OCTOBER 2008 COMMUNITY NEWSLETTER

Council Member Patricia D. McDow

First District

City Hall, Room 407

40 South Broadway

Yonkers, New York 10701

914-377-6311

Website: www.patriciamcdow.com

Email: patricia.mcdow@yonkersny.gov

 

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  Welcome to the Community Bulletin. Included is information that I believe is of interest and benefit to all of our community. This is a monthly mailing, dedicated to community news and views. If you wish to receive it on an ongoing basis, or know someone who wants to receive it, please call or e-mail me. Feel free to forward this newsletter to friends, family members, and business associates.  If you would like to include information in the Community Bulletin, please forward the information to patricia.mcdow@yonkersny.gov , fax it to 914-377-6309 (attention Tracy) or mail it to City Hall Room 407, Yonkers, NY 10701, AT LEAST ONE MONTH BEFORE THE EVENT.  Two months, if it takes place early in the month.  Thank you.

  

 Table of Contents

Section	Page
AROUND TOWN IN OCTOBER	2
YPL	7
ATTENTION SENIOR CITIZENS	9
OUR NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES	13
FYI	15
COMMUNITY NEWS FROM COUNCIL MEMBER MCDOW	45
NEWS FROM SOCIAL SECURITY	47
BUSINESS	49
EMPLOYMENT	52
EDUCATION	56
HEALTH CORNER	67
BLACK HISTORY CONTINUES	82

 

 AROUND TOWN IN OCTOBER

(Please note that all events take place in Yonkers, unless otherwise noted)

 

October 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th

Downtown Yonkers (Getty Square) Sidewalk Sales - walk the streets of the downtown and shop the specials of the monthly Sidewalk Sales.  This Thursday through Sunday event is a great way to shop and save.

 

Thursday, October 2, 2008   6pm

Council President Lesnick and My Sister’s Place will hold their 2^nd Annual Candlelight Vigil to launch Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the Plaza at Yonkers City Hall.  Fro more information and to RSVP, please call Carol at 914-377-6065 or email her at carol.bengis@yonkersny.gov.

 

Friday, October 3, 2008        7pm

 The Yonkers Columbus Day Celebration Committee will hold its Annual Dinner Dance at the Westchester Manor, Hastings-on-Hudson, New York.  Tickets are $75 per person.  For more information, please call 914-961-8572.

 

October 4, 2008 10:00AM to 1:00PM

Green Roofs, Green Jobs!

Hosted by SmartRoofs, LLC and Sarah Lawrence College

SmartRoofs, LLC, a subsidiary of Sustainable South Bronx (SSBx), and Sarah Lawrence College (SLC) are co-hosting an event called, "Green Roofs, Green Jobs!" on Saturday, October 4th, 2008 at 10am on the SLC campus.

Special guest: Majora Carter, Founder of Sustainable South Bronx!


The event will kick off at 10:00am by publicly showcasing SmartRoofs' first official green roof installation, followed by a press conference at 11:30am with heroes of the green-jobs movement and local elected officials. There will be locally-grown refreshments, tabling from Yonkers community organizations, music, tours of Sarah Lawrence's newly retrofitted Green Dorm, and a networking session! Bring a group! Bring your family! Bring youth! Let's make this a huge event! We'll see you there!

For more information about the day's events, or to reserve a table for your organization, please contact Justin Butler at jbutler@gm.slc.edu, or call 860-573-9564.

 

Saturday, October 4, 2008    12pm

St. John’s Church in Getty Square will hold its annual Animal Blessing service at the Church on the corner of South Broadway and Hudson Street.  Please bring the furry friends and be blessed.

 

Saturday, October 4, 2008    7:30pm

The Portuguese American Community Center will hold its 78^th Anniversary Reception at its facility at 117 Park Avenue.  Please RSVP to 906-7551.

 

Sunday, October 5, 2008      10am

In recognition of the the Pulaski Parade Committee of Westchester’s joining the NYC General Casimir Pulaski Parade, there will be a Special Mass held at St. Casimir’s Church on Nepperhan Avenue in Yonkers.  For more information, please call Stephen Schurick at 914-965-2559.

 

 

 

Tuesday, October 7, 2008     7pm & 8pm

The Yonkers City Council will have a Real Estate Committee Meeting to discuss any outstanding issues related to the SFC Final EIS at 7pm and plans to vote on accepting the FEIS at 8pm.  Please call Council President Lesnick’s Office at 377-6060 or the City Clerk’s Office at 377-6020 if you have any questions.

