Two lucky families will win $985 and represent Ocean County on B98.5’s giant digital billboard for the entire summer! All you have to do is submit a funny family photo, old family portraits, vacation photos or anything you think makes your family the Ocean County summer family!

Work will continue in some areas of the property to ensure everything will be fully operational for the Summer of 2013.  The Amusement Park is already preparing by bringing back the rides that were removed from the boardwalk prior to the storm. The 2 for 1 Ride Ticket sale will be held as usual Easter Weekend, March 29^th thru 31^st both online and in person.

“This is a great opportunity for those who have come to love Belmar as a clean, beautiful and family beach to be a part of the boardwalk reconstruction process,” said Mayor Doherty.

Board level options are as follows:

· $5,000 Big Kahuna
· $2,500 Surf Rider
· $1,000 Sun Worshiper
· $500 Boogie Boarder
· $250 Board Runner
· $100 Clam Digger
· $25 Beach Bum

Contributors will also be able to have their name and board level displayed on a beach entrance of their choice.

“Belmar has had a boardwalk every summer since 1875,” said Mayor Doherty, “and with everyone’s help, this summer will be no different.”

For more information regarding proposed specifications, cost estimates, bid details, and other info relevant to the reconstruction of Belmar’s beachfront, please visit the Borough website at www.belmar.com

Nagle asked friends and family in Maryland to post on Facebook to gather donations he could deliver. The community quickly offered any and all help. Within days he, along with the help of some friends had over ten drop off locations throughout Southern Maryland filled with donations.

Overwhelmed with donations, Nagle asked a family friend and Toms River resident, Dave McIndoe, for help in receiving and distributing the piles of clothes, cleaning supplies and food. As President of NetWave Interactive Marketing in Point Pleasant Beach and board member of the 200 Club of Ocean County, McIndoe quickly worked his network of friends and professionals. The 200 Club of Ocean County handled the monetary donations, helping first responders, EMT’s, police and firemen who suffered their own losses due to Hurricane Sandy, while helping the community during and after the storm.

McIndoe also reached out to his long-term client, The Perlmutter Family ShopRite. The Perlmutters, life-long Ocean County residents and operators of seven ShopRites in the effected area, quickly lent a hand. With the help of Fischer Blvd. (Toms River) Store Manager Joe Sharkey and Wakefern’s Ted Schlemovitz they loaned two ShopRite trailers for the cause. Toms River East Little League offered their parking lot space for the trucks and their clubhouse as a distribution point.

Nagle and about a dozen volunteers brought the donations up to New Jersey in a convoy of six vehicles. Together, Maryland and New Jersey volunteers unloaded the items into three tractor trailers. Food donations are headed to The FoodBank of Monmouth and Ocean Counties, who will handle distribution to their area partners. Monetary donations are being distributed to local first responders, EMT’s, police and firefighters affected first hand by the storm, through the 200 Club of Ocean County.

“Our biggest challenge now is to equitably distribute the clothing, toiletries, cleaning supplies and other donations to needy families,” explains McIndoe. “The outpouring of support from our friends in Maryland is overwhelming. The volunteers at the Toms River East Little League have been fantastic,” he adds. The indoor facility, at 2195 Windsor Ave, is open Monday – Friday from 5-8pm and Saturday & Sunday from 9am-1pm. Further clothing and dry goods donations are not being accepted at this time.

Monetary donations can still be sent to the 200 Club of Ocean County Sandy Relief Fund, P.O. Box 1749, Point Pleasant, NJ  08742. All donations will go to the first responders whose homes were damaged or lost during Sandy.

Many of the animals displaced from the hurricane were brought to the farm and many since have already been reunited with their families.  There is currently a need for clean blankets (for the cages, since there is such an abundance of animals coming in), Clean towels/toys that are not used or chewed up (not harmful).

Visit the website listed below or facebook for more information.

www.seerfarms.org

For $10 you get a locally produced bumper sticker and the peace of mind that comes along with knowing your donation matters.  For more info, visit www.nj-strong.org

Decals can be purchased by mail at:

1 Stop Wraps Sandy Relief Fund
1525 Prospect St. Unit 602
Lakewood, NJ 08701

We are currently looking for area businesses to donate and sponsor the effort. If you are interested, please click to contact us

Jersey Strong : Revive · Rebuild · Recoverwas started by Frank Mele, a life long Jersey Shore resident. As power was restored and the scope of hurricane #Sandy damage become clear, Frank, along with his friends, family, and neighbors, was compelled to help in anyway he could.

As the owner of 1 Stop Wraps(a local small business) and a skilled graphic designer, Frank knew immediately his impact would be greatest if he used the resources he has spent years the last 10 years building.

Within days, he had created the design, purchased the material, started the production process, contacted the Community Foodbank of NJ, and reached out to friends and family. The decals have been printed and are ready for your donations.

This is a non-profit organization that travels the country as volunteers to assist with food in times of disasters. They are serving thousands of meals a day to the homeless from the storm, to those without power staying in their homes and to all of the military, Fire and Police who are working around the clock.  They are driving the meals door to door as well for those that have no means of transportation. Many lost their cars in the floods.

There are meals being provided at the Brick PAL at 60 Drum Point Road in Brick:

10:30am -11:30am Continental Breakfast every morning

11:30am-7pm Daily hot meals will be distributed.

They are in need of the following items to help continue to provide these meals.

Pastas, soups, chili, sides
Coffee, cream, powdered creamer, cocoa/hot chocolate mix
Serving spoons, large slotted ladles, heavy foil

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