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09/06/2026

🎒📚 PACK THE PROMISE — WHAT A WONDERFUL SUCCESS! ❤️
What an incredible day of community, generosity, and giving back! EPLA-NJ’s Pack the Promise: Backpacks & School Supplies Distribution was a great success, and seeing our Elmwood Park children leave with backpacks filled with school supplies—and big smiles—made every bit of the work worthwhile! 🎒✏️📓❤️
A very special THANK YOU to our generous sponsors and community partners, North Jersey Federal Credit Union and the Borough of Elmwood Park Residents Assistance Program, for helping us provide these much-needed school essentials to local families. Your support helped us turn a promise into action! 🙏
☕🍦 And an extra-special thank you to Coffee Garden Coffee House for graciously welcoming us to their location and surprising our children with FREE ICE CREAM! What a beautiful gesture! You made an already special day even sweeter and showed exactly what it means when a local business truly embraces its community. ❤️🍦
To everyone who volunteered, donated, supported, shared our information, and stopped by today—THANK YOU!
At EPLA-NJ, we believe community is about more than organizing events. It is about showing up, sharing resources, creating opportunities, helping families, and making sure our children know their community believes in them.
🎒 Stronger Students. Brighter Futures. Stronger Communities.
¡Juntos Somos Más Fuertes! ❤️
— Elmwood Park Latinos Association of New Jersey (EPLA-NJ)
Empowering Families • Building Community • Creating Opportunities

09/03/2026

🎒📚 FREE BACKPACKS & SCHOOL SUPPLIES FOR ELMWOOD PARK FAMILIES!

Get ready for school with EPLA-NJ’s PACK THE PROMISE: Backpacks & School Supplies Distribution, in partnership with the Borough of Elmwood Park Residents Assistance Program & Northern Jersey Federal Credit Union

📅 Saturday, September 5
⏰ 12:00 PM–2:00 PM — while supplies last
📍 Recreation Center Parking Lot
500 Mola Blvd., Elmwood Park, NJ 07407

If you still didn’t get a chance to receive
🎒 Backpacks & school supplies for your children back to school, the EPLA will be distributing the most essential needs for our kids. FREE to Elmwood Park children and families while supplies last. First come-First Serve.

🏡 ELMWOOD PARK RESIDENTS ONLY

Please help us spread the word to local families who can benefit. Share with your neighbors, family and friends!

Together, we’re helping our children start the school year prepared and ready to succeed! ❤️
Growing Together - Empowering Minds - Equipping the Future!!!

Presented by the Elmwood Park Latinos Association of New Jersey (EPLA-NJ)

“A NONPROFIT AND NONPARTISAN COMMUNITY SERVICE EVENT”

SPANISH!!!

🎒📚 ¡MOCHILAS Y ÚTILES ESCOLARES GRATIS PARA LAS FAMILIAS DE ELMWOOD PARK!

¡Prepárense para el regreso a clases con PACK THE PROMISE de EPLA-NJ: Distribución de Mochilas y Útiles Escolares, en colaboración con el Borough of Elmwood Park Residents Assistance Program y North Jersey Federal Credit Union!

📅 Sábado, 5 de septiembre
⏰ 12:00 PM–2:00 PM — hasta agotar existencias
📍 Estacionamiento del Recreation Center
500 Mola Blvd., Elmwood Park, NJ 07407

Si todavía no ha tenido la oportunidad de conseguir una 🎒 mochila con básicos útiles escolares para el regreso a clases de sus hijos, EPLA-NJ estará distribuyendo GRATIS algunos de los artículos escolares más esenciales que nuestros niños necesitan para comenzar el año escolar preparados.

❤️ ¡GRATIS para los niños y familias de Elmwood Park!
🎒 Hasta agotar existencias.
⏰ Por orden de llegada.

🏡 EXCLUSIVAMENTE PARA RESIDENTES DE ELMWOOD PARK

¡Ayúdenos a correr la voz entre las familias de nuestra comunidad que puedan beneficiarse! Comparta esta información con sus vecinos, familiares y amigos.

Juntos, estamos ayudando a nuestros niños a comenzar el año escolar preparados, equipados y listos para triunfar. ❤️
¡Creciendo Juntos • Empoderando Mentes • Equipando el Futuro!

