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Meadowlands Chamber Honors Members With Arline Simpson Award

The chamber honored eight people with the award, including six from Bergen County.

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Pictured from left to right are Anita Rivers, Marjorie Kaplan, Jeffrey Ware, Peter Krautle, Denise Morelli, Susan Kelminson, Michael Mandzik, Dan Meredith. Not pictured is Joanne Cimiluca.
Pictured from left to right are Anita Rivers, Marjorie Kaplan, Jeffrey Ware, Peter Krautle, Denise Morelli, Susan Kelminson, Michael Mandzik, Dan Meredith. Not pictured is Joanne Cimiluca. (Courtesy of The Meadowlands Chamber)

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — The Meadowlands Chamber recently presented the 2021 Arline Simpson Leadership Awards at its annual Lunch for Love to benefit non-profit beneficiaries.

The Meadowlands Chamber recognizes its members with The Arline Simpson Award "for their leadership and activism within the Chamber and the greater Meadowlands community at large," the organization said.

A portion of the event profits went to support the work of the following non-profit beneficiaries: Act Now Foundation, Adler Aphasia Center, Bergen Volunteers, BVMI, CBH Care, District 6 of New Jersey, Girl Scouts of Northern New Jersey, New Concepts for Living, Touched by an Angel, Alzheimer’s New Jersey, Meadowlands YMCA.

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Among the winners of the awards are:

  • Joanne Cimiluca, Wood-Ridge, Bergen County Economic Development
  • Peter Krautle, Waldwick, Louisa Voice
  • Dan Meredith, Lyndhurst, Dan Meredith Agency, LLC
  • Anita Rivers, Hackensack, Fairleigh Dickinson University
  • Jeff Ware, Teaneck, NJ District 6 Little League
  • Marjorie Kaplan, Tenafly High School Graduate, Axiom Communications

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