Partners and special friends will be honored on October 18

Members of the press are invited to attend and cover Hackensack Riverkeeper’s annual Gala – Clean Water Celebration 2018 – on Thursday, October 18, 2018. Once again, the event venue is the Estate at Florentine Gardens, located at 97 Rivervale Road, River Vale, NJ and begins at 6:30PM. This year two individuals and one institution have been singled for their longstanding support of the work of Hackensack Riverkeeper. The 2018 honorees are:

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The American Heart Association holds annual Bergen Passaic Heart Walk

Saddle Brook, NJ, September 26, 2018 – It’s time to lace up your sneakers for a good cause!  The American Heart Association will hold its annual Bergen Passaic Heart Walk on Sunday, October 7, at Express Scripts Campus in Franklin Lakes.  The walk, locally sponsored by Valley Health System, Hackensack Meridian Health, Novartis, and media sponsor, NJ BIZ, will bring together families and participants from Bergen and Passaic County for a day of cardiovascular wellness.

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Hackensack University Medical Center Receives Seven Seals Award for Support of the ESGR Mission

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September 26, 2018 ― Hackensack, NJ ― Hackensack Meridian Health Hackensack University Medical Center recently received the Seven Seals Award on behalf of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR), a Department of Defense program.  The Seven Seals Award is the broadest and most inclusive award given by ESGR and is presented at the discretion of the State Chair or by ESGR senior leadership.

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(Hackensack) – Today, Bergen County Executive Jim Tedesco and leaders from the Rutgers New Jersey Medical School announced that the medical school has assumed operation of the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office, commencing an innovative new partnership announced earlier this year. The first of its kind in New Jersey, this relationship allows the Medical Examiner’s Office to continue providing top-notch forensic science, while giving students on-site instruction through Rutgers’ pathology residency program. The first resident will begin rotation at the Bergen County Medical Examiner’s Office on October 1, 2018.

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The Community Chest Opens New Professional Development Series This Fall

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(Eastern Bergen County, New Jersey; September 27, 2018) -- During its 85th anniversary, The Community Chest, a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization serving eastern Bergen County, resumes its well received Professional Development Series this fall.  In conjunction with The State University of New Jersey’s Office of Continuing Education and the School of Social Work, speaker Kathryn (Bedard) Townsend, CEO of Sojourner, LLC, presents the first workshop in the series, Grief, Loss, Stress and Vicarious Trauma in the Workplace, on October 11, 2018 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at Flat Rock Brook Nature Center, located at 443 Van Nostrand Avenue in Englewood, New Jersey.

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Bob Menendez and Cory Booker today announced a total of $3,960,938 in federal funding from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to support mental health and substance abuse services in Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

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Returning to Bergen County! BALAM Dance Theatre Premieres

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The Dancing Fan: An Icon From Spanish, Japanese, and Balinese Courts

Summary: See a program of diverse songs and dances from around the world featuring fans, a fashion accessory suggesting courtly beauty.

(New York, NY; September 24, 2018) -- BALAM Dance Theatre (BALAM), a New York City based ensemble contemporary world dance company, returns to Bergen County, New Jersey to debut its new Out & About series program, The Dancing Fan: An Icon from Spanish, Japanese, and Balinese Courts.  The program features an eclectic repertoire of Balinese, Japanese, and Spanish songs and dances using fans.

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HUDSON GO PASS ALLOWS CUSTOMERS TO BYPASS LINCOLN TUNNEL, BUS TERMINAL AND SUBWAY, AND UNITED NATIONS GRIDLOCK

NY Waterway and NJ TRANSIT’s Hudson Go Pass allows customers to avoid the Route 495 construction delays and keeps passengers out of the Lincoln Tunnel, the Port Authority Bus Terminal and the New York City subway.

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Grant will fund Bergen County Community Treatment and Services Center project, increasing access to trauma-informed quality care

Paramus, N.J. (September 24, 2018) – Care Plus NJ, Inc. (“CarePlus”), a pioneer in integrated primary and behavioral health services for adults and children, today announced it has been awarded a $400,000 federal grant over five years totaling $2M from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for support of support of its Bergen County Community Treatment and Services Center project. The grant will improve upon the quality of trauma services for children, adolescents, and families who have experienced or witnessed a trauma by increasing the access of effective treatment models, the necessary tools, and by serving as a community resource to promote trauma-informed quality care.

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