fundraisers
• Welcome Spring Book Sale, during regular library hours, at the Spotswood Public Library, 548 Main St. Hardcover books, paperbacks, children’s books, VHS videos and audiocassettes. Mass-market paperbacks, 50 cents each or three for $1; hardcovers and oversize paperbacks, $1 and up; VHS videos, $1. All-You-Can-Carry-for- $10 Sale and Purchase-a-Bag-of-Books-for- $5 Sale, April 9 and 10. All sales final. Proceeds benefit the library and its programs. 732-251-1515.
April 8 & 14
• Clothing Drive, sponsored by the Middlesex County 4-H Association, 7-9 p.m. April 8, 5-8:30 p.m. April 14, at the 4- H Center, 645 Cranbury Road, East Brunswick. Old and used clothes, shoes, handbags, stuffed animals, household linens should be packed in sturdy plastic trash bags. Plastic toys to be donated to Second Chance Toys will be accepted and should be bagged separately. Donations also may be brought to the Middlesex County Extension office at the EARTH Center, 42 Riva Ave., South Brunswick, during regular office hours, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Proceeds go to county 4-H programming. 732-398-5261.
April 9
• Speed Dating and Social Dance, for individuals ages 40 and up, sponsored by East Brunswick Elks Lodge No. 2370, speed dating 7:30-8:30 p.m., dance and social 8:30-11:30 p.m., at the lodge, 21-B Oakmont Ave., intersection of Hardenburg Lane, Oakmont Avenue and Washington Place, off Route 130 north. Music by the band Shadowroad. Admission is $20 per person. 732-718-5842.
April 10
• Organ Restoration Fundraiser Dinner and Entertainment, featuring vocalist Tunde Csonka, 5 p.m., at Magyar Reformed Church Center, corner of Fayette Street and Kirkland Place, Perth Amboy. Hungarian operetta and nostalgia songs and tunes from Broadway musicals. Csonka has played numerous roles in Hungarian theaters and appeared in concerts in the United States. Donation is $30. Reservations required. Call the Rev. Attila Kocsis at 732-442-7799.
• A Night of Comedy, sponsored by the New Jersey 9/11 Memorial Foundation, doors open at 5:30 p.m., buffet dinner 6- 7:15 p.m., comedy show at 8 p.m., at the Primetime Comedy Club, 960 Route 9 south, Sayreville. Comics Mike Marino (“New Jersey’s Bad Boy of Comedy”), Marco Assante. Silent auction. All proceeds benefit Empty Sky, the New Jersey 9/11 memorial under construction in Liberty State Park, Jersey City, to honor the 745 New Jersey residents who lost their lives on Sept. 11, 2001. Tickets: $45 for regular seating, two-drink minimum; $55 for box seats, two-drink minimum. Log on to www.primetimecomedyonline.com, call 732-721-6555. Find information on the memorial at www.nj911memorial.org.
• Car Wash, to benefit the Monroe Falcon football team, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., at Monroe Township High School, Perrineville Road. Cost is $5 per car.
April 11
• Ralph Lamo Memorial Daisy Breakfast, 8 a.m.-1 p.m., at the East Brunswick Hilton, Route 18. Proceeds benefit individuals with special needs who participate in the Daisy Recreation Program, designed to promote education through recreation for the developmentally challenged, sponsored by the East Brunswick Division of Recreation and Community Services and The Daisy Association. Menu: eggs, bacon, home fries, pancakes, doughnuts, rolls, juice, coffee, tea, milk. DJ offering music, games, children’s activities; tricky tray featuring prizes donated by local merchants; 50/50s. Tickets cost $10 for adults, $2 for children under 10, available at the East Brunswick Recreation Office, Dunhams Corner Road; township clerk’s office in the East Brunswick Municipal Building, Jean Walling Civic Center; or at the door. Free parking. 732-390-6797.
• Comedy Night, sponsored by the East Brunswick High School Baseball Parents Association, dinner at 5 p.m., show begins at 7 p.m., at The Stress Factory Comedy Club, 90 Church St., New Brunswick. Headline comic: Buddy Fitzpatrick. Tickets cost $35. Proceeds benefit the baseball team. 917-682-1813.
April 14
• Partner in Excellence Dinner, sponsored by the East Brunswick Education Foundation, 6:30 p.m., at The Pines Manor, Edison. Honorees: educators Carlotta Miller and JoAnn Yonchiuk, and Larry Solomon and Sherri Moskowitz of Inner- Workings (Corporate Edge). Cost is $55 per person. In conjunction with the dinner, the foundation is sponsoring a raffle limited to 500 tickets. Prizes include a 42-inch plasma HDTV television; ladies Movado Esperanza watch; 18-hole round of golf (including complimentary greens and cart fees) for a foursome at TPC Jasna Polana, East Brunswick; Dine Around gift certificates. Raffle tickets cost $20 on event night, $10 in advance. Log on to www.ebef.org.












