Meals on Wheels Holding Hollywood Gala at Seasons

The Pascack Valley Meals on Wheels is celebrating their 40th anniversary and honoring their founder, Margaret Cook-Levy, at a Ruby Gala October 4.

The event will be held at Seasons in Washington Township and include a Hollywood theme with red carpet and actors from Ramapo College and the Bergen County Players dressed as celebrities like Liza Minnelli, Liz Taylor, Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz and Marilyn Monroe. There will also be actors dressed as Harpo and Groucho Marx will be performing in character from their recent production of The Funniest Thing I Ever Hoid. 

There will be a cocktail hour, open bar and dinner.

Cook-Levy founded Pascack Valley Meals on Wheels 40 years ago out of what is now the Park Ridge Diner, according to Cynthia Chazen, a volunteer organizing the event. Today, they have about 450 volunteers working in 24 Bergen towns delivering meals to, currently, about 250 seniors and people with health problems that prevent them from being able to buy or prepare their own food, Chazen said.

The Pascack Valley group is also particpating in a pilot program with Esai Pharmaceuticals to deliver meals to breast cancer patients and their families.

Tickets cost $100 and are available by calling 201-358-0050 or by emailing PVMOWGalatickets@gmail.com. Tickets will also be available at the door.

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