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Click here for the complete Calendar. March 7, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm March 8, 8:45 am - 2:30 pm; registration begins at 8:00 am March 10, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm March 13, 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm March 14, 7:00 am March 17, 8:00 am - 12:30 pm March 17, 8:15 am - 3:00 pm March 22, 7:30 am - 10:00 am March 22, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm March 24, 9:30 am - 11:30 am
For a schedule of Child, Youth and Family Services Workshops offered through the San Mateo County Office of Education, click here. Email shulman@plsinfo.org anytime to submit your upcoming event for the CIP Community Calendar. Article deadline for the April issue of the Resource Bulletin is March 15. Click here for the complete CIP Community Calendar. |
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Free Tax Preparation Help for Low-Income Residents The Library on MySpace Teen Tech Week - March 4-10 Housing Endowment and Regional Trust Down Payment Assistance Program Judicial Studies Jumpstart Program Parenting With Pride College Scholarships CEN Executive Director Roundtables CLPI Guide Helps Nonprofits Engage in Legislative Advocacy Association for Mentoring Professionals (AMP) Membership Grand Jury Applications Prevention of Childhood Obesity Task Force Tip: Free Gardening Help Agency Update
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Community Calendar Highlights
March 7, 10:00 am - 6:00 pm. Sponsored by the Peninsula Employment Group, this job faire presents an opportunity for both job seekers and employers to network. There will be hundreds of career and job opportunities, from entry level to professional and technical. Job hunting seminars will be held and resumes critiqued.
Location: San Mateo County Event Center, 2495 South Delaware Street, San Mateo. Free admission and parking. For more information call 650-574-1766 or visit www.peninsulaemploymentgroup.com.
March 8, 8:45 am - 2:30 pm; registration begins at 8:00 am. Presented by the Northern California Bay Region IV and the American Cancer Society, this Bay Area Wide Middle School Youth Conference will feature workshops on Youth Advocacy; Peer Education on Drugs and Alcohol; Teens in Recovery; Mixed Messages: Advertising or
Location:
Dad and Me Staying Healthy
March 10, 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm. Join TV Hosts Lori and RJ for an afternoon of entertainment and education. Kids will learn about healthy eating habits, exercising the body and mind, dental hygiene, visiting the doctor and more. There will be music, story time, face painting, door prizes and every child will receive a book from the San Mateo Public Library. The whole family is welcome.
Location: San Mateo Medical Center, 222 West 39th Avenue, San Mateo. For more information visit www.sanmateomedicalcenter.org.
Navigating Learning Disabilities: A Resource Event for Parents and
Professionals
March 13, 4:30 pm - 8:30 pm. Parents Place, a program of Jewish Family and Children's Services, is co-sponsoring this event for parents which is open to the community. Join them for an evening of learning about what works and what's available for children with learning disabilities. Experience life as a child with a learning disability at the simulation center. Visit with over 20 exhibitors from local organizations and resources; see demonstrations on assistive technologies and other accommodations; talk to parents who have "been there" at the Parents Booth; browse through over 60 new and recent books at the Book Fair and hear from students who are living successfully with their learning disability. The keynote speaker wil be Carol Zepecki Ed.D., Director of Student Services, Palo Alto Unified School District addressing the issue of how to best navigate a child's school to identify, accommodate, and remediate learning disabilities.
Location: Parents Place Family Resource Center, 200 Channing Avenue, Palo Alto. Admission is $25; scholarships are available. For more information or to register call 650-688-3040 or visit http://www.jfcs.org/Services/Children,_Youth,_and_Families/Parents_Place/.
Peninsula Conflict Resolution Center (PCRC) Fourth Annual Breakfast
March 14, 7:00 am. The PCRC presents Practicing Community Relationships Creatively with keynote speaker Ed Everett, City Manager of the City of Redwood City. The Master of Ceremonies will be San Mateo Police Chief Susan Manheimer.
Location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, 1221 Chess Drive, Foster City. $40 per person; $350 for a table of 10. Sponsorships are available. For more information contact Dyane Hendricks at dhendricks@pcrcweb.org.
