The Passaic Valley Rotary Club meets every Tuesday at 12:15 p.m. at Francesco’s Restaurant, McBride venue, West Paterson. For more information, call Joe Leone at 973-237-9253 or Greg Liss at 973-256-5001.
The Pines Lake Woman's Club is an active area woman's club that is open to all women from the Wayne area who are at least 18 years old. It meets monthly on the second Wednesday of the month at the Pines Lake Elementary School in the cafeteria at 7:30 p.m. Visitors are welcome. The club offers fun, friendship and service. For more information, membership or to visit one of our meetings, call 973-835-7488 or e-mail pineslakewomansclub@Yahoo.com.
The MOMS Club of Wayne is currently looking for new members. It is part of an international support group for mothers who stay home with their children, including those who have home-based businesses or who work part-time but are home with their children during the day. The group offers a wide range of activities, including special programs for mothers, play groups and get-togethers for the whole family. The MOMS Club also performs service projects benefiting children in the community. If you live in Wayne and are interested e-mail momsofwayne@yahoo.com.
The New Journey Widowed Group enjoys a monthly social gathering on the fourth Wednesday of every month at 7 p.m. at Our Lady of Consolation Academy, 1799 Hamburg Turnpike, Wayne (lower parking lot). The group also enjoys dinners, movies, trips, etc. For more information, call 973-835-7494.
The Holistic Moms Network is a non-profit support and discussion network for moms with an interest in natural/holistic and alternative health and parenting. A new chapter of the Holistic Moms Network has begun in Passaic County. The goal is to develop a thriving local community of holistic parents with a wide range of interests. Meetings are held every second Tuesday at 7 p.m. at various locations on a variety of natural health and parenting topics as well as activities such as playgroups for new moms and more. Call Mary Moscarello Gutierrez at 973-977-8685 or visit www.holisticmoms.org.
The Pines Lake Garden Club, an active group who enjoy many aspects of gardening. The group meets to maintain the gardens at the Pines Lake School and hold various workshops. Call Joan at 973-835-8316 or Gina at 973-839-4736.
The Alliance for a Better Community, (ABC) of Little Falls meets the third Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. at the Civic Center on Warren Street, Little Falls. ABC is a non-profit organization established to beautify and enhance Little Falls. Help meet all of our goals and get involved. Call 973-812-7916, e-mail littlefallsabc@aol.com or visit www.abc-littlefalls.org.
Book Club of ABC in Little Falls meets the second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. at The Sanctuary and Fine Grind on Paterson Avenue. Call 973-812-8177. Voices United of Passaic-Essex, a MoveOn group, is a newly formed activist group. Civil rights, legislative issues, and the Iraq war head the agenda. Meetings are held once a month and new members are welcome. For more information, contact Ron via e-mail at stefano.r@att.net.
The 4-H “I See For You Puppy Club” is a club that raises puppies for The Seeing Eye. They do school, Boy Scout and library demos and visit nursing homes and take puppies on trips to get them used to different situations. Club meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at the Wayne Civic Center. Call Mindy at 973-248-0478.
Grandmothers in N.J is open to women who are grandmothers or about to become one. The purpose of the group is to will work together to help sick, disabled children by improving their mental outlook during long illnesses or contributing monies to help fray medical costs for their families. Call Colleen Murray at 973-253-9579.
"Girls' Night out in the Kitchen" Dinner Club meets weekly for an evening of wine and cheese to prepare ready to freeze entrees. Cost is $150 for 10 entrees that has four to six servings. All you need to bring is freezer bags or pans. For next available date and menu, call 973-692-0965 or e-mail sami97amir@aol.com.
The Ladies Ancient Order of Hibernians Division 3 Passaic County is seeking new members. Ladies must be practicing Catholics, and Irish by birth or descent, or adoption, or the wife or mother of a Hibernian. Call Ronnie Cunningham at 973-838-8879.
Mingle and Meet is a social club for single women 48 and up who can stay up after 8 p.m. and would like to meet other women for coffee, shopping, movies, walks, talks, theater, etc. Group meets the third Tuesday of every month. Call 973-812-7916, visit www.mingleandmeet.org, or e-mail mingleandmeet@aol.com
The Greater Wayne Area Chapter of Mothers & More meets twice monthly in Pompton Plains. In addition to informative meetings for moms, the organization also offers playgroups, Mom-N-Tot outings, Moms Nights Out, and much more. Membership includes both moms at home and moms working outside the home who live in Wayne and surrounding towns. For more information, call 1-877-221-1581, email greaterwayne@ureach.com, or log on to http://geocities.com/gwamandm/.
The National Organization of Women, Passaic County Chapter, meets on the third Thursday of each month. Call 973-470-0724 for more information.
The Passaic County Historical Society Genealogy Club holds meetings on the second Saturday of each month. There is no charge and all are welcome to attend. For more information, call 973-956-0025.
