Kindergarten Roundup at Brick Rainbow Kids – Enrollment Has Begun
Brick Rainbow Kids, 1823 Route 88, Brick, N.J., is holding a Kindergarten Roundup, Wednesday, February 8, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. to present detailed information and answer questions about its 2012-2013 full-day kindergarten program.
Although the academic day for kindergarten is from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Brick Rainbow Kids is open 7:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., to provide before school and after school care to accommodate the schedules of working parents.
The kindergarten curriculum, which meets all N.J. state requirements, includes reading, literacy, language arts, writing, mathematics, science and social studies while re-enforcing motor, communication, cognitive, and personal-social skill development. Specials include ballet, Zumba, and other activities in a renovated, padded gymnasium. As a special treat, all kindergarteners get free pizza on Fridays.
In addition to its full-day kindergarten program, Brick Rainbow Kids is a daycare and learning center for children ages six weeks to 10 years. Among other specials features, parents and grandparents can see their child via an EZCAM Live, a secure Internet monitoring service.
Brick Rainbow Kids offers state accredited curriculum-based programs and is open 7:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily for all age groups.
For more information, contact Dana Knast, assistant director, at 732-202-1635 or Dana@brickrainbowkids.com.
You Deserve a Vacation! Magic 100.1 (FM) Is Giving Them Away
If you are a good listener, you could win a vacation. For five days, beginning Monday, January 16, 2012, Magic 100.1 (FM) radio station will give away one all-inclusive five-day, four-night Apple Vacation to Now Sapphire Resort in Riviera Maya, Cancun, Mexico.
To enter the competition, log in to the Magic Listener Club between now and January 20, 2012, at www.MagicVariety.com. Magic Morning Show hosts Glenn Kalina and Dianne DeOliveira, who will be broadcasting live from Now Sapphire Resort in Riviera Maya, Cancun, Mexico, will announce one listener’s name each day, starting Monday, January 16 through Friday, January 20, 2012.
If your name is announced, you have 10 minutes to call 732-505-1001 to claim an all inclusive five-day, four-night Apple Vacation.
Marie Senkeleski, promotions director for Magic 100.1, says, “We thought this might be an exciting way to start the New Year with Magic 100.1, your vacation getaway station this winter
For further information, contact Marie Senkeleski, promotions director, for Magic 100.1, Greater Media NJ at 609-597-1100 Ext. 204.
WRAT-FM and MAGIC 100.1 are radio stations of Greater Media, Inc. Greater Media, Inc. is the parent company of twenty-three AM and FM radio stations in the Boston, Detroit, Charlotte, New Jersey, and Philadelphia markets. Greater Media also owns a group of weekly newspapers in central New Jersey and several telecommunications towers, located throughout the United States.
Green Sun’s Solar Programs Keep N.J. Ratepayer $$$ in State–YOU Reap the Profit
Most people agree that green energy is the future; but for everyday homeowners and small business owners “going solar” seems expensive, almost outside their grasp unless they go with a company that leases solar panels. In that case, the property owner reaps only a fraction of the rewards while the leasing company rakes in the profit. A startup out of Middletown, N.J., however, has begun to revolutionize solar energy in New Jersey one home at a time.
The numbers speak for themselves. Many solar installation companies will install panels on a home for “free”; but between tax credits, energy credits (SRECs), and monthly lease payments, a solar system on a home or small business could generate upwards of $75,000 for the leasing company over the course of its 20 year contracts. Meanwhile, the homeowner’s benefit is a saving of about $30 a month or $7,200 over 20 years.
When Glen A. Koedding and C. Ray Torre were researching solar energy for their own homes, they asked themselves the obvious question: why allow a leasing company to reap all the rewards?
That question was the spark that led the Koedding and Torre families to create Green Sun Energy Services, a company that provides a unique alternative to the more than 270 companies now installing solar in the state – and more importantly, to help ensure New Jersey residents receive a larger share of the benefit of having solar panels installed at their home or small business.
Unlike the competition, Green Sun Energy is not a typical installer or an out-of-state leasing company. Koedding says, “The primary objective is to enable the homeowner to own their equipment; and we, as a service organization, manage and optimize their energy production and financial returns. Solar installations are managed as a long-term program not a one-time transaction.”
