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Plainsboro Preserve offers New Jersey Audubon Society winter school vacation camps. A portion of each program will be spent outdoors building a connection to the natural world. Wildlife in Winter will be held Monday to Wednesday, December 29 to 31, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Register. $50 per day. Visit www.njaudubon.org or call 609-897-9400.##M:[more]##
Deitch Family Chiropractic & Wellness Center, 50 Princeton-Hightstown Road, West Windsor is accepting new unwrapped toys for Toys 4 Tots through Friday, December 19, at 5 p.m. New patients receive a free visit including x-rays for a donation. Visit www.drdeitch.com or call 609-897-1200 for information.
Salt Creek Grille hosts a food drive through December to benefit United Way of Greater Mercer County. Bring a non-perishable food item to the restaurant to receive 10 percent off your bill. One discount per table. 1 Rockingham Row, Forrestal Village, Plainsboro. 609-419-4250. www.saltcreekgrrille.com.
United Jewish Federation of Princeton Mercer Bucks offers its second “Young People’s Jewish Song Writing” contest for children ages 8 to 18 living or attending school in Mercer or Bucks counties. Create original Jewish songs in three age appropriate categories (8 to 11, 12 to 16, and 16 to 18). Some of the songs will be performed at Princeton Mercer Jewish Choral Festival on Sunday, March 22, at Congregation Beth Chaim, in West Windsor. Visit www.sharimvsharot.org.
West Windsor Bicycle and Pedestrian Alliance is accepting applications from high school students for appointment to its advisory board. West Windsor residency is required.
The three selected students are asked to attend monthly meetings and contribute their time assisting in planning and volunteering at events, such as trail-building, the Pedals for Progress bike drive, and membership drives throughout the year. Student advisors are also encouraged to come up with creative ideas for engaging other students in bicycle and pedestrian advocacy in their schools and neighborhoods. Visit www.wwbpa.org for the application. The deadline for applications is Thursday, January 15.
Inaugural Bus
Coalition for Peace Action is taking reservations for chartered buses to Washington, D.C. for the presidential inauguration. www.peacecoalition.org or call 609-924-5022. Register. $65.
Auditions
Princeton Festival seeks male trebles in its all male children’s chorus for ‘Mid Summers Night Dream.” Auditions are available Saturday, January 17, 10 a.m to 1 p.m. Call 609-537-0071 or E-mail chorus@princetonfestival.org.
Kelsey Theater seeks tenors for “Godspell.” Call 215-579-5677 or E-mail suzanne_mclean@hotmail.com for appointment.
Lawrence Library is casting for a variety of roles in the staged readings from the selected works of local playwrights, in a one-act play festival, April 17 to 19. The audition includes a cold reading. Actors ages 20 to 40 are needed for male roles, 20 to 70 for female roles, and 7 to 18 for the youth roles. Auditions will be held on Monday, January 12, 7 to 9 p.m.; Thursday, January 15, 7 to 9 p.m.; and Saturday, January 17, 1 to 4 p.m. Contact James Damron at 609-989-6915 or E-mail jdamron@mcl.org to schedule an audition time. The auditions will be held at 2751 Brunswick Pike, Lawrenceville.
Good Causes
The Stress Factory is collecting non-perishable food items for the Community Food Bank of New Jersey in exchange to $1 off ticket price. Through December 27. www.stressfactory.com.
Artistic Realization Technologies (A.R.T.) seeks donations to help children and adults overcome severe physical challenges to create art. www.artrealizaiton.org or call 908-359-3098.
Stress-Less Cruise
Princeton Center for Yoga & Health offer a five-day cruise on Royal Caribbean’s Explorer of the Seas to Bermuda on Saturday, May 23. Yoga, meditation, discussions, relaxation techniques, and mindfulness meditation. Call 609-818-1226 for information.
Call for Entries
Gallery 125 invites artists to submit work for “Threads, an all media show on the theme of clothing in all shapes, sizes, and manifestations. $20 for five images on a CD. Call 609-989-9119 for information.
The Chocolate Bar seeks entries in a poster art contest to create a visual story of chocolate for the Bucks County Chocolate Show. Pen, ink, watercolor, acrylic, digital, or collage are invited. Deadline is Thursday, January 15. Call 215-850-6292.
Lawrence Historical Society seeks volunteers to serve on committees to help at public events. Call 609-895-1782 or E-mail webmaster@thelhs.org.
Music and Theater
VSA Arts of New Jersey offer music and theater mentor programs for Mercer County students with disabilities. Saturdays, January 3 to March 14, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Lawrenceville Library. Deadline for registration is Friday, December 26 for the theater program. The music program will be held on Wednesdays, January 21 to March 235, from 4:30 to 6 p.m. at the Mercer School in Hamilton. Deadline is Wednesday, January 14. www.vsanj.org or call 732-745-3885.
For Singers
Philomusica Choir has choral auditions on Mondays, January 5, 12, and 19. An auditioned community choir, singers with good reading skills are needed for May and December concerts in Middlesex County. Rehearsals are Mondays, 7:30 to 10 p.m., Unitarian Society, 176 Tices Lane, East Brunswick. Audition by appointment. Call 888-744-5668 or visit www.philomusica.org.
Volunteers Needed
Kidsbridge Museum seeks volunteers to greet and talk at the museum of tolerance with kids in small groups from schools. The museum, located at the College of New Jersey, focuses on community service, anti-bullying, tolerance, disability awareness, and sensitivity. No training necessary. Retired teachers are welcome. Visit www.kidsbridgemuseum.org, call 609-581-0239, or E-mail lynnekidsbridge@aol.com. See story page 23.
For Kids
Lightning Lacrosse is accepting registration to boys and girls from Plainsboro and West Windsor in grades pre-K to 8. www.lightninglacrosse.org.
Mercer Museum offers a three-day Lego Robotics holiday workshop on Friday, December 26; and Monday and Tuesday, December 29 and 30. Sessions are 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Children build with legos and power their creations with computer technology. $85. Must be in fourth to sixth grade. Visit www.mercermuseum.org or call 215-345-0210.
