When Chaverim of Bergen County and Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps were approached by Gift of Life, an organization that takes part in the international bone marrow registry, they learned of a desperate plea from a family in Australia with nowhere else to turn: Murray Foltyn, 41 and father of two, has been urgently searching for a matching blood stem cell donor.
Eric Orgen, president of Teaneck Volunteer Ambulance Corps (TVAC), was recognized by Congressman Josh Gottheimer on December 16 as one of New Jersey’s Fifth District Hometown Heroes in a special ceremony that took place at the Fair Lawn Community Center.