#b#Volunteer Please#/b#
#b#Heads Up Special Riders#/b# seeks volunteers to help children with special needs in a therapeutic horseback riding program. Teens and adults welcome. Volunteers are not required to have any equestrian skills to be able to support the special needs riders. Program is located at Hasty Acres Farm in Kingston. Contact Clare Russell at 609-921-8389 or E-mail info@headsupspecialriders.com.
#b#Good Grief#/b# seeks volunteer facilitators for children who are grieving the death of their mother, father, sister, or brother. The upcoming training is for those interested in making a commitment to volunteer in a peer support groups. The commitment is for one year, every other week (on either a Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday evening) from 6 to 9:15 p.m. Training orientation is Monday, January 5, at 6 p.m., at 12 Stockton Street, Princeton. E-mail volunteer@good-grief.org or call 908-522-1999, ext. 8003 for information.
#b#Fresh Air Fund#/b# seeks volunteers for its host family program. Close to 4,000 inner-city children visit suburban, rural, and small town communities each summer. The boys and girls, ages six to 18, live in New York City. Children on first-time visits are six to 12 years old and stay for one or two weeks. Children who are reinvited by host families may continue with the program through age 18. Call Deborah Asirifi at 212-897-8969 or visit www.freshair.org.
#b#Call for Art#/b#
#b#South Brunswick Arts#/b# seeks artists for “Still Life,” an exhibit opening January 16. at South Brunswick Municipal Building, 540 Route 522, Monmouth Junction. Visit www.SBArts.org.
#b#Call for Photographers#/b#
#b#Gallery 14#/b# on 14 Mercer Street in Hopewell, a co-op gallery of fine art photography, offers membership by invitation. Exhibition space is also opened to invited guests after review of submitted portfolios. Membership fees in the co-op are paid quarterly and invited guest fees are based on space used in the gallery.
To be considered for membership submit a portfolio of 12 to 15 jpegs to carlgeisler@gmail.com. Consider a cohesive series representing your recent work and your forward vision. Include a short artist statement and contact information. You will be contacted to discuss options, fees, and obligations. Visit www.photogallery14.com or call 732-422-3676.
#b#Call for Singers#/b#
#b#Monroe Chorus#/b# seeks singers for the new year. Rehearsals begin on Tuesday, January 6, at 9:30 a.m., at Monroe Senior Center, 12 Halsey Reed Road. Contact Sheila Werfel at 609 619-3229 or sheila1120@gmail.com.
#b#Umpire Training#/b#
#b#District 12 Little League#/b# offers umpire training at West Windsor Senior Center on Tuesdays, February 3, 10, 17, and 24, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.; and at Reynolds Middle School in Hamilton on Wednesdays, February 4, 11, 18, and 25, from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
Exam nights are Tuesday March 3, 6 to 8 p.m., West Windsor Senior Center; and Wednesday March 4, 6 to 8 p.m., Reynolds Middle School. An on-field practical is Sunday March 8, 1 to 5 p.m. at Nottingham Little League.
$40 includes class fee, a manual, a ball bag, a cadet umpiring shirt, and more. Class is free for returning officials to attend as a refresher. Visit NJDistrict12.org or call 609-214-6110 for information.
#b#Wellness#/b#
#b#One Yoga#/b# offers Yoga 4 Sobriety yoga teacher training workshop to help you support your students as they learn how to walk through life using the Twelve Steps of recovery as their guide. Dive into an understanding of the Chakra system. Bridging chakra based postures and exercises along with the language of the Twelve Steps recovery help students become aware of what is going on in their bodies and how to find comfort without escape.
The program also covers yoga philosophy, postures, meditations, energies, and proper sequencing. Saturday, February 7, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.; and Sunday, February 8, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Send check of $399 payable to One Yoga & Wellness Center, 405 Route 130 North, East Windsor 08520. $399
#b#Center for Faith and Justice#/b# offers “Go Within, Stand Your Ground, and Fly High,” a vibrational sound healing and shamanic retreat, from Friday to Tuesday, April 10 to 14, with Patricia Miller and Faye Nulman. The sleepover includes sound healing, an introduction to Peruvian basic shamanic healing, gentle yoga, vegetarian food, ceremonies, meditation, journaling, and more. $265. Contact Faye at 732-895-5926 or Patricia at 908-281-9222.
#b#Donate Please#/b#
#b#South Brunswick Township Department of Social Services#/b# seeks donations to help more than 300 families during the holiday season. The program is run completely by donations from individuals, community groups, schools, and businesses.
Consider a monetary donation in any amount, a gift card(s) to any of the local food stores, a gift card(s) to Wal-Mart, Target, Barnes and Noble, CVS, or any other store where items needed for the holidays can be purchased. You also may adopt a family by contacting LouAnne at 732-329-4000, ext. 7674.
Checks payable to the “South Brunswick Human Intervention Trust Fund” may be sent to South Brunswick Township, Box 190 Municipal Complex, Monmouth Junction 08852.
#b#Seeking Homes#/b#
#b#Tabby’s Place#/b# has reduced the adoption fee to $67.50 for the month of December. While Tabby’s Place is known for its special needs cats, more than 70 percent of the cats available are healthy felines rescued from hopeless situations. Each adoptable kitty has been spayed or neutered, microchipped, and treated by a veterinarian. Visit www.tabbysplace.org, E-mail info@tabbysplace.org, or call 908-237-5300 for information.
