The Brace Place team, for the eighth year, will present their Halloween Candy Buy Back event. With it, they have found a way to keep the fun in Halloween while allowing children to get involved in a charitable act. Brace Place offices in Manalapan (800 Tennent Road), Freehold (509 Stillwells Corner Road) and Hightstown (234 Princeton-Hightstown Road) are all participating. For each pound of candy brought to their offices, $2 will be offered to the donor. One dollar is to be donated to a special charity, and $1 is for the donor to keep or donate as he or she chooses. Candy can be redeemed at any Brace Place office from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 1-5. Details 732-536- 4422 (Manalapan), 732-462-7676 (Freehold), Hightstown (609-448-6600).
A Howell Chamber of Commerce Medical Division networking event will be held from 6:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 9 at CentraState Medical Center’s Star and Barry Tobias Health Awareness Center, Freehold Township. The event will aim to bring medical professionals together, along with other chamber members and business owners. The evening will include appetizers and wine in addition to prizes that will be raffled off to those in attendance. Thanks to main sponsors, TD Bank of Howell and CentraState Medical Center’s Fitness and Wellness Department, the event will be complimentary. Details: 732-363-4114.
The Howell Chamber of Commerce will host a Breakfast Bonanza networking event from 8:30-9:30 a.m. Nov. 12 at Kumon Learning, 4242 Route 9 south (next to Five Guys), Howell. Rob Vicari of MetLife will discuss reverse mortgages. Admission is free to chamber members, $5 for prospective chamber members. Refreshments may be purchased. Details: 732- 363-4114.
Affiliated Foot and Ankle Center’s, Howell, team of podiatrists and office personnel have made the process of learning more about foot and ankle health a bit easier, with their newly renovated Internet website, www.footdoctorsnj.com. The site now showcases many educational features, including information about foot and ankle conditions, tips for preventive foot care and management, plus insight about how podiatrists can help treat the foot and ankle. For a peek at the offices of Affiliated Foot & Ankle Center, click on the homepage of the website, click on the video reel link and the picture of Dorothy from the movie “The Wizard of Oz.” The website is www.footdoctorsnj. com.
Allstate New Jersey Insurance Company has kicked off its “Quotes for a Cure” program once again with hopes to raise $25,000 for the Cancer Institute of New Jersey (CINJ) CINJ is a comprehensive cancer center and is a Center of Excellence of UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. From now through Dec. 1, Allstate New Jersey will donate $10 to the CINJ Foundation for every life or auto insurance quote requested (up to $20 per person and $25,000 total) through any of Allstate’s 240 New Jersey agents.
Monmouth Medical Center, Long Branch, has opened the region’s first satellite of the hospital’s Jacqueline M. Wilentz Comprehensive Breast Center in Colts Neck.
The Jacqueline M. Wilentz Comprehensive Breast Center at Colts Neck Screening Mammography and Laboratory Services Center, is at 310 Route 34, Colts Neck.
The Jacqueline M. Wilentz Comprehensive Breast Center, which was introduced in 1994 to bring together under one roof all preventive, diagnostic, treatment, rehabilitation, psychosocial and educational services for women concerned about their breast health, was modeled after the nation’s most highly regarded breast centers.
It is equipped with technologically advanced systems, offering a comprehensive array of preventive, diagnostic, treatment and rehabilitative services.
At the satellite center as well as at the Wilentz Center, all imaging exams are interpreted by the center’s breast imagers. To learn more about satellite center, or to make an appointment, call 732-923-7700.
Jersey Shore Business Leaders will host a free seminar and networking event, “Using Search Engines and Social Media,” from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at Branches, 123 Monmouth Road, West Long Branch. Light refreshments will be served. Exhibitors are welcome to rent space at a cost of $50 each.
Attendees are encouraged to bring canned food donations, and a portion of any donations made will be given to the American Cancer Society. To register or exhibit, email Jen Piasecki at piaseckij@singlethrow. com or call 732-451-0820, ext.123.
The Winning Colts chapter of BNI invites business people to join the group for a complimentary breakfast and networking every Thursday at 7 a.m. at the All Seasons Diner, Route 9 north, Freehold Township.