Cinco de mayo commemorates the May 5, 1862 Battle of Puebla (Batalla de Puebla) in which Mexican troops defeated Napoleon’s French forces. Cinco de mayo is celebrated more in the United States than in Mexico.
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Au Pairs Learn Community Service at Recent Meeting.
With April being Community Service Month in the US, the April Cluster Meeting was dedicated to performing a community service project. Au pairs from the Glen Ridge/West Orange/Verona/Essex Fells worked together with au pairs from Montclair to prepare over 230 bag lunches for St. Johns Soup Kitchen, located in Newark, NJ. Through this work, the girls not only learned the meaning of community service in the US, but also were able to give back to the less fortunate of their temporary home.