The Quik Pak & Ship Store will open Nov. 1 in the old school building at 353 Sweetmans Lane, Perrineville section of Millstone. The new business will offer shipping and packing services via UPS, FedEx and DHL, and will carry supplies including shipping boxes, moving boxes, packing “peanuts,” tape and bubble wrap. Additional services include faxing, photocopying and laminating.
Owner Tom Calicchio, a 12-year resident of Millstone, is a notary public and an eBay trader with “power seller” status.
The store’s hours are Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and Saturday from 9 a.m. to noon.
For more information, call Calicchio at (732) 446-7377; fax (732) 446-7769, or e-mail cpnhook@optonline.net.
Schoor DePalma, an engineering and consulting firm based in Manalapan, announced that its outstanding young professionals (OYPs) are assisting the Western Monmouth Habitat for Humanity in the construction of six affordable homes on E Street in Freehold.
During an all-day event on Oct. 20, OYPs throughout Schoor DePalma assisted the organization in the various tasks needed to build the affordable homes, including constructing the structures, laying the roofing, assisting in planting and landscaping around the units, and administration work needed to complete the project.
Schoor DePalma’s OYPs are co-owners under the age of 40 who are in the early to middle stages of their career, have been with the company a minimum of three years, and have shown an exceptionally high performance level.
Freehold Surgical Center has achieved accreditation by the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care (AAAHC), according to Dr. Steven Mishkin, medical director of Freehold Surgical Center.
Status as an accredited organization means that Freehold Surgical Center has passed a series of nationally recognized standards for the provision of quality health care, set by the AAAHC.
Ambulatory health care organizations seeking accreditation by AAAHC undergo an extensive on-site, peer-based survey of its facilities and services. Freehold Surgical Center was established in 1986 by Eye Physicians and Surgeons P.A. (now Millennium Eye Care LLC), an ophthalmology group that has been serving the needs of patients in New Jersey for more than 30 years. Each of the eye surgeons is certified by the American Board of Ophthalmology and specializes in a specific field of eye care, including cataract surgery with lens implantation, glaucoma treatment, corneal transplant, eye plastic surgery, and retinal surgery. The office is located at 500 W. Main St., Freehold Township.
Frank J. LaRocca, a resident of Marlboro, has been named to The Ten Leaders Age 45 and Under of Matrimonial and Divorce Law of Northern New Jersey for 2004-05, based on a three-month survey by Digital Press International of Fort Lee.
LaRocca is a principal with the firm of Spinato, November, Conte & LaRocca P.C., of Glen Rock. He has been practicing matrimonial and divorce law for almost 10 years.
LaRocca received his law degree from Pace University School of Law, New York. He is certified as a matrimonial attorney by the N.J. State Supreme Court, a designation conferred on only 100 attorneys in the state. He is a member of the New Jersey State Bar Association as well as the Bergen and Monmouth County bar associations.
The selection process of The Ten Leaders Age 45 and Under in Matrimonial & Divorce Law was based on more than 50 interviews and 100 peer referrals over a three-month period.
A profile of LaRocca appears at tenleaders.com, leadingdivorce
attorneys.com, and digitalpressintl.com, which also lists profiles of all 10 of the honored attorneys. The northern New Jersey region includes Bergen, Morris, Passaic, Essex and Somerset counties.
Monmouth Crossing Assisted Living, Freehold Township, has received an Assisted Living Best Practice Award from the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services. It is the second consecutive year that the facility has received the award.
The state’s “Best Practices” program recognizes and shares information about what works well in assisted living residences so that other providers can use these showcased programs to improve quality. Monmouth Crossing was recognized this year for its in-service education for staff, residents and families, and was one of only two winners of the statewide award. Last year, the first in which the award was given, Monmouth Crossing was the only recipient and was recognized for its falls prevention program, the only category judged.
Monmouth Crossing’s in-service education program covers a range of resident and safety issues including an orientation process for new residents and their families, Alzheimer’s disease, sensitivity training and fire safety.
Best Practice Award winners are selected by a panel of professionals including representatives from the Department
Jazzercise Inc., with locations in Wall and Freehold, will mark its 35th anniversary with a free class offer.
Instructor Kellyann Skorupski will offer free Jazzercise classes for new customers at the Freehold Jewish Center, 59 Broad St., Freehold, and the South Wall Firehouse, 2605 Atlantic Ave., Wall,
during the week of Oct. 23-30.