Symposium for Mothers
March 17, 8:00 am - 12:30 pm. Psychologist and best-selling author Mary Pipher, Ph.D., will be the keynote speaker at the eighth Symposium for Mothers presented by the Palo Alto Medical Foundation (PAMF). Dr. Pipher's area of interest is how American culture influences the mental health of its people; her presentation will focus on the roles of mothers. She is the author of Reviving Ophelia, Another Country, The Shelter of Each Other: Mothers and Community, and Writing to Change the World.
Location: Stanford University, Kresge Auditorium, 555 Nathan Abbott Way, Palo Alto. Admission is $20. Checks should be made payable to "Symposium for Mothers" and mailed to PAMF's Education Division, 795 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA 94301 or visit www.pamf.org/mothers for registration information.
Expanding Your Horizons Conference
March 17, 8:15 am - 3:00 pm. Hundreds of girls from
Girls in grades 6 - 12 are encouraged to participate in hands-on workshops to learn about career opportunities in math, science and engineering from professionals in the field.
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Literacy and the Criminal Justice System
March 22, 7:30 am - 10:00 am. The Peninsula Library System (PLS) and the San Mateo County Literacy Committee present the 11th Annual Literacy Network Breakfast. Research has shown that children who cannot read by the time they enter fourth grade fall behind, stay behind and may end up in jail before they are 18. If they are functionally illiterate while in the prison system, it will be difficult for them to get and hold a job when they are released. This year's breakfast will focus on this topic.
Guest speakers at this event are noted for their experience in working with youth and adults to help them build skills vital to learning, reading and communicating. They include former Senator Jackie Speier, San Mateo Police Chief Susan Manheimer and Robin Sohnen, Executive Director, Each One Reach One, among others.
Location: Dominic's at Poplar Creek Golf Course, 1700 Coyote Point Drive, San Mateo. $30 includes a continental breakfast. Mail check made out to Peninsula Library System to Peninsula Library System, Literacy Breakfast 2007, 2471 Flores Street, San Mateo, CA 94403. To use a credit card or for more information call 650-349-5538 or email nagler@plsinfo.org.
Housing Forum for People with Developmental Disabilities
March 22, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm. The Integrated Housing Options Coalition and West Bay Housing Corporation present The 6th Annual Housing Forum for People with Developmental Disabilities and Their Families. Learn where and how to look for affordable housing in San Mateo County for a special needs child and what steps to take to secure it. Hear from housing experts what parents need to do to start a search and prepare children to live on their own. Topics and speakers are: how to find affordable housing in San Mateo County by Duane Bay, Director of San Mateo County Department of Housing; how to include housing and life skills in your child’s regional center’s Individual Program Plan presented by Lisa Rosene, Chief, Social Work Services, Golden Gate Regional Center and how to spot housing discrimination and what to do about it by The Sentinel Group. A panel presentation will be followed by a question and answer session. Light refreshments will be served.
Location: San Mateo County Office of Education, Vocational Education Center, 1280 Commodore Drive West, San Bruno. For more information contact West Bay Housing at 415-618-0012 or renee@westbayhousing.org.
Baby Sign Language Workshop
March 24, 9:30 am - 11:30 am. Babies already sign when they lift their arms to be picked up or point to a toy. Baby Sign Language teaches parents to communicate with babies long before they can verbalize their wants and needs. Signing with babies has been proven to help accelerate language development, reduce frustration, enhance a child's self esteem and deepen the bond between parent and child.
In this workshop, designed for parents-to-be and parents with babies ranging in age from birth to 18 months, participants will learn more than 40 baby signs that are based on American Sign Language (ASL). Fun activities and songs will show how easy it is to integrate these signs into an everyday routine. Babies are welcome but not required.
Location: Kaiser Permanente, 1150 Veterans Blvd., Redwood City. The cost for this workshop is $40 per individual, $70 per couple. For more information or to register call the Health Education Department at Kaiser Permanente at 650-299-2433.
