Hi All,

Do you need to enhance your academic and workforce skills?  Are you looking for a better job or looking to get a better education?

Then LIEOC might be for you.  LIEOC is an acronym for 'Long Island Eucational Opportunity Center'.  The LIEOC offers free academic and workforce development .  They provide these services to elegible members of the community.

Specifically, LIEOC is sponsored by the the State University of New York and Farmingdale State College.  It helps eligible members of the community enhance the academic and workforce development skills they need to become self-sufficient, empowered and committed to excellent. LIEOC provides a range of programs and services adapted to the needs of adult learners and the demands of the private and public sectors.  

There are three LIEOC units on Long Island - Brentwood, Farmingdale and Hempstead.   LIEOC offers free Microsoft certification classes at the Brentwood and Hempstead locations. 

Hope the site is useful and helpful.

Regards,
Stu

What To Do This Weekend?

Hi All,

Just found this interesting article from the Farmingdale Patch.  The article is called 'The Weekender' and is a regular section in the Farmingdale Patch. Click here for the link.

Some of the things to do this weekend include: Farmingdale Chamber Annual Holiday Parade, Massapequa Park Turkey Trot, and Families Feeding Families.

On another note, you might consider going to the website, 'VolunteerMatch.org'. The site bills itself as 'Finding a cause that lights you up. Get in touch with a nonprofit that needs you.

Users can find volunteer opportunities in categories like 'Animals', 'Children and Youth', 'Education and Literacy', 'Environment', and 'Homeless and Housing'.  Users  can sort results by 'Distance', 'Event Date', and 'Date Posted'. 

When a particular volunteer opportunity is found information is included.  The opportunity title is included as is a brief summary of the volunteer opportunity.  Location is included, but more importantly, a 'Learn More' button is available.  When users click on this button you go to a new page which includes volunteer reviews of the opportunity, a map so you can get to the location and 3 special sections.  These sections are called 'Skills', 'Good Match For' and 'Requirement & Commitment'. Essentially these categories help the users decide whether or not this is a good volunteer opportunity. 

Users can narrow their search by using the search box at the left side of the page - basically this is just a keyword search.  In addition users can search by 'Cause Areas' and look for volunteering opportunities in areas like 'Arts & Culture', 'Children & Youth', 'Community', 'Education & Literacy', 'health & Medicine', 'Seniors' and more....

Finally, there are other ways to search - and ways to limit your search.  Ways to limit your search include 'Opportunities just for Kids', 'Opportunities just for People 55+', 'Opportunities for Teens', and more. 

So...as you can see, there are plenty of things to do this weekend - both in terms of entertainment and with respect to volunteering opportunities.

Enjoy the volunteering! Its a great experience.

Regards,
Stu