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Details: Published: 23 March 2010; Created: 23 March 2010; Last Updated: 23 March 2010; Hits: 12516

Dealing with clutter gets easier with Home Organization for Your Busy Life, taught by certified professional organizer Bonnie Joy Dewkett. In this course there will be discussions on ways to deal with life's clutter. Students will be introduced to low-effort high-impact ways to make their daily life more organized and less stressful. Whether your home is well organized or a disaster, the tips in this course will prove to be useful. This interactive class will outline efficient ways to organize living spaces, including kids' rooms, closets, basements and garages. This series of workshops will be held at Scarsdale High School for three Mondays, starting April 19 from 7 - 8:30 pm.

To learn how to get off the lose-and-gain weight seesaw with a unified plan for lifelong weight-management, the Scarsdale Adult School is offering Winning the Weight Loss Game, a four session workshop meeting on Tuesdays, starting April 6th from 7 - 8:30 pm at Scarsdale High School. Based on the latest research, the strategy presented by Karen Reznik Dolins EdD, RD, CSSD, CD-N, and a Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics specializing in health promotion, sports nutrition and clinical dietetics will teach you how to balance diet and exercise. Discussion will focus on the effect of exercise on metabolic rate, how much exercise is needed to promote healthy weight loss, exercise intensity and fat loss, the role of strength vs. aerobic training, the number of calories to eat in a day and where to get those calories. In addition you will create individualized practical exercise and menu plans.

Over the Rainbeau: Living the Dreams of Sustainable Farming will be presented by the Scarsdale Adult School Tuesday, April 6th from7 - 9 pm at Scarsdale High School.Over The Rainbeau: Living The Dream Of Sustainable Farming is a book which conveys the romance and challenges of one woman's journey from tending a pair of goats to building Rainbeau Ridge, a multifaceted, sustainable farm in nearby Bedford Hills, NY, to then becoming an award-winning cheese maker. This inspirational memoir comes to life with tantalizing original and chef-created recipes, inspirational how-to's and captivating photographs. Authors Lisa Schwartz, a farmer and cheese maker, Karen Sabath, a farmer and photographer, and food writer Judith Hausman will share stories and photographs from their book. Students will also enjoy a sampling of cheese from the Rainbeau Ridge farm.

The first 10 registrants will receive a free copy of Over The Rainbeau: Living The Dream Of Sustainable Farming

Why Does That Building Look Like That? A Contemporary Architecture Class at SAS -Diverse and dynamic architecture erected in the last fifteen years is the focus of a new Scarsdale Adult School offering. Why Does That Building Look Like That? Contemporary Architecture in New York City, will be presented by Brent Stringfellow, an architect with Polshek Partnership Architects, NYC. In addition to lectures that will help students reach a better understanding of the forms, origins and attitudes of contemporary architecture, walking tours are planned of recent developments. Possible tours include the Columbus Circle area including Alice Tully Hall, the Museum of Arts and Design, the Hearst Building, MOMA and the American Folk Art Museum and the West Village / Chelsea area, with highlights including the High Line, the Gehry Headquarters, the Standard Hotel, and some residential developments in the area.Lectures will be held at Scarsdale High School two consecutive Thursdays, starting April 8th form 7:30 - 9 pm. Two walking tours will be scheduled in NYC on Friday April 16th and Tuesday April 27th from 1 - 2 pm.

To register, or for information on all course offerings, visit www.ScarsdaleAdultSchool.org. Questions? Call 723-2325. Catalogs are available at the Scarsdale Public Library and Village Hall.

Details: Published: 16 March 2010; Created: 16 March 2010; Last Updated: 16 March 2010; Hits: 4121

Congresswoman Nita M. Lowey will join with Jewish communities nationwide to observe a Global Hunger Shabbat at Westchester Refrom Temple on Friday March 19. The service, beginning at 7:45 p.m., is open to the community and will be a source of solidarity, education, reflection and advocacy to raise awareness about global hunger.

Global Hunger Shabbat is part of the American Jewish World Service’s (AJWS) campaign Fighting Hunger from the Ground Up created to build awareness about the political roots of hunger. Scheduled to coincide with the Shabbat just prior to Passover, Global Hunger Shabbat will evoke the Passover message of all who are hungry, let them come and eat, on behalf of the more than a billion people suffering from hunger worldwide.

The speaker for the evening, Congresswoman Lowey, represents New York’s 18th District, including parts of Westchester and Rockland Counties. As a member of the powerful House Appropriations Committee, where she chairs the State and Foreign Operations Appropriations Subcommittee and is a senior member of the Homeland Security and Labor-Health and Human Services-Education Subcommittees, Lowey is an extremely effective, committed legislator with a substantial record of accomplishment.

This event is free and open to the public at Westchester Reform Temple, located at 255 Mamaroneck Road in Scarsdale, NY. For directions or information, call the Temple at 914-723-7727, email to office@wrtemple.org, or visit the web at www.wrtemple.org.