 

Saturday, October 11, 2008  6pm doors open; 7pm fight starts

USA Boxing Metropolitan Championships will be held at the Yonkers YMCA (Sanctioned by USA Metro Boxing).  Tickets are Adults $12adv/$15door; Teens $7adv/$10door; YMCA Members $12door; Children under 12 $5.  For tickets or information, please call YMCA at 914-963-0183 ext. 19.

 

Tuesday, October 14, 2008   6pm

St. John’s Church Getty Square will hold its Annual Cocktail and Dinner Party at the Riverview, Hastings, New York.  Tickets are $75.  This year’s proceeds will be used toward the continued restoration of the historic Cochran Stone Fountain and surrounding wall.  For more information, please call 914-963-3033.

 

October 18, 19, 25, 25, 2008

The HALF MOON Is Coming

The Downtown BID is pleased to be a partner with the New Netherland Museum in welcoming the Half Moon to Yonkers in October.  The Half Moon is a full scale replica of the original Dutch ship of exploration sailed by Henry Hudson for the Dutch East India Company in 1609.  

Mark Your Calendars for the Yonkers Events...

• Saturday October 18th: Children's Events
• Sunday October 19th: Visual Arts Day / Evolution Arts / All Fired Up
• Saturday October 25th: Performing Arts Day
• Sunday October 26th: Harvest Fest

Please call the BID at 914-969-6660 for more information.

 

Saturday, October 18, 2008              10:30am-3pm

A seminar called Rethinking Race, Power & Politics in Westchester County through the Lens of Civil Liberties will take place at the Yonkers Riverfront Library.  This event is free and open to the public.  A light lunch will be provided and pre-registration is requested, by calling the Center for Racial Justice at 914-682-4690 or via email at info@wespac.org. 

 

Sunday, October 19, 2008    7am Registration; 8am Ride

The Yonkers Bike Club will hold Tour de Yonkers, which will include 3 bike ride distances: 12, 25 & 35 miles.  All rides will start together and travel together.  Registration Fee is $10.  Helmets are required.  For bike riders 18+.  For more information, please email yonkersbikeclub@gmail.com.

 

Sunday, October 19, 2008    4pm

The Yonkers YWCA will have its annual, interdenominational memorial and candlelight service honoring members of the community who have lost their lives to senseless acts of violence.  For information, please call 963-0640 ext.110.

 

 

 

 

Wednesday, October 22, 2008          6:30pm-8:30pm

CLUSTER Community Services will hold it Harvest Wine Tasting at Estherwood Mansion in Dobbs Ferry, NY.  Tickets are $125.  Please call 914-963-6440 or visit www.clusterinc.org for more information.

 

Friday, October 24, 2008      7pm

St. John’s Riverside Hospital will hold its 27^th Riverside Gala at the Glen Island Harbour Club.  Proceeds will benefit Riverside 2010.  Tickets are $500.00.  For more information, please call 914-674-9780 ext. 302.

 

Saturday, October 25, 2008  7pm

The Nepperhan Community Center will hold its 5^th Annual Black Tie Benefit Dinner and Auction honoring the Yonkers NAACP and the Hudson River Community Association.  For more information, please call 914-965-0203/6.

 

Wednesday, October 29, 2008          10am-1pm

The City of Yonkers will hold a Fair Housing Seminar for Community Based Organizations and Real Estate Professionals at the Riverfront Library.  RSVP with Yashica Collins-Smith at 914-377-6680.

 

Friday, October 31, 2008      4pm-7pm

Philipse Manor Hall announces its entreaty to “knock on the oldest door in town” this Halloween.  Trick-or-Treat at the Manor is both a chance to visit the Manor by twilight and to explore its interior in a unique way this Halloween.

For those that attend, the event promises the performance of haunting tales of New York State (offered both in Spanish and English, as appropriate), macabre music to unsettle the senses, a scary scavenger hunt that will lead you to the dark corners of the house, and a costume contest. The costume contest, held in the remarkable Gothic Chamber, will begin at 6 p.m. and is open to both adults and children.  For more information about the event, please call us at (914) 965-4027, or email Brittany Wheeler, Museum Programs Coordinator, Brittany.Wheeler@oprhp.state.ny.us.

