SCHOOL NEWS

RIVER VALE

Tennis,yoga,and much more!

Registration is open for the Fall Six-Week Fitness Series, a partnership of the River Vale Mayors Wellness Campaign and Fitness With Friends.

Classes and clinics for adults and kids start Sept. 8 with expanded options indoors and outdoors. Registration is available now, online only, via Community Pass. Visit rivervalenj.org.

PARK RIDGE

Rotary’s 5K to benefit Halfway Hounds

The Park Ridge Rotary Charitable Foundation invites you to its Ninth Annual 5K Run/Walk with the Halfway Hounds of Park Ridge.

The event is held “virtually” from Sunday, Sept. 19 to Sunday, Sept. 26. Participants will run/walk on their own and self-report their results for compilation. Event organizers then share the complete results and pictures with all event participants.

Organizers told Pascack Press, “As the Covid-19 virus has continued to have a major impact on our daily lives and routines, many special events have been cancelled, postponed, or significantly modified. Since this 5K Run/Walk has become such a beloved community and regional event, both organizations wanted to maintain the spirit of their 5K by providing everyone the opportunity to participate.”

They added that this is a joint effort, part of a fundraising push for the charities that the Rotary supports, benefits the nonprofit Halfway Hounds, whose volunteers give adoptable dogs a new leash on life with grooming, training, rehabilitation, and temporary housing.The non-refundable entry fee is $10 ($13 after Sept. 6). Register at http://bit.ly/PRR-HH5k. Donations are welcome, and sponsorship opportunities are still available. Call Linda Hanlon at (201) 819-8281.

Park Ridge Rotary Club is part of Rotary International, a global service organization that brings business leaders together to promote goodwill and offer humanitarian services.

As of 2021, Rotary International has a worldwide membership of 1.2 million spread across more than 35,000 clubs worldwide.

For more information visit parkridgerotaryclub.org and halfwayhounds.org.

WOODCLIFF LAKE

CTeen has kids’ backs on school start

Kids from Valley Chabad CTeen gathered outside in the borough on Aug. 5 to pack

Jacob Shashoua and Spencer Shinrod of Woodcliff Lake with their backpacks. school supplies for children in need in an initiative with the Jewish Federation of Northern New Jersey.

Joe Feiler of Woodcliff Lake, Olivia Ferri of Allendale, and Ilana Schulman of Upper Saddle River with packed backpacks to go.

The group packed the backpacks full of school staples — and included teddy bears provided by the nonprofit Bear Givers and a personalized note for the children.

CTeen is the Valley Chabad Teen Leadership Initiativeʼs teen group, which gathers regularly for a variety of social and community service-oriented activities for Jewish teens in the Pascack Valley and Saddle River towns. The programs are open to all Jewish teens regardless of affiliation. To learn more or to have your teens volunteer visit valleychabadteens.org or email rabbiyosef@valleychabad.org.

RASCALS PRE-K SOCCER CLINIC

River Vale Rascals is a soccer clinic for kids 3–4 (must be 3 by Sept. 30, 2021) residing in River Vale.

The 2021 clinic is planned to be held on Saturdays for six weeks from 4 to 5 p.m.: Sept. 11, 18, and 25 and Oct. 2, 16, and 24 at the Upper Grove Sports Complex. The cost is $55 per child.

Registration is available online only through Sept. 10 via Community Pass.

Clinic participants get a T-shirt, soccer ball, and socks with registration fee; parent volunteers; and a season ending trophy and pizza party.

“Given the Covid-19 environment, we will seek to have smaller teams than in normal years to enable increased distancing. Consequently, we will need additional volunteers for head and assistant coaches. All interested parents should refer to the townshipʼs coaching requirements,” organizers said.

They add, “Rascals Soccer will likely be your childʼs first experience with recreational youth sports offered in our town. As such, the goal is to have fun. The children will engage in a series of games and drills to maximize their touches of the ball. Want to play? Get in touch!”

For more information on the River Vale Rascals clinic, write rivervalerascals@yahoo.com.

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