The Sierra Club of North Jersey Ramapo Section holds general meetings at 7:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month, and conservation meetings at 7:30 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month at the Oakland Public Library. Call 973-461-4534.
The Twins & Triplets Mothers’ Club of the Lake area meet on the second Thursday of the month from September to May at Butler High School. If you are a mother of multiples, call Amy at 973-726-8699.
Venturing Crew 100 of Wayne is a new organization interested in high adventure trips, community service, fun-filled trips, camping, white water rafting, hiking, etc. Interested adventure seeking persons, teens 14 to 20 years old and adults any age, male and females, are invited to visit the Wayne Municipal Building, Health, room 2, every Thursday at 7:30 p.m. The club is sponsored by the Boy Scouts of America. Call 973-872-5336.
GFWC Junior Women’s Club of Wayne is a statewide service organization for women over the age of 18. The Wayne chapter is 30 women strong and dedicates time and resources to bettering the community in Wayne and Passaic County. Most of the group’s time is devoted to charity and service but it does hold an array of social events with its families and children. Meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. Anyone looking to make friends in the area and give a little back to the community can call Mary Katz at 973-595-5168.
The Wayne Junior Woman's Club is a statewide service organization for women 18-45 years of age. The Wayne chapter is 25 women strong and ranks in the top 12 clubs in the state. Juniors dedicate time and resources to bettering the community in Wayne and Passaic County. Most of our time is devoted to charity and service, but we do hold an array of social events with our families and children. Meetings are held the first Wednesday of every month at 7:30 p.m. For those who are looking to make new friends and give back to the community, contact Kim Essen at 973-692-0196 or Meredith Russo at 973-694-8216.
Women in Transition, a program of Wayne Counseling and Family Services, offers a free Job Club for all women seeking employment. Weekly meetings are held each Monday from 1 to 4 p.m. Women in Transition is a state funded program designed for women who have lost their from of support and need to re-enter the workforce because of separation, divorce, death or disability of a spouse. WIT offers vocational testing, job-readiness classes, computer training for eligible women. Supportive counseling services also available. Call 973-694-9215.
The Little Falls Woman’s Club, located at 93 Prospect Street and organized in 1908, establishes a nonpolitical nonsectarian club that relishes the joy of achievement when a program or purpose has been finalized. Members from surrounding areas are welcome. Call 973-256-6310.
New Jersey PC User Group, serving Bergen and Passaic counties, is looking for new members. It is a local group of amateur and professional computer users dedicated to helping one another enhance their computing skills. For more information, call Vicki Convertini at 201-857-8658 or e-mail brkforcoffee@optonline.net.
The Riverview Garden Club, based in Wayne, encourages local residents who are interested in gardening and in expanding their botanical knowledge to become club members. Novice as well as experienced gardeners are welcome. For details, call membership chairperson Pat Hazuda at 973-628-1027 or e-mail riverviewgc@optonline.net. Monthly meetings feature educational lectures by experts on a variety of gardening and nature related topics and excursions to various botanical venues are scheduled throughout the year. Club members can also participate in demonstrations and hands-on projects that involve creating floral, landscape and nature related items. The Riverview Garden Club maintains several public gardens in the Wayne area which provide club members with the opportunity to improve their gardening skills.
Kiwanis is a global organization of volunteers dedicated to changing the world one child and one community at a time. More than 600,000 Kiwanis-family members in 94 countries make their mark by responding to the needs of their communities and pooling their resources to address worldwide issues. The New Jersey District is a group of Kiwanis Clubs within the state, for information visit www.njkiwanis.org or call 888-510-7615.
N.J. Moonrakers Tall Club, Inc., a social and community service organization serving people of “taller-than-average” stature in the New Jersey/New York metropolitan area, holds monthly “Meet and Greet” socials. Prospective members, women 5’10” and taller and men, 6’2” and taller and over 21 years of age are encouraged to inquire. Call 973-267-3648 or visit www.njtall.org.
Mingleandmeet is a social get-together group for women only in Northern New Jersey that has four chapters and over 200 members. It is for women over 48 who can stay up past 8 p.m. and would like to meet other women for coffee, movies, shopping, day trips, walks, theater, talks and more. Call 973-812-7916 or visit www.mingleandmeet.org.
CinemaChateau, a new film club, offers independent first run films, light dinner, coffee, tea, cake and a stimulating discussion for anyone who can stay up past 8 p.m. The group meets the fourth Tuesday of every month. E-mail CinematChateau@aol.com or visit www.CinemaChateau.org or call 973-812-7916. Reservations are required.
The Totowa Historical Society meets in the meeting room of the Eisenhower Library. Anyone who has an interest in history is invited to join the organization. In order to increase awareness of Totowa’s past, the society continues to research the origin and history of the community by collecting, maintaining and preserving documents, photographs, artifacts and other historical items of interest. Both individuals and other organizations who may have materials deemed to be of significance and important to the citizens of the Totowa are asked to contact any member of the society.