 

Friday, October 31, 2008      6pm

Samuel H. Dow Fife & Drum Corps will hold its Annual Ragamuffin Parade, starting at Chicken Island and ending at Nepperhan Community Center, to be followed by a party there.  Donations are requested.  For more information, please call Thomas Worrell at 969-3663.

 

Friday, October 31, 2008      6pm

Yonkers Christian Assembly will hold its Light the Night  Celebration at its 229 North Broadway location.  There will be games, fun and goodies for the kiddies.  So bring your children out for some good, clean fun.

 

COLUMBUS DAY EVENTS 2008

Friday, October 3        7pm     Dinner Dance  The Westchester Manor, Hastings      $75

Saturday, October 4    5pm     Columbus Day Mass   Our Lady of Mt. Carmel 70 Park Hill Ave

Sunday, Otober 5        11:30am          Flag Raising    Yonkers City Hall

                                    2pm                 Parade             (line starts @ McLean & South Broadway)

Tuesday, October 14   6:30pm            Yonkers City Council Columbus Day Reception City Hall, 4^th Fl

Sunday, October 19    1:30pm            Columbus Day Concert          Saunders High School, Palmer Rd

 

SAVE THE DATE

 

DON’T FORGET TO VOTE                      TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2008

Thursday, November 6, 2008 Yonkers Chamber Annual Dinner 6:30pm  Empire City

Saturday, November 8, 2008  St. Mary’s Orthodox Tag Sale            485 North Broadway, Yonkers

Saturday, November 8, 2008  Yonkers Family Day   10am-4pm       Riverfront Library

Saturday, November 8, 2008  St. Joseph’s Hospital Annual Ball 6:30pm     Hilton Rye Town

Sunday, November 9, 2008    Yonkers Pops Veterans Concert         Saunders High School, Yonkers

November 19-22, 2008           Deeper Truth Youth Conference        35 Jackson Street, Yonkers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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YPL

There is always a lot going on at the library; more than can be printed in this section of my email newsletter.  Please check out the Library’s website at www.ypl.org for its calendar of events, or call the Library at 914-337-1500 to ask that a copy of its calendars be mailed to you.  YOUR LIBRARY HAS IT!

 

Yonkers Public Library Offers Free Courses and Practice Tests Online

The Yonkers Public Library, together with www.LearningExpressLibrary.com, now offers free and unlimited access to courses and practice tests online.  Overcoming test-taking anxiety, raising test scores, and improving skills is possible with just the click of a mouse.  Visit the Yonkers Public Library’s website, www.ypl.org, click on the LearningExpressLibrary icon, and enjoy unlimited access to interactive skill-building courses and a broad range of practice tests based on such official exams at the ACT, SAT, GED, ASVAB, Firefighter, Police Officer, Paramedic, EMT Basic, U.S. Citizenship, Postal Worker, Cosmetology, Real Estate Agent & Broker Exams.  This valuable service is available 24/7 from any internet-enabled computer in the library, or from your home with your Yonkers Public Library card. All this is possible with www.LearningExpressLibrary.com, an innovative instructional and test preparation website that offers comprehensive courses in math, reading, and writing; essay writing practice with instant scoring; resume writing and workplace skills enrichment; and more than 300 online practice tests for students and adults of all ages.  All practice tests include instant score reports that help you target those skill areas that need the most attention.  Complete answer explanations accompany each test question so that you understand why a particular answer is right or wrong.  If you are preparing for the SAT or GED, LearningExpressLibrary offers a complete course series, as well as targeted essay writing practice with multiple writing prompts and instant score reports that immediately let you know how you performed in each skill area. For further information, contact Aurora Cruz at the Yonkers Public Library:  914-337-1500 ext. 418.

 

Free Career Counseling

People looking for job help can meet privately with a career counselor on Wednesdays between 9:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m. at the Yonkers Public Library’s Riverfront Library, One Larkin Center.  The counselor can assist with writing a resume, selecting the right career, searching for a job, interviewing, and finding information on training and educational possibilities.  To make a free, 45-minute appointment with a career counselor, come to the Riverfront Library reference desk on the third floor, or call the Library at 375-7966.  The Yonkers Public Library is handicapped accessible.

