Crime & Safety

Verga VFW to Host West Deptford K9 Benefit Saturday Night

The fundraiser will provide valuable revenues for the police officers who often must otherwise pay out of pocket to train and care for their furry partners.

Just a couple months after its successful K9 fundraiser, the West Deptford Police Department will host a repeat performance Saturday, January 11, at the Robert H. Jordan VFW Post 7125 in Verga.

Tickets for the event—which includes food, drinks, a deejay, dancing, and a Chinese auction—are $25 apiece. The evening runs from 7 to 11 p.m. at the VFW (1199 Hessian Avenue, West Deptford). 

For more details, call Chuck Gentzler at (856) 381-3405.

The November 16 fundraiser was a rousing success, according to West Deptford Deputy Chief Sean McKenna, who supervises the K9 program.

That night raised $35,774 in total, netting $24,930 for the department, and based largely on donations from individuals and several group sponsors:

  • Boardwalk Kennel Club
  • United Martial Arts Westville, NJ
  • Riehl’s Towing and Maintenance Clarksboro, NJ
  • Cherry Hill Police K-9 Unit
  • Rolling Badges Motorcycle Club
  • Pete Diantonio Promotions
  • Capri Brokerage Co.
  • Healthy Tans
  • Waste Management
  • Gloucester County P.B.A. #122
  • Joe’s Pizza West Deptford, NJ
  • West Deptford P.A.L.
  • Matteo Brothers Iron and Scrap West Deptford, NJ
  • Digital Productions
  • FLAG Services West Deptford, NJ
  • McGrory Glass Paulsboro, NJ
  • Rolf Ferry’s Imprint Specialties Brooklawn, NJ
  • Raise Your Dreams Farm Pilesgrove, NJ
  • Solvay Solexis West Deptford, NJ
  • Johnson Mathey West Deptford, NJ
  • Colonial Pipeline West Deptford, NJ
  • Cento Fine Foods West Deptford, NJ
  • Deluxe Bakery Runnemede, NJ
  • Gibbstown VFW Post 5579
  • J & D Liquor Store Woodbury, NJ
  • Cettei & Connell Insurance Woodbury, NJ 
  • Mathison Valley Gas West Deptford, NJ
  • S.J. Gas
  • Nine West/Jones Inc. West Deptford, NJ
  • Rock Products West Deptford, NJ
  • Car Effex Mantua, NJ 
The fundraisers provide much-needed financial support for the four-legged officers and their two-legged partners. 

Each of the K9s trains twice monthly at the John “Sonny” Burke K9 Academy to maintain proficiency in specialties including narcotics, patrol duties, building searches, criminal apprehension, crowd control, tracking, and article searches.

Tazor, the latest of the West Deptford K9s, is scheduled to enter a service this year.


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