Complete Articles
The Big Read - To Kill a Mockingbird
Earlier this year, Peninsula Library System (PLS) won a competitive grant from the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) to participate in NEA's The Big Read - a month-long community reading event designed to restore literary reading to the center of American culture. To find out more about The Big Read visit www.neabigread.org.
In The Big Read, participant libraries choose from seven classic novels around which it would build its month-long literary celebration. PLS chose To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Next month, join PLS in reading, and rediscovering, this book set in the fictional Southern town of Maycomb, Alabama, during the Depression. To Kill a Mockingbird is the story of a black man accused of raping a white girl; the white attorney, Atticus Finch, assigned to defend him; his young children Jem and Scout; and the issues of race, class, generations, justice and growing up that arise during the legal proceedings.
Highlights of the month-long program include screenings of the 1962 movie To Kill a Mockingbird, book discussions, children's art programs, live theater, author presentations, a legal-defense forum and the involvement of local restaurants and music venues. For more details about the events visit www.plsinfo.org/tkm/.
Free Tax Preparation Help for Low Income Residents
Through April 14, free tax help is available at community tax preparation sites for anyone with an income of $39,000 or less. Call 1-800-358-8832 for free tax help locations or visit www.earnitkeepitsaveit.org. Download a listing of locations and times in English by clicking here and in Spanish by clicking here.
Judicial Studies Jumpstart Program
The Workforce Investment Board, the Superior Court of California (San Mateo, Santa Clara, Contra Costa, Sacramento, Monterey and Los Angeles) and College of San Mateo have collaborated in the development of a new program for those interested in a career at the courts and/or civil service.
The free 10-week training program will prepare individuals for positions within the courts. Courses of study include business math, introduction to government, the judicial branch and legal studies, business communication and customer service. Participants will also receive preparation and guidance in the civil service employment process. Graduates will have the opportunity to participate in internships in the courts and various county departments and pursue permanent positions within the courts where starting salaries range from $37,900 to $47,448 per year.
Eligibility requirements for the program include 10th grade math and English skills, at least 18 years of age and a resident of California for at least one year. Prior criminal records will be considered on an individual basis.
Classes begin April 9 and will be held from 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm on the campus of College of San Mateo. Orientation is required. To RSVP or for more information contact 650-802-3313 or NewCareers@smchsa.org. To access an informational flyer click here.
Parenting With Pride
Parenting With Pride is a practical skill building group that meets twice during the month and is based on the principles of Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), for parents having difficulty parenting their young children. In a group setting, parents will learn simple skills to improve the quality of the parent/child relationship and effectively manage their child's behaviors.
The group will consist of two parts, a training component and a practice component. During the first part, parents will learn how to increase positive and supportive communication with their child as well as tips for effective discipline. During the second part, parents will practice these skills with their children at home and have an opportunity to fine-tune the application of the skills to their individual family environment.
Parenting With Pride is appropriate for parents of children between the ages of 2 and 8 years who experience difficulty in school, preschool and/or daycare; aggression toward parents, siblings and/or other children; talking back to their parents; refusing to follow directions; frequent temper tantrums; swearing and defiance.
The classes will be held monthly or according to demand, at Family Service Agency, 24 Second Avenue, San Mateo, and will be facilitated by Heather Womack, MS, MFTI. The day and time are subject to change. $50 fee includes both classes. For more information or to sign up call 650-403-4300 ext. 4905.
College Scholarships
The Bay Area Council, a public policy and advocacy organization for Bay Area businesses, has put together a scholarship program to assist local underserved youth who are hoping to succeed in college.
More details about the program, including eligibility requirements and an application, can be found at www.bayareafamilyoffunds.org/programs/scholarship.shtml. The scholarship, now in its second year, will provide 10 high school seniors with $5,000 to $10,000 in financial aid to top Bay Area colleges this fall, with a total of $75,000 awarded in 2007 to students demonstrating a combination of financial need, community involvement, leadership skills and academic accomplishments.
