Help Mark at Abbie's Diner in Wyckoff

If you've ever been to Abbie's Diner in Wyckoff, you know you get really great food, very quickly, and everyone is welcome. It is the home of the Tower! You would also know that Mark, the owner (and the chef, and the behind the scenes person), is always there working. Mark was just recently diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma and is undergoing severe, intense treatments. He is unable to work.

Mark is not strong enough and therefore Abbie's Diner has been on a very scaled back schedule. Dave, a chef that helps Mark, Mondays through Fridays early in the mornings, is there for those hours, but otherwise, Abbie's has been closing early Mondays through Fridays and Abbie's has not been able to be open on Saturdays and Sundays as those were the days that Mark did all the cooking from open to close. Saturdays and Sundays are Abbie's Diner's bread and butter. So with the very modified schedule during the week and the closing on Saturday and Sunday, Mark's business has taken a hit. Additionally, now Mark has the incredible expense of fighting this disease.

I have been going to Abbie's Diner since my husband, Chris, and I moved to Wyckoff almost 20 years ago. I go there for my morning coffee and throughout the years, we have gone with our 4 kids after church or after sports games for their amazing pancakes, eggs, hamburgers, grilled cheeses and, of course, the Tower. Even all my nephews and nieces that live all around the country want to go to Abbie's when they are visiting NJ! Abbie's is the place you can call the day before an early morning road trip to a far away soccer tournament or dance competition and ask Mark to have your breakfast ready at 4:30 am and he'll have it ready for you just the way you like it! Abbie's is the place you run into your neighbor or a friend, or meet a new friend, too. Sit at the counter, eat at one of the tables, or take it to go, whatever you want, Abbie's is the place!

I ask that you pray for Mark. Additionally, if you could contribute any amount to help defray the cost of Mark's treatments as well as his scaled back schedule for Abbie's, I know Mark would greatly appreciate it. I would, too.