Community Bulletin Board
Arts program auditions will be held Dec. 9

Audition applications for the Monmouth County Arts High School and Arts Middle School programs are available for students in grades of 6-12. Auditions will be held Dec. 9.

The program offers accelerated courses taught by a faculty of experienced teachers and artists for gifted and talented students in grades six through 12. Classes offered include instrumental music, dance, theater arts, photography, creative writing, vocal music and visual arts.

Students accepted will be allowed to leave school in order to attend the program classes one afternoon each week during regular class hours. Classes will be held at a central location in Monmouth County and participating school districts will provide transportation and cost of the program. The Arts Middle School program runs for 12 weeks, while the Arts High School program runs 14 weeks.

Registration deadline is Nov. 17. For more details and applications, call (732) 566-2787, visit www.artshigh.net, or e-mail info@artsandedcenter.org.

Vietnam veterans forum slated for Oct. 20

The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation will host the eighth annual forum, "Coming Home: Vietnam Veterans and Their Families Since the War," Oct. 20 from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Vietnam Era Educational Center, 1 Memorial Lane, Holmdel.

The program will examine the challenges and successes in the lives of Vietnam veterans and families since the war through a series of panel discussion workshops. There will also be a luncheon featuring keynote speaker, attorney Jan C. Scruggs, a decorated, combat-wounded Vietnam veteran, and founder and president of the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Fund. Registration is open to the public as well as educators.

For more information or to register for the forum, call (732) 335-0033 or visit www.njvvmf.org.

VNACJ announces price change for flu shots

The Visiting Nurse Association of Central Jersey, Red Bank, has announced the price for flu immunizations has been changed from $30 to $25.

Flu shots for walkins only are available at VNACJ's Red Bank health center at 141 Bodman Place, Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon beginning Oct. 21, and ending Feb. 24 (excluding Nov. 25, and Dec. 23 and 30). Shots by appointment will be given Dec. 9-Feb. 28. For an appointment, call (732) 933-3989.

Flu clinics are as follows: Nov. 2 from 2-4 p.m. at Red Bank Foodtown, 362 Broad St.; Nov. 4 from noon-2 p.m. at Family Pharmacy, 10 Church St., Little Silver; Nov 4 from 10 a.m.-noon at Reiter Pharmacy, 3317 Sunset Ave., Wanamassa section of Ocean Township; Nov. 5 from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church, 255 Harding Road, Red Bank; Nov. 11 from 9 a.m.-noon at St. John's Episcopal Church, 325 Little Silver Point Road, Little Silver; Nov. 12 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church, Maple Avenue and Chestnut Street, Red Bank; Nov. 28 from 10 a.m.-noon at Oakhurst Foodtown, 1560 Route 35, Ocean; and Nov. 28 from 2-4 p.m. at Wanamassa Foodtown, 2201 Sunset Ave. For more information, call the flu hotline at (732) 224-6985.

Deadline for boating safety applications Nov. 1

The BoatU.S. Foundation for Boating Safety and Clean Water, Alexandria, Va., is accepting applications for Boating Safety Grants through Nov. 1.

Grants of up to $4,000 are available for boating safety projects, with a total of $50,000 available for the campaign. Grants are awarded to organizations that have developed projects to promote safe boating on local waterways. For an application, visit www.BoatUS.com/foundation or call (800) 336-2628.

R.S.V.P. by Oct. 28 for museum's appraisal party

Monmouth Museum on the campus of Brookdale Community College, Lincroft section of Middletown, will hold a "Trash to Treasure Appraisal Party" Nov. 4 from 5-9 p.m.

Attendees may bring items to be verbally appraised by expert local appraisers (items must fit through the museum's door). The museum will also hold a "Chair-ish the Museum" auction and is asking local artists to donate custom-designed, decorated or remodeled chair to auction at the event. The event will also feature cocktails, light hors d'oeuvres, and collections of memorabilia on display. An e-bay specialist will also be available to give advice.

Tickets are $75, with proceeds benefiting the museum's educational programs. Reservations must be made before Oct. 28. For reservations, call the museum at (732) 747-2266.

Register for 'Let's Talk Adoption' by Oct. 20

Concerned Persons for Adoption will sponsoring the 25th annual "Let's Talk Adoption" conference Nov. from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. at Rutgers University, Busch Campus Center, Piscataway.

The conference will features workshops for pre- and post-adoptive parents, social workers, teachers and adoptees. Keynote speaker will be Debbie Riley, author of "Beneath the Mask: Understanding Adopted Teens." Exhibitors will include New Jersey licensed adoption agencies, and vendors offering books on adoption topics. New Jersey and Pennsylvania licensed social workers and New Jersey teachers may also receive continuing education hours credit for attending.

Cost is $35 per person, and $60 per couple before Oct. 20, and $40 and $70, respectively after Oct. 20.

Fee for full-time students is $20. For more information, call (908) 273-5694 or visit www.cpfanj.org.