CEN Executive Director Roundtables
The Center for Excellence in Nonprofits (CEN) is facilitating roundtable discussions for Executive Directors to provide one another with support, shared learning and objective perspectives about organizational and leadership issues they are facing. Participants meet to discuss challenges, nonprofit sector trends and what is going on in their own organizations. They meet regularly in a confidential environment with others who speak the same language and face the same challenges. These meetings are open to members of CEN only. For more information contact Loretta Gallegos at 408-945-4505 or Loretta@cen.org.
CLPI Guide Helps Nonprofits Engage in Legislative Advocacy
The Center for Lobbying in the Public Interest (CLPI) has published an easy-to-follow guide to help nonprofits engage in legislative advocacy. Make a Difference for Your Cause: Strategies for Nonprofit Engagement in Legislative Advocacy guides organizations in building their organizational capacity to engage in advocacy and helps them understand nonprofit lobbying laws and factors they should consider in using legislative advocacy to advance their missions. Offering examples of nonprofits that have successfully used public policy engagement, the guide also aims to help proponents of advocacy engagement within a nonprofit win over others in their organization, usually the executive director or board members, who are reluctant or confused about the benefits of advocacy.
Association for Mentoring Professionals (AMP) Membership
The Association for Mentoring Professionals (AMP) is the first and only trade group for those working in the mentoring field. AMP's mission is to professionalize and strengthen the mentoring field by empowering its members through education, resource sharing and advocacy. It was envisioned and established by individuals committed to mentoring because they personally experienced the impact it can have on the lives of youth.
Membership in the association lets communities and funding agencies know there is commitment to mentoring as a proven strategy for strengthening the lives of youth and raises the professionalism and credibility of mentoring. Other benefits of membership include inclusion in a comprehensive international mentoring directory; access to online trainings; guidance from key mentoring experts; opportunities to communicate and network with other mentoring professionals; access to the most current funding information and discounts on mentoring products, tools, trainings and conferences.
Membership is available for both individuals and organizations. For more information visit www.mentoringprofessionals.org or call 1-888-AMP-2844.
Grand Jury Applications
The Honorable Joseph C. Scott of the San Mateo County Superior Court recently announced that applications for service on the 2007-2008 Grand Jury will be accepted for consideration through April 13. He made the announcement as the appointed Grand Jury Advisor for the next grand jury term, which commences July 1, 2007 and ends June 30, 2008.
Any resident of San Mateo County for more than one year who is a citizen of the United States, 18 years of age or older, of ordinary intelligence, sound judgment and good character, with sufficient knowledge of the English language is eligible for selection by Judge Scott. Elected public officials are not eligible.
The Court encourages all interested individuals to apply. The Court strives to obtain a cross section of the county population. After the completion of an interview process by Judge Scott, jurors will be selected through a random draw.
Application forms can be obtained by writing Grand Jury Clerk, Court Executive Office, 400 County Center, Redwood City, CA 94063 or calling 650-599-1711.
Prevention of Childhood Obesity Task Force Tip: Free Gardening Help
Home gardeners in San Mateo County now have access to free advice from the Gardening Information Help Line offered by UC Cooperative Extension's first graduating class of volunteer Master Gardeners. Callers can get help on anything from pest control to problems with weeds by phoning 650-726-9059, ext. 107, Mondays and Thursdays from 9:00
am - 4:00 pm. County residents are also welcome to drop by the office at 80
Stone Pine Road, Suite 100, Half Moon Bay when the Master Gardeners
are in on Mondays and Thursdays to ask questions in-person or have plant
problems diagnosed.
The Master Gardener Program began through Cooperative Extension in
1972 in the state of Washington. Its emphasis is on intensive training for
home gardeners, who then volunteer their expertise in the community,
and, in turn, train others. The program is designed to help share
resources and research-based horticulture information through education
and volunteer activities.
Support from the County of San Mateo enables the presence of UC
Cooperative Extension and its programs for local clientele in
agriculture and natural resources, nutrition education and youth
development (4-H). Further information is available by visiting
cesanmateo.
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