Brad Goldoor, regional sales director for CareerBuilder, will present “How to Use Social Networking Sites to Recruit,” from 8-10:30 a.m. April 8 at the monthly meeting of the Jersey Shore Association for Human Resources.
Goldoor will focus on such topics as social media landscape and users; analyses of Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, and Twitter; recruiting uses for social media, and some pitfalls and liabilities, among other topics.
The meeting will be held at the Jumping Brook Country Club, Neptune. The registration fee and a full buffet breakfast is $25 for JSAHR members; $35 for nonmembers; and an additional $5 for walk-ins. Details and registration: 732-244-8892.
The Provident Bank will offer ecofriendly grocery bags to the first 100 customers at each of its 80-plus branches on April 22, to celebrate Earth Day. Reusable bags are made of heavy-duty, lightweight material and reduce the use of disposable plastic bags, which linger in trees, landfills and oceans.
The New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners of Monmouth-Ocean will present “Nine Innings of Networking” at 6 p.m. July 20 at FirstEnergy Park, Lakewood. The entrance fee is $25 for members and nonmembers, and $17 for ages 5-12. Enjoy networking and watch the Lakewood BlueClaws play the Charleston Riverdogs. To register or for more details, visit www.whoscoming.com/njawbo-monmouthocean.
Central Jersey Business Partners is a local networking group actively seeking members. Visit www.CentralJerseyBusinessPartners. com for more information. The group meets on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 8 a.m. and on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m., at Wegmans Café, Route 9, Manalapan. Learn how to grow a business through networking. Details: 732-804-3083.
The New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners of Monmouth-Ocean will present “Take the Lead — Empower You!” at its chapter installation from 6-9 p.m. May 20 at Piazza di Roma, 1178 Route 34, Aberdeen. The fee to attend is $35 per member or $40 for nonmembers. Willa Edgerton-Chisler, NJAWBO state president and CEO of Symphony Coaching, will install the board members and discuss how to better orchestrate and take the lead in one’s personal and professional life. To register, visit www.whoscoming.com/njawbo-monmouthocean.
Items for the Business Briefs may be faxed to 732-780-4192 or sent via email to [email protected].
Dr. Alan S. Nasar, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon at Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institutes, Freehold Township, was inducted as a Fellow of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons recently during ceremonies at the academy’s 2010 annual meeting in Las Vegas. Nasar is fellowship-trained in joint replacement surgery. He is a director of orthopedics of The Manor Health and Rehabilitation Center, Freehold Township.
Applebee’s, Route 9, Manalapan, will celebrate Easter by “springing” for free meals for kids. Families who dine at Applebee’s anytime on April 4 will receive up to two free Kids’ Meals with each adult entrée purchase. The free meal is valid for children age 12 and under, on any Applebee’s “Kids’ Menu” entrée, dine-in only.
Applewood Estates, CentraState Healthcare System’s active continuing care retirement community for seniors 62 or older, is celebrating its 20-year anniversary this year. Since its grand opening in 1990, Applewood has continued to expand services and amenities to provide residents with an active and comfortable living environment.
A $38 million expansion in 2007 included a grand foyer and promenade, audio visual performing arts center, resort-style indoor pool and spa, 50 additional apartments plus freestanding cottage homes with private garages.
Applewood residents celebrated the anniversary with a Chinese New Year-themed dinner. Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres were served, followed by a formal surf and turf dinner held in the performing arts center. Live entertainment was provided by the Karen Zumbrunn Trio.
Le Tip of Manalapan, a business networking group, meets at Katy’s Kafe, 460 Route 520, in the A&P shopping center in Marlboro, at 7 a.m. every Thursday. Details: 732-890-0885.
The Learning Experience (TLE) Child Development center opened its doors on Nov. 2 at 3538 Route 9 south, Freehold Township. The child care center for children ages 6 weeks to 6 years is open year-round from 6:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. with opportunities for later hours.
Owner Adriane Medeiros invites the community to a grand opening celebration and open house to be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 27. Details: 732-866-8700.
TLE’s interactive early childhood education program, LEAP (Learning ExperienceAcademic Program), provides children with the opportunity to develop core academic skills during their preschool years through an early literacy curriculum called “Fun With Phonics,” in addition to sign language and technology skills involving the use of computers and photography.
Puglisi Egg Farms of Howell donated more than 10,000 eggs to the Community FoodBank of New Jersey on March 16. The donation comes at a time when the need for emergency food is up 45 percent in New Jersey.
For the third year in a row, United Egg Producers and Feeding America are teaming up in the fight against hunger, and local egg farmers across America are dropping off truckloads of much-needed protein to local food banks just in time for Easter. The partnership in New Jersey and throughout the nation will help feed the nearly 49 million men, women and children in America who are at risk of hunger.
In coordination with Feeding America — the nation’s leading domestic hunger-relief charity, egg farmers nationwide will be donating more than 11 million eggs to help make sure America’s food banks are well stocked with nutrient-dense eggs.
Applewood Estates, CentraState Healthcare System’s active continuing care retirement community, opened a new resident music suite to be used for instrumental and vocal practice, private music lessons, music theory and sight-reading instruction, in recognition of the growing number of resident musicians. The Applewood chorus and orchestra will also hold small group rehearsals in the space. The 1,000-square-foot music suite includes a Knabe piano, Baldwin theater organ, and choral, orchestral and piano music files. A keyboard classroom will also be added.
The addition of the music suite follows a $38 million community expansion project in 2007 which included a grand foyer and promenade, an audio-visual performing arts center, resort-style indoor pool and spa, 50 additional apartments plus freestanding cottage homes with private garages.
Applewood Estates is a nonprofit continuing care retirement community offering apartments and cottages for active, independent seniors and assisted living services and skilled nursing care, if ever needed.
On April 8 at 6 p.m. the Rehab Center at Wedgwood Gardens, Route 9 north, Freehold Township, will host a free lecture, “Treatment Options for Chronic Knee Pain,” presented by Dr. Manuel T. Banzon, orthopedic surgeon of the Advanced Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Institute in Freehold. Banzon will highlight the benefits of “customized” knee replacement surgery. Learn about treatment options, the latest innovations and whether total knee replacement is right for you. Following the lecture, Banzon will be available to answer questions. Call 732-677-1200, ext. 215 to register. Banzon, a board-certified orthopedic surgeon specializing in total joint replacement, arthroscopy, and fracture and trauma care, serves as director of orthopedic services at the Rehab Center at Wedgwood Gardens. In 2008, Banzon was the recipient of the Physician of the Year award at CentraState Medical Center. The Rehab Center at Wedgwood Gardens provides care for those requiring sub-acute rehab following a hospital stay for medical or surgical diagnoses; specializing in the care of patients following total joint replacement.