TEDxAsburyPark Announces First Eight Speakers for “CHAOS”
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ASBURY PARK, N.J.—TEDxAsburyPark, an annual Jersey Shore-based conference celebrating community, education, and innovation, has announced eight of the anticipated twenty-five speakers in the lineup for the 2019 event. This year’s event, focusing on the theme of “CHAOS,” will take place on Saturday, May 18, 2019, at the Paramount Theatre on the Asbury Park Boardwalk.
TEDxAsbury Park emphasizes the notion of “ideas worth spreading” through the annual event that prides itself on the surrounding community. Each year, a group of diverse speakers present their stories in the reflection of the event’s theme. In its seventh year, TEDxAsburyPark will feature TED-style talks by comedians, entrepreneurs, musicians, scholars, and many more, all tied to this year’s theme of “CHAOS.”
The first eight speakers include:
Pharmacies Offer Deferred Payments During Shutdown
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ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS - Bayshore Pharmacy Cards & Gifts and Middletown Family Pharmacy of Belford are offering patients who are federal employees furloughed by the Government shutdown a deferred payment plan for their medications.
“With the peak of cold and flu season upon us, we do not want our patients to skip their medications” said Richard P. Stryker, owner of Bayshore Pharmacy and a partner of Middletown Pharmacy. “By offering a deferred payment plan, our patients will not have to worry about choosing whether to make their mortgage payment or purchase medications for their family.”
FCS Operation Sleighbells Serves 1,700 Area Children in Need
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PHOTO: Village Elementary School, Holmdel
Long Branch, NJ, January 8, 2019 – Hundreds of Monmouth County families enjoyed a brighter holiday season this year, thanks to area businesses, organizations and individuals who partnered with Family & Children’s Service (FCS) to support the agency’s annual toy drive, Operation Sleighbells. The program, which traces its roots back to the agency’s founding in 1909, provided thousands of donated toys, books, coats, pajamas and infant necessities to more than 1,700 local children in need, including 400 children served by child protection programs in central and southern Monmouth County. Dozens of volunteers helped collect sort, and distribute the gifts in the two weeks leading up to the holidays.
“It’s quite an operation,” FCS board chair Deborah Zilai explained. “It’s really rewarding to see all the things that the community has done to support their neighbors in need.”
Monica Montgomery Named Curator of the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center
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Monica Montgomery, Founder of Museum of Impact: Fuses Social Justice, History & Art
RED BANK, NJ- Each new year brings new opportunities and possibilities for the future. This year, 2019, is truly the year for the T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center. And the Fortune Foundation is proud to announce that Monica Montgomery of the Museum of Impact (MOI), has signed on as curator of the soon-to-be T. Thomas Fortune Cultural Center. Montgomery is a leading curatorial figure in the museum industry. Known internationally, Montgomery’s signature motif fuses social justice, history, and art together to tell meaningful stories.
This project has been in the works for over 10 years and is finally coming to fruition. The soft opening date is set for the month of February, which is fitting, considering it is Black History month; a time to honor the great African Americans who paved the way for our futures.
30th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Breakfast on January 21
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PHOTO: Rev. Ronald. L. Sparks
Red Bank, NJ – The Community YMCA and the YMCA of Western Monmouth County are pleased to announce their 30th Annual Commemorative Breakfast celebrating the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. on Monday, January 21, 2019, from 8 to 10 a.m., at Branches Catering, 123 Monmouth Road, West Long Branch.
The annual event honors the civil rights leader, recognizes student essay winners and encourages community service in memory of Dr. King.
