Assemblyman Edward (Ned) Thomson to Speak at September 15 ELC Meeting
Meet the newest Assemblyman Edward (Ned) Thomson, District 30, the featured speaker at Ocean County ELC (Employer Legislative Committee) meeting and breakfast on Friday, September 15, 2017, from 8:00 to 9:30 a.m. at the Clarion Hotel & Conference Center, 815 Route 37 West, Toms River, N.J.
Assemblyman Thomson will be speaking about business issues in New Jersey. ELC meetings, open to the public, are designed to inform the business community about important legislation, provide face-to-face opportunities with key government officials, and encourage dialogue between business and government.
The registration fee, including a buffet breakfast, is $20.00. R.S.V.P. to mpangelini@ preferredbehavioral.org or call 908-309-5395. Pay at the door or mail checks, payable to Ocean ELC, to Mary Pat Angelini, P.O. Box 517, Oakhurst, N.J. 07755.
The Ocean County ELC is sponsored by Holman Frenia Allison, PC and New Jersey Natural Gas in partnership with the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce.
About ELC: Employer Legislative Committees: The ELCs, established by NJBIA in 1959, are independent, local organizations representing all 21 counties. At each meeting, legislators, cabinet members or local officials will discuss important issues pertinent to business. Attendees also receive a briefing from one of NJBIA’s government affairs experts on legislative and regulatory issues affecting employers. About NJBIA: The New Jersey Business & Industry Association, Trenton, N.J., provides information, services and advocacy to its member companies in order to build a more prosperous New Jersey. NJBIA is the nation’s largest statewide employer association. Its members, as a group, employ more than one million people and represents every industry in the state, including contractors, manufacturers, retail and wholesale businesses, and service providers of every kind. Visit www.njbia.org for more information.
About Edward H. (Ned) Thomson III: Edward H. (Ned) Thomson III, an Enrolled Actuary, has served as a Trustee of the New Jersey Public Employees Retirement System for the past 20 years appointment by N.J. Governors (1995-Present). He was twice elected Mayor of Wall Township (2002, 2005). He has served as a Wall Township Committeeman for a decade (1998-2008), was a member of the Wall Planning Board for 10 years (1997-2007) and the Board of Adjustment for seven years (1990-1997). Recently he was reappointed to the Wall Twp. Planning Board.
Ned Thomson has been self-employed since 1978 as the owner of E.H. Thomson & Company, Inc. Consulting Actuaries, Sea Girt, NJ. He administers more than 500 pension plans advising on eligibility, distribution of benefits, investments, and current legislation. He is an Enrolled Actuary before the Joint Board of Enrolled Actuaries- U.S. Dept. Treasury, U.S. Dept. of Labor, and a Fellow of the Conference of Consulting Actuaries, a Member of the Collage of Pension Actuaries, a Member of the Society of Pension Actuaries and a Member of the American Academy of Actuaries. Certified Continuing Education provider for the N.J. Dept. of Accountancy, and the N.J. Dept. of Banking and Insurance.
How to Prepare Your Home for Sale in This Market – Coldwell Banker Riviera Realtors to Speak at Sept. 12 Lunch Meeting
The housing market is booming. How can you prepare your house to beat the competition? Joanne Platz and Greg Parmele of Coldwell Banker Riviera Realty, Inc., Pt. Pleasant, will present Preparing Your Home for Sale and where to begin at the Lunch a Little, Learn a Lot business meeting, noon to 1:30 p.m., Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 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.
Platz and Parmele, a husband and wife real estate team, have been representing people who are selling, buying and investing in real estate in Southern Monmouth and Northern Ocean Counties for more than twenty years. They will offer their experience and expertise in taking into consideration the many factors in selling a home.
For more information, call Joanne Platz or Greg Parmele at 732-295-1400 Ext. 2114, Joanne@JoannePlatz.com, cell 908-278-2750.