Presentado por la Asociación de Latinos de Elmwood Park-New Jersey (EPLA-NJ)

“UN EVENTO DE SERVICIO COMUNITARIO SIN FINES DE LUCRO Y NO PARTIDISTA”

08/15/2026

08/15/2026

📣 CALL FOR VENDORS
🌎 Calling All Vendors! Join EPLA's 2nd Annual Latino Heritage Community Celebration!
Showcase your business at one of Northern New Jersey's premier Hispanic Heritage Month celebrations!
🗓 Saturday, September 26, 2026
🕛 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📍 Elmwood Park Recreation Center
500 Mola Blvd., Elmwood Park, NJ
We're looking for:
🛍️ Small Businesses • 🍴 Food Vendors • 🎨 Artisans • 🏦 Banks • 🏥 Health & Wellness • 🏡 Home Services • 📚 Educational Organizations • 🤝 Nonprofits • 🛒 Retailers • And More!
Your Vendor Registration Includes:
✅ Indoor event (rain or shine)
✅ Table & chairs available
✅ Electricity available upon request
✅ Website & social media recognition
✅ Hundreds of attendees expected
💲 Vendor spaces start at just $25!
⚠️ Only 50 vendor spaces available — first come, first served!
🎉 Join us for an unforgettable celebration featuring live music, cultural performances, Latino Heritage Awards, family activities, raffles, and delicious food, all while connecting your business with the community.
📲 Register today before spaces fill up!
📝 Vendor Registration: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/ticketing/second-annual-latino-heritage-celebration-vendors-registrationor
📋 Vendor Commitment Form: https://forms.gle/7vzdcnnkGrexEa7b8
📧 [email protected]

08/15/2026

🎉💃🏽 WHAT AN AMAZING NIGHT! | LATINO SALSA NIGHT 2026 🕺🏽❤️
The Elmwood Park-NJ Latinos Association (EPLA) is incredibly grateful for the wonderful success of our Latino Salsa Night!
What an uplifting evening filled with music, dancing, laughter, culture, community connections, resources, and positive energy! ❤️
To everyone who attended—THANK YOU! Your presence, enthusiasm, and support brought our vision to life. We hope you had as much fun as we did and walked away with new connections, helpful information, and beautiful memories.
A very special thank you to our vendors, donors, volunteers, community partners, and supporters who generously contributed their time, talents, services, resources, and helping hands. This evening would not have been possible without you.
👏 With gratitude to:
AP Interactive
Brian Hairston – DJ So Real 🎶
Casa Hibachi
Elark Jewelry Inc.
Gara Pastries & Cakes
Hook & Reel
Jose Ballon Financial
The Social Balloon
The Residents Assistant Program
Young Living Oils
And to everyone who helped behind the scenes with planning, setup, cleanup, food, decorations, resources, and all those last-minute details—we see you, we appreciate you, and we thank you! ❤️
This evening represented exactly what EPLA hopes to continue building:
✨ Celebrating our cultures
🤝 Connecting people and resources
📚 Sharing information and opportunities
❤️ Strengthening community relationships
🌱 Empowering residents to become informed, connected, and engaged
And we're just getting started!
📅 SAVE THE DATE — SEPTEMBER 26, 2026!
Join us next for our Latino Heritage Month Celebration at the Elmwood Park Recreation Center, 500 Mola Blvd., from 12:00 PM–5:00 PM.
🌎💃🏽 Another opportunity to celebrate our beautiful Latino heritage while bringing our entire community together!
From the bottom of our hearts, THANK YOU, ELMWOOD PARK! ❤️
Our Community • Our Connections • Our Future
EPLA — Celebrate • Connect • Empower

05/04/2026

Fundraising: Al Dente Restaurant - Italian Dinner for 2

🎉 Excitement is in the air! Get ready to be part of something extraordinary at EPLA-NJ's fundraising event. It's a fundraiser with a purpose like no other, and we are grateful that you can be part of it! 🎉

🍝 More Than a Meal — It’s a Movement ❤️

When you support this Dinner for 2, you’re investing in something bigger.
The Elmwood Park Latinos Association is dedicated to bringing our community together through educational programs, family-friendly events, and access to essential resources that uplift and empower local families.

This fundraiser helps us continue that work and take it even further as we prepare for our first-ever Community Carnival 🎡 and our upcoming Second Annual Latino Heritage Celebration this September 2026.

✨ Good food. Strong community. Lasting impact!

🎟️ Limited tickets available, please join us in building something meaningful. Every ticket sold will bring us closer to achieving our mission. Together, we can create a more resilient and stronger community for all.

Thank you for supporting our mission. Your support is invaluable!