Keep Plastic Bags Out of the Recycling Containers!
Thinking of putting those plastic bags in recycling? DON’T!!! The Ocean County Recycling Center will not accept any recycled material or trash in plastic bags. It’s not up to Lakewood Public Works to determine what is acceptable; and when a load contains plastic bags, it is rejected, costing the township and taxpayers a lot of money to remove the unwanted materials.
Keep the following plastic items out of the yellow recycle containers:
No plastic bags, cups, plates, or silverware
No plastic food storage containers or lids
No plastic fast food containers
No plastic cafeteria or microwave trays
No plastic bottle caps and jar lids (plastic or metal)
No plastic six-pack holders
No plastic wrap, shrink wrap, and stretch film plastic
No caps, lids, pumps
If you are not sure if something should go in recycling (the yellow recycling can), call Lakewood Public Works Code Enforcement Supervisor Bob Treval at 732-905-3405 Ext. 6013.
A Donation Helps the Needy Feel “Fulfilled”
Minna Shvarzblat, the chief of marketing and development director of Cedar Bridge Properties, Lakewood, recently donated $500 to Fulfill, an amount that will provide 1500 meals for children and adults in Monmouth and Ocean counties. At Fulfill, formerly the FoodBank of Ocean and Monmouth counties, one dollar buys three meals!
Shvarzblat said, “Fulfill quietly helps thousands in our communities. No one should have to choose between paying bills or buying food. I especially urge others to make a donation of any size – you might be helping your own neighbor or friend. Every donation makes a difference!”
The nonprofit Fulfill, with a 48,000 square-foot headquarters at 3300 Route 66, Neptune, works closely with more than 300 food pantries and soup kitchens, and offers after school hot meal programs and more to those in need.
Shvarzblat, who was born and raised in Monmouth County and has been a resident of Ocean County since 1984, said she shares Fulfill’s passion for making life better for people in local communities. To eliminate driving to North Jersey, NYC, Philadelphia, and beyond to find top doctors, wellness experts, specialists, and medical professionals, the Shvarzblats are building two modern medical facilities on Cedar Bridge Avenue and Airport Road in Lakewood. “We envision it as a hub for people of all ages and communities where they will find comprehensive health and medical resources,” said Shvarzblat.
For more information or questions, including information about leasing opportunities in the medical buildings, call the offices of Cedar Bridge Properties at 732-364-7132 or email leasingnow2019@gmail.com. For more information about Fulfill, call 732-918-2600.
About Fulfill (Taken from website): Hunger is still very real in Monmouth and Ocean counties. Every day, one in 10 of our neighbors does not have enough to eat. This includes over 21,000 children in Monmouth and 25,000 children in Ocean. Fulfill provides over 13 million meals every year to 130,000 of our neighbors right here in our communities. Fulfill provides over 142,000 meals to our school children in backpacks, kids’ café, and summer meals programs. The Fulfill mobile pantries serve over 17,757 people in our communities, including seniors and veterans.
The overall poverty rate for in our communities has continued to grow over the past 10 years. Fulfill fights hunger in many different ways because hunger is caused by many different things. Fulfill provides food and other life-changing programs that address all the causes of hunger—to get our neighbors in need back on their feet for good and strengthen our communities forever.
Holiday Express Brings Joy to Special Needs Students
Holiday Express, Eatontown, brought joy to children in the Alpha School, Jackson, through gifts of music, food, presents, and friendship. Besides the presents, students said they love being a part of the performances.
Erika Casablanca, a STEM-lab instructor and a member of the marketing team, said, “The visit from Holiday Express is a chance for students who are in need to be given gifts. Everyone is made to feel special. Besides enjoying music, games, fun activities, and food, students get to socialize with peers. It is important for students to learn how to socialize with one another and be part of a large group.”
The Alpha School is one of three RKS Associates state-approved special education schools that include the Harbor School, Eatontown, and the Gateway School, Carteret. All three schools provide education, therapeutic, and behavioral support for children who have challenges, such as multiple disabilities, cognitively impairments, autistic spectrum disorder, learning disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, behavioral disorders, or other health impairments.
