Seabrook Provides Local Non-Profit with Furniture

Cancer Support Community receives items to help provide clients with “comfort.”

News from Seabrook Village in Tinton Falls: In its continuing effort to reach out and assist the local community, Seabrook delivered furniture to the Cancer Support Community in Eatontown.  The 12 pieces of living room-style furniture, which include four loveseats and eight lounge chairs, will assist the non-profit by providing comfort for its clients. The furniture was delivered to the center by Lowy’s Moving Service free of charge, as a way to help in this endeavor.  “This donation is a way for our community to help provide the Cancer Support Community furniture that will be used to help add comfort for clients, their family members and friends,” said Art Sparks, Seabrook executive director.  “Our community is one that prides itself on …

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Seabrook Residents Give Nearly $200K to Staff as Holiday Thanks

Residents at the Tinton Falls retirement community donated to the annual fund that is dispersed among hourly employees at the end of the year.

News from Seabrook Village in Tinton Falls: The wonderful relationship between the residents of Seabrook and the staff who serve them was once again demonstrated through the annual Staff Appreciation Fund, a program that recognizes employees for their hard work and dedication throughout the year.  A total of $196,000 was raised by residents for staffers this year. Even in a down economic period residents found it in their hearts to donate money to the staff members who work at the community on a day-to-day basis.  The money was disbursed to 694 hourly (full and part-time) employees at Seabrook who are employed in various departments, including dining services, transportation, security, general services and the nursing departments. During …

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Paul

7:51 am on Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Sounds like a shakedown. Is that protection money??   more ›

Seabrook Residents Collect Over 600 Toys for Tots

The Tinton Falls retirement community has been participating in the nationwide program for 12 years

A release from Seabrook Village in Tinton Falls: Seabrook’s residents and staff regularly donate their time, efforts and gifts to a whole host of charities and organizations throughout the year.  The community celebrated its latest effort, collecting toys to support the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation.   This year’s collection yielded approximately 600 toys, which the Marine Corps will distribute to needy children during this holiday season.  The Marine Toys for Tots drive at Seabrook was started by resident June Bayles 12 years ago. Some of the gifts collected, included stuffed animals, games, coloring books, dolls, educational toys, costume jewelry and dress-up clothing.  The toys will go to the Toys for Tots office that serves Monmouth…

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Professional Stager Helps Take Mystery out of Preparing a Home for Sale

Retirement community shows seniors how to properly prepare a home for sale.

Ever try to sell a house and wonder what to do with that dated old piece of furniture?  How about that gaudy wallpaper that you know won’t appeal to a buyer's eye?  And what about the three C's clutter, clutter and more clutter? At Seabrook recently, the sales team helped inform and educate senior clients on how to properly stage their homes to look more appealing to a potential buyer – taking out the mystery of where to begin when putting a house up for sale. A professional stager clearly illustrated what seniors could do to take the fear out of the moving process by providing a before and after room.  The stager transformed the mock room on the Seabrook auditorium stage.  The stage was transformed from a cluttered mess, which resembled …

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Seabrook Puts Pedal to the Metal to Help Protect Environment and Save on Fuel Costs

The Tinton Falls retirement community is using an electric car to patrol the community and cut down on pollution.

A release from Seabrook Village in Tinton Falls: In its continuing effort to help protect the environment, Seabrook rolled out its latest program – a four-wheeled electric security vehicle that produces no emissions and saves on fuel costs. The vehicle is called a Global Electric Motor Car (GEM), which patrols the full-service retirement community – operating on six gel batteries and 12 fuses.  This vehicle plugs into a standard A/C outlet and takes six hours to fully charge. “We are serious about cost savings, but protecting the environment is paramount,” said Art Sparks, Seabrook’s executive director.  “Our community has a proven track-record of helping look after our earth and this latest step is an extension of this mission.” Seabrook …

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Seabrook Author Finds Healing through Writing

After suffering a serious stroke and a life-threatening bout of pneumonia, author Carol Behrman discovered the healing powers of writing and the Jersey Shore.

This is the second part of Seabrook Village author and resident Carol Behrman's account of her journey to writing and eventually, the Underground Railroad in her new book, Freedom Passage. Getting published can be difficult and frustrating, but I was lucky enough to achieve recognition as an author early on and to enjoy more than three decades of success writing fiction and non-fiction for children and young adults. In 2004, I had just completed two new book manuscripts and sent them to the publisher.  Then in one horrible, unforgettable moment, everything changed.  I suffered a serious stroke.  It kept me bedridden for a long time and was followed several years later by a near-fatal attack of pneumonia.  It was a terrible time and I could…

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Seabrook Resident Hooked on Writing

Author Carol Behrman, who is a resident of Tinton Falls' Seabrook Village, shares how her love of writing has evolved over the decades.

It is painful for anyone to lose part of who he is.  That is what had happened to me before I moved into Seabrook Village retirement community in Tinton Falls three years ago.  Like any mature adult, I had acquired many facets to my being through the years—daughter, student, wife, parent, teacher, traveler, and on and on.  But there is one important part of my identity that had remained constant—I was always a writer.  In 2008, I believed that part of me was gone—like an amputated arm or leg.  As things turned out, however, my life as a writer had not disappeared—it was only metamorphosing into something more brilliant and meaningful than ever before. The result is my newly-published historical novel, Freedom Passage. For many years …

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You Want a Pickle With That? Seabrook Residents Make Sandwiches for the Hungry

New program at Seabrook assists Bridges at the Shore in meeting its mission.

A press release from Seabrook Village: The concept is simple, but taken for granted by many.  You take some bread, slap on deli meat and you have yourself a tasty sandwich.  But there are many people who cannot afford this simple luxury and go hungry. That is where some Seabrook residents and the organization Bridges at the Shore come in to help. On July 15, Seabrook residents volunteered their time to assemble 100 turkey and cheese sandwiches and placed them in paper bags, along with red delicious apples, bags of chips, bottles of water and a very special form of encouragement. Residents included hand-written notes for each bag that supported each recipient. Approximately 10 residents took part in this effort, which is the first time that…

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