The Rev. Miguel Hernandez of Holy Trinity, West Orange is quoted in this article.
[Essex News Daily] The West Orange Hispanic Foundation (WOHF) celebrated its first anniversary with a party at Elks Lodge No. 1590 on July 30.
The event gathered members of the township’s growing Hispanic population for an evening of food and musical performances by several acclaimed Latin artists. It all culminated with the honoring of nine West Orange community members who have either proudly represented or helpfully supported the WOHF in its first year. Honorees included Mayor Robert Parisi, Assemblyman John McKeon, Council President Victor Cirilo, Board of Education President Laura Lab, Friends of the Library President Gerald Sweeney, Christian Mateo, Marcus Monroe, and West Orange police officers Jason Padilla and Herbert Granados.
Above all, the occasion was a chance to recognize what the WOHF has accomplished so far.
“It’s only been a year and we’ve done so much — it’s incredible (to see) all the things that we’ve been doing,” Rodolfo Rodriguez, president of the WOHF and deputy mayor of West Orange, told the West Orange Chronicle in a July 28 phone interview. “We have been really moving along.”