When it comes to doing the legwork – reams of government paperwork, dealing with the utilities, working with banks, managing SRECs, and more – Green Sun Energy does the heavy lifting. They custom design each system; install industry-leading equipment; make sure the equipment is monitored, cleaned, maintained and optimized to ensure the client is getting the maximum amount of solar energy possible. The homeowner actually owns the solar panels on their home, not a leasing company.
So how does Green Sun Energy make money? By ensuring their clients make money. A major source of the company’s revenue is a small brokerage fee for trading SRECs or pennies for every kilowatt hour a home or business generates via solar. That gives them the incentive to make sure the client’s entire system is producing a lot of power, and in turn producing a lot of energy credits, and thus are maximizing the returns both parties.
Part of the goal is to keep New Jersey ratepayer dollars and tax dollars in the State of New Jersey. Right now, various state and federal incentives are helping out-of-state installation and leasing companies enjoy big profits – profits driven in part by the taxes paid by the people they service. The founders of Green Sun Energy Services believe the people of New Jersey should share in those rewards.
Green Sun also sets itself apart in its origins. “The solar industry is very immature,” Koedding explains, “although solar has been around for decades the industry just started getting going a couple of years ago. Most folks in the industry either come from an electrical, HVAC, or a roofing contractor background.”
The partners at Green Sun Energy, on the other hand, come from backgrounds dealing in business management, mortgage banking, information technology, and engineering. In other words, they’re equipped to manage the business from design through installation to ongoing energy optimization, not merely install-and-profit.
Green Sun Energy is already managing and optimizing installations in Middletown, Red Bank, Farmingdale, and Lincroft, Garwood, South Plainfield and Somerset.
For more information, visit www.greensunnj.com or call Glen Koedding at 732-410-7818 Ext. 401.
*Ratepayer—a retail consumer of an electricity or water utility; a customer of a public utility
Avoid Six Sales Mistakes – LDC Offers Free Business Seminar
Need a different approach to sales? Afraid of making unconscious but routine mistakes? Learn valuable sales strategies and how to avoid six common mistakes at “Anatomy of a Sale and How to Avoid Six Mistakes that ‘Born Salespeople’ Don’t Know,” at a free business seminar open to the public and sponsored by The Lakewood Development Corporation as a service of the Urban Enterprise Zone (UEZ), Tuesday, January 24, 2012, from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Conference Room 18, Lakewood Municipal Building, 231 Third Street, Lakewood.
The workshop, presented by the SBA (Small Business Administration) and Vicki Morgan of WCEC (Women’s Center for Entrepreneurship Corp.), will explore how strategic know-how of selling skills helps meet today’s challenges to succeed. Based upon a relationship-building, customer-driven approach, “The Anatomy of a Sale” is a valuable resource and selling system giving confidence that unleashes earning potential and results in achieving goals.
All businesses are welcome whether or not they are participating in a UEZ program. A question and answer period will follow.
To register or for more information about the seminar, call the WCEC at 973-507-9700 or register online at www.wcecnj.org. To find out about UEZ programs, call Joan Wilkes at 732-364-2500 Ext. 5256 or jwilkes@lakewoodtwpnj.org.
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.
Stress Management, Depression and Anxiety at Work – Jan. 2012 JSAHR Meeting
Employees are in distress. They’re having panic attacks, anxiety and depression. They’re working longer hours. They’re not taking lunch, and they’re not taking vacations. This affects productivity, morale and employee engagement.
Dr. James Proodian, the founder and president of the Wellness at Work employee health education program, will explain how HR professionals can begin to implement an internal wellness program for their companies, during his presentation “Stress Management, Depression and Anxiety in the Workplace, Thursday, January 12, 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 presentation will be particularly helpful for HR professionals who deal with employee relations; and health, safety and security because depression and anxiety are very pervasive. By 2020, the World Health Organization estimates that depression will be the number two cause of “lost years of healthy life” worldwide. Clinical depression alone costs the United States $44 billion annually. Depression and anxiety disorders affect 19 million American adults annually.
