April 29
• Dining-To-Donate, sponsored by Boy Scout Troop No. 219, Old Bridge, 4-9 p.m., at T.G.I. Friday’s, Route 9, Old Bridge. Diners should tell their server they are there to support the troop. Restaurant will donate a percentage of supporters’ checks to the Scouts.
April 30
• Tricky Tray, sponsored by Sacred Heart HSA, doors open at 6 p.m., drawings begin at 7:30 p.m., at Sacred Heart School Memorial Hall, Washington Avenue, South Amboy, across the street from the church. Prizes include Broadway show tickets, Xbox 360, electronics, household items, day trips, gift cards. Admission: $10; includes complimentary coffee, cake. Seating reservations required. Call Judy McCrone at 732-721-6592, Cathy Wojciechowski at 732-721-2967.
• Chris Cooper Scholarship Fund Benefit Dinner and Dance, 7 p.m.-midnight, at Palms Plaza Caterers, Route 34, Old Bridge. Theme: “The Roaring Twenties.” Prizes for best costume. Comedy show featuring Jeff P., buffet dinner, dancing, open bar, raffles. Event raises money for the scholarship fund, named in honor of Cooper, a 1999 Old Bridge High School (OBHS) graduate who pitched for the high school baseball team and died as the result of injuries sustained in an automobile accident in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in 2003. Proceeds help an eligible OBHS boys baseball player and an OBHS girls softball player attend college. Tickets cost $70 per person. Call 732-721-9045, log on to www.coopsta. com.
• Tricky Tray, sponsored by the Sayreville Pet Adoption Center, doors open at 6 p.m., calling begins at 7:30 p.m., at Knights of Columbus Hall, 88 Jackson St., South River. Tickets cost $7 in advance, $10 at the door; includes coffee, dessert, sheet of tickets for level-1 prizes. Guests may bring their own food, snacks (no alcoholic beverages); light refreshments available. 50/50. 732- 727-3895.
April 30 & Fridays through Oct. 15
• Cruisin’ for the Kids Cruise Nights/Car Shows, sponsored by the Just Us Cruisers classic-car club, 6-9 p.m., at the Peterpank Diner, Route 9 north, South Amboy/Sayreville. Classic cars, customs, trucks, custom motorcycles. Trophies; children’s games; DJ offering music from the ’50s, ’60s, ’70s,’80s; free door prizes, food; more. Proceeds benefit the Camp Dill Foundation, Sayreville Brain Injured Children Association, Sayreville DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) program. Call 732- 525-0412, log on to www.cnjcca.com.
April 30 & May 1
• Rummage Sale, sponsored by Spotswood Reformed Church, 4-8 p.m. April 30, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. May 1, at the church, 429 Main St., across from the post office. Clothes and small household items available for purchase. Furniture and larger items not usually offered but may be available. 732-251-9277.
• Rummage and Nearly New Sale, sponsored by the Morganville United Methodist Church, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. April 30 (bag sale), 9 a.m.-1 p.m. May 1, 215 Conover Road and Route 79, Morganville section of Marlboro. Clothing, jewelry, toys, books, housewares, linens. Kitchen open. Baked goods. 732-946-4247.
May 1
• Giant Spring Flea Market, sponsored by St. Lawrence Church, 6 a.m.-4:30 p.m., at the church, 109 Laurence Parkway, Laurence Harbor section of Old Bridge. Parish kitchen open. Call Terry at 732-290-9231.
• Spaghetti Dinner and Tricky Tray Benefit, in honor of Roland “Ron” Leveille, sponsored by Firefighters Helping Firefighters, 4-8 p.m., at South Amboy Middle/ High School, 200 Governor Hoffman Plaza. Leveille lost his battle with leukemia in March. Proceeds go to Elizabeth “Betty” Leveille to help with mounting medical expenses incurred during her husband’s hospital stays. A portion of the proceeds go to the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Tickets: $10 in advance for adults, $12 at the door; $8 for seniors; $5, ages 10 and under. Call Bill at 732-803-8463, Frank at 732-600-4905.
• Achinoam Nini (“Noa”), in a benefit concert, sponsored by Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple, New Brunswick, 8 p.m., at the East Brunswick Performing Arts Center in Hammarskjold Middle School, 200 Rues Lane, East Brunswick. Mix of Israeli, American pop, world music; in honor of Rabbi Bennett F. Miller and in celebration of the temple’s 150th anniversary. Tickets cost $36 for adults, $18 for children, in advance; $45 at the door. Patron tickets, $118; includes preconcert reception at 6:30 p.m. to honor Rabbi Miller, preferred seating, meet and greet with Noa. Dessert reception after the concert. Log on to www.aemt.net, call 732-545-6484.
• Car Wash, sponsored by the East Brunswick Youth Council, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., in the parking lot at East Brunswick High School, 380 Cranbury Road. Cost is $5 per car, $7 per van. Email EBYouthCouncil@ aol.com.
May 6
• Golf Outing, sponsored by the South River-East Brunswick Rotary Club, at the Meadows at Middlesex, Plainsboro. Cost is $150 per golfer; includes greens fees, electric cart, lunch, dinner, beverages, awards. Net proceeds benefit Rotary-sponsored youth programs including scholarships and “student of the month” honors at East Brunswick High School, South River High School, Middlesex County Vocational and Technical High Schools, Spotswood High School. Call Joe Xerri at 732-214-0600.