Holiday Express will also visit students in the Gateway School, Carteret, on December 14; and the Harbor School, Eatontown, on December 18.
For more information or for questions about school enrollment, contact Erika Casablanca at ErikaC@thegatewayschool.com. or 732-541-4400; or Dana Giblin at 732-544-9394.
RKS Associates Schools: Gateway School: 60 High Street Carteret, NJ 07008 (732.541.4400) https://thegatewayschool.com/; Alpha School: 2210 West County Line Road, Suite #1, Jackson, NJ 08527 (732.370.1150) https://alphaschool.com/ ; Harbor School: 240 Broad Street, Eatontown, NJ 07724 (732.544.9394) https://harborschool.com/
About Holiday Express: Volunteers from Holiday Express visit more than 100 organizations, beginning early November up until Christmas Eve. More than 150 professional singers and musicians visit adults and children in need, including the mentally and physically disabled, the isolated, individuals in addiction and recovery programs, the poor and the homeless, veterans, and children with serious illnesses. They distribute more than 27,000 brand new, well-stocked canvas duffel gift bags, filled with useful and practical items.
Harbor School Staff Makes Impact at 41st Annual ASAH Conference
Three Special Education staff members from the Harbor School, Eatontown, presented “Behavior Management: A Collaborative Approach” at the 41st annual ASAH (Association of Schools and Agencies for the Handicapped) Conference, Friday, November 16, 2018, at Harrah’s Waterfront Conference Center, Atlantic City, N.J., to a full house.
The 2018 theme of the ASAH conference was “Working Together to Build a Special Future for All.” ASAH, an organization for the private education community since 1974, is a not-for-profit New Jersey organization of private schools and agencies that provides highly specialized services to more than 11,000 infants, children, and young adults with disabilities.
Mary Beth Ward, occupational therapist; Kelly Zweig, a board certified behavior analyst; and Darlene Davis, teacher of the handicapped and trainer for the Crisis Prevention Institute (CPI) presented a workshop that explores how a team collaboration of related services can support challenging behaviors.
Ward said, “It was a pleasure to have the opportunity to present at the ASAH 41st Annual Conference in Atlantic City this November. I speak on behalf of the other co-presenters Darlene Davis and Kelly Zweig that this was a wonderful opportunity to share the team model, one that makes Harbor School so successful.
“Our topic Behavior Management: A Collaborative Approach was received warmly by a full audience. It was our pleasure to provide this educational workshop to our fellow educators and staff in Special Education.”
The Harbor School is one of three RKS Association private special education schools approved by the N.J. Department of Education for students with special needs and disabilities. Each school offers a twelve-month program with a wide range of services, including speech, occupational and physical therapy; counseling; music; computers; physical education; and vocational training.
For more information or for school enrollment questions, contact Erika Casablanca at ErikaC@thegatewayschool.com. or 732-541-4400; or Dana Giblin at 732-544-9394.
About RKS Associates and the Harbor School: RKS Associates, made up of The Harbor School, Eatontown; Alpha School, Jackson; and the Gateway School, Carteret, provides a twelve-month program of education, and therapeutic and behavioral support for children from many New Jersey counties and more than 70 school districts who have challenges, such as being multiple disabled; cognitively impaired; and have autistic spectrum disorders, learning disabilities, traumatic brain injury; behavioral disorders, or other health impairments, such as multiple disabilities, cognitive impairments, autistic spectrum disorder, learning disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, behavioral disorders, or other health impairments.
RKS Associates Schools: Gateway School: 60 High Street Carteret, NJ 07008 (732.541.4400) https://thegatewayschool.com/; Alpha School: 2210 West County Line Road, Suite #1, Jackson, NJ 08527 (732.370.1150) https://alphaschool.com/ ; Harbor School: 240 Broad Street, Eatontown, NJ 07724 (732.544.9394) https://harborschool.com/
Are You Feeling “Fulfilled”? A Donation Helps
You know the sensation – the feeling you get when you are hungry. Most of us can satisfy that hunger immediately; however, more than 20,000 children in Monmouth and Ocean counties are hungry all the time!
