Best Day Ever Held In Honor Of Ridgewood 10-Year-Old

RIDGEWOOD, N.J. — Michael Feeney always had a smile on his face. He was so happy and full of life.

Feeney died of Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare type of bone cancer, in 2013. He was just 10 years old.

The village police department was so touched and impressed with Feeny’s enthusiasm for police work they renamed their annual police academy the Michael Feeney Junior Police Academy.

Feeney’s family launched the first annual Michael Feeney’s Best Day Ever last year.

The event kicks off with a fun color run. Participants wear white T-shirts and colored cornstarch is thrown at them. By the end, everyone is colored in a variety of colors.

There will be dunk tank, carnival games, a rock wall, and bounce castles.

The event will be held at Benjamin Franklin Middle School June 4 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Registration costs $20 per person and $50 per family when completed online and $25 and $75 at the door.

A portion of the proceeds from the event will be donated to Michael Feeney’s Best Day Ever, Inc., a non-profit the family established, the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, and the Chief Michael Feeney Junior Police Academy.

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