Business Network International (BNI), Freehold area chapter, invites business owners and company representatives to attend a free breakfast meeting at its new location, the Cornerstone Café, Main and South streets in Freehold. Meetings are held each Wednesday morning from 7 to 8:30 a.m.
The purpose of BNI is to assist members in growing their businesses by networking leads within the membership. BNI is open to entrepreneurs as well as established business owners, and is designed to help them substantially increase their sales by having BNI’s supportive group actively recommend members’ services to family, friends and clients. Applicants are pre-qualified for integrity and professionalism. There are currently positions open for health professionals, tradesmen, contractor, handyman, party planner, florist, property and casualty agent, travel agent, estate planner, mortgage loan officer and retail business owners.
For further information, call Rob Friedman, membership chairman, at (732) 845-5200.
Mon-Oc Federal Credit Union now issues check cards instantly at its Freehold Township location, Barclay Square Shopping Center, Route 9, allowing Mon-Oc members immediate card access to their checking accounts. Call (732) 341-3550 for details.
Eileen Horton, R.N.C., M.S.M., has joined CentraState Healthcare System, Freehold Township, as director of professional development. She has 15 years of supervisory experience in the health care field, including positions with Brickner-Mantell Center for Women’s Health, Hamilton; Virtua-Memorial Hospital of Burlington County, Mount Holly; Tenet City Avenue Hospital, Philadelphia; and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, Hamilton.
Gopal Srinivasan has been named area education director in Howell-Jackson for Club Z!, an in-home tutoring service helping students with study skills, core subjects, speech therapy, music, computers, and SAT preparation. Srinivasan has a master’s degree in electrical engineering and has taught at engineering colleges in the United States and India, according to a press release. For more information, call (732) 833-1814.
Heather Katz of Manalapan has started a laser printer cartridge recycling program to help raise funds for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Cartridges can be placed in recycling collection bins placed at local veterinarians’ offices, pet shops and other facilities. For more information or to have a bin placed in your business, call Katz at Cartridge Renewal Systems, (732) 780-0208.
"Are You an Entrepreneur?" is the title of a seminar to be offered April 23 by the New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners at Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Manalapan, from 6-8 p.m. Touching on issues of personality, business knowledge, experience, and the proper time, place and financing for opening a new business, the seminar is free and open to all. For more information, call (609) 581-2220 or visit the Web site sbcnj@njawbo.org.
"Unsung Heroes" will be honored at a luncheon program sponsored by the Western Monmouth Chamber of Commerce on April 23 in recognition of Administrative Professionals Day. The Humanity Players troupe, developed by Bernice Garfield Szita and Bob Szita, of ActionArtz Training Institute of Marlboro, will perform skits about the individuals in organizations who really get the work done. A fee of $25 includes lunch and the program, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at Battleground Country Club, 100 Millhurst Road, Tennent section of Manalapan. Call (732) 462-3030 for registration materials.