Minna Shvarzblat, the chief of marketing and development director of Cedar Bridge Properties, Lakewood, recently donated $500 to Fulfill, an amount that will provide 1500 meals for children and adults in Monmouth and Ocean counties. At Fulfill, formerly the FoodBank of Ocean and Monmouth counties, one dollar buys three meals!
Shvarzblat said, “I give to many charities, but as the holiday season approached, I wanted to give to someplace I have never given before, someplace where the money would make a real, timely impact. I had recently heard from a friend about the work that Fulfill does in alleviating hunger and offering programs that provide resources people need to become self-sufficient.”
On her visit to Fulfill, Shvarzblat learned that Fulfill is not just a food bank. Fulfill also offers a variety of free social services that help disadvantaged people get back on their feet, such as tax-preparation, nutrition education, and professional culinary training to people who qualify.
Shvarzblat said, “Laura Chiappetta, director of development at Fulfill, took us on a tour of the facilities in Neptune. My husband Moshe and I visited their organic farm with Jess Sinkhorn, the director of the Organic Garden, who educates children and adults about healthy eating and healthy food choices. We saw the culinary school, run by CIA (Culinary Institute Association) chefs who train people for careers in food service and cook many free meals every day. I encourage everyone to take a no-obligation tour of their centers to learn about and see first-hand what Fulfill does.
“Because of financial challenges since Superstorm Sandy, people have had to choose between paying their bills or buying food. Fulfill quietly helps thousands in our communities. I especially urge others to make a donation of any size – you might be helping your own neighbor or friend. Every donation makes a difference!”
Shvarzblat, who was born and raised in Monmouth County and has been a resident of Ocean County since 1984, said she shares Fulfill’s passion for making life better for people in local communities. To eliminate driving to North Jersey, NYC, Philadelphia, and beyond to find top doctors, wellness experts, specialists, and medical professionals, the Shvarzblats are building two modern medical facilities on Cedar Bridge Avenue and Airport Road in Lakewood. “We envision it as a hub for people of all ages and communities where they will find comprehensive health and medical resources,” said Shvarzblat.
The nonprofit Fulfill, with a 48,000 square-foot headquarters at 3300 Route 66, Neptune, works closely with more than 300 food pantries and soup kitchens, and offers after school hot meal programs and more to those in need.
For more information or questions, including information about leasing opportunities in the medical buildings, call the offices of Cedar Bridge Properties at 732-364-7132 or email leasingnow2019@gmail.com. For more information about Fulfill, call 732-918-2600.
About Fulfill (Taken from website): Hunger is still very real in Monmouth and Ocean counties. Every day, one in 10 of our neighbors does not have enough to eat. This includes over 21,000 children in Monmouth and 25,000 children in Ocean. Fulfill provides over 13 million meals every year to 130,000 of our neighbors right here in our communities. Fulfill provides over 142,000 meals to our school children in backpacks, kids’ café, and summer meals programs. The Fulfill mobile pantries serve over 17,757 people in our communities, including seniors and veterans.
The overall poverty rate for in our communities has continued to grow over the past 10 years. Fulfill fights hunger in many different ways because hunger is caused by many different things. Fulfill provides food and other life-changing programs that address all the causes of hunger—to get our neighbors in need back on their feet for good and strengthen our communities forever.
Speaker Back by Popular Demand! Arlene Joseph, Mortgage Magician, to Speak at December 11 Lunch Meeting
Arlene Joseph, Pt. Pleasant, a senior loan officer at Movement Mortgage, Toms River, who is known as the Mortgage Magician, will give tips about how to “Make Mortgage and Credit Concerns Disappear” at the Lunch a Little, Learn a Lot business meeting, noon to 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 11, 2018, at Charlie Brown’s Restaurant, 400 Route 70 West, Lakewood, N.J. The cost is $15 and includes Charlie Brown’s salad bar, a lunch entrée, a beverage, and an educational presentation. Walk-ins welcome.
