CN Guidance & Counseling Services is honored to now be opening a deeply needed crisis center. We hope you will be inspired by their endeavors, find yourself a little better equipped when in need of such services, and will join us in encouraging folks to support these important networks of organizations that give so much to serve us all.
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We are sure they are already dreaming of the next event, and always looking for story tellers. They might even offer another class to help folks learn this fine art. Here are their basic guidelines, so you can start thinking about that!
1. Tell story in 5-12 minutes
2. Your story is to be told, not read
3. Base your story on the theme: Hope
4. Craft your story
5. Story must be about a personal experience.
6. No stand-up comedy acts or rants
To sign-up, and become a Storyteller: Call or Text Liz at (631) 375-4144 or email at Northportvillagestorytelling@gmail.com.
Join the Huntington Art Center, along with a variety of other venues around town, as they celebrate that vibrant village’s deep embrace of the arts. It is free. It is fun. Come see!
This is “a self-guided tour of the new exhibits at the museums and galleries, in the Village of Huntington, New York. Many of the artists will be on hand to talk about their inspiration, while you enjoy tasty treats and check out the art scene in the Village! Live music playing along the way.”
This sweet, smart, online yogi has done more to help me overcome a variety of chronic pains and to improve general well being than all sorts of other endeavors. Not to knock any of them at all, this has just been exceptionally effective.
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The cold brew and other beverages are fantastic. The evolving menu is creative, delicious, and very vegan. It’s whimsical, smart and a little bit spooky. There are nods to history and love for old friends, antique furnishings and so much art.
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Since before I was born my mother has kept in her purse a copy of a booklet titled “American Legacy” put out by the Center for Civic Education that includes the Constitution and “other essential documents of American History.” It’s an idea fostered by my grandmother, a life long learner, both passionate about history and an English teacher by nature. This habit has become an almost symbolic practice: Taking the ideas our country is built on with you as you go, and not forgetting them in the way it’s so easy to do in the modern age.
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Jeff Reynolds has survived cancer twice. True to form, he’s now using the experience to help others. Sounds like he’s done a great job.
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Pal-O-Mine Equestrian is celebrating 30 years of service! Since 1995, they’ve provided a comprehensive therapeutic equine program, using horses to facilitate growth, learning and healing among children and adults with disabilities, survivors of trauma and abuse, the military and the impoverished. Their J-STEP program goes further, using the more agricultural aspects of the farm setting to serve young adults with disabilities by teaching job-readiness skills such as teamwork, communication, problem-solving, and entrepreneurship, as well as independent living skills including organization, hygiene, finance, and nutrition.
They invite you to Save the Date for a number of upcoming events that offer opportunities to connect with and support their work. First up is an Open House happening September 7th, 11am-3pm. Open to the public, this a great way to learn about Pal-O-Mine and how they may help. For those who already understand the deep value, please consider supporting Pal-O-Mine’s 30th Anniversary Celebration, which is occurring Saturday September 20th at 4:30pm. Additional fundraisers specifically to support work with Veterans and NYPD folk will occur October 19th at 10am. A truly lovely holiday event, Their Winter Wonderland will be happening December 5-7.
Visit the Pal-O-Mine Equestrian website to learn more!
Topics for the next Northport Storytelling Event have been chosen. Got a story? A workshop 6/28 will help you tell it!
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I’m thinking about what it really means to be a citizen of The United States of America, and this Great Experiment that is our system of government… this wild concept of a Representative Republic with all these checks and balances specifically designed to evade both Kings and ill-informed mobs, and to recognize the value of different perspectives, interests and expertise…
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