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Free “Citizen Preparedness” Training in New Castle

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Monday, October 6, 2014, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., New Castle is hosting a free Citizen Preparedness Corps training session called Prepare, Respond, Recover: What To Do When Disaster Strikes.  snow scene

A trained representative from the American Red Cross will conduct a session of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Citizen Preparedness Corps Training Program. The program lasts about two hours and provides a comprehensive overview on how to prepare for natural and man-made disasters, and how to respond to and recover from them.

This program will take place in the Assembly Room, New Castle Town Hall, 200 South Greeley, Avenue, Chappaqua, NY 10514.redcross-logo

 

 

 

Rob Thomas to Perform at Open Door’s Biannual Concert in October

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What:   A Special, Intimate Concert with Rob Thomas   rob thomas

Presented by the Open Door Foundation to benefit Open Door Family Medical Centers

Who: Performer: Rob Thomas

Emcee: Jimmy Fink, on air personality at 107.1 The Peak

Honorees: Girish Navani, CEO and co-Founder of eClinical Works

Isabel E. Beshar, Community Volunteer & Rhodes Scholar from Rye, NY

 

Where:  The Performing Arts Center at Purchase College

735 Anderson Hill Road

Purchase, NY 10577

When: Thursday, October 9, 2014

6:30pm: VIP Cocktail Reception

8:30pm: Concert

Concert Chair:   Sue Greene Fuirst (Chappaqua)

Tickets:                Tickets are available exclusively online at: http://opendoormedical.org/robthomas

Ticket Price:       $400 – Individual, includes cocktail reception and concert

$1,500 – Double Date Package includes 4 VIP Cocktail reception and concert tickets

$1,000 – VIP Roadie includes 1 VIP cocktail reception and concert ticket and 1 backstage pass to meet Rob Thomas following the performance

$5,000 – VIP Party Package includes 6 VIP cocktail reception and concert tickets and 6 backstage passes to meet Rob Thomas following the performance

$50-$175 – Concert Only

Information:      Cristina Sanjuas, (914) 502-1414 or csanjuas@odmfc.org  or visit http://www.opendoormedical.org/robthomas.

 

Presenting Sponsor:     eClinicalWorks

Lead Media Sponsor:    107.1The Peak

Participating Sponsors:  Hudson Health Plan; BioReference Laboratories

Supporting Sponsors:    Monroe College; claim remedy; Heckman Consulting Group, LLC; Levitt-Fuirst Insurance; Cohanzick Management, LLC; Mogil Organization; Diamond Properties; Bessemer Trust

About Open Door Family Medical Centers

Open Door, winner of the 2012 New York Nonprofit Excellence Award, has received the highest Recognition as a Patient-Centered Medical Home™ (PPC-PCMH™) from the National Committee for Quality Assurance (NCQA). This ranking distinguishes them from medical practices across the nation as less than 12% are presently eligible to achieve this advanced standing. For more than 40 years, the federally qualified community health center has served a multi-cultural community and has provided top quality medical, dental care and social services to the Westchester community, particularly the economically disadvantaged. Open Door has four centers in Westchester located in Ossining, Port Chester, Mt. Kisco and Sleepy Hollow. In addition, Open Door operates five school-based health centers in Port Chester at The Edison Elementary School, Park Avenue School, the John F. Kennedy Elementary School, Port Chester Middle School and Port Chester High School. In 2013, 49,470 patients were treated at Open Door, making 210,615 patient visits.  In the same year, 15,235 youth, 19 years-old and under, were treated.  In 2012 Open Door, with partners New York Medical College and Phelps Memorial Hospital Center, launched the NYMC Phelps Family Medicine Residency Program along with a Dental Residency Program. The Family Medicine Residency is the first accredited family medicine residency to be established in New York State since 1995. In February 2013 Open Door opened an office in Brewster, NY, the first community health center in Putnam County. Funding for Open Door Family Medical Centers comes from local, state and federal grants as well as private foundations and individuals.

Second Saturday Divorce Workshop

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Meet a group of professionals who will address the legal, financial, family and personal issues of divorce in a logical and compassionate way.
With the guidance of trained professionals, participants can gain a greater understanding of the confusing divorce process.
The next workshop is Saturday-September 13th, 8:30 a.m.-11:30 a.m., and will continue the 2nd Saturday of every month. Cost is $45. 100% of proceeds will support the not-for-profit, Wife.org.

Where: Workshops will be held at 100 South Bedford Road, Suite 340, Mount Kisco.

To register or for more information email: mishelle@secondsaturdaywestchester.com
Visit www.secondsaturdaywestchester.com to learn more

The Great Chappaqua Bake Sale Celebrates its 5th Year

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Great-Chappaqua-Bake-SaleHaving raised more than $50,000 for Share Our Strength’s No Kid Hungry campaign, The Great Chappaqua Bake Sale (GCBS) is celebrating its 5th anniversary raising money to fight childhood hunger on Saturday, September 27, at the Chappaqua Children’s Book Festival. In honor of Year Five, the GCBS will kick off a week-long promotion, ‘Share Our Fight with Five’ with local business partners that have supported the bake sale since it began in 2010.

The new ‘Share Our Fight with 5’ promotion will spotlight several devoted business partners that will offer customers a special GCBS promotional item and donate 5% of the proceeds from the sale of that item to GCBS. The promotion will begin on Saturday, September 20.

The GCBS and raffle “have been a huge success thanks to the generous support of the local business community, which donates baked goods, products and services year after year to support this cause,” says Holly Blum, Jessica Reinmann and Allison Spiegel, the GCBS co-chairs. The GCBS Bake Sale Raffle and tickets will be available for purchase online beginning in early September and at the children’s book festival on September 27 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Bell School. This year’s raffle includes prize packages donated by 75 businesses and counting and is valued currently at more than $15,000.

Money raised from the GCBS funds meals programs in New York State. In New York, 22% of kids struggle with hunger. Since 2011, the No Kid Hungry network has helped bring more than 34 million additional meals to kids who need them–including 1.1 million additional meals in New York. The campaign is focused on expanding access to school breakfast and free summer meals and has also empowered more than 10,000 New York families with the skills, knowledge and confidence to prepare healthy, affordable meals through the Cooking Matters program.