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Adult Programs & Events
HELPING KIDS TO SURF SAFE
PRESENTED BY JACKIE UMANS OF C.A.P.S.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16, 7PM
This hour-long program offers guidelines for parents and other caregivers on how they can reduce their children's risks online, and how they can take a more active role in their children's cyberspace activity. This presentation addresses the issues of online bullying and online sexual exploitation. Information will be shared on how these risks operate within the lives of children and how caring adults can manage these risks through technology and increasing communication and responsibility between parent and child about computer use and online safety.
CREDIT AND PERSONAL FINANCE SEMINAR
PRESENTED BY GREGORY CAHN OF LA FUERZA UNIDA
SATURDAY, JULY 19, 10AM
Gregory Cahn, Housing and Financial Literacy Counselor of La Fuerza Unida of Glen Cove, comes to the Library to present an informative lecture on credit and personal finance. Learn about the importance of having a good credit history, the cost of having a low credit score, creating a budget, reducing debt, as well as learning how to improve your credit score and qualify for lower interest rates.
THE APPLE OF MY EYE
PRESENTED BY PARENTS FOR MEGAN'S LAW
AND THE CRIME VICTIM CENTER
WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 7PM
Learn skills that will help to protect your children. Developed for adults by Laura A. Ahearn, Executive Director of Parents for Megan's Law and the Crime Victims Center, this presentation demonstrates that you have the power to protect your child from sexual abuse using Laura's Ten Prevention Tips. Most prevention programs focus on "stranger danger" and do not address the reality that ninety percent of childhood sexual abuse occurs with someone a child has an established and trusting relationship with. You'll also learn the ten Rules for Safety, red flags to detect inappropriate behavior, physical and behavioral signs of sexual abuse and tricks sexual predators use to access children. Adult rape prevention will also be discussed.
SUMMER FAMILY BUS TRIP TO THE BRONX ZOO
WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 8:30AM - 5PM
Join us for our Summer Family Bus Trip as we visit The Bronx Zoo. A luxury coach bus will be leaving the Library at 8:30am to spend the day at the zoo. We'll leave the zoo at 4pm for the ride home. The cost is $29 payable by check or money order. Please call the Children's Room to register or for additional information. Please make check or money order payable to: The Glen Cove Library Bus Trip Fund.
WORD PROCESSING WORKSHOP
PRESENTED BY STAFF FROM SHARPER TRAINING SOLUTIONS
Register for one or all three of these classes. Computer experience is required. You should have completed Computer Kindergarten for Grownups and Computer First Grade for Grownups or have equivalent knowledge prior to taking this course. Registration for all three classes begins on Tuesday, July 1 for Glen Cove residents and on Tuesday, July 8 for all others, space permitting. The $7 fee is payable by check or money order at the time of registration. Please make checks or money orders payable to: Sharper Training Solutions.
INTRODUCTION TO MICROSOFT WORD
TUESDAY, JULY 29, 6:30-8:30PM
Using the latest version of Microsoft Word, learn the basics of word processing including creating a document, saving, editing, formatting, creating an envelope and much more.
INTERMEDIATE MICROSOFT WORD
TUESDAY, AUGUST 5, 6:30-8:30PM
Learn more about the world’s most popular word processing program, including formatting text and paragraphs, adding columns and tables, cutting, copying and pasting, using the thesaurus feature and more.
ADVANCED MICROSOFT WORD
TUESDAY, AUGUST 12, 6:30-8:30PM
Learn all about the advanced word processing features Micorsoft Word has to offer including mail merge, autotext, auto complete and auto correct and more.
PLANNING FOR THE CHILD WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
PRESENTED BY RONALD A. SPIRN, ESQ.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 13, 7PM
Join us as Ronald A. Spirn, of Vincent J. Russo & Associates, P.C., discusses the importance of planning for a child with special needs. Learn about asset management, qualifying for government benefits including Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security Disability, health care decision making as well as other planning options to provide for a child in need of lifetime care. If you are a parent or primary caregiver for a special needs child, this lecture can help you to understand the options available for providing care.