The Search Begins for the WRAT-FM 2018 Rat Rock Calendar Cover Girl
The sixth annual search has begun! Radio station 95.9 WRAT-FM, a subsidiary of Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., is searching for its 2018 Rat Rock Calendar Cover Girl. New Jersey women age 18 and older can submit professional or amateur photos through September 13, 2017, by clicking on Rat Rock Calendar Girl Search at wrat.com.
The public can determine calendar candidates by voting at www.wrat.com., beginning Monday, September 25, 2017. Listeners can also view the Calendar Girls month to month at www.wrat.com or via an e-blast to Rat Rock Calendar Girl Club Rat subscribers.
The winner of the calendar cover will receive a $5,000 prize. The twelve finalists will represent a specific calendar month. Playboy photographers Rich Hall and Mark Vetrini are the official photographers for the project.
“The Rat Rock Girl Calendar has become an annual tradition,” said WRAT-FM Marketing Director Doug Sjonvall. “It’s become a great way for our listeners to kick-off the New Year!”
When the calendars are completed December 2017, individuals can get a free calendar at the WRAT studios at 1731 Main St Lake Como, N.J., or at participating sponsor locations.
Businesses interested in becoming a sponsor should contact Jaclyn Farago at 732-681-3800 or Jaclyn.Farago@bbgi.com. To date, sponsors of the Rat Rock Girl Calendar include Harley Davidson of Ocean County; Shore Line Harley Davidson, Long Branch; Old Bridge Township Raceway Park; and Focus Productions, Inc.
For more information contact Doug Sjonvall, marketing director of the WRAT-FM at 732-681-3800 Ext. 306 or visit promorat@greatermedianj.com.
ABOUT BEASLEY MEDIA GROUP: Beasley Media Group, Inc. is a subsidiary of Beasley Broadcast Group, Inc., which owns and operates 63 stations (45 FM and 18 AM) in15 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.
OHI Opens Its Sixth Ocean County Health Center in Brick
Ocean Health Initiatives (OHI), a federally qualified health center (FQHC), opened its sixth site in Ocean County at 1608 Route 88, Suite 207 in Brick, N.J., and is accepting new patients. The Brick Health Center, formerly run by Ocean Medical Center, has six exam rooms. OHI’s medical services include internal medicine, family medicine, and a range of pediatric services. Women’s Health services are being planned for the future.
Brick Health Center, now owned and operated by OHI, is working in partnership with Ocean Medical Center and Hackensack Meridian Health to include all current and new patients referred by Ocean Medical Center, in addition to accepting all new patients.
All patients of the Brick Health Center also have access to many other services OHI offers at its five other health center locations throughout Ocean County. OHI’s services include dental, podiatry, behavioral health, social services, and on-site pharmacies. Patients also have access to LabCorp services at all OHI health centers and the award-winning Patient Portal that allows patients access to their medical records online.
Dr. Jay V. Wortzel and his Clinical Team are currently seeing patients at the Brick Health Center, Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Hours are subject to seasonal changes.
Dr. Theresa Berger, president and CEO of OHI, said, “OHI is proud to be able to reach out to more residents of Ocean County by opening our sixth facility. Our Brick location demonstrates the demand for more accessibility to care within the community, and we are honored to be able to deliver these needed services.”
For more information about OHI’s Brick Health Center, contact Douglas Clark, marketing manager, at 732-719-9026.
About Ocean Health Initiatives (OHI): OHI, a nonprofit 501(c)(3) federally qualified health center (FQHC), has six health centers, a Mobile Medical Unit, and two school-based wellness programs in Ocean County. OHI health centers are at 101 Second Street, Lakewood; 301 Lakehurst Road, Toms River; 333 Haywood Road, Manahawkin; Manchester, 686 Route 70 , Lakehurst; 798 Route 539. Building 3, Little Egg Harbor; and 1608 Route 88, Suite 207, Brick. The school-based wellness programs in Lakewood are in the Clifton Avenue Elementary School, 625 Clifton Avenue; and Lakewood High School, 855 Somerset Avenue, Suite A. The Lakewood, Little Egg Harbor and Manchester health centers have pharmacies.
