Some Freehold Borough restaurants are helping to collect funds for the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
More than a dozen downtown restaurants are expected to join the YMCA of Western Monmouth County, Freehold Borough, in helping to raise funds for the Gulf Coast.
Throughout October, restaurant patrons will be asked to contribute $1 or more when presented with their bill and will receive a receipt on the spot for their tax-deductible donation. The participating restaurants are all members of the Freehold Center Partnership Restaurant Association. Some have agreed to match their customers’ donations.
At the September meeting of the Freehold Center Partnership’s restaurant committee, YMCA Community Center Director Mel O’Neal, who has friends and family members who lost homes and businesses in New Orleans, asked restaurant owners to become involved in the fund-raising campaign.
Fliers will be posted in the windows of participating restaurants. For more information or to obtain a guide to the restaurants, call the Freehold Center Partnership, (732) 462-3584, or visit www.freeholdcenter.com.
The U.S. Small Business Adminis-tration is searching for outstanding New Jersey small business owners and small business champions who will be honored during National Small Business Week in the spring.
Nominations are being sought for New Jersey’s Small Business Person of the Year and for outstanding SBA Small Business Champions in the areas of minority, women, veteran, financial services, home-based business, and Small Business Journalist of the Year.
The SBA New Jersey District Office is also seeking candidates for Small Bus-iness Exporter of the Year, Young Entre-preneur of the Year, and an SBA Family-owned Business of the Year.
Winners will be recognized at the Ninth Annual New Jersey Small Bus-iness Conference, to be held at the Hyatt Hotel in New Brunswick.
Nominations should be submitted to the SBA New Jersey District Office at 2 Gateway Center, 15th Floor, Newark 07102. The deadline for all nominations is Nov. 21. For more information and eligibility criteria and guidelines, and to receive a copy of the nomination forms, call Harry Menta at (973) 645-6064 or e-mail harry.menta@sba.gov., or visit www.sba.
gov/nominationsguideline.html.
Peter K. Sweeney of Marlboro has been elected to Manhattan College’s board of trustees.
Sweeney is vice president at Parsons Brinckerhoff, Riverdale, N.Y., a global engineering, construction management and operations management firm. He also serves as program director for the New Jersey Economic Development Authority.
Sweeney, who graduated in 1964 from the college with a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, has more than four decades of experience in engineering and construction. He has won several professional awards, including a U.S. Navy Commendation Medal and a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey World Trade Center Award for Excep-tional Service. He holds a number of advanced degrees, including a doctorate and master’s degree in public administration from the Robert F. Wagner School at New York University and master’s degrees from Manhattan College and New York University.
Donna Cardillo will present a three-session workshop, “Learn to Speak With Style,” Oct. 25, Nov. 2 and 10, 6-9 p.m., at the Western Monmouth Chamber of Commerce, 17 Broad, St., Freehold. Each session will build on the previous session, but participants may attend any single session. Reservations are required. The fee is $100 for all three sessions, or $40 per single session.
The workshops are organized by the National Association of Women Business Owners Central Jersey Chapter.
Cardillo is president of Cardillo & Associates, Professional Development Seminars, Sea Girt. She also is the “Dear Donna” columnist for Nursing Spectrum, and the author of “Your First Year as a Nurse” from Random House, and the e-newsletter Nursing Connections. For more information, visit the Web site www.dcardillo.com or call (732) 449-9666.
Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey recently submitted nominations to the state Senate for the following Monmouth County residents: William J. Maer of Manasquan, New Jersey Building Authority; Catherine A. Ainora of Freehold, reappointment to the State Health Planning Board; Donald J. Soriero of Middletown, Kean University Board of Trustees; Anthony P. Terrac-ciano of Sea Girt, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey Board of Trustees; Francis X. Keegan Jr. of Spring Lake, New Jersey State Racing Commis-sion; Molly J. Slingerland of Neptune, New Jersey Advisory Commission on the Status of Women; Robert A. Briant Jr. of Manasquan, Transportation Trust Fund Authority; and Eugene B. Golub, of Freehold Township, David Cohen of Holmdel, and Stephen Perrine Dey II, of Allentown, all nominated for the Water Supply Advisory Council.
Business After Hours, sponsored by the Western Monmouth Chamber of Commerce, will be hosted by Upper Cervical Chiropractic of Monmouth LLC, 25 Kilmer Drive, Building 3, Suite 101, Marlboro, Oct. 25 from 6-8 p.m. The fee is $10 and includes refreshments; participants should bring business cards. For reservations, call the chamber at (732) 462-3030.
