Sunday, January 13, 2013
Fort Lee’s third annual Coaches vs. Cancer game is Thursday, Jan. 17, when the team takes on Dumont. Recreation league president hopes for a good showing from players in his league as well.
The Fort Lee Lady Bridgemen basketball team hosts Dumont Thursday, but it won’t be any ordinary game. It’s the third annual “Coaches vs. Cancer” game to raise money for the American Cancer Society. In 2012, the Lady Bridgemen also played host to Dumont for the event. The girls decorated the Fort Lee High School gym to raise awareness of the various forms of cancer, and local businesses and families donated food, drinks and baked goods, with all proceeds from the sale of refreshments going to the organization that funds research and helps people fighting the disease. The 2012 event brought in more than $900 for the American Cancer Society, but head girls basketball coach Stacie Zafiris-Findanis said the team is hoping to be able to raise …
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Friday, December 14, 2012
With one in 49 children diagnosed with autism in New Jersey, police departments take proactive step in partnering with POAC to offer training to police officers.
An auditorium filled with cops sat in rapt attention as Gary Weitzen, Executive Director of POAC (Parents of Autistic Children), blended stories of his own struggle with raising an autistic son with the need for law enforcement to gain a clearer perspective of what living with autism means, and how it will affect their professional lives. As one police officer said after attending the training, "I knew the signs of autism in my head, but after this, I now know the pain of it in my heart." The Dumont Police Department, in conjunction with POAC, offered training to all members of Bergen County law enforcement Monday at Dumont High School. The program was recently offered by the Bergen County Law and Public Safety Institute and attended by …
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
The second annual “Coaches vs. Cancer” game raised more than $700 as of Tuesday night for the American Cancer Society.
The Fort Lee Lady Bridgemen basketball team fell to the Dumont Huskies Tuesday evening at Fort Lee High School, 46-35, in a matchup of Big North Conference foes. Fort Lee trailed by scores of 14-1 after the first quarter and 22-6 at halftime but rallied to within as few as eight points after a three-pointer by Ally Long—the senior guard’s second three-point shot of the fourth quarter—late in the game before time ran out on the team’s hopes for an epic comeback. The loss dropped Fort Lee’s record to 8-12 on the season as they prepare for the upcoming state tournament. Earlier in the evening, the freshman girls came from behind to win their game, 28-24, and the JV team lost in a nail-biter, 54-53. But Tuesday night was about more than just …
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Tricia
8:25 am on Thursday, February 9, 2012
The Lady Bridgemen worked hard for a great cause and it showed by the money they raised. Coach Z is not only a great coach but a great role model for the girls. more ›