OHI provides comprehensive primary and preventative health and dental care to Ocean County’s uninsured, underinsured, and insured populations. A sliding-fee scale is available, based on an individual’s or family’s ability to pay. Services include family and internal medicine, dental, pediatrics, women’s health, behavioral health and social services, podiatry and pharmacy services.
OHI has a bilingual staff available to assist patients and callers. To become a patient of OHI, call 732-363-6655. Visit www.ohinj.org for further information.
National Health Center Week Brings Aetna to CHEMED
Aetna Better Health of New Jersey recently sponsored the second day of National Health Center Week events held at CHEMED (The Center for Health Education, Medicine and Dentistry), a federally qualified health care center, 1771 Madison Avenue, Lakewood, N.J.
CHEMED representatives held health screenings, including free blood pressure, glucose, and cholesterol screenings; and oxygen saturation, heart rate, and BMI monitoring. They also offered summer safety tips and provided information on how to avoid exposure to lead.
Senator Robert Singer, 30th Legislative District, vice chairman of the Ocean County Board of Health, who presented a proclamation from the Senate in honor of National Health Center Week, welcomed Glenn MacFarlane, CEO of Aetna, and community civic leaders and pastors.
Senator Singer said, “We welcome Aetna to Ocean County and wish them success in serving the county’s residents.”
Dr. David Friedman, CEO of CHEMED, said, “Aetna successfully serves the health insurance needs of New Jersey. We are excited they will be joining our other HMOs in providing coverage.”
For more information about Aetna’s upcoming Family Care Plan in Ocean County, call 855-232-3596. For more information about CHEMED, contact Leah Hirsch at CHEMED Health Center, 732-364-6666.
About CHEMED: CHEMED provides comprehensive health and medical services, such as internal medicine, pediatrics, behavioral health, and dentistry, women’s health, radiology, among other services, all in one building. Uninsured and underinsured patients will be seen on a sliding-fee scale. To make an appointment, call 732-364-6666.
Lakewood Historical Museum – a Toast to Mayor Ray Coles and the Township Committee
The Lakewood Historical Society and the Lakewood Heritage Commission will show their appreciation to Lakewood Mayor Ray Coles and the Township Committee for their support of the Sheldon Wolpin Lakewood Historical Museum in Pine Park at its second annual Toastimonial, Wednesday, September 6, 2017, Woodlake Country Club, 25 New Hampshire Avenue, Lakewood.
Cocktails begin at 6:00; dinner at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $100 and will benefit the continued refurbishing of Kuser Hall, the 15,000-square-foot building that houses Lakewood antiquities. Contact Robin Wellet for tickets, sponsorships, or questions at 732-330-5384, or rwellet@aol.com. Sponsorship opportunities and journal ads are available.
Kuser Hall, the last remaining building of five that made up the Newman School, an exclusive preparatory boarding school for boys, closed in 1942. The building, which the township acquired in 1964 through Green Acres Funding, was the math and science center of the school.
Through the volunteer efforts of members in the Historical Society and the Heritage Commission, Kuser Hall has been transformed into a showcase, featuring Lakewood memorabilia and artifacts. Seven galleries on the first floor and scenes depicting “old” Lakewood in the main hallway are open to the public, free of charge. Donations are gladly accepted.
A fountain from 1881 originally commissioned by a group of Lakewood residents was moved from Clifton Avenue to the front of the museum. The museum also boasts a mono-wing airplane in the southeastern outside corner of the building as part of some hands-on exhibits.
The Ocean County Society of Model Railroaders is located in the lower level of the museum where members are building two exhibits, one for O Gauge and the other of HO Gauge model trains.
Mayor Ray Coles, the Township Committee, Lakewood publics works, and the Inspection Department have been especially supportive. The museum is open Thursday, Saturday, Sunday from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
N.J. Health Care Network to Meet September 12
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, September 12, 2017, from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Job Haines Home, 250 Bloomfield Avenue, Bloomfield, N.J.
The NJ Health Care Network provides an opportunity to build relationships among health care professionals, market events, and promote business. Meetings take place in a different New Jersey county each month.
