March , 8, 15, 22, 2012
WOMEN’S SUPPORT GROUP
• Building Self –Esteem
• Personal Growth & Development
• Cultivation of Positive Thinking
• Developing Communication Skills
• Learning to Set and Achieve Goals
Time: 7-8:30 pm
Location: Brookhaven Town Hall
2nd Floor Conference Room
Event Coordinator: Town of Brookhaven
Fee: $10 resident, $20 non resident
Call to register 631-698-2074
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March 8, 2012
EIGHT CHARACTERISTICS OF HAPPY PEOPLE
Keynote: Jim Ryan, jimryantalks.com
Jim Ryan is the founder and president of Jim Ryan Talks, an organization dedicated to the cultivation and development of each individual’s potential for living a life full of joy, fulfillment and success. Jim has the unique ability to take profound, life changing concepts and relate them to his audience in a way that they are easily understood and taken to heart.
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: John Harvard’s Brew House Rt 347, Lake Grove, NY
Event Coordinator: Womenonthemoveli.com
Fee: $40.00, Members fee prepaid: $35.00, all $45.00 at door.
Women On The Move Member Spotlight is on Roseann Cousin - Owner and Director of Chorus Line Dance Studios.
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March 8 & April 18, 5:30-7:30pm
Art Gallery & Business Networking
3131 Nesconset Highway, Centereach
For more information call 631-471-8000 or email
Lenore@stonybrookny.hiexpress.com
March 11, 2012
WOMEN'S ONE DAY SPIRITUAL RENEWAL RETREAT
Develop a practice of gratitude to open your heart and rewire your brain to think positively. Connect with nature, create a soul card, and learn how to create a gratitude journal. Breathe your way back into your own light and remember that you matter. Be present in your life!
Time: 8:30-4:00
Location: Marriott Melville, 1350 Old Whitman Road, Melville
Event Coordinator: LuAnn Skolnik, LCSW 516-313-0723, lslcsw@hotmail.com, Suzanne Wachtel, CSW 631-525-3646, 5stepmarriagerescue.com
Workshop Fee: $129, Sign up before Feb. 17th $109
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March 12, 2012
NAPW Nassau/Suffolk Joint Chapter Meeting
2nd Nassau/Suffolk Combined Local Chapter Meeting. Eat, Drink, Network as we welcome NAPW Member Shari Bender of Bana Electric Co.
Time: 6-8pm
Location: Bertucci's Restaurant
(881 Walt Whitman Rd, Melville, NY, 631-427-9700)
Your meal & drinks with tax and tip including non-alcoholic drinks will be $22.00. Receipts will be provided for your expense records. If you would like to come and not eat, you are more than welcome!
Bring any materials you would like to share with other members about your business, brochure's, flyers and of course business cards.I suggest 20-30 to be on the safe side. Meetings are informal, feel free to dress casually and as always you are welcome to bring a guest.
Coordinator: Ro Serra, President of the Nassau County Chapter of NAPW
516-756-8654 napw.com
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March 17, 2012
ST. PATRICK'S DAY 4 MILE AND FUN RUNS!
The Start/Finish area is in a new location: the gymnasium at Coindre Hall, located at 101 Browns Road, Huntington, NY 11743. The 1K Fun Run will begin at 8:30 a.m. and the 4-Mile Run will begin at 9 a.m. sharp.The course itself will remain the same, on the scenic route along Huntington Harbor.
Participants are urged to regularly check the Fund’s website townwidefund.org for information and updates.
In addition to the Fun Run and the Four Mile race, the Hartigan High School Challenge will once more be part of the Four Mile race. It is often used by coaches as an early season training event. The Townwide Fund encourages any high school students to gather a team of five Designees” and come out for fun and to support a good cause.
The St. Patrick’s Run is the first big event of the calendar year for the Townwide Fund in its efforts to raise funds to support its twenty member health and human service agencies.
To obtain a race map, registration form or to register online, visit the special dedicated page for the race on our website, http://www.townwidefund.org/special-events/st-patricks-run. Sponsorship opportunities are still available. To become a sponsor, contact Bea Hartigan, Race Chairperson, at 631-271-3349.
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March 24, 2012, 12-1:30pm
Moms Who Kick Presents Pretty Powerful Self Defense
Kicks Karate at 123 Audrey Ave., Oyster Bay
$30 program, for more information visit momswhokick.com
or call 516-524-3505.
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March 27, 2012, 7pm
Part One in a series of workshops:
“On the Financial Path to Small Business Success”
Elwood Library Meeting Room, located on the corner of Elwood Road and Jericho tpke, East Northport. Registration starts promptly at 7:00pm. For information and to RSVP call 631-662-4576 or
rosemarie@lipwn.com, visit lipwn.com
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March 29th, 2012, 5pm-8pm
Free Community Health & Healing Event
Presented by Balance Chiropractic & Wellness Center
Join us for an evening of mini-massages and mini-reflexology treatments by Deborah Genin, DC and Christine Henner, LMT. Learn about natural, safe and effective ways to heal your aches and pains and increase your energy! Goodie bags and refreshments for all attendees. Space is limited. Call to RSVP. First time attendees only.
