Tag: Camp Happy Times
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Wrestling company will hold show/supply drive event for charity on May 11
UWA Elite will be the host the “Livin’ on the Edge” supply drive event for The Valerie Fund from 6:30-10 p.m. on May 11 at Holy Trinity Church, 90 Leonardine Ave., South River. For more than 35 years, The Valerie Fund has operated Camp Happy Times, a one-week overnight camp experience for any child aged…
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Local wrestling referee will hold donation drive for cancer foundation
SOUTH RIVER–While delivering some live ground-and-pound action to residents, professional wrestling company UWA Elite will be sponsoring a supply drive for The Valerie Fund. UWA Elite referee Ryan Torok, who is a cancer survivor, organized this year’s supply drive to provide supplies for children attending The Valerie Fund’s summer camp, Camp Happy Times. “The Valerie Fund saved my life…
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Malouf and Sansone dealerships send children to Camp Happy Times
The New Jersey Auto Retailers Unite We Care campaign, now in its fourth year, is a partnership between The Valerie Fund and franchised auto retailers to raise money and awareness of The Valerie Fund. Donations from the Malouf and Sansone auto groups will send around 150 campers and their counselors, who have or have had…
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Wrestling referee laying the smackdown to cancer with toy drive
By JACQUELINE DURETT Correspondent SAYREVILLE — Ryan Torok, who was diagnosed with leukemia at the age of 4, was given a powerful visual to help him get through his life-threatening illness. Torok said his doctor picked up on his interest in wrestling and explained to him that “Hulk Hogan is your chemotherapy,” he said, adding that…