Datebook

• Cornerstone Poetry Series continues Feb. 22, 8 p.m., at Cornerstone Caffe, 2 E. Main St., Freehold. Laura McCullough and Joshua Poteat will be the featured poets. Admission: $3; coffee, tea, soda will be provided. Open mic will follow. Details: (732) 239-3527.

• “Sending Your Child to College Without Going Broke,” presented by consumer advocate Chuck Drawbaugh, Feb. 23, 6:30 p.m., at the Marlboro library, Wyncrest Road. Free, but reservations requested. Details: (732) 224-1496.

• Heartsaver AED (automated external defibrillator) and Adult CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) course, Feb. 24, 9 a.m. to noon, at CentraState Health Awareness Center, 65 Gibson Place, Freehold Township. Fee: $45. Registra-tion and details: (732) 308-0570.

• Park Avenue Elementary School PTO will hold a gift auction Feb. 24 at the school, 280 Park Ave. (Route 33), Freehold. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and tickets will be pulled at 8 p.m. Admission is $5. Adults only. Details: (732) 761-2184 during school hours, or after hours call Julie, (732) 303-8350.

• Congregation Sons of Israel, Gordons Corner Road, Manalapan, will hold its annual Family Shabbaton, Feb. 24-25, featuring Rabbi Gedalyah Jeremias, a certified hypnotherapist. Details: Vicki Amron, (732) 446-3000.

• Battleground Historical Society meeting, Feb. 24, 8 p.m., at the Village Inn, corner of Main and Water streets, Englishtown. Garry Wheeler Stone will talk about 18th-century taverns. The public is invited to attend.

• Knights of Columbus breakfast buffet, Feb. 26, 8 a.m. to noon, at the Knights’ hall, 70 E. Main St., Freehold. Admission: $5 for adults, $3 for ages 11 and younger. Details: (732) 431-8706 or (732) 294-0114.

• “The Originals: Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron of World War II” will be presented Feb. 28, 7:30 p.m., at Brookdale Community College’s Center for World War II Studies and Conflict Resolution, Lincroft. Honey Fulton-Parker, field representative for the Women in Military Service Memorial, will discuss the original 28 of the 1,000 women pilots who volunteered to fly planes from factories to air bases. Fee: $10; $5 for students. Register at (732) 224-2315 (event code XWWTS 130).

• Marlboro K-8 Board of Education special meeting for the tentative adoption of the 2006-07 school budget, Feb. 28, 8 p.m., at 1980 Township Drive.

• Congregation Kol Am will celebrate “Shabbat Across America” on March 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Freehold Township Senior Center, 116 Jackson Mills Road. The event is designed to rekindle an appreciation for the joys of the Sabbath and rejuvenate interest in the Judaic heritage. A kosher-style buffet dinner will be served at 6:45 p.m. For those wanting to just attend the Sabbath services, the doors will be open at 8 p.m. Details: (732) 792-8000.

• Bilingual story time program, in Spanish and English, for ages 4-8, March 3 (and the next seven Fridays), 3:30-4:30 p.m., at the Freehold Library, East Main Street, Freehold. Free books for children attending the eight-week program. Details: (732) 462-5135.