Category: Events Attended
News Letter for Crowne Plaza Hotel, Cherry Hill, NJ
Breakfast with Santa Held at Crowne Plaza Hotel
On Sun. Crowne Plaza Hotel, Cherry Hill, NJ, opened their ballroom doors at 9 a.m. to those who wanted to attend breakfast with Santa. The event was decorated in fully with Christmas decorations and hosted for two and a half hours. To the far left of the ballroom there’s was a section decorated for Santa Claus. It contained a chair for Santa, Christmas trees surrounding the chair, and elves.
When you walked in children were welcomed to an arts and craft station to their right hand side. The arts and craft station consisted of children creating their own ornaments from scratch with the help from the Front Desk Manager and the Sales Manager. Families were welcomed to a pancake station, omelette station, pastry station, and a table that consisted of breakfast foods such as potatoes, turkey sausage, pork sausage, eggs, and oatmeal.
Jackie Lugo, employee at Crowne Plaza stated, “It’s a great thing we do hear for other families and my kids love attending every year.”
When breakfast with Santa came to an end managers in the Sales Department passed out Christmas bags that contained candy and a fugit spinner. Crowne Plaza hosts a breakfast with Santa the first Sun. in Dec. every year so if you missed year don’t worry you’ll be able to attend next year.
Crowne Plaza’s Annual Holiday Party for Employees
As we enter the new year employees at Crowne Plaza, Cherry Hill, NJ, will gather together Jan. 5 for their annual holiday party. The holiday party will begin at 7pm and end approximately at 10pm. Employees are welcomed to a catered meal along with one alcoholic beverage. During the holiday party each employee will receive a ticket to participate in a raffle. The purpose of the raffle is to give employees an opportunity to win an appliance. “Last year one employee left with a 44 inch TV.” said Miguel Marrero, Director of Operations. “The holiday party is a chance for all employees to enjoy themselves as a family while leaving work issues behind. We all come together and have a great time.” Marrero added.
Not only does the holiday party offer appliances they also acknowledge their employees. The make sure to award those who are hard workers and those who have received a promotion. It’s a day of celebration for Crowne Plaza’s employees.
Weddings & More Weddings at The Crowne Plaza
Looking to book a wedding? Why not try booking at the Crowne Plaza, Cherry Hill, NJ? The 4 star hotel offers a choice between 5 ballrooms, catering, a block of hotel rooms for your guest, and breakfast packages.
With the help of Sales Coordinator, Robin Bee, she can provide a brochure and assistance in regards to wedding room blocks and breakfast packages for your guest. The hotel’s Catering Manager, Allison, specializes in traditional weddings and Catering Manager, Neil Densified, specializes in Indian weddings. “What we offer here at Crowne Plaza is spectacular. It’s amazing to see the finale results when the special day arrives,” said Allison.
Crowne Plaza has been known to host numerous of traditional and Indian weddings. If you are interested in booking your very own wedding stop by the front desk during business hours and they’ll be gladly to assist you.
Monster Mania opened to all monster lovers in March and June at Crowne Plaza Hotel
March 9, 2018 Crowne Plaza Hotel, Cherry Hill, NJ, will be opening their doors for a 3 day experience to attend Monster Mania. This event is a known event that takes place twice a year, March and June. Monster Mania is an event that is hosted for people to come meet some of their favorite horror actors, to purchase masks and equipment from specific horror movies, contest, and so much more. Monster Mania has been known to have special appearances from George P. Wilbur (actor who played Michael Myers), Max Thieriot (actor from Bates Motel), Sarah Michelle Gellar (actress from Buffy), and so many more.
This year Monster Mania will have guest from the new IT movie, Tony Todd actor from Candyman, Andrew McCarthy, and so many more. You can check out their website http://monstermania.net where they provide more information in detail.
Director of Operations, Miguel Marrero stated, “ Monster Mania is an event the hotel looks forward to having. We are always sold out prior to the event and it gets really hectic in the lobby. There are so many cool things to see and it’s definitely another world with all the monsters walking around.”
Students express dissatisfaction with Rowan University dining halls
Some students who attend Rowan University in Glassboro, N.J., say they aren’t satisfied with the dining options.
Rowan University Dining is chained with Gourmet Dining Services, LLC. Two main dining halls on campus for students are The Marketplace and Glassworks Eatery at Holly Pointe Commons.
