NORTH BERGEN BRIEFS

11/8/09


North Bergen’s Animal Life Savers to host fundraiser

O n Saturday, Nov. 7 Animal Life Savers, Inc., a North Bergen-based non-profit organization that rescues homeless animals, will be hosting a fundraiser. It is open to all.
The event will be held from noon to 5 p.m. on Palisade Avenue between 76th to 77th streets outside of Woodcliff Community Church.
According to Volunteer Betsy Orozco, volunteers have been forced to dig into their own pockets to care for many abandoned dogs during the financial downturn. The fundraiser will help them continue to rescue abandoned animals throughout Hudson County and beyond.
Their will be games and activities, including face painting for children and a cutest pet contest. The group is only asking for small donations in return. There will be refreshments and live entertainment as well.
A Chinese auction will also take place and kittens and dogs in need of homes will be present for those interested in adopting a pet. Groomers, veterinarians, and dog trainers will also be at the event.
Local vendors and veterinarians donated treats and coupons for free goodie bags that will be given out to the attendees.
Orozco said that while the group is based in North Bergen, it is associated with the whole state in helping displaced animals find homes. Recently a volunteer took in a dog at 2 a.m. that had been left in a taxi cab in Hoboken.
“Apparently the girl who had him was either drunk or on drugs; we’re not even sure,” said Yvette Miqueli, the volunteer. “The owner of the taxi cab company, who is one of my clients, had the dog delivered here because he knew that Animal Lifesavers would take him in and find him a good home. We had to make sure the dog was put into the proper environment. In the end, the parents of the girl came to pick up the dog. Those are situations, there are tons of them, where people will just call and say ‘We just found this dog’. One of the volunteers will step in and find a place to foster the dog until it can find a good home. That way they can avoid the shelter, which is a god-awful place. We call police, but police don’t always have a good system for lost dogs. Animal Life Savers makes it a point to call all the local police departments on a regular basis. There’s no better place for these lost dogs than with their families.”
Miqueli, who is an animal trainer, said the group also trains dogs that are in shelters so that they can be adopted more easily. Some of them, she said, have never had the proper training.
“[The group] has changed so many lives,” Miqueli said. “The dogs are now walking the streets and having wonderful lives with their families.”
For more information, call (201) 220-8086 or visit www.animallifesavers.com.

North Bergen amends budget

A t North Bergen’s Oct. 28 Commissioner Meeting, two items were amended to the 2010 fiscal year budget.
The town got $489,779 for street paving through the New Jersey Transportation Trust Fund Authority Act for Fiscal Year 2010 for Various Street Improvements.
The town also got a $45,936 Urban Enterprise Fund for the New Jersey Urban Enterprise CCTV Public Security System Phase II project.

North Hudson Community Action mobile health van

T he North Hudson Community Action Corporation Mobile Van will be making numerous stops in North Hudson during November. It provides screenings and other health care, so call (201) 866-2388 for more details.
North Bergen will have visits on Nov. 13 in at 6121 Grand Ave. from 9:30 a.m. to noon and 6115 Grant Ave. from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Nov. 20 at 1445 45th St. from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and Nov. 22 at 7600 River Road from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The van will stop in Guttenberg on Nov. 11 at 6900 Broadway from 9:30 to 3:30 p.m. and 7005 Boulevard East from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
West New York stops include Nov. 8 at 64th Street and Palisade Ave. from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Nov. 12 at 430 62nd Street from 9:30 to 3:30 p.m.; and Nov. 18 at 5204 Hudson Ave. from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
It will visit Union City on Nov. 16 at 37th Street and Palisade from 9:30 a.m. to Noon and 39th Street and Palisade from 1 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Nov. 17 at 26th Street and Central Ave. from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Nov. 18 at 3510 Bergenline Ave. from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; and Nov. 24 at 1901 West Street form 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
It will be in Weehawken on Nov. 9 at 2-4 Potter Place from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Hoboken has dates set for Nov. 10 at 311 13th St. from 9:30 a.m. from 3:30 p.m.; Nov. 23 at 221 Jackson St. from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; and Nov. 27 at 220 Adams St. from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 a.m.

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