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Students “Flip Flop" For Gilda's Club

Two Oradell students helped raise $300 for Gilda's Club of Northern New Jersey

Two River Dell students recently raised $300 for Gilda’s Club Northern New Jersey through their unique “Be cute for the cure…every step counts” flip flop fundraiser. The students both of Oradell, Mackenzie Drummond, 14, and Alysa Zaukas, 12, chose Gilda’s Club NNJ as the recipient of their charitable efforts in honor of their grandmothers, who both passed away from cancer. 

Gilda’s Club Northern New Jersey is a cancer-support community serving 12 counties in North Jersey as well as southern Rockland County, and is part of an international network of affiliate clubhouses anchored by Gilda’s Club Worldwide.All services at the Hackensack-based clubhouse, from lectures and workshops to support groups and social events, are open to anyone – men, women, children and teens – who has been touched in any way by cancer, and are completely free of charge. 

For more information, visit Gilda's Club or call 201-457-1670.

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