Yoga and Tai-chi for seniors
The Lawrence Senior Center on Darrah Lane East offers Tai-chi and yoga instructions. If you are interested, please call 844-7048.
MADD seeking cars and boats
Mothers Against Drunk Driving in New Jersey is expading its car campaign to include boats. MADD asks people with unwanted cars or boats to donate them. It’s a program designed to raise funds for the MADD Program and is being conducted throughout New Jersey. Anyone interested in donating a car or boat is invited to call (800) 720-6233. MADD will tow most any car free of charge. Cars need to be intact and the certificate of title must be presented at the time of pickup.
All boars are subject to the approval of a broker and must be fiberglass, seaworthy and in marketable condition.
Not only does MADD benefit from the sale of each vehicle, the person donating may also be able to claim a tax deduction if they itemize. Everyone benefits!
To make a donation, call (800) 720-6233.
Volunteers needed
Morris Hall in Lawrence is seeking volunteers to work with its residents.
Morris Hall includes St. Mary’s Assisted and Residential Living, a 78-suite residential health-care center, and St. Joseph’s, a 120-bed nursing facility.
Opportunities for volunteers include reading to residents, walking with them, escorting occasional trips and outings, helping with feeding. Special talents in art, music and crafts also are welcome.
To volunteer call 896-0006, ext. 2693.
Singles volunteers
The Mercer County Single Volunteers organization is inviting membership inquires.
The group is made up of singles who do volunteer work together. Meetings are held the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Lawrence Branch of the Mercer County Library, Brunswick Pike and Darrah Lane.
For further information call the hotline, 888-3535.
Project Graduation
Project Graduation is a drug- and alcohol-free Lawrence High School post-graduation celebration. The Project Graduation committee holds its meetings the first Monday of every month during the school year in the LHS library at 7:30 p.m. Parents of all high school students and incoming freshmen are encouraged to attend the meetings and the general public is encouraged to support this event.
Senior club meetings
Lawrence Township Senior Club 2 will meet Tuesday, May 23, at 10:30 a.m. at the Lawrence Senior Center on Darrah Lane East. All township seniors over age 60 are invited for a day of bingo and light refreshments.
Widows and widowers social
The Mercer County Chapter of Widows and Widowers will hold its monthly meeting/dance/social on Friday, May 26, at 7:30 p.m. at the VFW No. 3525 on Christine Avenue in Hamilton.
For more information, call 587-8959 or 896-3818. Refreshments will be served and all widows and widowers are invited to attend.
Want to host an exchange student?
Would you like to host a foreign exchange student from this coming August until the following June? The students are carefully screened and matched to a local family. They have studied English for at least three years, and are tested and interviewed to get into this program. The students range in age between 15 and 18, and come with full health insurance and their own spending money.
The Council on International Exchange is a non-profit organization founded in 1947 to help people become more globally independent and culturally diverse. The students come from many countries including France, Germany and Brazil. If you are interested in having a student live with you, you can call Kathie Chaikin, who is Council’s local coordinator, at 771-8073.
Fresh Air needs host families
The Fresh Air Fund is seeking more host families in the central and southern New Jersey area to open their homes to a New York City child for two weeks this summer. Since 1877, The Fresh Air Fund has enabled 1.6 million disadvantaged young New Yorkers to experience summer in suburban and small town communities.
Fresh Air host families can choose the gender and age of their visitor. First-time Fresh Air children are between the ages of six and 12. Many families find their hosting experiences so rewarding that over 65 percent of all children are reinvited to stay with host families year after year. Children can participate in the Friendly Town program through age 18.
For more information on how you can share the simple joys of summer with a city child, please contact Linda Leyhane at 466-7973, or call The Fresh Air Fund at (800) 367-0003. You can also visit The Fund on-line at www.freshair.org.
St. Ann adult education series
The Church of Saint Ann has announced its Adult Education Series for the Easter season. The program takes place in the church daily chapel from 7:30 to 9 p.m., Thursday evenings, May 25 and June 8. For more information, call Sister Beth Dempsey at 882-6491.
• “When Faith Meets Faith: Understanding Christians Today,” Thursday, May 25. Gary Maccaroni, pastoral assistant at the Church of Saint Ann, will examine Christian beliefs and faith as found within Catholic Christianity and mainline Protestant Christianity. Some areas of focus include the development of Protestant Christianity, the role of the Bible, understanding of salvation, structure of the church and understanding of the sacraments.
