• How much can you gift to your family without tax consequences?
• Gain an understanding of how different strategies affect financial aid
• Pros and Cons of various investment vehicles that can be used for gifting
• Alternative investment vehicles that enable savings to be used for more than just educational expenses
This workshop will be held virtually on Zoom. Register now to receive the link!
About Jodi Bloom
Jodi is a college funding expert and the founder of Cornerstone College Solutions. She and her team have helped hundreds of families, with children of all ages, to navigate the nuances of college funding by educating about the process. She works collaboratively with families to develop comprehensive college plans with tailored strategies to address their overriding concerns about how to pay for college without jeopardizing retirement and provide financial alternatives to meet each family's unique goals and cost requirements. Jodi is a Certified College Funding Specialist (CCFS), has spent 12 years in the financial services industry, and with three college-aged children, has first-hand experience of the college funding process. She holds an MBA from Columbia University and is frequently responsible for educating certified public accountants to earn their continuing professional education credits in college planning. She has been sponsored by over 65 organizations and institutions to educate families about the important aspects of college and retirement planning, maximizing need-based and merit-based aid, savings and tax-mitigating strategies, and the diversification and protection of assets. Jodi is committed to helping to make planning and saving for college less stressful for families of all income and asset levels, identifying ways to reduce the cost of college, and lessening the financial burden for families to send their children to their dream schools. Jodi recognizes that sending your children to college is your utmost priority... Enabling you to do so financially is hers!
*This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Madison Library*
Joan Maccari, a Madison resident and an environmental educator, will be your guide on this exploration. She is a member of the Native Plant Society of NJ and of the Madison Environmental Commission with an MS in Biology and 16 years’ experience gardening with native plants.
Sponsored by Madison Environmental Commission and Madison Public Library.
The plight of native pollinators and the managed honey bee has been recognized as a serious agricultural problem worldwide. Destruction of native habitat through land development, negative effects of pesticide use, and a parasitic mite that weakens the honey bee have all contributed to the dwindling of managed honey bee and wild bee populations.
Adele Barree, retired librarian and sideline beekeeper of nearly 12 years, is looking forward to sharing her love of the European honey bee, Apis mellifera,
some of the joys and challenges of beekeeping and a few things we can all do to help the honey bees. The talk will conclude with a tasting of several varietal New Jersey honeys.
*This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Madison Library*
Join us to discuss Strange Adventures by Tom King. "This new science fiction epic written by bestselling author Tom King reinvents one of DC's classic adventure characters, Adam Strange. Born on Earth and hero of the distant planet Rann, Adam Strange is famous throughout the galaxy for his bravery and honor. After leading his adopted home to victory in a great planetary war, Adam and his wife, Alanna, retire to Earth, where they are greeted with cheers, awards, and parades. But not all is as it seems, as the decisions Adam made during battles on Rann come back to haunt his family. It will take an investigation by one of the most brilliant heroes in the DC Universe, Mr. Terrific, to uncover the truth and reveal whether Adam Strange is a hero or a disgrace." --Provided by the publisher
*This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Madison Library*
Abagail is the Administrative Assistant of two departments on the Florham campus: Social Sciences & History, and Criminology & Criminal Justice. She has an M.F.A in Creative Writing with Fairleigh Dickinson University, and a B.A in Creative Writing and Fine Arts from the College of Saint Elizabeth.
*This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Madison Library*
*This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Madison Library*
*This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Madison Library*
*This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Madison Library*
In January of 1692, a strange illness seized control of five young girls living in Salem Village, a contentious and divided town in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. When medical professionals couldn’t identify the illness, the town believed the girls had come "under an evil hand." Events soon spiraled out of control with local divisions and a splintered colonial government feeding the frenzy. Archivist Mickey DiCamillo unravels the events with archival documents from the period, and program participants will interact with transcripts from the 1692 interrogations of suspected witches. A Q&A session follows the 60-minute presentation.
*This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Madison Library*
*This event is sponsored by the Friends of the Madison Library*