July 15& Fridays through Oct. 21
Cruisin’ for the Kids Cruise Nights, sponsored by the Just Us Cruisers classic-car club, 6-9 p.m., in the parking lot at Peterpank Diner, Route 9 north, SouthAmboy/Sayreville. Family-oriented events featuring classic cars; children’s games; DJ with music from the ’50s- ’80s; trophies; fan-belt toss; more. Proceeds benefit the Camp Dill Foundation. Call Richard at 732-525-0412 or the diner at 732-721-2850; log on to www.cnjcca.com. July 16
“Jason Nazzaro Sings Frank Sinatra,” to benefit the Lesley Carness and Jon Mustafa Memorial Scholarship Fund, 6-10 p.m., at the East Brunswick Elks Club, 21B Oakmont Ave. Songs of Sinatra, dancing, hot Italian buffet dinner, refreshments, desserts, grand door prize. Fund is named in honor of Lesley and Jon, a young couple from East Brunswick who died as the result of injuries sustained in an April 2007 car crash south of West Ferris Street; scholarships go to two East Brunswick High School graduating seniors. Tickets cost $35 per adult, $25 per student; age 10 and under admitted free. Call Terry Carness at 732-841-4532, Jan Mustafa at 908-217-9760.
Rock Concert, to benefit the children at Special Strides Therapeutic Riding Center at Congress Hill Farm, Monroe, 8 p.m., rain or shine, around the pond at the farm, 118 Federal Road. Norm Good and his band Speed Limit will perform songs by The Beatles, the Rolling Stones, The Who, Yes, The Doors, other classic bands. Public invited to bring blanket or beach chair and food. BYOB. Donation is $22 per person. Proceeds go to the children at Special Strides. 732-446-0945.
Summer Paperback Book Sale, sponsored by the Friends of the Monroe Township Library, 10:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m., at the library, 4 Municipal Plaza. Gently used mass-market and trade paperbacks at bargain prices. 732-521-5000.
Yard Sale and Fish Fry, sponsored by the Sunday School Ministry of the Union Baptist Church of South River, 8 a.m.-5 p.m., rain or shine, at the church, 76 Washington St. Chicken wings and fish dinners starting at $8; price includes two sides, a drink. Sandwiches cost $7 each; price includes drink. Dinner-menu items: chicken wings or fish, potato salad, coleslaw or macaroni salad, roll, drinks. Desserts sold separately. Guests asked to bring a nonperishable food item for donation to the Joshua Food Bank Ministry. Call Shirley Peteet at 732-407-6486. July 19
Dining-to-Donate, to benefit the Dowdell Library Foundation, 11:30 a.m.-10:30 p.m., at Sciortino’s Harbor Lights, 132 S. Broadway, SouthAmboy. Diners should present event flier. Restaurant will donate 10 percent of supporters’ checks to the library foundation. Fliers available at the Sadie Pope Dowdell Library, 100 Harold G. Hoffman Plaza, South Amboy. Log on to www.DowdellFoundation.org; call 732-316-1078.