Camping Supplies Needed
Mona Agarwal seeks donations of tents, sleeping bags, flashlights, lanterns, compasses, and other camping supplies for her Girl Scout Gold service project. A rising senior at High School South, she is a member of WWP Troop 70676.
Agarwal has had camping experiences with scouts and with her father since she was eight years old and wants to share the experience with children associated with HomeFront. “I felt that I wanted to share my experience of camping with other kids that can not have the same experiences,” she says. “My project involves running two camps for kids.”
The first camp is a four-day program for ages 5 to 8 beginning Monday, August 12. Agarwal will meet with them an a hour a day to read camping picture books, sing songs with them, and do arts and crafts. The second camp is an two-day camping trip with ages 11 to 13 with one overnight beginning Friday, August 23. The kids will pitch tents, make fake campfires, have scavenger hunts and races, make lanyards, and participate in other outdoor activities.
A garage sale will be held on Saturday, August 3, 8 to 11 a.m. at 26 Priory Road, West Windsor. Donations will be accepted there. E-mail Agarwal at monaa96@gmail.com.
ESL in Plainsboro
Plainsboro Library offers English as a Second Language classes to focus on daily life and culture in the United States. Registration begin on Tuesday, August 6. The classes, made possible by an $8,600 grant from the American Library Association, begin Monday, September 9, and will run through December 9.
The sessions are for low-beginner to high-intermediate students. Print materials for each level will be provided. At least one class will focus on health and will feature local medical practitioners discussing the American healthcare system. Representatives of both the police department and the township committee will share information about law enforcement and government.
Childcare will be available for toddlers, age 18 months and older. Call 609-275-2897.
Faith
Windsor Chapel offers children in kindergarten through fifth grade vacation Bible school on Thursday and Friday, August 15 and 16, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Free. Location is 40l Village Road East, West Windsor.
Families are invited to community day on Saturday, August 17, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be pony rides, a petting zoo, moon walk, games, face painting, balloon animals, and music. All activities are free. Food, drinks and, ice cream will be available. The raindate is Saturday, August 24.
Visit www.windsorchapel.org, E-mail chapel@windsorchapel.org, or call 609-799-2559.
Call for Art
West Windsor Arts Council seeks entries for “Under Pressure,” an exploration of printmaking. Accepted artists will be shown in the gallery from Monday, September 9, to Friday, November 15, with an artist reception on Sunday, September 15, from 4 to 6 p.m. Accepted medium is monotype, monoprint, lithography, silk screen, woodcut/block, linocut, etching, engraving, drypoint, collagraph, and all disciplines of traditional and digital printmaking. Work must be the artist’s original creations completed within the last five years. Must be 18 or older. Fees are $25 for up to three images. Visit www.westwindsorartscenter.org. Deadline is Friday, August 2. Call 609-716-1931 or E-mail info@westwindsorarts.org.
Register Your Bike
Bicycle registration is now available with West Windsor Bicycle Pedestrian Association and the West Windsor Police. For people who bike in West Windsor and are interested in preventing their bicycle from being stolen and want to increase the chance of recovering your bike if it is stolen. Download a form at wwbpa.org and submit it for a free registration tag. Forms are also available at West Windsor Police Department, 271 Clarksville Road.
Flash Mob Dance
International Zouk Flash Mob is happening on Saturday, September 21. Classes and prep meetings will take place on Sundays from 5 to 7 p.m. through September 15, at the Drum & Dance Learning Center at 4054 Quakerbridge Road in Lawrenceville. West Windsor resident Henri Velandia of Henri’s Zen Zouk is choreographing the event. Register at luz@hotsalsahot.com. $50.
Call for Singers
Paper Mill Playhouse has open auditions for the Paper Mill Playhouse Broadway Show Choir. The choir is a tuition-free performance show choir of close to 40 singers and dancers between the ages of 16 and 22 that perform throughout New Jersey. Prepare a pop/rock song or upbeat musical theater piece of approximately 32 bars that best demonstrates your vocal range. Bring sheet music in your key. Be prepared to dance. Students will be taught a dance combination which will then be performed in small groups. Auditions are at 22 Brookside Drive in Millburn, on Sunday, August 25, and Wednesday, August 29, beginning at 6 p.m. Call 973-315-1640 or E-mail Kstevens@papermill.org for an appointment.
