ASSADO
Now Open!
P O R T U G U E S E
S T E A K H O U S E
222 N. Livingston Ave • Livingston (corner E. McClellan) • Parking lot in rear
fo 7 d O r l ay pe un s n ch a w & ee di k nn er Private Party Room
973.422.0501 • www.assadonj.com
No. 16 Vol. 2
www.mypaperonline.com
BYOB
February 2018
Students Deliver Holiday Gifts To Pediatric Cancer Patients
Dr. Judy Tsai, O.D., Optometric Physician Lic.# 27OA00634600 TPA#27OM00104700
S PERSONALIZED, THOROUGH AND COMPREHENSIVE EYE CARE
Dr. Judy Tsai and staff at Blink Vision Care are dedicated to enhance the vision and eye health of our patients. Major Medical Insurance & Vision Plans Accepted
Optometry Services:
• Comprehensive eye exam • Contact lens evaluation
• Specialty contact lens evaluation for myopia control • Diabetic eye exam
• Cataracts, Macular Degeneration,
Glaucoma evaluations
• Dry eye management and Red eye treatment • Foreign body removal
Please call for an appointment.
(973)533-0500
Med Arts Plaza 209 S. Livingston Ave. Suite 5 (near Cedar St.) LIVINGSTON Please follow us on: https://www.facebook.com/blinkvisioncarenj Instagram: blink.vision.care
By Julie Ross tudents at Grover Cleveland Middle School in Caldwell collected and delivered more than 300 holiday gifts for pediatric cancer patients at The Valerie Fund Children’s Center at Newark Beth Israel Medical Center and Children’s Hospital of New Jersey. The effort was spearheaded by Lori Chomko, a teacher at Grover Cleveland and a longtime volunteer for the Tom Coughlin Jay Fund Foundation, a non-profit organization that offers financial, emotional, and practical support to families with youngsters who are battling childhood cancer.
“Each year during the holiday season, the students and faculty at Grover Cleveland Middle School establish a schoolwide community service project or fundraiser to teach our students they can ‘Make a Difference;’ our motto is ‘Make a Difference Today—for yourself and someone else,’” Chomko said. She added that previous proj-
ects have included holding food drives to benefit local food pantries and raising funds for organizations like St. Jude and Wounded Warriors. This year’s project was inspired by word of an upcoming visit to the school by former NFL player Devon Still, who will share with students and faculty his perspective on overcoming obstacles in life.
Still’s daughter Leah was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a rare form of childhood cancer, several years ago and is currently in remission. Chomko said that once she and her colleagues learned Still was to serve as a guest speaker at the school, “we knew right away that we wanted to use this year’s holiday sercont. on page 4