Community
Services
and Miscellaneous Events
A Holiday Tree Lighting,
sponsored by the Borough President’s Office and Community Board 7, is
scheduled for Dec. 11 at 6 p.m., to
be held at the center mall at Mosholu Parkway and Bainbridge Avenue.
Social Security Help:
On Dec. 18, representatives of the
Social Security Administration will help people with any
questions/issues about Social Security at Congressman Eliot Engel’s
Bronx office, 3655 Johnson Ave. Due to the
holidays, reps will only be there for half the day. Appointments
must be made through Richard Fedderman by calling (718) 796-9700
Toy and Gift Drive:
JE & ZB Butler Child Advocacy Center is having a toy and gift drive
for infants to teenagers. Donations of new toys and gifts for the
children can be brought to the Center at 3314 Steuben Ave. For more
information, contact Lois Pearlman at (718) 920-7584 or
lpearlma@montefiore.org .
Fordham Road Discount:
The Fordham Road “Advantage” Program,
sponsored by the Fordham Road BID, is scheduled to run until July 2009, and offers
specified discounts to students, faculty, and staff members of
participating area colleges, institutions, medical facilities and
healthcare training centers who display their photo identification cards
at the time of a purchase. Participants include:
1199 SEIU Healthcare Training Center, 1199 SEIU Child Care Corp., ABC
Training Center, Bronx Community College, Choice Care Professional
Registry, Inc., CUNY on the Concourse, Family Support Systems Unlimited,
Inc., Fordham University, Lehman College, Monroe College and Montefiore
Medical Group on the Concourse. The
discounts and offers range from a free gift to up to 50% off purchases.
Place for Teens With
Problems: The Power Project is a free
program for teens ages 12 to 18 who are
dealing with substance abuse and other problems. Located at 3464
Webster Ave., Power Project provides case management, individual and
group counseling, trips, and is just a place to get away from it all.
For more information, call (718) 515-7971.
Foster Parents Urgently Needed, The Foster Care Network
urgently needs adults who want to become foster parents for the hundreds
of area children who need a home. For more information, call (800)
454-3727 ext. 110.
Foreign Exchange Students Need Hosts:
The Pacific Intercultural Exchange is seeking host families
for foreign high school students who are arriving soon. Prospective
host families can review student applications and select the perfect
match. Interested parties should contact the program immediately. Call
toll-free, (866) 546-1402. AFS, the leading international high school
student exchange program, also needs local families to host high school
students for an academic year or six months. Students arrive in August.
AFS is also looking for volunteer liaisons to work locally with families
and their hosted students. Anyone interested in hosting or volunteering
should visit
www.afs.org/usa/hostfamily or call 1-800-AFS-INFO.
Housing and Job Help:
National Student Partnerships
provides no-cost help with job searches, housing
searches, education, job training, resume-writing, childcare, legal
services & much more. There are no
eligibility requirements, and all services are completely free.
NSP is located at 2715 Bainbridge
Ave. at East 196th Street. Call (718) 733-3897 to set up an appointment.
Note: You do not need to be a student to obtain services. Se habla espanol.
Food Drive:
The Riverdale-Yonkers Society for Ethical Culture is
seeking canned food donations to benefit
the Kingsbridge-Riverdale-Marble Hill Food and Hunger Project, Inc.
The food drive is ongoing. Please leave
food donations at the Society, 4450 Fieldston Road, Monday
through Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Sundays from 10 a.m. to 12
p.m. No perishable foods accepted. For more
information, call (718) 548-4445.
The Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) has
Federal Trade Commission (FTC) materials
on credit acquisition and protection available to the public or for
groups. To obtain copies of any of these materials, call Mr. Kathryn
Speller at (718) 365-0910, ext. 133. Materials may be picked up at the
CAB office, 2054 Morris Ave., Monday through Friday from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Call to schedule a pick-up. Materials may also be sent by mail upon
request. For more info, visit
www.cabny.org , or call (718) 365-0910 ext. 122.
Elevator & Escalator Outage Updates.
Subway riders who rely on MTA’s network of elevators and escalators will
now be able to view equipment outage information online at
www.mta.info .
The Elevator & Escalator page will be updated three times daily.
Community Notices
Homeless
Pets Go On-Line: The Bronx Cat Coalition has started listing
homeless Bronx cats on
www.Petfinder.com , an Internet site that finds new
homes for lost or unwanted pets. The Coalition’s cats can be viewed at
www.petfinder.com/shelters/NY622.html.
Contact the Bronx Cat Coalition
on (718) 671-1695 if you are interested in adopting.
Bronx Pet Adoption:
The Bronx branch of the Poor Animals of St.
Francis now lists local homeless pets on their Web site,
www.petfinder.com/shelters/NY587.html For more
information, call (718) 822-6044 or e-mail
pooranimals@aol.-com
Recycling Web Site:
The Bronx chapter of FreeCycle.org offers
an online bulletin board to donate items to other borough residents.
Participants may post items they want to donate or items they seek. To
join, go to
www.groups.yahoo.com/group/FreecycleBronxNY
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