• Blood drives will be conducted by the Central Jersey Blood Center at the following sites: Marlboro Middle School, 355 Route 520 (sponsored by Marlboro Township Education Association), March 30, 2:45-5:45 p.m.; and First Presbyter-ian Church, 118 W. Main St., Freehold, April 6, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Details: (732) 842-5750.
• A garage sale to benefit Marlboro High School football will be held April 9, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. (rain date April 16) at the school, Route 79, Marlboro. Deadline to reserve a spot is March 31. Details: (732) 617-9702.
• Freehold Borough Democratic Club invites all who would like to become involved to a “Democratic Social,” March 31 from 7-9 p.m. at Courtyard on Main (at rear of Main Street Bistro), Freehold. RSVP and details: (732) 780-8359.
• Casino Nite fund-raiser, to help build the Manalapan Community Center, will be held April 1, 7-11 p.m. at The Excelsior, Route 9, Manalapan. Tickets are $75 for dinner, dancing, music by Jeffrey Craig, $25 in “chips” to play, prizes, raffles. Details: (732) 446-1417.
• Central Jersey Caving Club will join Monmouth County Park System members for an informative meeting April 1 from 7-9 p.m. at the Thompson Park craft center, Newman Springs Road, Lincroft. The session will discuss equipment, safety, and places to go, and will include a demonstration. The fee is $7. RSVP and details: (732) 842-4000.
• American Legion Molly Pitcher Post 434 of Manalapan-Englishtown is seeking new members. The next meeting is April 1 at 8 p.m. at the post, 11 Sanford St., Manalapan. Details: (732) 446-9872 after 4 p.m.
• Gamblers Anonymous will meet April 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, 8-9:30 p.m. at Hope Lutheran Church, 211 Elton-Adelphia Road, Freehold Township.
• Garden State Horror Writers will meet April 2 at 11 a.m. at Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Symmes Drive, Manalapan. At noon, Diane Weinstein, associate editor of “Weird Tales,” will discuss how a writer can increase the chances that his or her story to a magazine will receive careful consideration. Guests and new members are welcome. Details: (848) 992-2230.
• Brain tumor support group will meet April 2, 3-4:45 p.m. at the Wall library, 2700 Allaire Road, Wall. The guest speaker will be Jennifer Johnson of the Department of Vocational Rehabilitation Services. Free and open to the public. Details: (732) 615-922220 or e-mail Nancy at [email protected].
• Colonial Soup Day, sponsored by the Battleground Historical Society, will be held April 3, 1 p.m. at the Village Inn, Main and Water streets, Englishtown. The donation is $10 and includes a variety of soups and salad, bread, desserts, cider and coffee. Reservations: (732) 462-0437.
• Freehold Jewish Center will hold its second annual fashion show, dinner, gift auction, and first Passover wine-tasting event April 3, 4-8 p.m., at the synagogue, 59 Broad St., Freehold. Dinner will be catered by Metropolitan Cafe. The fee is $30 per adult, $21 for ages 10-17. Reservations: (732) 462-0254.
• Embroiderers Guild of America, Monmouth Chapter, will meet April 4, 8 p.m. at the Colts Neck Library. One of the ongoing projects features diagonal pulled stitches. Nonmembers, novices and experts are welcome. Details: (732) 536-0609.
• “Reverse Mortgages” will be presented by Barbara Stonnell and Assoc-iates, April 5, 7 p.m. at the Marlboro library, Wyncrest Road. Free program. Details: (732) 536-9406.
• Marlboro K-8 Board of Education will hold a workshop meeting April 5 at 8 p.m. at the board offices, 1980 Township Drive, Marlboro. The meeting is open to the public.
• Heroin is the topic of a free forum to be held April 6, 6-7:30 p.m. at Mon-mouth County Library Headquarters, Symmes Drive, Manalapan. The panel will include representatives from the Drug Enforcement Administration; Manalapan-Englishtown and Freehold alliances to prevent drug and alcohol abuse; parents who have lost a child; a recovering heroin addict; and local school personnel. Details: Lisa Harmon, (732) 446-1417.
• Veterans and spouses are invited to a free seminar on veterans benefits, presented by Florence Zoltanetzky, certified senior financial adviser with Veteran Benefit Services Inc., April 7, 2 p.m. at The Chelsea at Manalapan, 445 Route 9 south. Reservations: (732) 972-6200.
• Small World Jewish Singles, for ages 35-55, requires an RSVP by April 13 for the group’s Turbo Dating event on April 20 at 7:30 p.m. at Marlboro Jewish Center; there will be two age groups: 35-44 and 45-55. The cost is $25. Details: (732) 683-9300 or www.jccwm.com