What YOU Can Do! President of Preferred Behavioral Health of N.J. Offers a Call to Action
William Sette, the president and CEO of Preferred Behavioral Health of N.J., 700 Airport Road, Lakewood, is offering some insights into how people can respond in the aftermath of the Connecticut school shootings, especially as attention is drawn to the treatment of mental illness in our society.
Sette said, “This issue—the treatment of mental illness in our society—has been the subject of endless debate; however, this most recent incident underscores the need for a responsible call to action on the part of all of us.
“Over the past several days, we have heard from elected officials as well as mental health professionals, expressing concern and offering their interpretations of the events that occurred. Now is the time to decide how YOU will respond to this tragedy.
“You can advocate for legislation to provide adequate funding for mental health services and for The Safe Schools and Communities Violence Prevention and Response Plan Act, which calls for each county superintendent to hire a violence prevention specialist who would work with local community behavioral healthcare providers, school professionals and parents to develop a plan to identify at-risk students and ensure they receive early intervention behavioral health services and to coordinate a behavioral health response in the event of an incident.”
Sette also advises the public to educate themselves by enrolling in a Mental Health First Aid class to learn about the signs and symptoms of mental illness and how to respond to a mental health emergency. Classes in Mental Health First Aid teach individuals from all walks of life to help preserve life when a person may be a danger to oneself or others, and to help prevent problems from becoming more serious by providing information regarding mental health services and access to those services.
Classes in Mental Health First Aid are twelve hours in length and instruct participants in a five-step action plan that leads to certification as a Mental Health First Aid responder. Learning how to identify and help people with mental illnesses should be a first-aid skill as common as CPR, states the Washington-based National Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare (NCCBH).
Two Mental Health First Aid classes are being offered; one January 17 and 18, 2013, from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and another February 5, 15, 19, and 26 from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
For information about in enrolling in a Mental Health First Aid class or in bringing Mental Health First Aid to your organization or community, call Preferred Behavioral Health of N.J. at (732) 458-1700.
For immediate assistance in dealing with concerns arising from this tragedy, call the Disaster Distress Helpline at (800) 985-5990 or text TalkWithUs to 66746.
Sette reminds us, “All of us share in the responsibility to do our part to prevent such unspeakable tragedy.”
Tonight! Candlelight Vigil in Memory of Sandy Hook Victims
Rabbi Ellen S. Wolintz-Fields, Cantor Steven Walvick, and Education Director Betty Golub of Congregation B’nai Israel, Toms River, will be holding a community-wide interfaith candlelight vigil Monday, December 17, 2012, at 6:45 p.m. on the front lawn of Congregation B’nai Israel, 1488 Old Freehold Road Toms River, New Jersey 08753, in memory of the children and adults murdered at Sandy Hook Elementary School In Newtown, Connecticut. In the event of rain, the vigil, which should last a half-hour, will take place in the Social Hall of B’nai Israel.
Rabbi Wolintz-Fields said, “There will be prayers, music, words of comfort and solidarity as we all try to wrap our minds, souls and hearts around the horrifying events that took place on Friday, December 14, 2012, at Sandy Hook Elementary School when 20 children and six adults were killed at school during what should have been a usual day of study. We can all identify with the families and their friends who have lost their loved ones in this horrific and unimaginable act of violence.”
Clergy of all faiths have been invited to participate in the vigil along with Toms River Chief of Police Michael Mastronardy; the UU (Unitarian Universalist) Ocean County Congregation and N.J. Minister Betsy Scheuerman, Toms River. Congregation B’nai Israel is an affiliate of the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism.
For more information, call Congregation B’nai Israel at 732-349-1244.
JSBL Networking Event to Contribute to Restore the Shore Funds
Help contribute to Restore the Shore funds and network with Jersey Shore Business Leaders (JSBL) Thursday, December 13, 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Watermark, 800 Ocean Avenue, Asbury Park, N.J.
Registration is $15.00 for members; $20.00 for nonmembers, and includes appetizers, extended happy hour prices, and a chance to win door prizes. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Restore the Shore. Bring plenty of business cards.
R.S.V.P. JerseyShoreBusinessLeaders@gmail.com or call Arielle Bandes, Woodlake Country Club, at 732-2787-4834. Find JSBL on Facebook.com/ and on Twitter at twitter.com/JSBLNetworking.
Use Most Untapped Tool in HR – Your Memory
Get to know how your mind works, how to best utilize it for professional development, and how these techniques can help employees become more motivated and productive.