 

Yonkers Public Library Online Book Club

Yonkers Public Library has gone high-tech, and they now offer the latest idea for people who want to read but just can’t find the time.  The library delivers portions of books to you in your e-mail.  Each day, Monday through Friday, the library e-mails subscribers a portion of a book that takes about 5 minutes to read.  By the end of the week, subscribers have read two to three chapters from the book, and if they like it they can check it out of the library.  New books are featured every week.  You can sign up for different book clubs:  Fiction, Non-Fiction, Mystery, Romance, Business, Teen and Audio Books.  To sign up for the online book club, just log on to the library’s web site, www.ypl.org, and click on the Online Book Club icon and follow instructions.  If you want to reserve the book you’ve been reading, go to www.westchesterlibraries.org and follow instructions.       

  

Online Tutoring

Yonkers Public Library is pleased to announce that, once again, live online tutoring is available to students in grades 4 to 12 through its Library website (www.ypl.org).Students log on to the website either from home or at one of the Library’s computers and click on the Homework Help icon.  Trained tutors are available to help students with math, social studies, science, and English.  Students can ask questions and get printouts of each session.  Online tutoring help is available from 2-10 p.m., 7-days a week.  For any further information, call 914-337-1500 and ask for the Young Adult Department at Will Branch or Riverfront Library.

 

Guided Tours

Take a guided tour of the Riverfront Library and let us tell you about our programs and services.  Library Tours in English and Spanish.  Registration is required: Please register at the 3^rd Floor Reference Desk, or call (914)375-7966.

 

Eat Smart New York!

In collaboration with Yonkers Riverfront Library, Cornell Cooperative Extension presents Eat Smart New York!

If you want to:

·         Outsmart the stores – get more for less $

·         Hear your children ask for more healthy snacks

·         Enjoy delicious meals from food pantry foods

·         Control your weight sensibly and safely

·         EAT SMART!

·         Prepare and taste quick, easy, nutritious and low-cost recipes!

·         Earn a free gift and certificate of completion!

Don’t wait … Call TODAY!

WHAT:          FREE nutrition and food series (8 classes)

                        Includes Recipe Tasting

WHERE:       Yonkers Riverfront Library

                    1 Larkin Center, Yonkers, NY 10701

                        Arts & Crafts Room, 2^nd Floor

WHEN:          Wed. Oct. 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, Nov. 5, 12, 19, 2008

                        10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. 

To reserve your place, call Sandy Antonioli at 285-4627

Space is limited

This is offered as a special benefit for participants of

the USDA Food Stamp Program.

 

 

 

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ATTENTION SENIOR CITIZENS

 

Thinking About Your Community and Ways to Get Involved

1.Join 55Plus at the Riverfront Library for a free six session program Thursdays 9/25 to October 30 from 9am to 12 noon. Refreshments and a free training manual included. Meet new people and find out  how to get involved in your neighborhood, learn more about Yonkers and share your ideas and skills with like minded people.  Thinking about getting involved a little or full-time, this opportunity has benefited over 65 Yonkers residents 55 and over thus far to find ways to get involved in their community to make it better for themselves and others.  For more information please call 914 943-6368.

 

2.For the Forum please include in calendars up untill Dec 1 as well as put this event on Pats calendar to attend?  Thanks.

Cathy E

EIGHTH ANNUAL COMMUNITY FORUM

Sponsored by 55Plus

SAVE THE DATE Friday December  5th

8:30-12noon Light Breakfast, Riverview Caterers , Warburton Ave

Hastings on Hudson

ENHANCING YOUR LIFE THROUGH ACTIVE LIVING  

This years topics

Mental Fitness: Dr Escher, Geriatrician & Professor at New York Medical College

Travel Options: Andrew Erbelding, From The Upper Class Travel Service for Mature Adults

Avoiding Senior Scams: Pace Justice Center

Aging in Place Up-date: Display and Resource Material to Help You in Your Neighborhood

To Register Call 914 943-6368

 

55Plus (Formerly Yonkers Elder Friendly Initiative)

If you are 55 or over and are interested in learning about ways to get more involved in your community (civic, social, cultural, educational and more) and want to meet others with similar interests  please call 914-377-7824 or visit  www.yonkers55plus.org or send us an e-mail yonkers55plus@yahoo.com for more information.  

