Food Co-Op: The Norwood Food
Co-op is accepting registration for members for the 2008 season.
Members of the Co-op receive organic vegetables from the weekly harvest
of the Norwich Meadows Farm, a New York State organic farm.
The season lasts from mid-June to early November.
To register for more info, call (718)
670-3727, or email
Norwoodcsafoodcoop@yahoo.com Visit
www.norwoodfoodcorp.org
for more information.
Foreign Exchange Students
Need Hosts: The Pacific Intercultural Exchange is
seeking local host families for foreign high school students who are
scheduled to arrive 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 and 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.
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.
FTC Materials Available: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 at 2054 Morris Avenue,
Monday through Friday during regular business hours (9 – 5) until the
inventory is exhausted. Call to schedule a pick up before coming.
Materials may also be sent by mail upon request. For more information,
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.
Free
Assistance. National Student Partnerships provides
no-cost help with job searches, housing searches, education, job
training, resume-writing, child care, legal services and much more.
There are no eligibility requirements and all
services are completely free.
NSP is located at 2715 Bainbridge Ave. at 196th Street.
Call (718) 733-3897 to set up an appointment. You
do not need to be a student to obtain services.
The Foster Care Network
currently has an urgent need for 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.
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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