Shave your head and help those fighting cancer
By Lorraine Sedor, Special Writer
The third annual St. Baldrick’s fundraiser will take place Saturday, May 19, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Cranbury First Aid building (68 Maplewood Ave.).
The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer-driven charity that funds more in childhood cancer research grants than any organization, except the U.S. government.
Get involved to give hope to infants, children, teens and young adults fighting childhood cancers.
The Cranbury event will feature refreshments for all participants, balloons for the kids and free T-shirts for those raising $50 or more.
Registration can be done online at www.stbaldricks.org. To date, there are eight participants planning to shave their heads to raise money and show their support.
St. David’s Episcopal Church, 90 S. Main St., Cranbury, invites golfers and sponsors to its 2012 golf outing Monday, June 4.
The outing will be held at the 18-hole, par-72 course at the Peddie Golf Club, 677 S. Main St., Hightstown.
Registration begins at 10:30, followed by lunch, the scramble tournament and awards and dinner.
The outing will feature door prizes and prizes for longest drive (men and women), closest to the line and crooked line. Space is limited, and early registration by May 18 is recommended.
Fees are $125 for individuals and $500 for foursomes and include greens fee, cart, lunch, dinner, golf course refreshment, prizes and awards.
For more information, visit the church website at www.stdavidscranbury.com.
Proceeds from the golf outing will aid in efforts to serve the greater Cranbury and Hightstown-East Windsor area through social outreach and interfaith hospitality programs, including a food pantry.
Victoria Carroll, a junior at Princeton High School, would like to remind readers of her Girl Scout Gold Award project, “Sending to Soldiers.”
Victoria, a Girl Scout in Rosellyn Cassidy’s Troop 71805 since kindergarten, is sending care packages and letters to soldiers in Afghanistan. Victoria decided on this particular project because her cousin is deployed in Afghanistan and has appreciated her letters and cookie care packages so much.
Victoria’s cousin has expressed the need for many items the troops would appreciate — DVDs, books, snacks, letters of encouragement and hygiene products.
”Sending to Soldiers” is an ongoing project. If you would like to participate, you are asked to drop donations at the Carroll home, 1 McKnight Court, Cranbury.
The third annual Al Meiss Environmental Appreciation Award, sponsored by the Cranbury Township Environmental Commission, is open to all eighth-graders.
Al, a Cranbury resident of over 50 years, loved nature and was instrumental in the effort to designate Unami Woods and adjacent Cranbury Brook property as open space.
The Alfred Meiss Environmental Appreciation Award will be presented to the eighth-grader who most successfully captures — in written, visual or audio media — some aspect of the value or natural beauty of the Cranbury Brook Preserve or Unami Woods.
The creator of the best entry will be awarded a $100 U.S. Savings Bond and recognized at the Cranbury School awards ceremony. All entries will be displayed at the Environmental Commission booth Cranbury Day.
All entries must be submitted to eighth-grade homeroom teachers by May 7 and will be judged on creativity and the entry’s relation to Unami Woods/Cranbury Preserve, among other criteria.
Watercolorist Dan Thomas is the featured artist in the Gourgaud Gallery during May.
The exhibit will include local scenes plus a number of works from Dan’s series on his travels through England. The exhibit will travel to England in 2013. Be sure to visit the gallery and enjoy views of popular landscapes.
The local (i.e., Cranbury are) artwork is for sale with 20 percent of each sale going to support the Cranbury Arts Council and its programs. Cash or a check made out to the Cranbury Arts Council is accepted as payment.
The gallery is located at Cranbury Town Hall, 23A N. Main St. in historic Cranbury.
A meet-the-artist reception will take place Sunday, May 6, from 1 to 3 p.m.
Looking ahead to June, the Rocky Brook Garden Club will hold a garden tour and plant sale, “Through the Looking Glass,” on June 2 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine.
Eight private gardens, including two in Cranbury, will be featured.
Among the gardens is a whimsical “Alice in Wonderland” themed garden, complete with boxwood maze.
Tickets are $12 per adult and $5 per child in advance and are available at Perennial Home, 119 W. Ward St., Hightstown, Weichert Realtors, 417 Route 130, East Windsor, and Charmed by Claire, 33 N. Main St., Cranbury.
The Woman’s Club of Cranbury will hold its annual plant sale Friday, May 11, at the Cranbury Elementary School.
The club is continuing this 50-plus year tradition.
Geraniums in 4.5-inch pots will be available for purchase at the cost of $2 per pot.
In order to insure there will be a sufficient number of plants available, students may purchase no more than two plants. The choice of colors this year is pink and red. Exact change is greatly appreciated.