• “How Can We Talk About Our Funeral Before We Die?” Thursday, June 8. Greg Smith and Joseph Parell, funeral directors from Poulson and Van Hise in Lawrenceville, will walk us through the funeral process, giving us an understanding of the different parts that make up a funeral to help us prepare for a funeral, for ourselves or a family member.
Anchor House Cory’s Ride
The Anchor House Foundation, which hosts the annual Ride for Runaways to benefit the Trenton shelter for runaway and abused children, is sponsoring its second annual Cory’s Ride, a one-day cycling event to benefit the Cory C. Golis Anchor House Scholarship Fund.
Cory, a 15-year-old Hopewell Township resident and a freshman at Hopewell Valley Regional High School, was killed in July 1998 in a collision with a motor vehicle while riding on the final day of the Ride For Runaways. In the aftermath of this tragedy, the foundation, in cooperation with the Golis family, established a scholarship fund in Cory’s name.
Part of the fund-raising effort for the scholarship fund is Cory’s Ride, which last year drew 217 cyclists who raised more than $7,000.
This year’s ride, which is returning to Rosedale Park in Hopewell Township on June 3, will consist of 20- and 40-mile routes and will draw on Anchor House veterans and area cyclists for participation. This second edition of Cory’s Ride will feature expanded events following the ride in Rosedale Park and the announcement of the recipient of the fund’s first scholarship.
For additional information on Cory’s Ride, contact the Anchor House Foundation at 278-9495.
Volunteer training
Volunteers are needed in Mercer County and Samaritan Hospice is providing a way for people to help. Samaritan Hospice will hold a volunteer training program at Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton. The program will run Monday and Wednesday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon, from now through Wednesday, June 7. For more information, call Ann King at (800) 229-8183.
Eggerts summer camp
The Summer Camp at Eggerts Crossing Village is taking applications for children entering kindergarten through fifth grade. Fifty campers will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.
The camp will be held weekdays for seven weeks, July 3 through August 18, on the grounds and in the community room at Eggerts Crossing Village, 175 Johnson Ave. Camp hours are 8:30 a.m. through 3:30 p.m. A supervised After-Camp Program is available from 3:30 to 5 p.m. Breakfast, lunch and snacks will be served each day.
Activities include educational enrichment in language arts, mathematics, reading and writing; arts and crafts; swimming; nature exploration; field trips; and tennis instruction.
The rates are as follows:
One child in family: $50 bi-weekly; $25 for the final week; $175 for seven weeks.
Two children in family: $85 bi-weekly; $45 for the final week; $300 for seven weeks.
Three children in family: $125 bi-weekly; $65 for the final week; $440 for seven weeks.
After-Camp Program fee: $5 per week per child.
To inquire or request an application, call the Eggerts Crossing Village office at 883-7111.
Free concerts at Lawrenceville School
The public is invited to free concerts at The Edith Memorial Chapel on the campus of The Lawrenceville School, Main St., Lawrenceville.
• May 24 at 7:30 p.m. — A concert of “Music for Spring” offers a wide variety of vocal and instrumental selections including Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 (“The London“) performed by the Lawrenceville School Camerata; “The Frim Fram Sauce” as well as folk songs from around the world performed by the Lawrenceville Singers; Beatles favorite “Can’t Buy Me Love,” and “Take the ‘A’ Train” sung by The Lawrentiennes and Lawrentians; and “The Blues Chorale” by Tommy Newsome and Doc Severinsen featuring the Lawrenceville School Jazz Ensemble. The one-and-a-half-hour concert will conclude with the finale to Haydn’s Symphony No. 103 (“The Drum Roll“) and “Finlandia” by Sibelius performed by The Lawrenceville School Orchestra.
• May 28 at 2 p.m. — A one hour concert of student soloists in movements of violin concertos including Alex Chaleff of Pennington: Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto in D minor (first movement); Julia Clarke of Princeton: Bruch’s Violin Concerto in G minor (first movement); and Sarah Nurbhai: Wieniawski’s Violin Concerto in D minor (second movement). The Lawrenceville School Camerata will be accompanying the concertos, and will conclude the program with a complete performance of Haydn’s Symphony No. 104 (“The London“).
For further information contact the Music Department of The Lawrenceville School at 896-8151.
