Metro Salon of Marlboro will hold a benefit on Jan. 23 from 10 a.m to 5 p.m. to raise funds for the tsunami victims. Several staff members will volunteer their time to provide services for clients who will make donations in lieu of payment for those services. All services for hair styling and nail care will be available that day, except for hair straightening and extensions. All proceeds form the day will go to the Red Cross International Response Fund. No appointments will be taken that day, and clients will be accommodated on a first-come, first-served basis. Metro has a staff of more than 50 members. Metro Salon is in Marlboro Plaza, Route 9 and Route 520. For more information, call (732) 536-0900 during normal business hours.
Wegmans Food Markets, with a location in Manalapan, announced that it has donated $100,000 to the American Red Cross International Response Fund for tsunami relief. The family-owned food chain, which is based in Rochester, N.Y., also implemented a program in its stores for customers to contribute to the fund.
Manalapan Eye Associates LLC announced that Dr. Rajeev K. Raghu, a New Jersey State board-certified optometric physician, has obtained his fellowship from the American Academy of Optometry. Raghu is one of four and the youngest physician in New Jersey to obtain his fellowship from the academy.
Founded in 1922, the goal of the American Academy of Optometry is to maintain and enhance excellence in optometric practice. Academy fellows represent all facets of the profession. Approximately 55 percent are optometrists in private practice.
Dr. Raghu received his fellowship in primary eye care/ocular disease. The two-year process requires case report reviews, leadership qualifications and a final oral examination. He was elected to the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Society of Optometric Physicians in December 2004. He is a member of the American Optometric Association, the American Academy of Optometry and an affiliate of the TLC Laser Centers Inc.
Dr. Raghu is a graduate of Temple University and the Pennsylvania College of Optometry, where he received clinical honors in primary and low vision care, was the national president of the American Optometric Student Association, and a Gold Key National Honors recipient.
Manalapan Eye Associates, LLC are located at the Atrium Medical Arts Building, 224 Taylors Mills Road, Suite 103, Manalapan. The Web site is www.manalapaneye.com.
Use the Right Words, a new business providing professional copywriting services, has been established in Freehold. The new company specializes in copy for sales letters, brochures, Web pages, radio/television ads, postcards and newsletters. For more information, go to the Web site www.usetherightwords.com or call (732) 625-3929.
National City Mortgage, Freehold Township branch, announced that Ric Miele of Manalapan has been appointed vice president.
Miele has more than 26 years of experience in residential finance and real estate and has been affiliated with several mortgage firms. He holds both real estate and insurance licenses.
Miele works with Realtors, real estate attorneys and consumers to achieve customized loans. He specializes in providing financial solutions for those with credit challenges, first-time buyers, buyers seeking investment properties, builders and developers, and can provide VA/FHA loans, jumbo loans, and other specified loans.
National City Mortgage is a division of National City Bank of Indiana and has more than 300 offices throughout the Unites States.
Investors Savings Bank, Freehold Township branch, is celebrating its grand reopening with a “Cash Carnival” Jan. 22 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Local residents are invited to stop by and enjoy the festivities. Customers and local residents can receive a bonus rate on one-year certificates of deposit, a free gift, and other special offers, including a chance to win an instant cash prize.
The newly renovated office, which features a drive-up window, is located in Adelphia Plaza, Route 9 and Elton-Adelphia Road.
Investors Savings Bank, established in 1926, has a network of 45 branches in eight counties.
Elite Consulting Services, doing business as WSI Webmasters, a full-service Internet consulting company for small to medium-size businesses, announced that Ciro Saverino of Manalapan recently received accreditation as an executive associate from the Institute for Independent Business, an international not-for-profit business support organization.
As an executive associate, Saverino can now offer a more extensive array of business advisory and consulting services through a worldwide business support program that addresses financial and operational issues, including real estate acquisitions, capital improvements, refinancing, business valuations, exit strategies, and brokerage services.
Saverino earned a bachelor of science degree in computer science, cum laude, from St. John’s University, Staten Island, N.Y., in 1981. He received a master of business administration degree in banking and finance, with distinction, from Pace University, New York, in 1986. He has more than 20 years of experience in information technology, including 10 years of management consulting with Ernst & Young. In 2003, he established WSI Webmasters, an Internet consulting company with offices in Manalapan that offers services in Web development and