The Marketplace is located on the first floor in the Chamberlain Student Center. This dining hall offers live cooking, stations that allow you to prep your own meals such as salads and sandwiches, and an allergen friendly station for those who have dietary restrictions. The Marketplace is intended to welcome all Rowan students by providing classic food (such as pizza, burgers, chicken tenders, and fries) but also providing international foods (such as Italian, Asian, and Latin)
Glassworks Eatery at Holly Pointe Commons is located in the heart of Holly Pointe Commons housing community. This dining hall offers an allergen friendly station that avoids cooking with the top 8 allergens (milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy, and wheat.)
Deja Moore, a senior at Rowan, said she would like the campus to offer more healthier foods. “My dining experience at Rowan hasn’t been that great. I lived on campus for three semesters and during my time here I’ve only visited the dining hall in the Student Center two times. I rather go to Profs because the food taste a lot better compared to the other dining halls. Although it’s better I do believe they should consider adding more healthier foods,” Moore said. Moore wasn’t aware that Rowan gives students an opportunity to text feedback to dining hall managers. Moore stated, “I wouldn’t mind giving the managers feedback but I don’t believe it will be taken into consideration because the campus dining halls are owned by a chain.”
Moore isn’t the only student on campus who isn’t satisfied with the dining halls on campus. Teirique Robinson, a junior at Rowan, said he believes the campus food can be better. Robinson said, “I like to have breakfast at Holly Pointe but I avoid The Marketplace because the food isn’t all that great. I also don’t text feedback to managers because I believe they won’t make a change to the food.”
Elizabeth Jordan, resident district manager at Rowan University, suggested that students use the text feedback more often because they do take the feedback into consideration. Jordan stated, “Feedback is very useful because we are in a perpetual state of change. The team is always looking for ways to improve quality and service.”
Mayoral candidate supports campaign by hosting a bingo event
Camden Democratic mayoral candidate Frank Moran will host a bingo night for senior citizens at 1 p.m. Nov. 3 at The Meadows at Pyne Point ,441 Erie St., Camden, N.J.
Moran and Camden city committee members hold a bingo event every Friday and Saturday evening at different locations in Camden. They host a bingo event to support Moran’s mayoral campaign. The event is promoted on boards at the location where it takes place.
“Moran’s campaign committee holds bingo nights to educate and inform senior citizens about their community,” said Felicia Reyes, an elected Camden city committee member and a volunteer at the bingo events. “The senior bingo is so important because there are different task that need to be completed in order to assist and address our seniors needs,” said Reyes.
Reyes’ duties during the bingo event are to interact with senior citizens and inform them of candidates in upcoming elections. Volunteers also ask participants questions about how to improve government. Participants help Moran’s mayoral campaign by giving back positive feedback.
Residents of Camden join together to raise money for Puerto Rico
By:Ariana Garcia
Camden County residents joined at 8 a.m. Oct. 8 in Von Neida Park in Camden, N.J., to raise money for Puerto Rico.
The event was held for approximately 12 hours and was organized by City Council President Frank Moran. It was hosted by Senator Nelsa Cruz and the City Council of Camden. The event was intended to raise $100,000 dollars but they ended up raising a little over $135,000 dollars from donations. Volunteers were expected to sign in first by providing their first and last name. Once they were found they were offered a T-shirt that read, “Unidos para Puerto Rico” which means United for Puerto Rico, an admit one ticket for lunch, and a name tag. Each volunteer had a specific time they were supposed to stand on street corners by traffic lights and stop signs with a bucket to ask pedestrians and drivers if they would like to donate to help Puerto Rico.
Community residents also helped by donating new and used clothing, water, and hygiene products. Volunteers were also helping by preparing care bags for members of Puerto Rico. They stored items such as soap, shampoo, conditioner, sunblock, deodorant, toothpaste, and etc into sealable plastic bags. When the care bags were completed they were put into a box that was later wrapped with plastic. Margarita Roman a community member of Camden was a volunteer at the event on Sunday. She was very eager and
determined to raise money for Puerto Rico especially because her family resides there. In a brief interview Roman shared with me what her purpose was in Sunday’s event.
Roman informed me that her cousin is an employee for the Board of Education and she informed her of the event. Roman is also from the area. She stated, “I don’t live too far from Von Neida Park. I decided to volunteer today because I have family who is currently residing in Puerto Rico and also it’s a great cause. Puerto Rico is in desperate need of help and I think it’s very important we take initiative and raise money for them.” Roman also shared with me that her purpose for volunteering today was to show her children the correct steps that should be taken to help Puerto Rico. She stated, “I think it’s great that we are all able to come together and unite for Puerto Rico. It’s such a great cause and what the City Council has done is definitely being took into consideration by many Hispanics.”
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