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Smith promoted to account executive
R&J Strategic Communications, an integrated marketing and public relations agency, has promoted Rebecca Smith to account executive. Smith plays an integral role in the agency’s growing healthcare and behavioral health teams. Since joining R&J Strategic Communications in March 2017 as an assistant account executive, Smith has managed day-to-day operations for her clients, which range from the largest healthcare delivery system in New Jersey to community-based addiction treatment centers. A South Plainfield resident, Smith served as one of the founding members of Rider University’s Public Relations Student Society of America. Visit www.randjsc.com.
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Human Trafficking Awareness Month
East Windsor Mayor Janice S. Mironov, joined by Womanspace Executive Director Patricia Hart and Womanspace Board Member/retired East Windsor Chief of Police Bill Spain, issued a Mayoral Proclamation recognizing January as Human Trafficking Awareness Month and further made a special presentation recognizing this issue. Mironov also presented Womanspace with a poster for its 40th anniversary that featured a photo she took of a billboard near the border of Myanmar and Thailand, in Southeast Asia, that was an anti-human trafficking public service announcement. Visit womanspace.org.
Volunteers needed
East Brunswick Senior Meals is in need of volunteers to deliver meals to homebound township senior residents. Meal delivery takes place each weekday between 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Permanent and substitute drivers and runners are needed. Contact the East Brunswick Department on Aging at 732-390-6809 for more info. Visit www.eastbrunswick.org/content/202/251/default.aspx.
50 new jobs in Union County
The Union County Freeholder Board announced Worldwide Flight Service is looking to hire county residents for 50 full-time positions through the Union County Workforce Innovation Business Center. Worldwide Flight Services is an aviation company that provides cargo handling, ground handling and technical services in more than 198 major airport locations and is looking to hire ramp and ticket agents for its Newark Airport location. Those interested in applying should attend the information session at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 21. Interviews will be that day at Union County College, Kellogg Building, 5th floor room k-517, 40 W. Jersey St., Elizabeth. Registration is required; visit www.ucnj.org/jobs. All candidates must be able to pass a drug test and background check. Ramp agents must have driver’s license and ticket agents must speak English with excellent communication skills. For more info, call the Workforce Innovation Business Center at 908-965-2992. Visit http://ucnj.org/wdb/wib-center.
Strategic partnership announced
USA TODAY Network/New Jersey announced a strategic partnership with Prudential Center and the New Jersey Devils designed to connect the millions of readers of the USA TODAY Network with the events and content of New Jersey’s venue for sports and entertainment. The strategic partnership will cross-promote initiatives that showcase Prudential Center’s events schedule while engaging fans at the top-ranked arena with USA TODAY Network/New Jersey’s award-winning content and other proven assets.USA TODAY NETWORK/New Jersey — New Jersey’s largest news organization — includes The Record, Asbury Park Press, Courier News, Home News Tribune NorthJersey.com, app.com, MyCentralJersey.com, (201) Magazine, as well as other premier newspapers and the breaking news websites associated with them. For more info about Prudential Center, visit www.PruCenter.com and follow the arena on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram @PruCenter.
Red6 Art Show in Perth Amboy
The Red6 Art Show will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 15, at the Perth Amboy Gallery Center for the Arts, 339 Reade St. For more info, visit www.facebook.com/events/117811962362132.
Linden receives recreation grant
Linden Mayor Derek Armstead announced that the city received the Recreational Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities (ROID) grant worth $19,120 from the N.J. Department of Community Affairs. This is the second year Linden has been awarded the grant, which is used to help include individuals with disabilities into recreational activities. Linden’s special-needs children are able to participate in the bowling and summer day camp recreation programs as a result of the ROID grant. Parents with special needs should contact the Linden Recreation Department for more info at 908-474-8600 or visit www.linden-nj.org.
Ammon Labs sponsors meetings
Ammon Labs, a drug testing laboratory, recently sponsored the New Jersey Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA) monthly meeting in New Brunswick. Ammon Labs sponsored the New Jersey Employee Assistance Professionals Association (EAPA) monthly meeting Friday, Jan. 26, at the New Jersey Law Center in New Brunswick. More than 30 people attended the program, which featured a presentation on "Preventing Suicide through De-Escalation" from Jim Nester, president of the PA EAPA Chapter and an Administrator at Livengrin Treatment Center. Visit ammonlabs.com.
Grant for domestic violence nonprofits
Allstate agency owners from across New Jersey recently joined with others from across the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic to secure a $253,000 Allstate Foundation Helping Hands grant to benefit 15 domestic violence nonprofits in nine states and the District of Columbia, including the New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence (NJCEDV). The National Network to End Domestic Violence (NNEDV), a network of state domestic violence coalitions, accepted the grant and distributed the funding to each of the local domestic violence nonprofits. The New Jersey Coalition to End Domestic Violence will receive $48,000 and will use the grant to support its mission to provide services to help end domestic violence and financial abuse throughout the state. Visit www.AllstateFoundation.org.
Real estate school adds new location
Silvia Toro, school director for Acropolis School of Real Estate, announces the opening of a new location at 1876 Lincoln Highway, Suite 202A, Edison. Students will be able to sign up for the courses. They also have the option of choosing between sites in Edison, Rutherford, Hackensack or Wayne. For details, fees and schedules, call 973-832-4353. Visit www.acropolischool.com.
New shared-time programs
Beginning in the 2018-19 school year, Hunterdon County Polytech High School will offer three new shared-time programs: Fitness Specialist, Computer Science and Heavy Equipment Operators (HEOP). Each helps prepare students for fields with growing job prospects, and each offers an opportunity to earn college credits or industry certification. The Fitness Specialist program allows students to train for employment as a personal fitness trainer in one year. Interested students for any Polytech programs, including the new ones, should enroll by Thursday, March 1, for the 2018-19 school year. Visit www.hcpolytech.org and click the “apply here” button on the homepage.
Linden middle school teacher's ‘magic’
Kimberly Leight, a science teacher at Soehl Middle School in Linden, has earned the distinction of being named one of the Teachers Who Make Magic, an honor awarded by the radio station Magic 98.3 and the New Jersey Education Association. Up to 24 outstanding teachers are chosen to receive the award. The teachers chosen for 2018 become lifetime members of the Teachers Who Make Magic, and will be honored at an award ceremony at the Pines Manor in Edison on Wednesday, April 18. Visit www.linden.k12.nj.us/schools/soehl.
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