My Gym of South Brunswick, 3885 Route 27, Princeton, will take part in the national “Kids ‘4’ Fitness Challenge” May 1 to kickoff National Fitness Month. Children at the facility work out to raise funds for My Gym Challenged America, a charitable foundation established to improve the physical and emotional well-being of children in need. Children sign up donors for pledges, and there is a requested $5 participation/donation fee. A “monkey see, monkey do” exercise video will be posted on the Web site www.my-gym.com for children that can’t attend the gym, and pledges will be accepted online. Leading the children in Los Angeles will be former Olympic gold medalist skater Scott Hamilton, whose son is a My Gym member.
The New Jersey Economic Development Authority will offer a workshop for nonprofits May 5 from 9:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The free workshop will be at the Technology Centre of New Jersey, 675 Route 1, North Brunswick. It will familiarize nonprofits with resources for assessing earned-income ventures to boost revenues. To register or for more information, call (609) 292-9279 or visit www.njeda.com/eti.
Patrick G. Comune, North Brunswick, and William Papa, Edison, were recently promoted from officers to sergeants at the Essex County Department of Corrections. Comune has been with the Department 20 years, and is the recipient of a shift commendation, and Union Dedication Award from PBA Local No. 157. He is pursuing a degree in criminal justice at Middlesex County College. He has been married since 2004.
Papa is a 19-year member of the Department, and was assigned for five years as the Chief ID Officer. He received his associate’s degree in criminal justice at Union County College. He and his wife Kathy have four children.
Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and its Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital, New Brunswick, have received a $5 million gift from Bristol-Myers Squibb to be used to fund new centers for treatment of pediatric obesity, AIDS and rheumatic disease. The gift will create three new centers: The Bristol-Myers Squibb Pediatric Metabolism Center, Center for Pediatric Immunology and Infectious Disease, and Center for Children with Rheumatic Diseases.