The registration fee and a full buffet breakfast is $25.00 for JSAHRmembers; $35.00 for nonmembers; and an additional $5.00 for walk-ins. To register, call Kathi Evans, JSAHRadministrator, at 732-244-8892 or e-mail jsahradmin@atbcelebrations.com.
About Dr. James Proodian: Dr. Proodian is the founder and president of the Wellness at Work employee health education program and the Natural Healthcare Center, a state-of-the-art health and wellness facility located in Long Branch, N.J. Dr. Proodian holds undergraduate degrees in Public Health and Nutrition and a Doctorate of Chiropractic. He has also earned postgraduate certifications in Sports Medicine (CCSP) and Strength and Conditioning (CSCS).
Make Boat Shows Work for You — Business and Leadership Coach Presents Seminar
Trade shows and expos are exhausting and expensive for the exhibitors, but they don’t have to be. To avoid the “morning after the show blues,” Chris Ruisi, The Coach, is holding a free business seminar for Marine Trade Association members, entitled Make Boat Shows Work for You and Close More Business, January 11, 2012, FirstEnergy Park (BlueClaws stadium), Conference Room, 2 Stadium Way, Lakewood, N.J., 9:00 to 11:00 a.m.
Ruisi, CEO and founder of The Coach’s Zone, a business and leadership coaching company, will cover such topics as developing a show plan, engaging in pre-show activities, making your display work, avoiding common marketing mistakes, and participating in worthwhile post show activities and follow-up strategies, among other information.
To register, contact the Marine Trades Association of New Jersey at 732-292-1051 or contact The Coach at the coachszone.com or call 732-275-9222.
About the Coach: In the course of 25 years, Ruisi progressed through USLIFE Corporation to become its President and COO/CEO. After the acquisition of USLIFE by American General Corporation (AGC), a $3 billion project he led, Ruisi remained as president and CEO, and member of the Board of Directors of two of its operating subsidiaries until May 1998.
Ruisi was named the 2009 Citizen of the Year by the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce. Recently, the video he created and funded “Faces, Colors and Stories of Cancer” received the Gold Award from the Jersey Shore Public Relations and Advertising Association.
As the Founder and CEO of The Coach’s Zone, Ruisi has coached or mentored hundreds of executives in both large and small businesses. He is an accomplished public speaker, providing his audiences with direction and motivation on what is needed to accomplish their goals.
Kwiatkowski Employee of the Year at OHI
For her outstanding efforts and dedication to the underserved residents of Ocean County, Monika Kwiatkowska, Jackson, the dental coordinator for OHI (Ocean Health Initiatives), has recently been named OHI’s 2011 Employee of the Year. Dr. Theresa Berger, CEO, presented Kwiatkowska with a plaque from the Board of Directors, the management team, and the staff of OHI.
Kwiatkowska works with Dr. Deborah Brown, OHI’s dental clinical director, to ensure the Lakewood and Toms River dental departments are providing exceptional dental care and are in compliance with all regulatory agencies, and all OHI policies and procedures. More than 4,800 dental patients, ranging in age from one year to 95, received dental care from OHI in 2011.
Dr. Berger said, “Monika, who has worked at OHI since 2004, has always demonstrated exceptional compassion and professionalism to all dental patients, consistently going above and beyond the call of duty.”
Before joining OHI, Kwiatkowska was a dental assistant in the dental department at Kimball Neighborhood Health Center, Lakewood, New Jersey. She completed her dental assistant course at Ocean County Vocational School, New Jersey, and holds her New Jersey dental radiology license.
Dentists at the Lakewood and Toms River sites are available Monday through Friday, beginning at 8:00 a.m. For dental appointments, call 732-719-6633. For further information about OHI, contact Jennifer Corey, marketing coordinator, at the Lakewood offices of OHI at 732-719-9026.
About Ocean Health Initiatives
OHI, a federally qualified health center (FQHC), with locations at 101 Second Street, Lakewood; and 301 Lakehurst Road, Toms River; and 333 Haywood Road Manahawkin, provides comprehensive preventative and primary care, including pediatrics, maternal and child health, prenatal, WIC, universal immunizations, and dental health to the area’s uninsured, underinsured, and undocumented residents on a sliding-fee scale, based on an individual’s or family’s ability to pay.