“Wild Wendy” Richmond, a professional keynote speaker and a human resource and training and development professional, is presenting “”How to Use Your Most Untapped, Underutilized Tool in HR – Your Memory!” on Thursday, December 13, 2012, at the monthly meeting of The Jersey Shore Association for Human Resources (JSAHR), a Superior Merit Award Chapter of SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management), 8:00 to 10:00 a.m., Jumping Brook Country Club, 210 Jumping Brook Road, Neptune, N.J.
This session will focus on latest memory techniques that can help you learn and retain industry information; and remember the names of employees, which builds rapport and trust; among other information.
The registration fee and a full buffet breakfast is $25.00 for JSAHR members; $40.00 for nonmembers; and an additional $5.00 for walk-ins. To register, call Kathi Evans, JSAHR administrator, at 732-244-8892 or e-mail jsahradmin@atbcelebrations.com.
Attendees are encouraged to bring prizes, such as baskets, for the annual holiday business card and gift exchange. In addition, JSAHR is accepting nonperishable food items for the FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean counties.
About Wendy Richmond: Wendy Richmond, aka “WILD Wendy” is a professional keynote speaker, and human resource training and development professional. She is the author of the book, How to Create WILD Success within Your Organization; and creator of www.WILDWendySpeaks.com and www.memorysuccesscenter.com. She has partnered with Dave Farrow, Two Time Guinness World Record Holder for Memory and is a Certified Farrow Memory Speaker who teaches utilizing memory in business techniques across the country.
Santa Claus Is Coming to Lakewood This Sunday!
As part of Lakewood Township’s annual holiday festivities, Santa Claus and his elves are parading from the Clifton Avenue Grade School, Lakewood, down Clifton Avenue in a Lakewood Township fire truck, Sunday, December 9 at 1:00 p.m. to Town Square where Santa will distribute gifts donated by the Township and the Lakewood Recreation Department to the first 2,000 children age 10 and under. The holiday parade will be led by Lakewood Police Department, motorcycle division.
Students in the Lakewood High School PALS club, dressed as elves, will be assisting Santa. The Wonderland Trio of New York City will perform holiday songs. The annual tree and menorah lighting ceremonies will take place at 4:00 p.m.
This event is made possible through the joint sponsorship of the Lakewood Township Committee and the Lakewood Recreation Department. For further information, call Jeff Shapiro, Supervisor of Recreation and Special Events for the Township of Lakewood, 732-905-3412, Ext. 6017.
Toms River Girls Wins Cash for Candy Contest
It’s the Halloween monster no one will ever forget! In spite of the damage super storm Sandy inflicted preventing most of the customary Halloween Trick or Treating, Kaila Guzzo, Toms River, managed to collect Halloween candy and donate seven pounds of it in Dr. Ron Rotem’s eighth annual Halloween Candy Buy-back Contest. For being the individual who brought in the most Halloween candy, Kaila won $50.00.
Since no public or private schools were able to participate in this year’s Candy Buy-back Contest, Dr. Rotem is also donating $500.00 to the Toms River Regional Schools Hurricane Relief Fund.
Although Dr. Rotem’s practice at 355 Lakehurst Road, Toms River, focuses on cosmetic dentistry and conscious sedation for adults only, he began his annual Halloween Candy Buy-back program for children and schools eight years ago as an incentive to save everyone’s teeth from decay, and instill a sense of civic duty and community involvement by sending the candy to our troops.
Dr. Rotem will have the candy shipped to our overseas troops through Ronnie Miccuilla from American Recreational Military Service (ARMS). http://www.supportarms.org/
In contrast, last year, Dr. Rotem collected 460 lbs of candy, which was shipped to our troops through the efforts of the Toms River Armory and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 400, Wall Township.
For further information, call Dr. Rotem’s office at 732-341-8500.
Dr. Rotem was graduated from NYU College of Dentistry in 1991. His practice focuses on cosmetic dentistry and conscious sedation for adults only. Dr. Rotem belongs to the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry. He is affiliated with the American Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, NJ Chapter of the Academy of Cosmetic Dentistry, the Dental Organization of Conscious Sedation, the International College of Cranial Mandibular Orthopedics, the American Dental Association, the New Jersey Dental Association, Monmouth/Ocean Dental Society, and the Academy of General Dentistry. Dr. Rotem is an active member of the Crown Council. He is also a member of the Jersey Shore Business Network, Toms River, and the Toms River Chapter of Toastmasters.
