JVS gala in West Orange

JVS of MetroWest hosts “Challenge Accepted”; Jim Abbott a former Yankees pitcher who was born without a right hand, is the special guest. Neil Greenstein owner of ShopRite Brookdale and ShopRite Newark and Rebecca Shulman, JVS’s Senior Director of Rehabilitation Services, are the honorees. 5 p.m. www.jvsnj.org.