Joseph will give business owners credit and mortgage tips that will make the lending process easier, and show how those with low to mid credit scores and minimal cash can still own a home. Joseph holds License 68360 from NMLS (Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System).
She is a graduate of Ward Melville High School, New York, and earned a B.A. in elementary education and social sciences from S.U.N.Y. at Stony Brook, N.Y. Joseph, who studied special education at San Francisco State University, holds teaching certification, K – 12, from the State of New Jersey.
Before joining Movement Mortgage, Joseph was a loan officer at Maverick Funding, Toms River. Joseph is the chairwoman of the Networking Committee for the Pt. Pleasant Chamber of Commerce; and is a creative writing instructor at the Ocean County College and the Ocean County Library.
For more information, contact Joseph at Arlene.joseph@movement.com or call 732-822-4467. Also visit www.movement.com/arlenejoseph.
Public School and Special Needs Students Learn about Each Other Through Volleyball
What better way to learn about peers with special needs and interact with them in a positive and fun way than to play volleyball!
For the third year, Russ Witt, a Colts Neck High School a resource teacher, and about 12 students in the Colts Neck Student Unified Club* joined students from Harbor School, a state-approved special education school, Eatontown, and their adapted physical education teacher Jennifer Borgin, for a beach ball volleyball game.
Encouraged by the Colts Neck students to play, students from Harbor School eagerly participated. The Harbor School students had so much fun that a few of them even began dancing! When a group of girls from Colts Neck High School asked, one of the students began to teach them his dance moves.
Borgin said, “It was a nice social experience for all the students,” noting that the students from Colts Neck will be coming back on December 13 for more volleyball fun and interaction.
Harbor School is one of three RKS Associates state-approved special education schools that include the Alpha School, Jackson, and the Harbor School, Eatontown. All three schools provide education, therapeutic, and behavioral support for children who have challenges, such as multiple disabilities, cognitively impairments, autistic spectrum disorder, learning disabilities, traumatic brain injuries, behavioral disorders, or other health impairments.
For more information or for school enrollment questions, contact Erika Casablanca at ErikaC@thegatewayschool.com. or 732-541-4400; or Dana Giblin at 732-544-9394.
*The Student Unified Club is designed to teach its members to socialize with peers who have special needs
RKS Associates Schools: Gateway School: 60 High Street Carteret, NJ 07008 (732.541.4400) https://thegatewayschool.com/; Alpha School: 2210 West County Line Road, Suite #1, Jackson, NJ 08527 (732.370.1150) https://alphaschool.com/ ; Harbor School: 240 Broad Street, Eatontown, NJ 07724 (732.544.9394) https://harborschool.com/
Celebrate the 20th Anniversary of the Electric Ballroom
Beasley Media Group radio station WRAT-FM (95.9), Asbury Underground, and Main Man Productions are presenting the 20th anniversary celebration of the Electric Ballroom, featuring Monster Magnet; Blue Coupe with original members of Alice Cooper, and Blue Oyster Cult; Frankenstein 3000; The Ribeye Brothers, December 30, 2018, at the House of Independents, 572 Cookman Avenue, Asbury Park, NJ 07712. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. and show time for music lovers of all ages begins at 7:00 p.m.
Doug Sjonvall, marketing director of the WRAT-FM, noted that original co-hosts Keith Roth and Aimee Kristi created the concept of the Electric Ballroom for the program 20 years ago after a discussion about the type of radio that was missing throughout their teenage years. The show, now hosted solely by Roth, concentrates on everything from 70s glam to 80s alternative, classic rock, eclectic rock, and punk rock.
Roth said, “We need to keep reminding people of their legacy and infecting the next generations with the timeless sounds. I’m always hoping to hear and share the next Velvet underground or The MC5.”
