The Monmouth Legal Secretaries Association will hold its regular monthly meeting March 3 at the Holiday Inn, Hope Road, Tinton Falls. All are welcome to attend, and guest speaker will be Laura Kirkpatrick, public information officer from the Monmouth County Park System. She will discuss what’s new in the park system. Reservations are required. For time or to make a reservation, call Rachel at (732) 578-1880.
The Stop & Shop Supermarket Company/Giant Food has announced the chain will donate $372,000 to the U.S. Fund for UNICEF and the American Red Cross to aid victims of the recent tsunami. Following the disaster, the chain’s employees from its 550 stores began collecting donations from customers and associates. Stop & Shop has stores locally in Aberdeen, Middletown and Shrewsbury.
United Teletech Federal Credit Union, Tinton Falls, has named Patricia M. Hansen as director of marketing and community relations. She will be responsible for creating and executing marketing plans, branding initiatives, advertising, Internet communication, and outreach to the community. Hansen has 11 years of experience in marketing and community relations, including eight years at Bayshore Community Health Services, Holmdel, as the director of corporate public relations and marketing. She also worked three years at Memorial Medical Center, South Amboy. Hansen holds a master of arts degree in corporate and public communication from Monmouth University, West Long Branch, and a bachelor of arts degree in communication from Rutgers University, New Brunswick, where she graduated with highest honors. She and her husband, William, reside in Freehold with their two sons.
Assemblyman Sam Thompson (R-13) was recently honored as the New Jersey State Legislator of the Year for 2005 at the annual New Jersey State Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Legislative and Voice of Democracy banquet Feb. 5. According to the New Jersey VFW State Commander, Donnie C. Wine, Thompson was selected based on his outstanding support of veterans’ legislation and a deep concern for veterans and veterans’ families. Thompson organized a bus trip to bring 600 local World War II veterans to visit the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Thompson felt without such a trip, many of these veterans would never get to see the memorial that had been build to honor their heroism and sacrifice in World War II. To raise money for the trip, Thompson organized the “WWII Vets — America’s Greatest” committee, donated $4,000 to it, and raised a total of $35,000 from corporate sponsors. He and his staff also organized the trip, arranged for 12 buses, secured funding and found volunteer nurses and medical personnel for the journey. Thompson also recently worked with gubernatorial candidate Bob Schroeder to organize a dinner for members and families of Company B of the 250th Signal Battalion just prior to the company’s shipment to Iraq.
Monmouth County Sheriff Joseph W. Oxley was recently honored by the Sheriffs’ Association of New Jersey for his two years’ service as president of the Association. During his tenure, the Association began “Project Lifesaver,” a radio location device for individuals suffering from memory disorders. The program is now available in 13 counties.