Volunteer Please
Womanspace seeks family law attorneys to volunteer to assist survivors of domestic and sexual violence in a monthly legal clinic in Lawrenceville. Bilingual candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Training will be provided. The goal is to provide an opportunity for a one time consultation that can help clients clarify their unique situation and to explore their legal options. Consultations are private and 35 minutes in duration. They are scheduled by appointment only by Womanspace staff. Contact Susan Victor, director of counseling, at 609-394-2532, or E-mail rsv@womanspace.org for information.
Womanspace also seeks volunteers to join its Domestic Violence Victim Response Team and Sexual Assault Support Services Advocate Team. Team members work in conjunction with local police and hospital staff to provide victims support, information, and referrals during the most critical time. Team members’ qualifications include the ability to communicate well with others, being a good listener, and maintaining confidentiality. Interested persons must be 18 years of age or older, as well as a resident of or employee in the Mercer County area with a valid driver’s license, available transportation, and the ability to attend trainings and meetings. Volunteers will not have either a criminal history or prior history as a defendant in a domestic violence or sexual assault-related matter.
Bilingual individuals (especially those fluent in Spanish, Polish, and American Sign Language) are encouraged to apply. Volunteers are also required to be fluent in English.
Visit www.womanspace.org for an application. Deadline is Wednesday, July 31. Interested persons must submit to a background investigation, including fingerprinting. For more information contact Heidi Mueller at dvvrt@womanspace.org and Alison Daks at sass@womanspace.org, or call 609-394-0136.
Lego Event
Barnes & Noble at 869 Route 1 South in North Brunswick will host its inaugural LEGO Architecture event in celebration of LEGO’s new launch, LEGO Architecture Studio, on Monday, July 29 at 7 p.m. The event includes a discussion of the design process in architecture using LEGO bricks to educate and inspire. Adult and teen participants will have the opportunity to reference the LEGO 250 guide book, experiment, and create original architectural designs with more than 1,200 monochromatic building pieces, and learn a few architectural concepts such as scale, mass and density, symmetry, modules and repetition, space, and section and surface. Register with Miriam Libove at 732-545-7966 or crm2985@bn.com
Italian Classes
Dorothea’s House at 120 John Street, Princeton offers Italian classes. Contact Gilda McCauley at 908-359-1564 or at james_mccauley@comcast.net, visit www.dorotheashouse.org.
Clean-Up Time
New Jersey Clean Communities Council is coordinating the New Jersey leg of the 2013 International Coastal Clean Up on Saturday, September 21. Three thousand volunteers are needed to help clean the banks of waterways in urban centers. Register by Sunday, September 1, at www.njclean.org, E-mail njccc@njclean.org, or call 609-989-5900. NJCCC will provide materials to registered volunteers.
Call for Volunteers
Princeton Learning Cooperative seeks volunteers to work with teen members for the upcoming academic year. PLC volunteers work in a variety of academic and non-academic areas through one-on-one tutoring, leading a class or activity, or offering one-time workshops. Volunteers in computers, architecture, photography, musical instruments, history, small business, ancient history, mythology, chemistry, animal behavior, and world languages are especially needed. Contact Joel Hammon at info@princetonlearningcooperative.org or 609-851-2522.
Mental Health
NAMI Mercer is accepting registrations for free fall classes. Family to Family is a 12-week course providing caregivers with communication and problem-solving techniques, coping mechanisms, and the self-care skills. Basics is a six-week. WRAP (Wellness Recovery Action Plan) is an eight-week course. Nami Mercer Center, Lawrence Commons, 3371 Brunswick Pike, Suite 124, in Lawrenceville. Register by phone at 609-799-8994 or E-mail home@namimercer.org.
Learn to Row
Carnegie Lake Rowing Association is accepting applications for its learn to row program in Princeton begining Saturday, September 21. Visit www.CLRA.com to download the application. Experienced rowers, high school age and above, can join anytime. E-mail info@clra.com.