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.
We All Could Use a Good Laugh – Lakewood Chamber Presents Comedy Night at the Strand Theater
At this point, we all could use a good laugh! The Lakewood Chamber of Commerce is hosting Comedy Night, Thursday, September 14, 2017, at the Strand Theater, 400 Clifton Avenue, Lakewood. Doors open at 6:00 p.m. A buffet of light refreshments (Kosher food available) and a cash bar begin at 6:30 p.m. in the Gallery. Show time with open seating is 7:30 p.m.
Comedians include Bob DiBuono direct from the NYC comedy scene and Comedy Central; Carie Karavas, a New York, Atlantic City and Las Vegas stand-up who is considered a national headliner; and Richie Byrne who has appeared on the Dr. Oz Show, Foxwoods, and Mohegan Sun.
General admission tickets are $40.00. Sponsorships include four show tickets and promotional advertising. For sponsorships, tickets, and further information contact Denise 732-363-0012 or email staff@mylakewoodchamber.com.
The sponsors to-date are OceanFirst Bank, Fulton Bank, Monmouth Medical Center Southern Campus, Maser Consulting P.A., Pine Belt Chevrolet, New Jersey Natural Gas, and Remington, Vernick & Vena.
Third Year of Being “Best” Puts Shrewsbury Executive Offices in Business Hall of Fame
Shrewsbury Executive Offices is now officially a member of the Business Hall of Fame! Tammi Horowitz, director of operations and leasing of the Shrewsbury Executive Offices, 788 Shrewsbury Avenue, Tinton Falls, N.J., announced that because Shrewsbury Executive Offices has been named the “Best of Tinton Falls” in the Executive Suite Rental Agency category for the third year in a row, the all-inclusive executive office complex earned its place in the Business Hall of Fame.
Under the leadership of Horowitz, Shrewsbury Executive Offices has continued to upgrade its services and expand its facility. More than 115 offices of varying sizes are available, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Shrewsbury Executive Offices offers businesses fully furnished offices, including a desk and chair, a guest chair, and a file cabinet; all utilities, including heat, air and electric; local and long distance phone service; wired or wireless high-speed internet; a copy center with fax, copy, scanning and printing services; the use of five conference rooms; a breakroom with beverages; and lobby and office signage. Reception services are also included.
Horowitz said, “Just come in with your computer and your business is up and running. You don’t have to worry about working with phone or cable companies – it’s all taken care of. If you rent a traditional office, you might be paying for space you don’t utilize, such as a conference room you use once a week. At Shrewsbury Executive Offices, you’re not paying for space you don’t need or utilize.”
A few offices are still available, ranging from the “value” office at $450.00 per month to the most expensive office at $1200 a month. Prices range depending on the size of the office and other amenities, such as windows.
Among its other services, Shrewsbury Executive Offices hosts Vendor’s Thursday, a free marketing opportunity for tenants and local businesses, open to the public. “We are definitely proponents of helping small businesses be successful and Vendor’s Thursday works well,” said Horowitz.
The Tinton Falls Award Program is an annual awards program that honors the achievements and accomplishments of exceptional local businesses in Tinton Falls that provide quality service to their customers and to the community. According to the Tinton Falls Award Program, “Our mission is to recognize the small business community’s contributions to the U.S. economy.” The organization works exclusively with local business owners, trade groups, professional associations, and other business advertising and marketing groups.
For more information about the Shrewsbury Executive Offices, contact Tammi Horowitz at 732-334-0766 or Tammi@ShrewsburyExecutiveOffices.com.
Acelleron Medical Products Announces Recent Opening of Human Milk Depot
Acelleron Medical Products, a durable medical equipment (DME) company acquired by Preferred Home Health Care and Nursing Services, Eatontown, N.J, recently opened a human milk depot, the first in Pennsylvania, in partnership with Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast (MMBNE). Acelleron is known throughout the Northeast as a leading breast pump provider that provides home medical devices primarily for maternal and respiratory health.
