COMMUNITY CALENDAR: Week of Sept. 23

Golf tournament
   Friday, Oct. 1 — The Allentown Upper Freehold Lions Club will hold its annual Edward “Pop” Rockhill Memorial Golf Tournament at Gambler Ridge Golf Course. Lunch is at noon. Shotgun start is at 1 p.m. with dinner and prizes to follow. The entry fee is $125 per person, which includes beverages, lunch, dinner, greens fee, carts and prizes.
   Visit www.allentownlions.com or contact Keith Becker at 609-213-2068 to register and learn more about online and early bird registration savings of up to $25. Proceeds will go toward supporting the Allentown High School Lions Scholarship fund and the creation of the new LEO Club to be offered to the high school students.
AHS reunion
   Saturday, Oct. 2 — Allentown High School Class of 1990 will hold its 20-Year Reunion from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Scottish Rite Banquet Hall, 103 Dunns Mill Road, Bordentown. (Doors will open at 6:30 p.m.)
   The cost is $75 per person. There will be light appetizers, open bar, full buffet and dessert, and a DJ. Contact Michele Gravatt at 609-517-7936 or [email protected].
Free paper shredding
   Saturday, Oct. 2 — Plumsted Township and Main Street New Egypt will conduct a free paper-shredding event from 9 a.m. to noon in the rear of the municipal parking lot on Main Street in New Egypt (between Scott’s Market and Mid-Atlantic XTreme Sports).
   The guidelines for participating are to remove all large binder clips from unwanted material, and each resident is limited to shredding ten boxes of paper per household. Staples and paper clips do not have to be removed from the unwanted material. No X-rays and no business or commercial paper waste will be accepted. Residents must have identification clearly showing their residence in Plumsted.
   For more information, call 609-758-7539.
Watershed FEST
   Saturday, Oct. 2 — The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association, central New Jersey’s first environmental group, will hold Water Works: The 35th Annual Watershed FEST at 6:30 p.m. at the 860-acre Watershed Reserve in Hopewell.
   This year’s FEST fundraiser combines fine food, music and fun with a celebration of the water and environment. The event includes cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, live music and a silent auction under a tent. It will conclude with dinner served by Emily’s Café and Catering and a fun live auction featuring the chance to take home trips, tickets, jewelry, restaurant packages and more.
   Tickets are $185. To purchase your FEST tickets or to learn more, call 737-3735, ext. 28, or go online to www.thewatershed.org/news-and-events/watershedfest.
Fall Festival
   Saturday, Sunday, Oct. 9-10 — The Allentown Business Community Association is sponsoring this longtime event, which will run from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Activities include live entertainment, an antique car show, a petting zoo, pony rides, make-your-own scarecrows and a Civil War encampment.
   The association is looking for crafters, vendors and entertainers. Call Debra Ocasio at 609-259-4350 or send a self-addressed stamped envelope to ABCA, P.O. Box 432, Allentown, NJ 08501. You may also e-mail any questions or requests for applications to [email protected]. The deadline for applications is Aug. 30.
Vino for Fido
   Saturday, Sunday, Oct. 9 — Animal Friends for Education and Welfare is having its 6th Wine Event with more than 120 wines and 60 craft beers from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Haldeman Ford Subaru, 607 Route 33 (across from Staples), Hamilton. Advance tickets have been reduced to $35. Tickets purchased at the door are $45.
   Proceeds from this event will help AFEW’s spay/neuter program and the Hamilton Township Animal Shelter. For more information, including purchasing tickets, e-mail [email protected] or call 448-5322 or visit www.afewpets.com.
Daylily discussion
   Thursday, Oct. 14 —Mary Pabst, a member of the Daylily Society and a grower of such plants, will bring her expertise and years of experience to the meeting of the Allentown Garden Club. In addition to an interesting presentation, she will offer daylilies for sale. The meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at the Allentown Methodist Church on Church St. (next to LaPiazza). All are welcome. For more information, go to www.AllentownGardenClub.org or call presidents John and Susan Brandauer at 609-259-7640.
Annual 5-mile run, nature trail walk
   Saturday, Oct. 16 — Robbinsville Township will host the 17th annual Tomm May 5 Mile Run and Nature Trail Fun Walk at Tantum Park in Robbinsville. The fun walk starts at 9:15 a.m. and the 5-mile run begins at 10 a.m.
