiti, Kenya, Senegal, Mexico and the Dominican Republic to provide assistance and support in times of crisis and need. Following the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, the Ridgewood YMCA, in cooperation with the Wells Mountain Foundation, launched a massive clothing drive and shipped twelve 40 foot containers of donated items the devastated country. The containers ultimately were retrofitted in Haiti by volunteers, many from the Ridgewood community, to become local YMCAs.
The Ridgewood YMCA World Service Program also recently donated funds to YMCA Senegal for the construction of a new school.
Tom Wells, Chairman of the World Service Committee says, “Our work in Haiti, in Senegal, and in all of the other countries remains critical. The Ridgewood YMCA does so many good things right here in our community, but in this area the burden is on our YMCA family to reach out from our community to help the rest of the world.”
To purchase tickets for “Gotta Have Heart”, please contact Brian Hughes at (201) 474 6030
or email bchughes@hughesenveng.com.
To donate items to the evening’s silent auction or to purchase ad space in the event’s dinner journal, please contact Tom Wells at (201) 587 0888 or email twells@wellslaw.com. The cost to purchase an ad is $200 for a full page, $100 for 1/2 page or $50 for 1/4 page.