Very Few Gifts Last a Lifetime – This One Can
“When you sew, you have something that will last to show for your efforts.” Elizabeth Travis Johnson Pam Miller, RN, the director of nursing at Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services (PHHC), with headquarters in Eatontown, N.J., started and personally funds a sewing project for people in Haiti. To continue the project, Miller is…
Strand Theater Seeks Gift Basket Donations for Holiday Fundraiser
Board members of the historic Strand Center for the Arts, 400 Clifton Avenue, Lakewood, New Jersey, are inviting businesses to donate items for its annual holiday Gift Basket Silent Auction to help raise funds for the theater, Strand Ventures, Inc., a 501(c)(3) nonprofit responsible for the operation of the theater. Donations of a gift basket…
IHNOC Needs 1,000 People Who Care – Campaign Will Help IHNOC and Working Homeless
When Ocean County working families need housing help to survive, they can turn to The Interfaith Hospitality Network of Ocean County (IHNOC), a 501(c)(3). Now the IHNOC needs help to continue its mission of helping these working families. A new IHNOC fundraising initiative, “$100 from 1,000” to raise $100,000 will help the IHNOC continue to…
Feeling Like YOU’RE the Stuffed Turkey?Then Visit New Beginnings Fitness Center, Opening December 4
New Beginnings Fitness Center, 515 Brick Boulevard, Brick, N.J. 08723 is officially opening Friday, December 4, 2015. From 4:00 to 8 p.m., visitors can enjoy special events, such as giveaways, discounts from local business, games and prizes, and light food. Special discounts are always available for people in the military, the police, or EMS. Ten…
Greater Media Radio Stations Continue to Help New Jersey’s Needy
Greater Media radio station the WRAT (95.9), Lake Como, is holding its annual Thanksgiving season drive Broadcast for the People of New Jersey on November 23 and 24 to help local New Jersey people. Employees of the WRAT are hoping to fill a 55-foot tractor-trailer with items to be donated to three charities. The WRAT’s…
Nutcracker Ballet Returns to the Strand with the Garden State Philharmonic
The Nutcracker is back! After a year-long absence, the Atlantic City Ballet and the Garden State Philharmonic have partnered again to bring this treasured classic to the Strand Theater in Lakewood on December 22, 2015 at 7:00 p.m. The Atlantic City Ballet, a professional ballet company based in Atlantic City, has called The Strand its…
“Share the Joy” 100.1 WJRZ Charity Drive Benefits Two Local Charities
Two local charities will benefit from “Share the Joy,” the annual live radio broadcast drive hosted by Greater Media radio station 100.1 WJRZ. Help fill a tractor-trailer at World Class Saker Family ShopRite, 2 Route 37 West in the Crossroads Center Plaza at the intersection of Main Street and Route 37, Toms River, with donations…
Donate to Annual Coat Drive Sponsored by Lakewood P.B.A. No. 71
Lakewood Police P.B.A. No. 71 is partnering with Preferred Behavioral Health to host its Sixth Annual Winter Coat Drive that will benefit local homeless and less fortunate residents. Bring new and gently worn winter coats and jackets to the Lakewood Police Department Office window in the Lakewood Municipal Building, 231 Third Street, Lakewood, 24 hours…
Santa Claus Is Coming to Lakewood December 6
Strike up the band! Santa is coming to Lakewood! As part of Lakewood’s annual holiday festivities, Santa Claus will be marching down Clifton Avenue, Lakewood, Sunday December 6, 2015, at 1:00 p.m. The Lakewood High School marching band will lead the holiday parade, followed by choruses from the Lakewood elementary schools; Lakewood High School sports…
2015 Lakewood Rehab Program Accepting Applications
HUD, CDBG (Community Development Block Grants), and the Housing and Rehabilitation program (Rehabco) have received their yearly federal financial allotment, about $300,000, to rehab approximately 20-25 housing units for income qualified and eligible Lakewood home owners to improve the health and safety, and correct code violations of their units. Qualified Lakewood home owners who are…