Studio V Mind, Body and Soul will hold its first Spin-A-Thon next month to benefit the Ashley Lauren Foundation, a local charity that provides
financial assistance and support services to families with children who have cancer. Spinners will pedal continuously from 5 p.m. Sept. 25 to 5 p.m. Sept. 26 at the fitness center, 265 Route 34, Colts Neck. A barbecue, along with an auction and awards ceremony, will immediately follow. Marissa Lichtenthal, a native of Marlboro, has joined Teach for America, the national corps of top recent college graduates who commit to teach for two years in urban and rural public schools and become lifelong advocates for educational equity. Lichtenthal will teach in Newark. Lichtenthal, a graduate of the Ranney School in 2005 and Syracuse University in 2009, joins Teach for America’s incoming corps of 4,100 teachers, the largest in its 20- year history. With a record 35,000 applications for the 2009 corps, only 15 percent were accepted. According to a press release from Teach for America, members go above and beyond traditional expectations to improve the educational outcomes of children growing up in low-income communities. Young Professionals invites the public to attend its August meeting at which guest speaker David Rosenwald will present “Sales Strategies for a Tough Economy.” The meeting will be held Aug. 26, at Connolly Station, 711 Main St., Belmar, from 5:30-8:30 p.m. Rosenwald is a vice president and trainer at Shulman and Associates, a leading business development firm specializing in sales consulting and sales training. Young Professionals, a committee of the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce, is open to all young professionals and college graduates in Ocean, Monmouth, and Middlesex counties. Preregistration is $20 and $25 at the door and includes hors d’oeuvres, unlimited networking, the presentation, and a cash bar. To register, contact Jennifer Weisert, at 732-206-0527 or jweisertmanasquanbank. com.
Attendees are asked to support Catholic Charities Providence House Emergency Food Shelter by bringing food items, such as canned soup, vegetables, condiments, sauces, sugar, tea, coffee, baking goods, oils, dressings, packaged side dishes, gravy, cereal or supermarket gift cards to be used to purchase meats, diary, and fresh fruits and vegetables.