Caldwell-West Essex Hosts New Diaper-Drive by Maryanne Christiano-Mistretta Two Months Ago, the Ki- Child
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No. 2 Vol. 2 mypaperonline.com February 2016 The Kiwanis Club Of Caldwell-West Essex Hosts New Diaper-Drive By Maryanne Christiano-Mistretta Two months ago, The Ki- child. Diaper rash is not any- iapers are in de- wanis Club of Caldwell- thing to sneeze at. It can be mand. When little West Essex began their quite traumatic. I had a ones go through Diaper Drive after Andrea friend who was in a hospital. eight to 12 diapers a day, the Cascarano, founder of Do- She was in a terrible acci- Dcost adds up – making the Something Diaper Drive, at- dent. She couldn’t get her- annual cost about $1,000. torney at Seaton Hall Law self to the bathroom. She Families in need can’t afford School, and executive direc- ended up with diaper rash. It transportation to warehouse tor of Strategic Giving’s de- took her a long time to heal. discount stores to buy in velopment team, spoke at She now has a deeper under- bulk, leaving them no choice one of the meetings. Diapers standing and appreciation but to purchase supplies at collected are donated to for what babies go through. local convenience stores North Porch Women & In- Having clean diapers is a which can double or triple fants’ Centers, 620 Clinton good thing.” the monthly cost. Ave., Newark. According to Dixon, Due to income con- The mission of North there are more than 80 fam- straints, disposable diaper Porch is to provide critical ilies in Caldwell that need to “life” is sometimes extended supplies for babies and tod- go to food pantries. She said, by drying and re-using them. dlers in need. The first North “If you don’t live in an envi- Babies can spend a day or Porch center was incorpo- ronment where there are dif- Pictured, from left, is Andrea Castarano and Barbara Peck, Kiwanis Club president. more in one diaper, which rated in 1984 in Newark by ferent needs, you don’t often leads to diaper rash, the Episcopal Church recognize.” Public Library, 268 Bloom- p.m.). There is a cart in the Club and the club will buy staph, and urinary tract in- Women of the Diocese of So far the Kiwanis Club field Ave.; and The Caldwell foyer to leave donations as diapers to be donated to fections. Newark. has collected hundreds of di- Food Pantry, 14 Park Ave. well. The cart is checked North Porch. Most daycare providers “We are collecting them apers and the project will be The Food Pantry runs each evening and the dona- For more information, require a full week’s supply [diapers] because there’s a on-going. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. with tions are moved within a visit: http://www.caldwellki- of diapers and they don’t ac- lot of people who can’t af- Diaper donations can be late hours on Mon. (until 6 locked room. Or make a dol- wanis.org/. cept cloth diapers. Even free ford to buy them,” said dropped off at The Caldwell p.m.) and Thurs. (until 5:30 lar donation to the Kiwanis and subsidized, most child- JoAnn Dixon, Kiwanis past- care centers will turn away a president and current public Caldwell Mayor Shares Accomplishments Of 2015 child who arrives without a relations person. “I don’t day’s supply of disposable think people realize how im- aldwell Mayor Ann work with in the event they dence and put forth a and new signage were done. diapers. Diapers cannot be portant a clean diaper is. It Dassing recently need to fight a fire. This budget that was again very We continue to refine the purchased with food stamps. can be very painful for a spoke about the ac- work continued on addi- low, with no reduction in programs and the facility to complishments from 2015 tional streets in town and services to our residents. be the best it can be for area Serving Caldwell Cduring the 2016 Caldwell will continue into 2016. Our Community Center residents. We do the Quality painting since 1996 re-organization meeting. We are also working was renamed the Live Well Our historic commission job right... 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Also, various ex- chosen a planner who will 973.227.9887 and our emergency person- continued to employ the terior projects such as begin the re-examination of nel better infrastructure to philosophy of fiscal pru- power washing, painting continued on page 2 Page 2, February 2016, Tell Them You Saw It In The Caldwell News • Like us on facebook www.facebook.com/mypaperonline James Caldwell High School Cares Caldwell Mayor Shares... With Coat Drive continued from front page our Master Plan. Additionally, we have spections were done, plans to conduct a re-evaluation of all prop- He conducted 19 fire code complaint in- erties in town. This process was held up in vestigations; 102 home sale inspections and 2015 due to tax map work that need to be issued 31 fire permits. On the inspections, done to conform to the State’s regulations. two-thirds required re-inspections for com- The Environmental Commission em- pliance. Thank you Mark, for your tenacity braced the Personette street property and to- in keeping us all safe! gether with grant dollars and volunteer help I want to take this opportunity to thank from Home Depot, and residents, a beauti- the over 80 volunteers who serve on the fire ful paver pathway was installed. Grant dol- department, the first aid squad, and the bor- lars from ANJEC made a pollinator garden ough’s boards and commissions. Their vol- possible and trees of various types were unteer hours are most appreciated and vital planted. We hope to hold a ribbon cutting to the health and well being of our town. in the spring to what will be home of The In looking to 2016, we need to continue Caldwell Volunteer Firemen’s Park. to keep our taxes low, and provide better The Special Improvement District Fea- service, as well as increasing shared serv- sibility study has been ongoing and the core ices with other towns and the Board of Ed- group is ready to appoint a Board of stake- ucation. Additional goals are to increase irls and Boys from the James Cald- buildings. The coats were then delivered to holders and to hold their open meetings for communication to residents with a better well High School (JCHS), West the West Caldwell Police Department for public comment. This will take place in website and other tools, to step up enforce- Caldwell, basketball programs distribution as part of the annual “Jersey early 2016. ment of our property maintenance codes teamed up recently to collect and donate Cares Coat Drive.” The coat drive contin- 2015 marked the first full year for the and to continue to work with the county on Gmore than 170 coats to New Jersey Cares. ued through Dec. 31, 2015. For more infor- Caldwell Fire Prevention Bureau. the installation of a traffic light at the corner On Sat., Dec. 5, team members gathered to mation, visit http://www.Jerseycares.org. The Bureau Fire Chief, Mark Giuiliano of Bloomfield Ave. and Gould Pl. sort, pack and deliver the coats that were For additional information on JCHS, visit reported that 101 life hazard use inspections I hope you have a happy and healthy collected from the district’s six school www.cwcboe.org/jchs. were completed - 41 non-life hazard use in- New Year! 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