Prudential New Jersey Properties will host an all-you-can-eat buffet dinner with proceeds benefiting The Sunshine Kids, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children with cancer. The event will be held Aug. 26, 5-8 p.m., at Scooters Family Restaurant, 6782 Route 9 south, Howell. For more information or advance tickets, call Prudential New Jersey Properties at (732) 367-5200. Additional information on The Sunshine Kids is available at www.sunshinekids.com.
Sur La Table, a Seattle-based premier kitchenware store, e-commerce and mail order company, will open its second location in New Jersey, in Freehold Raceway Mall, Freehold Township. The store is scheduled to open Sept. 3.
Sur La Table carries more than 12,000 products from over 1,600 vendors worldwide. Each store provides equipment for cooks and professional chefs, with thousands of gadgets, knives and tools, small appliances, and a large selection of tabletop items, kitchen linens and cookware. The stores routinely host chef/author appearances with culinary celebrities such as Alton Brown, Kathleen Daelemans and Jamie Oliver, as well as book signings and cooking demonstrations. For more information, call (800) 243-0842 or visit www.surlatable.com.
CentraState Medical Center, Freehold Township, has launched an advanced pain management program and named Peter Staats, M.D., medical director of the program. Staats joined the CentraState medical staff from The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, where he was chief of the pain management division.
CentraState’s new pain management service is designed for people with arthritis, bursitis, carpal tunnel syndrome, chronic muscle spasms, cancer and a host of other medical conditions. Treatments include minimally invasive disc procedures, joint injections, nerve blocks, and numerous other therapies.
The Program for Advanced Pain Management at CentraState includes a team of physiatrists, neurologists, orthopedists, surgeons and other physicians, as well as clinicians who specialize in headache, fitness and nutrition treatments. For more information, call (866) NJPAIN1 (657-2461) for more information.
H&R Block will begin tax training classes in early September. Classes offer instruction in tax-saving strategies, recent changes in tax laws, deductions and exemptions that are often overlooked, and special rules for children and seniors, and are offered at several locations and times in both English and Spanish. For more information, visit www.hrblock.com or call (866) 899-2584.
"How to Start and Manage Your Own Business," a free workshop presented by SCORE (Service Corps of Retired Executives), will be held Sept. 15 at 6 p.m. at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Manalapan. For more information, call (732) 431-7242.
Burger King has two local restaurants rated in the top 10 for raising funds for the "A Chance For Kids" program for the Jimmy Fund. The Jimmy Fund raises funds for pediatric cancer research at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Boston.
The Burger King located at 3267 Route 9 north, at Elton-Adelphia Road, Freehold Township, raised $4,641, the fourth-highest fund-raising restaurant in the state. The Burger King located at Route 9 south and Schanck Road, also Freehold Township, raised $1,649, the 10th-highest ranking in the state. Both restaurants are owned by Georgetown Restaurant Associates LLC.
The program raised nearly $1 million this year and has raised more than $3.5 million since its inception in 1999.
John M. Ghobrial, M.D., Marlboro, has joined the staff of Monmouth Medial Center, an affiliate of the St. Barnabas Health Care System. Board certified in ophthalmology, Ghobrial comes to Monmouth Medical Center from the Eye Associations of Monmouth in Colts Neck.
A graduate of the Boston University/UMD-New Jersey Medical School, seven-year BA/MD program. Ghobrial completed his post-graduate ophthalmology, training at Stony Brook/Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow, N.Y., where he earned the title of chief resident, and Tulane University’s fellowship program in cornea.
Ghobrial is a member of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, the American Society of Cataract and Refractive Surgery, and the American Medical Association.
Holly Rolenc, M.D., has joined the staff of Monmouth Medical Center as the attending physician for pediatrics and the nursery. Rolenc comes to Monmouth Medical Center from private practice at Colts Neck Pediatrics in Colts Neck. After earning her medical degree at American University of the Caribbean in St. Maarten, Rolenc continued her post-graduate training at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune. A resident of Toms River and a graduate of Douglass College at Rutgers University, she has served as pediatric chief resident.
A Nursing Opportunities Open House will be held Sept. 21, 1:30-5 p.m., at the John L. Montgomery Care Center, 115 Dutch Lane Road, Freehold Township.
The event is designed to give those in the nursing profession an opportunity to explore employment with the Monmouth County Department of Health care facilities. All registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, certified nurses aides, and recreational therapists are invited to attend. For more information, call Judy Richtmyer at (732) 938-5250, ext. 224.