Women from Pennsylvania and New Jersey will now be able to drop off their milk at the Acelleron depot, 3331 Street Road, Suite 440, Bensalem, Pennsylvania, for shipment to Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast.
A milk depot is a community location where screened milk donors can drop off milk for shipment to a milk bank. The milk bank collects milk from mothers who have more milk than their babies need; screens, pasteurizes, and tests the milk; and then dispenses it primarily to premature and sick babies whose mothers do not have enough milk for them.
With the opening of Bensalem location, MMBNE now has fourteen depots in seven states throughout the Northeast, including depots at Acelleron offices in Massachusetts and Connecticut.
Kristen Quinn, lactation counselor for Acelleron’s Maternal Health Division, said, “After seeing how many NICU babies our Connecticut and Massachusetts milk depots were able to support, I felt compelled to expand the efforts of this project into the Pennsylvania and New Jersey region where I am based. As a lactation professional and a new mom, I feel connected to the families that have babies in need of donor milk.”
Naomi Bar-Yam, Ph.D., executive director of Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast, said, “We encourage mothers who have milk they want to share to consider donating it. The presence of this new milk depot at Acelleron Medical Products will increase awareness of the importance of breastfeeding and donating milk. We hope that the depot will also provide an opportunity for mothers to network with one another about this unique, lifesaving gift.”
Hightstown, New Jersey, mother Leah Conte, who donated milk on the opening day of the depot, said, “Having a premature child is a life-altering event, one that often I felt little control over. Being able to pump and share my breastmilk gave me a feeling of empowerment and purpose. It is so exciting to know that a new depot has opened. It will be an incredible resource to families.”
Milk donor screening, modeled after blood donor screening, includes health history, physician approval, and a blood test, some of the many measures taken to ensure the safety of milk for the fragile premature and sick babies served by MMBNE and the hospitals that use the milk. Milk from mothers who pass the screening is also pasteurized and tested by an independent lab to ensure safety before being dispensed to hospitals or families.
Human milk can be lifesaving for preterm infants. It is especially protective against a life-threatening condition called necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), which affects one in ten of the smallest preterm infants. Human breastmilk is estimated to lower the risk of this condition by 79 percent. It also lowers hospital costs by reducing costs for care and shortening hospital stays.
Donor milk is rapidly becoming the standard supplement to mothers’ milk for preterm infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICUs). In addition, an increasing number of community hospitals with regular and special care nurseries use donor milk when babies need a supplement to their mothers’ own milk.
The first-ever Human Milk World Record, sponsored by Acelleron Medical Products, was set August in 2014 when 121 babies received human milk from 242 participants at the MommyCon 2014 Convention in Boston. Participants came from all over the United States, and from as far away as San Diego, California.
Mothers who wish to donate milk at the depot can review guidelines on the milk bank website, www.milkbankne.org/donate, and then contact a Donor Intake Coordinator for screening at 617-527-6263 Ext. 3 or donate@milkbankne.org. Approved donors can then drop off milk at the new depot by contacting Kristen Quinn from Acelleron Medical Products at 267-972-8008 or kquinn@acelleron.com.
About Mothers’ Milk Bank Northeast (MMBNE): MMBNE is a nonprofit community milk bank accredited by the Human Milk Banking Association of North America (HMBANA). Since 2011 MMBNE has been screening donors, pasteurizing milk, and dispensing to over 80 hospitals and to families throughout the Northeastern United States, including over a dozen hospitals in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
About Acelleron Medical Products: Acelleron Medical Products, a home medical device provider based in North Andover, Massachusetts, helps children and expecting mothers obtain respiratory equipment, maternal health products and services. In 2013, Preferred Home Health Care & Nursing Services, Inc. acquired the company, which led to an expansion into Pennsylvania and New Jersey. In just four years, Acelleron has gone from being one of the largest providers of pediatric nebulizers in New England to becoming a true destination for expecting mothers from Maine to Pennsylvania. Acelleron is committed to proving the best resources to empower women so that they can achieve success in parenthood, starting in the early days of pregnancy with quality education and breastfeeding support.