Skorupski has been an instructor for seven years, teaching in Monmouth County for more than four years. The Jazzercise dance fitness program was founded in 1969 by professional dancer Judi Sheppard Missett and has grown from a one-woman operation to an international franchise business with 5,800 instructors teaching 20,000 classes weekly in the United States and more than 30 other countries.
For more information, call Skorupski, (732) 919-3773, or visit her Web site, www.jazznj.com. For additional information, visit www.jazzercise.com or call (800) 348-4748.
Weichert, Realtors recently traded in suits and ties for jeans and pink ribbons in support of Lee National Denim Day and the fight against cancer.
Sponsored by Lee Jeans, Lee National Denim Day invites employees in participating companies to wear jeans to work in exchange for a donation to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
This year, Weichert employees raised more than $2,800, which will be donated to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. The event set a record in 2004 with more than 27,000 registered companies raising more than $7.6 million. In its ninth year, the event has generated $50 million for breast cancer research, education, screening and treatment programs. For more information, visit the Web site www.denimday.com.
The National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources (NAEIR) accepts donations of new, overstocked or discontinued product and redistributes that product to schools and 501(c)(3) nonprofit groups nationwide.
According to a press release from NAEIR, these materials and supplies not only benefit these organizations, but the companies that contribute can earn an above-cost income tax deduction for the product donated. Regular (C) corporations can get cost plus half the difference between cost and fair market value. (S) corporations or sole proprietorships can earn a straight cost deduction. This is made possible by the Internal Revenue Tax Code Section 170(d)(3).
NAEIR accepts donations of general, finished goods such as school and office supplies, educational materials, toys, games, clothing, building materials, tools and other items. More than 7,000 companies have donated over $1.9 billion worth of materials since NAEIR’s founding in 1977, according to the press release.
To make a donation or for a free donation information kit, call the corporate relations department, (800) 562-0955, or e-mail donor@naeir.org.
Rich Dobbins of Allentown took first place in ERA Advantage Realty’s fifth annual Chili Fest and Customer Appreciation Day held Oct. 16 in Cream Ridge.
Dobbins defended his title for the fourth consecutive year. Beth Schupsky of Cream Ridge placed second in the “hot” category, while Gail Donnelly of New Egypt took third place.
Chili tasters also cast votes for their favorite entry in the “mild” category. John McGill, visiting from Georgia, took first place, Nancy Boyle of Allentown came in second, and Colleen Dilatush of Hamilton placed third.
Winners received Home Depot gift certificates, courtesy of ERA Mortgage. ERA Advantage raised $200 in a 50/50 raffle offering a sample of prizes, including a hand-crocheted American flag blanket donated by Ruth Shinn. Ann Davis, broker/owner of ERA Advantage Realty, will match the funds that were raised for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the firm’s principal charity.
John J. Campi, of Allentown, and Jupiter, Fla., has been elected to a four-year term as a trustee of Wagner College, Staten Island, N.Y.
A former Citicorp vice president in charge of operations consulting, Campi co-founded and was president of the Chatham Consulting Group, which since 1985 led efforts by major domestic and international corporations and nonprofits to improve productivity, quality and cost-efficiency. Later he served as head of global sourcing for the American International Group, and most recently he initiated a similar position as vice president of global sourcing for the Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited Group of Toronto.
Campi graduated from Wagner College in 1962 with a bachelor of science degree in business administration. He was a member of the college’s 1960 undefeated varsity football team, a track team member, and president of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. Wagner currently enrolls about 1,800 undergraduate and 350 graduate students.
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second, and Colleen Dilatush of Hamilton placed third.
Winners received Home Depot gift certificates, courtesy of ERA Mortgage. ERA Advantage raised $200 in a 50/50 raffle offering a sample of prizes, including a hand-crocheted American flag blanket donated by Ruth Shinn. Ann Davis, broker/owner of ERA Advantage Realty, will match the funds that were raised for the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the firm’s principal charity.
John J. Campi, of Allentown, and Jupiter, Fla., has been elected to a four-year term as a trustee of Wagner College, Staten Island, N.Y.
A former Citicorp vice president in charge of operations consulting, Campi co-founded and was president of the Chatham Consulting Group, which since 1985 led efforts by major domestic and international corporations and nonprofits to improve productivity, quality and cost-efficiency. Later he served as head of global sourcing for the American International Group, and most recently he initiated a similar position as vice president of global sourcing for the Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited Group of Toronto.
Campi graduated from Wagner College in 1962 with a bachelor of science degree in business administration. He was a member of the college’s 1960 undefeated varsity football team, a track team member, and president of Alpha Sigma Phi fraternity. Wagner currently enrolls about 1,800 undergraduate and 350 graduate students.
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