Bus trip to New York City, sponsored by the South Jersey Chapter of the J.W. Hallahan Alumnae Association, Wednesday, May 7. Cost is $48. The trip includes transportation only, from various parkway points, and allows participants six hours of free time in New York to see a show (get half-price tickets), visit museums, shop, stroll, lunch, etc. For more information call Nancy at (609) 263-6974 or Jerry at (609) 391-1602.

Bus trip to Bucks County, sponsored by the Antiques Collectors Club, May 7 to visit Pearl S. Buck’s home with a Chinese buffet luncheon, tour Fonthill Museum, home of Henry Mercer, and the Moravian Pottery and Tile Works. Cost is $60, all inclusive. Bus leaves Our Lady of Sorrows parking lot at 7:45 a.m. For more information call Art Lutz at (609) 404-0592.

Temple Emeth Shalom is planning trips to New York City on Wednesdays, May 14 and June 11. The bus will leave at 8 a.m. from the temple, 8501 Ventnor Ave., Margate, and depart at 5 p.m. from New York. Cost is $33 for temple members and $35 for non-members. For reservations and additional information, call Carol Meyerowitz at (609) 822-3940 or the temple office, (609) 822-4343.

Tour of Nags Head Beach, Cape Hatteras and the Outer Banks of North Carolina May 17-22, offered by Rev. Charles Rinck and Seniortours of Drexel Hill, Pa. There will be a Somers Point departure. Cost is $892 double occupancy. For more information call Rev. Rinck at (609) 390-5941.

Tour of Atlanta and Savannah, Ga., sponsored by the Absecon AARP, May 17-23. Cost is $555 for double occupancy and $754 for single. For more information call Edith at (609) 646-0018 or Marge at (609) 652-2580.

Knights of Columbus Villa Marie Council 6342 is sponsoring a bus trip to see the Phillies play the Colorado Rockies at Citizens Bank Park Wednesday, May 28. Bus leaves 5 p.m. from Assumption Church, White Horse Pike, Pomona. Tickets are $50 each with seats in section 103, field level, refreshments on the bus. Call Phil at (609) 652-7444 for reservations.

Sodality of St. Bernadette Church is sponsoring a trip to Surflight Theatre in Beach Haven Thursday, May 29 to see “Oklahoma.” Cost is $65 which includes luncheon at the Engleside Inn. For more information call Barbara Thomson at (609) 641-9631. Reservations with payment due May 15.

JCC Maccabi Israel Birthright Trips in May and June of 2008.  JCC Maccabi Israel Taglit Birthright is for Jewish adults who have never been to Israel on a peer group tour. This 10-day trip gives young adults the opportunity to experience the most thorough, comprehensive, empowering trip to Israel that is offered. Highlights will include swimming in the Dead Sea, climbing Masada for sunrise, visiting the Western Wall and touring the old city of Jerusalem, camel trekking through the Negev and much more.  This free trip is a gift from Taglit-birthright Israel. Spaces are limited. Contact Josh Cutler at (609) 822-1167, ext. 138, or email JCutler@jccatlantic.org.

Bus trip to New York City, sponsored by the Margate Community Education and Recreation Department, Saturday, June 7. Bus will depart 8 a.m. from Margate. Cost is $35 per person. Advanced registration is required. For more information call (609) 823-6658, ext. 371.

Carnival Cruise to St. John, New Brunswick, Canada, June 10-14, sponsored by the Ventnor Senior Center. Twin rates start at $568.28 per person for an inside cabin, which includes round-trip transportation via a deluxe Starr Tours motor coach from Ventnor to New York City’s cruise ship and back. There will be $100 per cabin shipboard credit, Starr Tours cocktail party, baggage handling, all shipboard meals, port charges, service gratuity to ship employees and an optional land excursion for $27. A deposit of $250 is required to confirm reservations ASAP. Passport required. For more information, call Lucille Perna at (609) 449-1252 or Carol Boney at (609) 822-9239.

St. Nicholas Alumni is sponsoring a bus trip to Lancaster, Pa., June 14 to see "Brigadoon" at the Fulton Theater with lunch at Willow Valley. Call Marie Johns for more information at (609) 965-1169.

Openings are available for a tree planting mission trip Aug. 2-9, sponsored by Seaview Baptist Church in Linwood. Work will be in conjunction with Floresta (www.floresta.org ), a Christian organization dedicated to reforesting eroded, barren land with trees and crops that heal the land and create a sustainable income, thus transforming the lives of the poor farmers. The cost of the trip is $1,350, which includes airfare, meals, and lodging. Contact Susan Travis at (609) 625-1008, stravis@att.net) as soon as possible to sign up or for additional information.

Bus trip to see “Young Frankenstein” on Broadway in New York City, Aug. 3. Includes dinner. Sponsored by the Acorn Association of the Oaks of Weymouth/Mays Landing. Cost is $119 which includes lunch at Le Rivage. Call Carmine Marchionne at (609) 909-5021.

Bus trip to Villa Roma in the Catskill Mountains Sept. 10-12. Includes room, meals and activities. Sponsored by the Acorn Association of the Oaks of Weymouth/Mays Landing. Call Carmine Marchionne at (609) 909-5021.

Trip to Greece and Turkey Sept. 15, sponsored by VGLM. Cost of the 13-day package is $2,950, which includes airfare, three nights in Athens, three nights in Mykonos, a three-night cruise, two nights in Santorini, all meals on the cruise, breakfast daily, and all taxes. For more information call Marie at (609) 645-8000.

Bus trip to the Great Smoky Mountains, sponsored by Our Lady of Sorrows Travel Group, Sept. 18-27. Cost is $1,650 which includes 10 days and nine nights, Grand Ole Opry and other shows, all meals, taxes and gratuities, baggage handling, and motorcoach transportation in Linwood. For more information or to make reservations call Kathy at (609) 927-2727 or Lorraine at (609) 927-4057.

Bus trip to Woodloch Resort in the Poconos, sponsored by Absecon AARP 705, Sept. 21-24. For information call Edith at (609) 646-0018 or Marge at (609) 652-2580.

Bus trip “Welcome Back to Biloxi, Miss.,” sponsored by the Ventnor AARP 1724, Oct. 3-10. Cost is $725 per person, double occupancy; for single add $279. A $100 deposit is required with reservation; final payment due Aug. 5. For more information call Cathy at (609) 823-2645.

Bus trip to see “Wicked” at the Gershwin Theatre in New York, sponsored by Our Lady of Sorrows Travel Group, Oct. 4. The bus will leave the Church hall at 9 a.m. Cost is $208 per person which includes ticket, the bus and dinner. Lunch is on your own. For more information call Ginny at (609) 927-7465 or Pat at (609) 927-9592.

Bus trip to see “In the Beginning” at Sight and Sound Millennium Theater, sponsored by Senior Usher’s Ministry New Shiloh Baptist Church, Oct. 25. Cost is $115 which includes round trip, shopping, dinner. Deposit of $25 due June 2; balance due Sept. 22. For more information call (609) 345-6856.