Community Bulletin Board
Rallies for Relief drives slated for Nov. 4

South Brunswick Rallies for Relief will hold a “$1 and 1 Food Item Drive” during the South Brunswick High School homecoming football game Nov. 4 at 7 p.m. at the school at 750 Ridge Road, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick.

Attendees are asked to drop off a canned food item for the South Brunswick Social Service’s Food Pantry, and donate $1 to help the recovery effort in D’Iberville, Miss. Canned items may b meats, soups, vegetables, milk, Parmalat, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, or turkey gravy. Also needed are boxed stuffing, coffee or tea, and boxed and bottled juice.

For more information, call Rallies for Relief at (732) 329-4000, ext. 7275.

Workshop, ‘Beyond Never Again’ at temple

Chabad Jewish Center, 1 Riva Ave., North Brunswick, will offer its fall session of “Mommy and Me” for mothers and children age newborn to 3 Thursdays from 10-11 a.m. beginning Nov. 3.

The workshop will consist of songs, games, and arts and crafts. For information, call Goldie at (732) 398-9492. The Tefillin Club will hold its next meeting Nov. 6 at 8:30 a.m.

The six-week course, “Beyond Never Again,” will be held Tuesdays from 7:45-9:15 p.m. beginning Nov. 8. The course will enable participants to voice personal responses to the Holocaust and consider various perspectives. Created by the Jewish Learning Institute, it will coincide with the commemoration of Kristallnacht, which marks the beginning of Hitler’s final solution against European Jewry.

For more information on the above, call Rabbi Levi Azimov at (732) 398-9492.

Operation Christmas Child Nov. 14-21

Christ the King Lutheran Church, 3330 Route 27, Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, will take part in Operation Christmas Child 2005 Nov. 14-21, to provide children in more than 90 countries worldwide with Christmas gifts.

Operation Christmas Child is the world’s largest Christmas project, and aims to hand-deliver an estimated 7.8 million gift-filled shoe boxes to children worldwide. South Brunswick residents may deliver shoe box gifts to the church Monday-Friday from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Saturday from 8-10 a.m., and Sunday by appointment. For more information, call the church at (732) 297-1200 or the hot line at (732) 840-1118.

The operation group also needs volunteers to plan and implement all program-relate activities in local areas. Volunteers will serve in the areas of collections, church relations, community relations, media relations, and prayer. Training is provided. For more information, e-mail the area coordinator at OCCshoebox@aol.com, call the regional office at (410) 661-1040 or visit www.samaritanspurse.org.

Book drive for HIPHOP

runs through Jan. 1

A book drive to benefit The Homeless and Indigent Population Health Outreach Project (HIPHOP) will be held through Jan. 1 at Barnes & Noble Booksellers, 869 Route 1 south, North Brunswick.

Books collected throughout the holiday season will be given to HIPHOP, a student-run service organization at UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick.

For more information, call Abbie at (732) 545-7860.

Area artist’s work juried for New York City show

Rae O’Shea, Kendall Park section of South Brunswick, recently had her work “Canyon Rapids” chosen to be juried into a national exhibit at the Pen and Brush Club, 16 E. 10th St., New York City.

The work is an impressionist oil painting done in Sedona, Ariz., by O’Shea. The exhibit will run through Nov. 17, with an awards reception, open to the public, Nov. 12 from 4-7 p.m. The Pen and Brush is one of the nation’s oldest women’s art organizations. O’Shea’s work is also at the Sheraton Hotel, Raritan Center, Edison, and Rehoboth (Del.) Art League.

For more information, call Rae at (732) 398-1280 or visit. Raeosheaart.

com.

‘On the Lenape Trail’

at museum Nov. 6

The New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, 103 College Farm Road, North Brunswick, will present “On the Lenape Trail” Nov. 6 from noon to 3 p.m.

The event will feature a gardening station, including the “Three Sisters,” corn grinding, wood chopping and other activities; the hunting station, featuring Lenape tools crafted of animal bones; a dwelling station, featuring a real wigwam children can enter; face painting; basket weaving; and games Lenape children played.

Admission is $4 for adults, $3 for seniors, $2 for children ages 4-12, and free for members and children ages 3 and younger. For more information, call (732) 249-2077 or visit www.agriculturemuseum.org.

Variety show at S. B’wick Senior Center Nov. 17

The South Brunswick Office on Aging will present a variety show Nov. 17 at 12:30 p.m. at South Brunswick Senior Center, Route 522, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick. For details, call Susan at (732) 329-4000, ext. 7675.

The South Brunswick Police Department will present a seminar and workshop on emergency preparedness Nov. 29 at 12:30 p.m. The seminar is designed to help seniors prepare for any emergency situation such as power outages, flooding, hurricane, or at worst, a terrorist incident.

A “Victorian Tea” will be Nov. 30 at 12:30 p.m. The center will recreate a day in the life of a fashionable turn-of-the-20th-century society woman with on-stage costume changes, daily routines, social customs and etiquette. The event is co-sponsored by Community Renewal of South Brunswick. Registration fee is $1, and registration begins Nov. 1. For information, call (732) 329-4000, ext. 7670. A caregivers’ discussion group will be held Nov. 30 from 1-3 p.m., and will discuss topics such as caregiver stress, physical and cognitive changes, and coping styles. To register, call Kathleen at (732) 329-4000, ext. 7212.

Lions all-you-can-eat

pancake breakfast Nov. 6

South Brunswick Lions Club will hold an all-you-can-eat pancake and sausage breakfast Nov. 6 from 8 a.m. to noon at the cafeteria at Crossroads South School, Kingston Lane and Major Road, Monmouth Junction section of South Brunswick.

Cost is $5, and $3 for children age 5-12. All proceeds benefit the club’s programs. For more information, call (732) 329-6719.

Deadline for nominees for MDK event Nov. 15

My Daughter’s Keeper (MDK) Inc., North Brunswick, is seeking nominees for its annual “Mother & Daughter Recognition Luncheon” Dec. 3 from 11:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. at Hyatt New Brunswick. Nomination deadline is Nov. 15.

Sponsors and vendors are also sought for the event, with proceeds benefiting MDK programs and services. Keynote speaker will be Jane Hanson of WNBC-TV. Tickets are $50 per person.

For more information, call (732) 565-9313 or visit the Web site at www.mydaughterskeeper.org.

Agriculture museum’s tricky tray Nov. 12

The New Jersey Museum of Agriculture, 103 College Farm Road, North Brunswick, will hold a tricky tray auction Nov. 12. Doors open at 3 p.m., and the auction begins at 5 p.m.

The event will also feature prizes, 50/50s and refreshments available for purchase. Auction items include theater tickets, jewelry, electronics, gift cards, restaurant gift certificates and other items. Tickets are priced at $1 for 20 regular tickets, $2 for 20 medium tickets, and $1 for three or $5 for 20 high-end tickets. Raffle tickets are $5 for 20, or $1 for three.

Proceeds will benefit the Museum’s education department. Donations and volunteers are also needed for the event. For more information, call (732) 249-2077.

No change in S. B’wick

garbage pickup Nov. 8, 11

South Brunswick Township has announced there will be no interruption in garbage or recycling pickups on Election Day, which is Nov. 8, or Veterans Day, Nov. 11. Township offices will be closed, but the contractor will perform normally scheduled collections.

For more information, call the Department of Public Works at (732) 329-4000, ext. 7260.