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10/23/2026

💡❤️ LIGHTING THE WAY FOR BRIGHTER FUTURES! 🌟

Strong communities grow when we come together for our children! 📚🎨

For the second consecutive year, EPLA-NJ is proud to support the Elmwood Park Recreation Department's Lights On Afterschool Supply Drive, contributing much-needed supplies to help enrich the experiences of children in our community.

As we celebrate Lights On Afterschool 2026, we recognize the Recreation Department and its dedicated team for creating a welcoming environment where children can learn, explore, build friendships, and develop skills beyond the classroom.

❤️ At EPLA-NJ, we believe that meaningful community impact is built through partnerships, generosity, and showing up for one another. Every contribution, big or small, helps create brighter opportunities for our children.

👏 Thank you to the Elmwood Park Recreation Department for its continued dedication to our families and for giving us another opportunity to support such a worthwhile initiative!

🤝 Together, we can do even more! We invite our neighbors, local businesses, and community partners to connect with EPLA-NJ, get involved, and help us continue turning compassion into action.

✨ Because investing in our children means investing in the future of our entire community!

¡JUNTOS SOMOS MÁS FUERTES! ❤️

10/14/2026

🌎❤️ CELEBRATING OUR HERITAGE, HONORING OUR ROOTS, UNITING OUR COMMUNITY! 🇵🇷🇩🇴🇵🇪🇨🇴🇲🇽

As Latino Heritage Month comes to a close on October 15, we reflect with tremendous pride and gratitude on the incredible success of EPLA-NJ's 2nd Annual Latino Heritage Celebration! 🎉💃🎶

What an unforgettable day

What a magnificent and unforgettable day celebration of culture, filled with vibrant traditions, spectacular talent and performances, cultural pride, and unity that had an incredible community turnout! ❤️

Our 🙏 HUGE HEARTFELT THANK YOU!!! to every single generous sponsor, donor, contributor, performer, vendor, volunteer, community member, and everyone who made this magnificent celebration possible and helped make this an unforgettable event.

❤️ This celebration was more than music, dancing, and festivities. It was a powerful reminder that “our heritage is our strength, our diversity is our beauty, and our unity is what makes our community extraordinary.”
✨ More than a celebration, this was a tribute to our roots, a bridge between cultures, and a reminder that our diversity makes our community stronger.💪🏼

To our Latino community: Never forget where you come from, take pride in who you are, and continue passing our beautiful traditions, values, and stories to future generations. Be proud of your heritage, honor the sacrifices of those who came before us, and continue inspiring future generations to embrace their roots while reaching for their dreams. 🇵🇷🇩🇴🇵🇪🇨🇴🇲🇽 Together, we are building a community where every culture is celebrated, every voice matters, and everyone belongs.

🎥 Enjoy these beautiful highlighted
memories from our celebration!

✨ Until next year!!! Let's make 2027 even more spectacular! ❤️ Bigger dreams, stronger connections, and even more reasons to celebrate together!

¡QUE VIVA NUESTRA CULTURA, NUESTRAS RAÍCES Y NUESTRA GENTE! ❤️
¡JUNTOS SOMOS MÁS FUERTES!

09/17/2026

🎉🌎 COME CELEBRATE LATINO HERITAGE WITH US! 🌎🎉
Join EPLA-NJ for our 2nd Annual Latino Heritage Celebration—a FREE afternoon of culture, community, entertainment, and family fun! ❤️
📅 Saturday, September 26, 2026 | 12–5 PM
📍 Elmwood Park Recreation Center
500 Mola Blvd., Elmwood Park, NJ
🎟️ FREE ADMISSION • EVERYONE IS WELCOME!
✨ Enjoy:
🎶 Live music by Rumba Latina
💃 Live cultural dance performances
🍽️ Delicious food & refreshments for purchase
🛍️ Local vendors, artisans & exhibitors
🤝 Community resources & information
🎁 FREE community raffles & prizes
📸 Photo opportunities
🏆 Special Latino Heritage Awards & Recognitions
🌎 A celebration of Latino cultures, traditions & community
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Family-friendly • Indoor • Rain or Shine
Bring your family and friends and spend the afternoon celebrating the beautiful cultures, music, food, people, and traditions that make our community so special!
❤️💙💛💚 ¡Celebremos juntos! Everyone belongs at our table.
EPLA-NJ | Empowering & Uplifting Our Community Together

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
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