Winning the Credit War – Free Business Seminar
The Lakewood Development Corporation, the administrative arm of the Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ), is offering the public a free small business seminar “Winning the Credit War,” Tuesday, December 11, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. in Conference Room C, the Lakewood Municipal Building, 231 Third Street, Lakewood. All businesses are welcome whether or not they are participating in a UEZ program.
A direct correlation exists between managing your personal and business credit well and your success in meeting the capital and credit needs of your business. Your credit profile can affect your ability to qualify for everything from business loans to leasing equipment to getting insurance, and much more. In this free workshop, business owners will learn credit management techniques and develop skills that will produce better business results.
After this workshop, participants will better understand many aspects of credit. Topics include Personal and Business Credit Fundamentals, How Specific Information in a Credit Report Affects a Credit Score, How to Develop and Implement a Strategy to Improve Credit Scores, and How to Manage Credit to Produce Business Results.
Register online at www.lakewoodnj.gov/department/uez or contact Patricia Komsa at 732-364-2500 Ext. 5257.
About the UEZ: The Urban Enterprise Zone program was designed to foster economic growth to revitalize and stimulate designated urban communities. The program encourages businesses to create private-sector jobs though public and private investment. More than 8,000 businesses throughout the state and more than 500 businesses in Lakewood benefit from tax and financial incentives. Personnel from the Lakewood UEZ are available to discuss program eligibility and answer questions.
Jersey Shore Business Leaders to Meet at Houlihan’s, Brick
After the holidays, the Nor’easter, super storm Sandy, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, it’s time to relax with Jersey Shore Business Leaders (JSBL) in the bar area at Houlihan’s, 491 Route 70 East, Brick, N.J., Thursday, November 29 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Happy Hour prices are $1.00 off for most drinks. Houlihan’s is also providing free appetizers, such as bruschetta, stuffed mushrooms, flatbreads, and more – one for every three people who attend. Bring plenty of business cards. No admission charge.
To register, visit www.jerseyshorebusinessleaders.com or call Arielle Bandes, Woodlake Country Club, at 732-2787-4834. Find JSBL on Facebook.com/ JerseyShoreBusinessLeaders and on Twitter at twitter.com/JSBLNetworking.
Ocean County Leaders Invited to Stratetgic Planning and Informational Meeting
Ocean County leaders in government, higher education, business, and financial services, including economic development coordinators and directors, executive directors of chambers of commerce, development authorities, and administrators in charge of infrastructure, are invited to join representatives from the state and federal government for a strategic planning and informational meeting Wednesday December 5, 2012, from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., in the Lakewood Township Municipal Auditorium, 231 Third Street, Lakewood.
Steve Reinman, director of Lakewood’s Office of Economic Development and deputy municipal manager, is coordinating this meeting through the U.S. Department of Commerce (Economic Development Administration, Economic Recovery Support team for N.J.) with representatives from the EDA, SBA, and other state and federal agencies to better define the types of business support and assistance that would benefit local entities and to work with these agencies to close any gaps in the resource pool.
Topics for discussion will include business resumption problems (capital resources, technical resources, planning, etc.); finance and insurance issues, such as coverage and capital; workforce development (labor supply and demand, retraining, unemployment, temporary employment, etc.); communications, including considerations for promoting consistent communications between federal, state and local resources; and assessment (consideration for the collection and analysis of economic recovery data).
Pre-register with Reinman at 732-364-2500 Ext. 5333 or sreinman@lakewoodnj.gov. Time will be allotted for all registrants to be heard. Specific ideas or questions may be sent to Reinman and will be shared ahead of time with federal officials.
Popular Free Business Seminar
The Lakewood Development Corporation, the administrative arm of the Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ), is offering the public a free small business seminar “Doing Business with the Federal Government,” Wednesday, November 28, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. in Conference Room C, the Lakewood Municipal Building, 231 Third Street, Lakewood. All businesses are welcome whether or not they are participating in a UEZ program.
The workshop, given by Sherry Rose and Dolcey Chaplin of the NJIT Defense Procurement Center, will explain the process of conducting business with the federal government. Many opportunities exist for businesses to expand their client base and increase revenue by selling goods and services to the federal government. A question and answer period will follow.
For more information on NJIT’s Defense Procurement Center, visit http://www.njit.edu/ptac
Register online at www.lakewoodnj.gov/department/uez or contact Patricia Komsa at 732-364-2500 Ext. 5257.
About the UEZ: The Urban Enterprise Zone program was designed to foster economic growth to revitalize and stimulate designated urban communities. The program encourages businesses to create private-sector jobs though public and private investment. More than 8,000 businesses throughout the state and more than 500 businesses in Lakewood benefit from tax and financial incentive