Theater
Music
Call for Entries
Volunteers
Donations
Faith
Trips
Scholarship
Check-out Relief
National Organizations
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This column was prepared for the September 14, 2005 issue of U.S. 1
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Opportunities
Top Of PageTheater
McCarter Theater invites boys and girls ages 5 to 13 to sign up for “A
Christmas Carol” pre-audition process. Children will be screened,
measured, and given appointments for auditions on Sunday, October 16.
Rehearsals begin November 10 and
productions run from Sunday, December 4, to Saturday, December, 24.
Call 609-258-6505 for information.
Top Of PageMusic
Princeton Garden Statesmen invites guests and new members to meetings
at Pavilions at Forrestal, 1000 Windrows Drive, Plainsboro. Visit
www.menwhosing.org or call 609-252-1515 for information.
The Drum and Dance Learning Center offers classes in multi-cultural
dance and drum including salsa, belly dance, hip-hop, world dance,
West African, Celtic, and North African drumming. The new center is at
Route 206 and Elizabeth Street in
Bordentown. Visit www.drumcenter.com or call 609-324-7383.
Top Of PageCall for Entries
New Hope Arts is accepting works for solo and two-person exhibitions
at Triumph Brewery. Visit www.newhopeartsinc.org or call 215-862-3396
for application. Artists working in wood, including furniture makers,
sculptors, and craftsmen
creating turned objects, are invited to submit works for “Works in
Wood,” an exhibit slated for late November to be held at 2 Stockton
Avenue.
Top Of PageVolunteers
Junior League of Greater Princeton invites women over 21 interested in
volunteer service to join them. Information sessions are Tuesday and
Wednesday, September 20 and 21 at 7 p.m. in Lawrenceville. Visit
www.jlgp.org or call 609-688-9849
for information.
Top Of PageDonations
The Dandeline Shop, 195 Nassau Street, Princeton, will donate $5 to
Cancer Care, Mercer County Chapter, for each Power of Pink Bracelet by
Brighton sold during the month of October. Brighton will also donate
$5 to breast cancer research.
Call 609-924-0889 for information.
Top Of PageFaith
The String of Pearls, the Reconstructionist Jewish congregation in
Princeton, is accepting applications for Hebrew School. Call Lorraine
Fisch at 609-799-2510.
Religion Newswriters Association invites journalists to the Lilly
Scholarships in Religion program that provides up to $5,000 for
college tuition, books, registration fees, and parking. Upcoming
deadline are October 1, January 1, April 1,
and July 1. Visit www.religionwriters.com or call 614-891-9001, ext.
3.
Top Of PageTrips
55-Plus hosts a trip “Bordentown Break,” to historic Bordentown and
Ocean Grove on Thursday, September 29. Leaving from the Jewish Center
on Nassau Street, Princeton, at 9 a.m. Cost is $55. Call Samuel
Goldfarb at 609-924-2008.
Washington Crossing Audubon Society and Friends for the Marsh are
co-sponsoring a trip to Bordentown Bluffs led by Glenn Freeman on
Saturday, September 24. WCAS also has a field trip to Nature Cove Park
in Palmyra on Sunday, September 25.
Visit www.washingtoncrossingaudubon.org or call 609-895-5420.
Kelsey Theater announces the third annual benefit cruise, a six-night
cruise to the Bahamas and Florida round trip from New York City on the
Norwegian Spirit. Prices begin at $845 per person. Call Colleen
Robinson at 609-275-0335 for
information.
Top Of PageScholarship
The Dana Christmas Scholarship for Heroism recognizes young New
Jerseyans for exceptional acts of heroism. In honor of the Seton Hall
University student credited with save lives during the dormitory fire,
the recipient must be age 21 or
younger at the time of his or her heroic act. Deadline is Wednesday,
October 12. Visit www.hesaa.org or call 800-792-8670 for information.
Top Of PageCheck-out Relief
One of the very easiest ways to give to the victims of Hurricane
Katrina is to make small donations a part of your daily routine.
Opportunities abound as area stores set up collection areas right next
to their cash registers.
WaWa has pads of donation coupons at all of its counters. Signs say
that $1, $2, and $5 denominations are available, but only the $1
coupons are in evidence. Never mind, rip off one – or a handful – with
the purchase of coffee, lunch, or a
newspaper. All proceeds go the Red Cross.
Stop & Shop Supermarkets is collecting monetary donations for the
American Red Cross and American’s Second Harvest.
Wegmans is running a checkout donation program with all funds going
the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund – Hurricane Katrina.
ShopRite is having its cashiers collect donations through October 1
for the American Red Cross and American’s Second Harvest.
Whole Foods is matching customers’ donations up to $1 million. An
employee at the West Windsor store says that $900,000 has already been
collected. Donations are accepted at cash registers, and are going to
the Red Cross.
Wild Oats is collecting for the Red Cross’s efforts in aiding the
hurricane victims through September 30. A spokesperson says that
$2,700 was raised in the first week.
McCaffreys is setting aside September 21 as a day to aid the
hurricane’s victims. There will be food demos and entertainment all
day long. A spokesperson says that 5 percent of sales in the stores
will be given to the Red Cross.
Top Of PageNational Organizations
The United Way Hurricane Katrina Response Fund is accepting donations
at www.unitedway.org and clicking on “Hurricane Katrina Response Fund”
or call 800-272-4630.
The American Red Cross is accepting disaster relief funds at
www.redcross.org or call 800- HELP-NOW.
Catholic Charities is accepting checks mailed to Catholic Charities,
2005 Hurricane Relief Fund, Box 25168, Alexandria, VA 22313 or calls
made to 800-919-9338.
The American Jewish Committee is accepting donations to the AJC
Hurricane Katrina Fund at www.ajc.org.
Salvation Army welcomes donations at www.salvationarmyusa.org or call
800-SAL-ARMY.
United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism welcomes credit card
donations at www.uscj.org. Click on “Hurricane Disaster Relief Fund.”
United Animal Nations’Emergency Animal Rescue Service (EARS) is
accepting donations for the EARS disaster fund at
https://secure.ga3.org/01/UAN_disaster_relief/nE7q4IW110mbo?.
If you know someone in the south that can open their home to the
refugees connect them with www.shareyourhome.org.
State Attorney General Peter C. Harvey and state Consumer Affairs
Director Kimberly Ricketts are warning residents to be wary of con
artists using the relief efforts as a way to get money for themselves.
Confirm whether an agency is
registered by going to the Consumer Affairs Web site at
www.njconsumeraffairs.com or call 973-504-6215.
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