   Registration, if postmarked by Oct. 7, is $18 for the run and $12 for the fun walk. Short-sleeved shirts will be given to pre-registered entrants. Cash and merchandise prizes will be awarded in various male and female divisions. A disc jockey will provide music at the event and there will be free post-race food and refreshments.
   Proceeds will benefit the Thomas J. May Nature Trail at Tantum Park. For more information or to register online, visit www.robbinsville-twp.org/recreation.html.
Free paper shredding
   Saturday, Oct. 23 — Robbinsville Township will hold a free residential paper-shredding event from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. (or until truck is filled) at the township firehouse, 1149 Route 130 North. Rain or shine. Proof of township residency required: driver’s license, tax bill or utility bill.
   Bring: paper material and file folders, receipts, bills, financial statements or anything you have not recycled for confidentiality concerns. One hundred pound limit. DO NOT Bring: books, magazines and newspapers. These items can be disposed of through the regular curbside pickup service.
   For more information, call the Department of Public Works at 259-0422.
Gift auction
   Saturday, Oct. 23 — A gift auction sponsored by the Women’s Association of Allentown will be held at the Allentown First Aid Building on Route 526. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the calling begins at 8.
   Two sheets of tickets will be provided with a $5 donation; additional packets of 25 tickets are $1 or three packets for $2. All proceeds support projects in the Allentown area. No one under 18 years old is permitted.
Halloween parade
   Sunday, Oct. 31 — Millstone Township will hold its 21st annual Halloween parade. Parking, registration and parade lineup will take place between 1:45 and 2 p.m. at the fields behind the Clarksburg Inn on Route 524. The parade will begin promptly at 2 p.m., at which time Route 524 will be closed to through traffic. Goody bags will be distributed and prizes will be awarded for scariest, funniest, prettiest, most original and most patriotic costumes.
   Donations of individually wrapped candy are needed and will be accepted at the Millstone Firehouse, located at Route 524 in Clarksburg, between 7:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m., Monday through Saturday.
   This event is being coordinated by the Millstone Township Fire Company Ladies’ Auxiliary and is sponsored by Millstone Township area businesses and organizations. For more information, call 609-371-0365.
Blood drive
   Saturday, Nov. 13 — The Central Jersey Blood Bank will hold its annual drive along with its sponsor, the Women’s Association of Allentown, from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Allentown United Methodist Church, 23 Church St., Allentown. Once again the Women’s Association will be assisted by local Girl Scouts.
Continuing events
   MOMS Club of Upper Freehold/Allentown — This club holds its monthly meetings the first Thursday of each month at 10 a.m. at the Allentown Presbyterian Church, 20 High St.. The club offers low- or no-cost monthly calendar events for all age groups that include day trips, play groups, clubs, community service projects and MOMS Night Out. The public is welcome to come meet the club members and learn about the international, nonprofit organization that offers local, stay-at-home and part-time working moms support and the opportunity to share activities and experiences with other local moms and their children.
   For more information, contact Barbara Nissinger or Jen Domen at [email protected].
   Millstone MOMS — The MOMS Club of Millstone Township holds its monthly meeting at 10 a.m. on the second Thursday of each month. For more information, contact Melanie Sullivan at 732-851-5559 or [email protected], or www.millstone.nj.us/Moms_Club.html.
   Horsemen’s Association of Millstone Township —This nonprofit group, which raises funds and awareness regarding equine activities, rescues, adoptions, and education, meets at 7:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of each month in the township Community Center, adjacent to the Fire Department on Stage Coach Road.
   Discussing books — The Plumsted branch of the Ocean County Library has a book discussion group that meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Registration can be done in person, by phone at 609-758-7888 or online at www.theoceancountylibrary.org.
   Robbinsville networking — The Robbinsville Business Networking Group meets at 9:30 a.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of the month. The group is intended for entrepreneurs and business owners who have school-age children, and holds family-oriented community events, sponsored by members, at local establishments.
   For more information, visit www.RobbinsvilleBNG.com. Call Deena at 609-945-7330 to be invited to an upcoming meeting.
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