 

A Plus for Yonkers Workers 50 and Over

Did you know that new business developments in Yonkers will generate over 5,000 new jobs? Are you one of the 47,000 Yonkers residents 55 or over that might fill one of these jobs?  Working cooperatively with the Yonkers Office of Economic Development and Y-SPEC (Yonkers Senior Personnel Employment Center), 55 Plus Yonkers Connections is developing a job skills data bank of residents to be available for new businesses and housing developments.  We would like to hear from you if you are interested in full or part-time employment in your previous field/occupation or are looking for a different employment opportunity.  For a survey please call 914 378-7824. 

 

Farmers Market Coupons 2008

The City of Yonkers Office for the Aging distributing Farmers’ Market Coupons

Place:             Nutrition Center

                        2 Park Ave, 1^st Floor

                        Yonkers, NY

Date:               Mondays and Tuesdays, starting on August 11, 2008

Time:              9:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m.        

1:00 p.m. -   3:00 p.m.

The coupons are for City of Yonkers residents 60 years or older currently receiving or eligible for SSI, Public Assistance, Food Stamps, Section 8 Housing Subsidy or have a monthly income of $1,603/month or less for one person, $2,158/month or less for a couple and $2,713/month or less for three persons. No appointments are needed. The booklet value will be $20 per booklet. (Limited quantity). Only one booklet per household or per married couple.  Please feel free to join us for lunch. For lunch reservations and further information please call (914) 377-6825. 

 

Recreational Senior Centers

Parks Department Senior Centers are for Yonkers residents 60 years of age and older. Come and check out our senior centers, city-wide events, specialist programs and more. For more information call 377-6444 Monday thru Friday from 8:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M. You can also contact a senior center directly and ask for the senior center leader. 

 

GROUP #1 Chema Community Center, 435 Riverdale Ave., 377-6465, Mon.-Fri., 12:00 P.M.-4:00 P.M.

GROUP #2 Will Library, 1500 Central Pk. Ave., 337-1500x348, Mon.-Fri., 12:30-4:30 P.M.

GROUP # 3 Coyne Park Center, 777 Mclean Ave., 377-6472, Mon.-Fri., 12:30 P.M.-4:00 P.M.

GROUP #4 Cola Center, 945 No. Broadway, 377-6483, Mon.,Wed., & Fri., 12:30-4:30 P.M.

GROUP #5 Rauso Post, 178 Waverly St., 377-6474 Tues.& Wed. 11:00 A.M.-3:00 P.M.

GROUP #6 Bryn Mawr Church Hall, 20 Buckingham Rd., 377-6478, Mon.12:30-4:30 P.M.,& Wed.10:30 A.M.-4:30 P.M.

GROUP #7 St. Mark’s Church Hall ,1373 Nepperhan Ave., 377-6479, Tues. & Fri., 11:30 A.M.-4:30 P.M.

GROUP #8 Runyon Heights Community Center, 21 Runyon Ave., 969-2733, Wed. 10:30 A.M.-4:30 P.M.

GROUP #9 Terrace City Lodge #1499, 95 N.Broadway,969-9752, Wed. 11:00 A.M. to 3:00 P.M.

GROUP #10 Scotti Community Center, 680 Bronx River Rd., 377-6486, Mon.-Fri. 12:00-4:00 P.M. Closed Thursdays

GROUP #12 Nodine Community Center, 140 Fillmore St., 377-6475, Mon.- Fri. 12:00 P.M.-4:00 P.M.

GROUP #13 St.Casimir Apts.Community Room, 289 Nepperhan Ave., 377-6485, Mon. & Wed. 10:00 A.M.-2:00 P.M.

GROUP #14 North East Jewish Center Hall, 11 Salisbury Rd., 377-6491, Tues. & Thurs. 12:30-4:30 P.M.

GROUP #15 Nepperhan Community Center, 342 Warburton Ave., 965-0203, Tues. & Thurs. 12:30-4:30 P.M.

GROUP #16 Our Lady of Fatima Church Hall, 963 Scarsdale Rd., 377-6492, Mon. & Tues., 12:00-4:00 P.M.

 

Love, Ladles & Folklore Cookbook

An intergenerational cookbook complied by Yonkers residents and their grandchildren is available for purchase. $10.  For a copy please call 378-7824.

 

Kin Caregiver Support Project

The Kin Caregiver Support Project provides information and training for professionals on issues facing kin caregivers and is a joint initiative of Albany Law School and AARP New York.  To learn more about this program, please contact Gerard Wallace, Esq., Director, Kin Caregiver Support Program, c/o Albany Law School Gov’t Law Center, 80 New Scotland Avenue, Albany, NY 12208; Phone 518-445-3266; Email: gwall@albanylaw.edu.

