Business Briefs

As part of Rotary International’s "Centennial Project Guidelines," the Red Bank Rotary has undertaken "Project Dictionary" and recently hand-delivered more than 350 dictionaries to grades six through eight at Red Bank Middle School.

To date, the rotary has distributed more than 1,350 dictionaries to Red Bank, Fair Haven, Little Silver, Shrewsbury and Rumson students. The club is headed by John Smallwood, president, and carries out projects that address poverty, hunger, illiteracy, pollution and service to youth.

Physicians from Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank, recently honored colleagues at the annual physician recognition dinner in late April. Recognized for commitment to the medical field and patients were John D. Royall, M.D., John Rose, M.D., and Harold Chafkin, M.D. Royall joined Riverview’s medical staff in 1977. Board certified in pulmonary disease and internal medicine, he is the medical director at the critical care unit, which opened last fall. Rose is a board-certified urologist and has been on the center’s staff since 1976. He has served as past president of the Riverview medical staff, and was a member of Riverview’s board of governors.

Chafkin has been on staff since 1959 and is board certified in internal medicine. He has served on the center’s bioethics committee and medical executive committee, and was a member of the Riverview Medical Center Foundation board for several years.

The Volunteer Center of Monmouth County, Eatontown, will present the Community Commitment From the Heart Award to Dr. Peter Burnham, Tindra Lanfrank and Lore MacDonald at its sixth annual "Sail Into Summer Brunch" June 13 at the Molly Pitcher Inn, Red Bank.

Burnham, president of Brookdale Community College, Lincroft section of Middletown, serves on the board of the Meridian Health System/Jersey Shore Medical Center. He is also the recipient of the Humanitarian Leadership Award from the National Conference of Community Colleges.

Lanfrank has worked several years toward expanding educational opportunities through scholarship. She has served twice as chair of the Monmouth University scholarship ball, and volunteered for several organizations, including Multiple Sclerosis, the March of Dimes, and the Brookdale Community College Foundation.

MacDonald is a founder of the Horizons Student Enrichment Program, an educational and cultural enrichment program for the economically disadvantaged children from surrounding communities.

Event co-chairs are Linda Mass, Middletown, and Annie Swartz, Little Silver. The cost is $65 for the brunch, silent auction and gift auction. For tickets or more information, call the Volunteer Center at (732)728.1927.

The Monmouth/Ocean Chapter of New Jersey Association of Women Business Owners will install new board members at its dinner meeting June 24 at 6 p.m. at Jumping Brook Country Club, Neptune. Reservations are required by June 18.

The cost is $40 for nonmembers, and $35 for members. The guest speaker will be Sue Fitzpatrick, president of Fitzpatrick Printing & Design, Colts Neck. For reservations or more information, call Chrissy at (732) 528-1172.

The nonprofit Monmouth Center for Vocational Rehabilitation (MCVR), Eatontown, is seeking donations of old laser and ink jet printer cartridges for recycling. MCVR can receive from $1-$22 per cartridge by collecting and returning cartridges to a recycler.

MCVR is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting maximum vocational potential and social independence for the disabled through counseling, training, support services and job placement.

Businesses may arrange for a scheduled pickup of cartridges by calling (888) 647-7697, or drop cartridges off at MCVR, 15 Meridian Way.