Help us help you

By: centraljersey.com
The Union Volunteer Fire Company of Lambertville is organizing a Tricky Tray to raise money for the purchase of a generator to assist with the recent addition to our firehouse. The Tricky Tray is scheduled for Sept. 25.
In case you are not familiar with the event, it is an auction of various donated items. Each person purchases numbered tickets, which they then place in container that sits next to each donated item. Later in the evening, one ticket is picked from each container and whoever has the matching number wins that particular item.
With this in mind, we are writing to ask for your help. We are seeking any item that you as a business owner are willing to donate. If you can help us, please feel free to mail gift certificates or gift cards to Union Fire Company No. 1, attention: Karen Rissmiller, 230 N. Main St., Lambertville, 08530.
If you have a larger item or just prefer to have us pick up an item, call Karen at 609-397-4169 to schedule a convenient time. Please enclose a business card with your time in case we have questions and to make sure we can give credit to the proper person or business.
All donation are tax-deductible and for your records our federal tax ID number is 22-2277516.
We would like to thank you for your support and generosity, which are greatly appreciated by our volunteer organization. You are helping us to help others in a time of need.
Robert Hayes Jr. Karen Rissmiller co-chairmen, Fundraising Committee Union Fire Co. No.1 Lambertville
Commitment!
To the editor:
Over 20 years ago my husband and I bought our home in Lambertville on South Union Street. We were told at the time we had to buy flood insurance as we were in a 100-year flood zone. Since the last flood in the area was in 1955, we thought this was something we would not experience in our lifetime. Then came the first flood in September 2004 followed by the second flood in April 2005 and the third flood in June 2006. Who would have thought we would have three floods in the city within two years.
The floods caused tremendous financial and emotional hardship to our entire neighborhood as well as major expenses to the city. Our neighbors lost their home, some residents had to leave their homes for weeks and some are still repairing their homes.
Through each flood we witnessed the compassion, caring and warmth of the residents of Lambertville. There was an outpouring of assistance to our neighborhood, including business owners who offered to store our food in their freezers, merchants who provided cleaning supplies, bed and breakfast owners who offered us places to stay, friends who offered their homes and neighbors who helped move all our belongings out and then back into our homes.
In addition to these wonderful friends and neighbors, we had help during each flood from city employees and volunteers in town. Yes, they are our friends and neighbors, too. We thank the city firefighters who spent endless hours pumping out basements, the police officers who patrolled our neighborhood when we were evacuated for days, the municipal workers who tirelessly cleaned the streets of mud and debris from the river, the emergency volunteer workers and our mayor and City Council members who walked the neighborhood to personally ensure things were being handled.
The city leaders saw first hand the destruction and cost of the floods to Lambertville. They were proactive in bringing in local and federal flood experts for advice as to how to address this issue. They analyzed several options and determined to pursue the floodgates and pumps at Swan Creek in an effort to protect and preserve the adjacent neighborhood. To determine the cost and submit applications for funding they must complete the engineering studies to develop the design and construction cost estimates.
We applaud the city’s commitment to continue the flood mitigation work. It is impossible to prevent a flood. However, it is critical to implement improvements to mitigate the impact and ultimate costs to the city and the neighborhood if another flood were to occur.
Caren Franzini Lambertville
Learn about PAD
To the editor:
Approximately 9 million Americans have Peripheral Arterial Disease(PAD.), a common and dangerous vascular disease that can be associated with a heart attack, stroke, amputation and death.
September is PAD Awareness Month and Hunterdon Medical Center is joining forces with the PAD Coalition, the Society for Vascular Nursing, ev3 Endovascular, Inc. and BioMedix, Inc. to educate the residents in and around Hunterdon County about the risk factors, warning signs and consequences of PAD.
On Sept. 18, Hunterdon Medical Center will host a Vascular Health Fair and conduct a free screening for peripheral arterial disease. The event will run from 8 a.m.-1 p.m.
As part of the PAD Screening and Health Fair we will be offering a free foot screening, provided by Muriel Quinn, DPM, podiatrist at Hunterdon Medical Center, a Cardiovascular Risk Assessment – Know Your Numbers, Know Your Risk, which will determine a person’s 10-year risk for having a heart attack or stroke and will include, blood pressure, body mass index and a risk factor analysis for heart disease and stroke. A fasting lipid and glucose test will also be available and the fee for the lab test is $25.
We are pleased to have Joetta Clark Diggs, New Jersey’s 1988, 1992,1996 and 2000 Olympian, join us by leading a 1-mile walk at 8 a.m. At 9 a.m. and 11 a.m., Dr. Andrey Espinoza will present The ABCs of PAD. At noon, fitness staff from the Hunterdon Health and Wellness Centers will lead a 1-mile walk. We also will be providing attendees with the opportunity to view a number of educational displays on cardiovascular health, nutrition, wound healing, fitness and more.
To register for the PAD screening, call me at 908-237-5440. To register for the lipid glucose test, call Kathleen Seelig, director of Public Relations, at 908-788-6515.
Maria Feo, Heart and Vascular Care coordinator, Hunterdon Medical Center