Dan Finn, senior vice president and regional market manager of Beasley Media Group, said, “To have a locally produced original program of this kind on The Rat reach its twentieth anniversary is certainly something to celebrate. It’s going to be a great show!”
Tickets are $35 in advance and $40 at the door. Purchase tickets at houseofindependents.com or find the link to purchase tickets at www.wrat.com. For more information, contact Doug Sjonvall at 732-681-3800 x306 or Promorat@wrat.com
About Beasley Media Group: Beasley Media Group, LLC is a subsidiary of Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., (NASDAQ:BBG) which owns and operates 64 stations (46 FM and 18 AM) in 15 large and mid-size markets in the United States. Approximately 19 million consumers listen to Beasley radio stations weekly over-the-air, online, on smartphones and tablets and engage with the Company’s brands and personalities through digital platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, text, apps and email. For more information, please visit www.bbgi.com. ###
Effective Communication Techniques – Do You Have Them? HR Meeting December 13
HR professionals need to communicate all kinds of information from cut-and-dry policies to coaching managers and counseling employees, among others. Mastering various communication skills impacts everyone’s job effectiveness.
Understand what constitutes effective communications and the techniques to use in coaching and counseling at the monthly meeting of JSAHR (The Jersey Shore Association for Human Resources), open to the public, Thursday, December 13, 2018, from 8:00 to 10:00 a.m., at Jumping Brook Country Club, 210 Jumping Brook Road, Neptune, N.J.
Vaughn Reale, president and CEO of VMR Performance Management, will discuss how theories and models, such as Maslow’s Hierarchy “The Ladder of Inference” and Meyers Briggs form the foundations for understanding communication. Learn at least two tools for determining when to coach and when to counsel, and how to deliver bad news to good people.
The registration fee, including a full buffet breakfast, is $30.00 for JSAHR members; $40.00 for nonmembers; $25.00 for guests and those in-transition, and $10.00 for full-time students. Team with ME Nutrition & Fitness Consulting is sponsoring this meeting.
Register online at jsahr.shrm.org/events or email admin@jsahr.org or call Christine Higgins, JSAHR chapter administrator, at 732-701-7155.
JSAHR, a SHRM affiliated chapter, is a Platinum Excel award winner of SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management.) This program is pending one (1) SHRM and one (1) HRCI (Human Resource Certification Institute) recertification credit. www.hrci.org
About Vaughan Reale: Vaughan Reale is the president and CEO of VMR Performance Management, which offers sales and performance management training to employers of all sizes. He is a Fred Pryor Certified Seminar Trainer, specializing in effective team building techniques and communication skills for managers. Reale has founded three Toastmaster’s Clubs and has taught the Dale Carnegie Human Relations course several times, receiving the Peer Award for Highest Achievement. He has trained more than 1,000 insurance professionals and has successfully managed high performing multi-functional teams for over 25 years.
Reale is also a CEBS and a CLU with multiple Life, Health and Property and Casualty licenses. He is a graduate of the Wharton School of Business and has served as Mayor of Margate, N.J., for four years. He is a member of SHRM, NAHU and ISCEBS and is a frequent speaker on healthcare, with many published articles and essays.
N.J. Health Care Network to Meet December 11
The monthly meeting of NJ Health Care Network, a free organization for anyone in the health care industry, including those who provide ancillary products and services, is Tuesday, December 11, 2018, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Rose Garden Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, 1579 Old Freehold Road, Toms River, NJ 08755.
The NJ Health Care Network provides an opportunity to build relationships among health care professionals, market events, and promote business. Membership is free; however, register to take advantage of member benefits, such as posting to Health Care Network’s website all health care and marketing events, training information, employment listings, and access to a member directory.
For more information about NJ Health Care Network, email Lisa Gallicchio, director of community relations for Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services, Eatontown, at lisa@preferredcares.com, call 732-547-9886, or visit www.njhcnet.com for the monthly location and member events. Meetings take place in a different New Jersey county each month.