Dentists are available in Lakewood from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., Mon. – Fri.; Tuesdays to 6:40 p.m. In Toms River, dentists are available from 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Mon.-Fri.
OHI has a bilingual staff available to assist patients and callers. To become a patient of OHI, call a representative in the Call Center at either 732-552-0377, Toms River, or 732-363-6655, Lakewood. Visit www.ohinj.org. for further information.
New Year, New Connections! Evening of Networking with JSBL
Start 2012 with Jersey Shore Business Leaders (JSBL) and “New Year, New Connections,” an evening of business networking, Tuesday, January 10, 2012, from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at 709 Point Beach, 709 Arnold Avenue, Point Pleasant, N.J. Registration is $20.00 for members, $25.00 for non members and includes appetizers, cash bar, and a chance to win multiple door prizes. A portion of any fundraising will benefit Preferred Behavioral Health, an organization that provides mental health and substance services in Ocean County.
This is the last event to take advantage of discount for yearly dues.
To register, visit www.jerseyshorebusinessleaders.com. Find JSBL on facebook.com/ JerseyShoreBusinessLeaders. For more information, call Stephanie Villari, president of JSBL and Jr. Marketing Officer, OceanFirst Bank, 732-240-4500 Ext. 7522.
Santa to Visit Brick Rainbow Kids at Open House — Public Invited
The whole family is invited to an open house and celebration of the holiday season with Santa at Brick Rainbow Kids, 1823 Route 88, Brick, N.J., Sunday, December 18, 2011, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Families who bring in a non-perishable item for the food drive sponsored by Brick Rainbow Kids will receive a free picture with Santa. Children can participate in making some holiday crafts, and enjoy a snack of milk and cookies.
Brick Rainbow Kids, a daycare and learning center for children ages six weeks to 10 years, is state accredited curriculum-based facility, open 7:00 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily. Among other specials features, parents and grandparents can see what their child is doing at any moment via an EZCAM, a secure Internet monitoring service.
For more information, contact Donna, director, at 732-202-1635 or donna@brickrainbowkids.com
Toy Drive to Benefit Underprivileged Children at OHI
Visit Santa at the Ocean County Mall, Toms River, Sunday, December 11, 2011, from noon to 2:00 p.m. and donate new, unwrapped toys that will be given to underprivileged children who are patients at OHI (Ocean Health Initiatives), a federally qualified health center, in Lakewood, Toms River, and Manahawkin.
The radio station B-98.5 (WBBO-FM), Press Communications, is a sponsor for OHI to collect as many toys as possible this holiday season. The toy drive will be set up directly across from Santa in the center of the mall. The radio station will also be raffling off prizes to all those who donate toys, including a $200.00 Simon Gift Card, and give participants a chance to be on the radio.
The Social Services Team at all three OHI locations will distribute one donated toy to the patients seen during December at their scheduled appointment. Toys typically range from birth to 12 years of age.
Parents who would like their child—OHI patients only—to receive a toy donation should call OHI at the Call Center at 732-363-6655, Lakewood) to schedule an appointment at any one of the three OHI sites.
Dr. Theresa Berger, CEO of OHI, says, “With the help of the public, we hope to brighten the day of those who need assistance during the holiday, especially the children.”
For further information, contact Jennifer Corey, marketing coordinator of OHI, at the 732-719-9026.
About Ocean Health Initiatives
OHI, a federally qualified health center (FQHC), with locations at 101 Second Street, Lakewood; and 301 Lakehurst Road, Toms River; and 333 Haywood Road Manahawkin, provides comprehensive preventative and primary care, including pediatrics, maternal and child health, prenatal, WIC, universal immunizations, and dental health to the area’s uninsured, underinsured, and undocumented residents on a sliding-fee scale, based on an individual’s or family’s ability to pay.
OHIhas a bilingual staff available to assist patients and callers. To become a patient of OHI, call a representative in the Call Center at either 732-552-0377, Toms River, or 732-363-6655, Lakewood. Visit www.ohinj.org. for further information.
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