RICHARD RODGERS AND OSCAR HAMMERSTEIN
PRESENTED BY JAMES J. KOLB
TUESDAY, AUGUST 19, 1PM
Musical theatre fans are in for a treat! Join us as Dr. James Kolb, Chairman of Drama and Dance at Hofstra University, presents an informative and entertaining lecture featuring the musicals of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein. Come learn about some of this duo's finest musicals including Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, and The King and I and the glorious songs that became classics, such as "If I Loved You," "You'll Never Walk Alone," and "People Will Say We're In Love."
DEFENSIVE DRIVING CLASS
FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 9AM-5PM
The AARP Mature Driving course reduces driving record points and insurance costs. Registration is in person at the Reference desk and begins Wednesday, July 23 for Glen Cove residents and Wednesday, July 30 for all others, space permitting. The cost is $10, payable by check or money order only, at the time of registration. Please make check or money order payable to: AARP.
BORROW A MUSEUM PASS!
The Glen Cove Public Library is pleased to announce it is now offering free passes to The American Museum of Natural History, The New York Botanical Garden, Long Island Children's Museum, Guggenheim Museum and Old Westbury Gardens. The passes, which circulate just like a book, may be borrowed for a period of seven days by Glen Cove Library cardholders in good standing. There is a limit of one pass per week per family and the late fee for overdue passes is $3 per day. Take advantage of this exciting program! For additional information, please ask at the Reference desk. The Museum Pass program is made possible by the Friends of the Glen Cove Library.
WORLD LANGUAGE COLLECTION
The Library maintains a collection of foreign language materials aimed at meeting the recreational and informational needs of our diverse community. While many of these items are on loan to us through Hempstead Library's rotating foreign language collection, the Glen Cove Library is pleased to announce it is increasing the number of foreign language books purchased as part of our permanent collection. Included are novels in French, Italian, Spanish, German, Chinese, Polish, Russian, Persian and Korean, as well as non-fiction items in Spanish. If you are interested in obtaining a foreign language book that we do not have, please inquire at the Reference desk and we will try to obtain it for you through Interlibrary loan.
LONG ISLAND TALKING BOOKS LIBRARY
Do you or someone you know have difficulty reading printed material? The Long Island Talking Book Library can help! The Long Island Talking Book Library (LITBL) is a free library service for individuals who cannot hold, handle or see well enough to use regular print books. LITBL is a subregional library of the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, the division of the Library of Congress that produces books and magazines in Braille and recorded media for people with visual or physical disabilities. LITBL lends professionally recorded books and magazines, and the special equipment needed to play them, to eligible residents on Long Island. Materials are sent to borrowers and returned by postage-free mail. This program is made possible through the support of the Suffolk Cooperative Library System and the Nassau Library System, in an effort to ensure accessible library services to people with disabilities throughout Long Island. Application forms are available at the Library or they may be downloaded from the LITBL website, www.litbl.org. For additional information, please call the Long Island Talking Book Library toll-free at 1-866-833-1222 or (631) 286-4546 - TTY for hearing impaired.
WE NEED YOUR HELP!
The Glen Cove Public Library is looking for donations of the Glen Cove High School yearbooks for the following years: 1992 and 1998. Please contact Carol Stern or Elizabeth Hogan at 676-2130 if you have a yearbook you wish to donate to the Library's History Room.
ATTENTION, NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIBERS...
We are pleased to announce that you may now have the Glen Cove Library's bi-monthly newsletter e-mailed to you in PDF format. If you are interested in having this newsletter sent to you via e-mail, please call Amy Mondello at 676-2130 or send an e-mail to amondello@glencovelibrary.org with "subscribe newsletter" in the subject line.
Also, please help us keep our mailing costs down by letting us know if you no longer wish to receive the newsletter, or if you are receiving multiple copies. We appreciate your cooperation.
WRITERS GROUP
SATURDAY, AUGUST 2, 10AM
The Writers Group continues to meet on the first Saturday of each month. If you are a serious writer, come join them for a lively exchange of ideas!
THE GLEN COVE PUBLIC LIBRARY’S BRICK FUND
The Glen Cove Public Library is pleased to announce that its popular fund-raising brick program is continuing. Two sizes of bricks available, and can be inscribed to honor a living person, or to honor the memory of a loved one. Donations will be made to the Glen Cove Public Library Gift Fund and will be used to fund programs,items and activities not covered in the Library’s regular budget. Join us for this rewarding fund-raising program!
Click here to download the brick donation form
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