Where: Balance Chiropractic & Wellness Center
198 New York Avenue, Huntington
631-470-9670
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April 19, 2012
Women of Brookhaven Dinner
The Women for Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center Present
The Eighteenth Annual Women for Brookhaven Dinner
Cocktails at 6:30pm
Dinner at 7:30 PM
The West Lake Inn, Patchogue
Honoring: Kay Cameron
Kay Cameron Jewelers, Sayville
Featuring the Music of Somethin’ Fresh
The Women for Brookhaven are proud to honor Kay Cameron for the outstanding woman that she is and for her contributions to our Medical Center and the community. For 20 years, Kay has been a very active member of The Greater Sayville Chamber of Commerce, served as president, and is a current board member who chairs the Revitalization Committee. She was a past board member of both the American Lung Association of Nassau and Suffolk County and the Sayville Music Boosters for the Arts, where she was president. Kay presently sits on the board of the New York State Jewelers Association and represents Suffolk County Legislator Bill Lindsay’s Downtown Revitalization Committee for the 8th Legislative District. She is an avid sponsor of Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Medical Center and has held fundraising events in her store to support our Foundation programs. Kay exemplifies the spirit of giving and the list of worthy charitable causes that she champions is substantial.
Women for Brookhaven is an event coordinated by an active group of health conscious, community minded women, who for more than 18 years, have worked for the advancement of health care benefitting the patients of the Medical Center.
For tickets or additional information, please call the Brookhaven Memorial Hospital Development Office at (631) 654-7759.
Contact: sdaconto@bmhmc.org
Website: bmhmc.org
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April 27, 2012
SCWBEC Annual Business Showcase
Villa Lombardi, Holbrook. Exhibits 9am to 12:30am. Admission $10 includes free digital head shot. Power Networking Luncheon is 1pm-3pm. Seminars and showcases available. Presenters and exhibitors still welcome. For more information visit SCWBEC.org or 631-379-3837.
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THINK YOUR WAY TO THIN
Monday Mornings 8:30-9 am
The support you need for permanent weight loss success.
The most important part of any diet plan is getting the support, advice and counseling you need in order to stick to your goals. Join Ron and a life-changing panel of experts and get new advice, new insights, and a new way of keeping that motivation fresh!
Internet Radio -
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THE RON VILLANO RADIO SHOW
Monday Mornings 9-10:30 am
Motivation — Inspiration — Success for the week ahead. Join Ron at 9am! Listen live or Listen On Demand anytime! Tell a friend and help create a wave of inspiration. Simple — Successful — Powerful. The answers you need are right at your fingertips.
Internet Radio
Ron Villano, M.S., LMHC, ASAC, CCH is the leading expert in working through change. He is a licensed psychotherapist, certified clinical hypnotherapist and life/bereavement coach. ronvillano.com
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Ongoing
AGING AND SAGGING
We are growing older and we are not alone! We must deal with physical, emotional and mental changes and the acceptance that time is flying even faster. Come join a group of senior women as we share our feelings and experiences, both positive and negative, of this stage of our journey.
Dates:Ongoing Mondays, except holidays
Time: 10 am -12 noon
Location: The Women's Center of Huntington, 125 Main St., Huntington
Event Coordinator: Thelma Golub 631-549-0485 womenscenterli.org
Fee: $10 members, $15 non-members, per session
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WRITER'S GROUP
The Writer's Group is a writer's forum where we share our writing by reading to the group, both for the sake of having an audience and for receiving (on request) constructive feedback. We appreciate on another and never criticize. We do all kinds of writing: essays, poetry, novels, short stories, humor and memoirs. Each year we put together an anthology: a culmination of our thinking, listening, and writing.
Dates: Ongoing Tuesdays
Time: 10 am -12 noon
Location: The Women's Center of Huntington, 125 Main St., Huntington
Event Coordinator: Corine Lipset 631-549-0485 womenscenterli.org
Fee: $10 members, $15 non-members, per session
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Established in 1986, the Town of Brookhaven’s Office of Women’s Services assists women and their families as a complete resources and informations center.
WORKSHOPS:
Monthly workshops offer information in a sharing, supportive atmosphere under the direction of qualified lecturers. The workshops deal with a wide range of subjects that are geared to help both your personal and professional growth.
SUPPORT GROUPS:
Groups are offered on a variety of topics including: domestic violence, women’s support groups, men’s support groups, divorce/separation support groups.
COUNSELING:
(Brookhaven residents only)
These classes are designed to inform and educate individuals in simple terms about their legal rights and what they can do for themselves and their children in cases of marital disruption.
SMALL BUSINESS SUPPORT:
Thinking of starting your own business? A representative from Small Business Development Center at SUNY Stony Brook is here each month to help.
DEBT COUNSELING:
Available to help you explore the options of getting out of debt and how to manage your finances.
DRESS FOR SUCCESS® BROOKHAVEN:
This program provides professional attire, a network of support and the career development tools for low-income women in Suffolk. Our services are available by referral through participating job readiness and other agencies.
631-698-2074
brookhaven@dressforsuccess.org
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