For the past two weeks we’ve been telling you all about Thanksgiving in Verona, and most of that has revolved around food. Now it’s time to tell you about how people here are giving thanks and giving back. More than a few of us are giving thanks to the people who got us through...
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Connie Pifher, Verona’s Health & Social Services Program Coordinator, is reaching out to the community to help Verona families in need this holiday season. Under her annual “Holidays are for Sharing” program, she collects gift cards that can be distributed to families to help them buy presents or cover holiday needs. The most requested...
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Connie Pifher of Verona’ Health Department has passed this one along. The United Way of North Essex Family Success Center is going to be presenting two 12-week seminars for parents beginning next Monday, September 13. The first class is for fathers and male caregivers only and it is called F.E.L.L.A.S. (Fathers Empowered to Learn,...
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We got this letter from Connie Pifher, who runs the Verona Children’s Fund and is Verona’s unofficial clearinghouse for all sorts of charitable giving. It is both heart-warming and heart-wrenching: Earlier this year an elementary school in Paterson (grades K-5) opened up a library in their school. Children who did not have access to...
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The Verona Chamber of Commerce presented a special honor on Wednesday night to Vincenzo and Maria DiPaolo, owners of DiPaolo’s Bakery on Bloomfield Avenue. The DiPaolos, who have been in business for 50 years, received the Chamber’s new President’s award because they have been in Verona for 30 of those years. At the event,...
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Connie Pifher, Verona’s unofficial clearinghouse for charitable giving, is asking for contributions of gently used children’s books and magazines. The reading materials are being donated to the Paterson school district in response to a request from Pifher’s sister, a media specialist there. Pifher began collecting books from the Verona community for the Paterson schools...
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We got this e-mail today from Connie Pifher, the Community Center health coordinator who is Verona’s unofficial clearinghouse for local charity: “I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who assisted me in helping the Verona residents in need this holiday season. You brought in turkeys, hams, gift certificates and gifts. Trees...
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If you think people in Verona aren’t hurting and in need of help this holiday, just speak to Connie Pifher, who works at the Verona Community Center. Although Pifher’s main duties are coordinating the town’s health-related services, she has taken on the unofficial job of acting as a confidential clearinghouse for Veronans who have...
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