Western Monmouth Chamber of Commerce will hold its monthly general meeting Oct. 20, 11:30 a.m., at the Freehold Gardens, 50 Gibson Place, Freehold Township. Jeff Callahan, president of the Callahan Development Group will present “Does Your 30-second Commercial Attract or Repel?” The cost to attend is $25 and includes lunch and the program. For reservations, call (732) 462-3030.
Women in Business, sponsored by the Western Monmouth Chamber of Commerce, will meet Oct. 27, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Battleground Country Club, Millhurst Road, Manalapan. The program will be “Reward and Recog-nition: What Every Business Cannot Afford to Ignore.” The cost to attend is $30 and includes lunch and the program. For reservations, call (732) 462-3030.
Dr. James C. Burden, dentist-owner of Bur-Dent Services Modern Portable Dental Care, Millstone Township, recently began extending care to the residents of western Monmouth County, Monroe Township and eastern Mercer County. Burden is a general dentist whose practice focuses on providing in-home dental care for homebound, disabled and elderly patients. Services can include X-rays, cleanings, denture fabrication and repair, fillings, crowns, root canals and bridges. For more information, visit www.ThePortableDentist.com or call (609) 208-1680.
Art Exposed, a new company headquartered in Manalapan, works with local artists to assist in the promotion of their art in retail establishments and via the Web. For the next seven weeks, Art Exposed will have teams of management students from Fairleigh Dickinson University’s Global Business Manage-ment (GBM) program competing to see who develops the best marketing plan for the company.
The bachelor’s degree program is designed for the working professional — an adult 22 years or older with two years of full-time work experience. Graduates of the program earn a bachelor of science in management with a concentration in global business management. Under the supervision of professor Deirdre Break-enridge, the students taking the Direct Database and Interactive Marketing class will develop a marketing plan for Art Exposed. Each week, the student teams will communicate their progress to Art Exposed with a work summary. Each class in the program will help the students prepare for the final presentations. Mark Skrobola, CEO of Art Exposed, along with COO Kevin Black, both graduates of FDU’s master of science in computer science program, will select the winning team during the last class of the program, when a cash prize will be awarded.
The New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners Monmouth-Ocean Chapter will host its annual holiday auction Nov. 17 at 6 p.m. at the Sheraton Eatontown. The organization is seeking gift donations, sponsors and advertisers for the holiday auction journal to be distributed at the event.
More than 150 people are expected to attend the holiday auction, which will feature live bidding on the donated gifts. All proceeds from the event will fund the NJAWBO Monmouth-Ocean Chapter’s education and legislative activities and support scholarship funds and outreach programs.
Members of the National Assoc-iation of Women Business Owners Central Jersey Chapter will “Race for the Cure” on Oct. 16 in the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation’s 5K Health Walk. The chapter is organizing a team of NAWBO members, family and friends — the Powerhouse Team — to walk the 3-mile health walk. Team captain is Mary Kinch. To support the team’s efforts by making a donation or to take part in the event, visit www.nawbocentraljersey.org or call Mary Kinch at (732) 787-2767.
The New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners Women’s Business Center will offer the class, “Start Right!” beginning Oct. 19. The 12-hour class focuses on how to prepare a formal written business plan, and legal, marketing, accounting and financing techniques. Classes will be Oct. 19 and 26, and Nov. 2 and 9 from 6-9 p.m. at Expressions Photo Boutique, 54 W. Front St., Keyport. Cost is $96. To register or for more information, call the Center at (609) 581-2220.
Rainbow International of Monmouth and Ocean counties, and Mr. Rooter of Central New Jersey are offering immediate employment opportunities to evacuees of Hurricane Katrina.
Rainbow International, a full-service restoration and cleaning company, does not require applicants to have any restoration or cleaning experience; the company will offer a full apprenticeship program. Those applying to Mr. Rooter, a full-service plumbing and drain cleaning company, do need prior plumbing experience.
Both franchise companies are owned by Andrew and Sheryl August. The Freehold-based Mr. Rooter serves Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean counties, and the Freehold-based Rainbow International serves Monmouth and Ocean counties.
Interested parties can contact the two Freehold-based franchises by calling: Mr. Rooter at (732) 303-8500 or Rainbow International at (732) 212-9494.
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