 

Medicare Part D Information Centers

Due to increasing demand, Westchester County has expanded the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Information Centers.  Westchester no offers 14 sites where seniors can get help with Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plans.  Four new centers are now open in each of Mamaroneck, Eastchester, Yonkers and New Rochelle.  Seniors can call the County’s Department of Senior Programs and Services 914-813-6100 to schedule an appointment.  Sessions are by appointment only. 

 

Westchester ElderCrafters Helping Others (WE Help)

This spring, Elder Craftsmen is sponsoring three all day workshops that are open to people 55 or older from Yonkers, Hastings-on-Hudson and other lower Westchester towns. Participants will sew, knit or crochet hand-crafted items such as teddy bears or table runners. The finished items will be donated to needy families in Yonkers through organizations that provide housing for low-income and/or formerly homeless. Participants may attend one or more workshops.  This program is made possible by a grant from the Helen Andrus Benedict Foundation For more information call Elder Craftsmen at (212) 319-8128, Mon. - Wed.

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Elderly Pharmaceutical Insurance Coverage (EPIC) Program

EPIC leads the nation in helping its seniors pay for prescription drugs.  Today, more than 350,000 EPIC enrollees are saving money on the medicines they need to stay healthy.  Starting January 1, 2006, the federal government’s Medicare program will also be offering prescription drug coverage.  New York seniors, including those enrolled in EPIC, can use the new Medicare drug coverage for greater coverage and savings.  If you or someone you know would like more information about EPIC or how EPIC and Medicare can be used together for greater savings, please call the EPIC Helpline at 1-800-332-3742.

 

 Let us help you get out and about

Transportation services within Yonkers are available to Medical visits, Group dining site & senior center, special programs, supermarkets, visit friends & relatives in a hospital or nursing home, call as far in advance as possible 914-963-4411.A contribution of $.60 is suggested for a one-way ride, door-to-door.

 

 

City of Yonkers Office of the Aging

Please contact them at  914-377-6822/5 f or visit their website at http://www.cityofyonkers.com/ofa/index.htm to find out how this office can help you in the following ways:

·                Information and Assistance with Rights and Benefits

·                Health Awareness and Promotion

·                Self Growth and Development

·                Home Based Services

·                Meals

·                Companionship Services

The Office for the Aging offers meals to seniors at:

·                Park Care Pavilion - 2 Park Ave

·                Bronx River Road Community Center 680 Bronx River Road

·                Scared Heart H.S. Cafeteria 24 Convent Ave

·                Chema Community Center 435 Riverside Ave

·                Congregation Sons of Israel 155 Elliot Ave

·                The Nepperhan Community Center 342 Warburton Avenue

YSPEC

For Yonkers Residents age 55 or over looking for employment, call Yonkers Senior Personnel Employment Council 914-375-9154 Mon - Fri 9:00am - 12 noon for job placement services.  YSPEC is a no fee, employment referral service that matches mature workers in Yonkers with employers in Westchester County. 2 Park Ave, 5th floor, Yonkers, New York.

 

Vial of Life

SENIORS, call for a Vial of Life - vital data which you place on your door, refrigerator or wallet so it is easily accessible to emergency services personnel. There is no cost to you.  Call 914-377-6822 for more information.

 

Westchester Community College Job Opportunities for Seniors:

1.         Center for the mature worker - long & short term training and job search classes for mature adults 50+.  Free training for eligible candidates. 

2.         Carl T. Perkin Training for mature men interested in changing careers or learning new skills in the area of financial record keeping. 

3.         Need a job? Need help finding a job? (Mature Workers) Contact Operation Talent Bank - a free, 48 hour training program in novice computer skills, career planning and employment strategies for women. 

4.         Twelve-hour course designed to provide you with the needed skills and background to succeed in the growing field of companionship and home care for the elderly. No experience needed. Fee $25. 

For more information about these and other programs, please call 914-606-6600.

 

Attention: Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

Family Service Society of Yonkers located at 70 Ashburton Avenue in Yonkers offers a Grandparent Raising Grandchildren Support Group where grandparents can receive support and information about resources from other relative caregivers and professionals.  For more information about these and other programs, please contact Carol Fluckinger at 914-963-5118.

 

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