Details: Published: 16 March 2010; Created: 16 March 2010; Last Updated: 16 March 2010; Hits: 4384

Greenburgh Town Supervisor Paul Feiner is calling on the National Guard to assist Greenburgh during future crises. The recent storm and resulting power outages have caused thousands of Greenburgh and Westchester residents to lose power for days. In response, Feiner has written to Brigadier General Patrick Murphy of the New York National Guard. Feiner is urging the New York National Guard to take steps so that the next time there is a serious storm that leaves homeowners without power the National Guard could be activated to help.

According to Feiner, the New York National Guard could be used to direct traffic at intersections where lights are out, to help cut down trees or stand guard near downed wires.

In a letter to Scarsdale10583.com, Feiner says, “Con Ed and local governments are trying hard to restore power but the amount of damage has made it impossible to get to everyone immediately. Some people will be out of power for six or seven days—which is unacceptable. Even after a power outage, there is significant work to do. It will take the town weeks to clean up the mess. We could use the help of the Guard. If the Guard becomes part of power outage emergency planning , Guard members will get terrific practical training and can help localities restore power quickly.”

Here is the current status of the restoration in Greenburgh from Con Edison: Of the more than 11,000 Greenburgh customers affected by the storm 5,400 remain without service as of 6:50 AM Tuesday morning. Today, Con Edison is cutting trees off wires, and removing fallen wires and broken poles so that state crews can restore the power.

Details: Published: 15 March 2010; Created: 15 March 2010; Last Updated: 15 March 2010; Hits: 3952

Bruce Wells of the Scarsdale Forum reports that the village election will still be held despite the loss of power at Village Hall. Village Hall is operating on emergency generators and since the voting machines are mechanical, the voting can go on without power. The Village Election is scheduled for Tuesday March 16th from 6am to 9am, and then from noon to 9pm.

The Scarsdale Woman's Club has no power at this point, so the planned reception to be held there Tuesday night is temporarily on hold. If the power is restored to the Woman's Club there will be a reception there to welcome the new Trustees from 8:30pm to 10pm. All are welcome.

Details: Published: 09 March 2010; Created: 09 March 2010; Last Updated: 10 March 2010; Hits: 5824

Scarsdale resident Grant Son has just launched an exciting new venture. It is an online fundraising program for schools called ClassClick.net that helps schools raise money through the sale of magazine subscriptions. Grant is very familiar with the world of school fundraising as he spent eight years at Time Inc. working with several fundraising companies.

Selling magazines can be an effective method for schools and organizations to raise money and putting the process online makes it easier for everyone. Grant’s company, ClassClick.net, has cut out the need for distributing catalogs, collecting checks, and students selling door to door; it can all be done online. They have developed web-based tools to enable school administrators and organizations to conduct productive and time efficient fundraisers and produced an online magazine store with the top 167 magazines.

At ClassClick.net 50% of sales revenue goes back to the organization and the process is simple.

Here is a short interview with entrepreneur Grant Son:

Tell us about your family:

My wife Lisa and I have lived in Scarsdale for 12 years and have a son Kyle, age 14, and a 12 year-old daughter named Kaitlyn. Both Lisa and I enjoy playing tennis and I met my current marketing partner, Brett Gerstenblatt when we both played on the Scarsdale Men's Tennis Team.

What is your professional background?

I have been in the magazine and online media business for almost 25 years including almost 20 years at Time Warner in their magazine company, as well as a stint as CEO of SchoolSports before it was sold to ESPN plus a few years at the NFL. I returned to the entrepreneurial world and last year I started Greater Good Ventures. Our first venture is the online fundraising program ClassClick.net.

What sparked the idea for ClassClick.net?

Selling magazines is a great way for schools to raise money. However, until now the process was too cumbersome and time consuming for teachers and students. We cut out the need for distributing catalogs, collecting checks, and students selling door to door –and put it all online.

We developed online tools to enable school administrators to conduct productive and time efficient fundraisers and produced an online magazine store where we offer the top 167 magazines. The subscription prices are all authorized by the magazine publishers and are much more attractive than prices at the newsstand.

How does Class Click's revenue stream to the fundraising group compare to traditional competitors?

Because we save money by not producing costly catalogs and order forms, we can give 50% back to the organization while other fundraisers give much less.

Is ClassClick.net only for schools or can other organizations use it to raise money as well?

The technology works for all non profit organizations. In fact our church just finished using ClassClick.net to raise money to build homes for orphans in Haiti. We found that on average donors spent $60 and purchased three or four magazines. They found that the campaign was easy to run.

What are the main benefits to using Class Click over customary fundraisers such as a bake sale or a car wash?

There is growing push back against bake sales as fundraisers as child obesity has become the number one issue in schools across America. Many cities and states are no longer allowing bake sales or the sale of candy in schools. We are helping a school in New York City because their rules no longer allow bake sales.

Other fundraisers, such as car washes, are more labor intensive and take away time from either the classroom or the playing field.

How can people get started?

With three easy steps, parents can order a magazine, invite other friends and family to participate and purchase magazines. To check it out, go to http://www.classclick.net/