Katrina relief efforts
Please donate to the Disaster Relief Fund of the Red Cross at:
redcross.org. Money is the best way of helping. Donate blood at local Red
Cross chapters.

Blood Donations......
Visit www.nybloodcenter.org The nearest center is quite convenient for us,
at Columbia Presbyterian, 180 Ft Washington Av, Rm 425. This is just south
of 181st St, one block west of Broadway. The phone no. is (212) 305 4440
and the collection times are 2 p.m. - 7.45 p.m., Monday, Wednesday and
Friday.

Sneak Peak Sundays
The Dyckman Farmhouse Museum rounds will be reopening to the community every Sunday from 12-4pm.
212-304-9422

Live Jazz
Garden Cafe hosts free jazz concerts Monday and Thursday nights.
4961 Broadway near Isham St.
212-544-9480

Live Jazz and Wine
In Vino Veritas, Washington Heights wine bar, hosts free jazz concerts every Wed and Fri night around 9pm.
1202 St. Nicholas Ave near W. 170th St.
212-781-4900

Neighborhood BabyToddler Sign Language Classes
Hi all,

My son and I took a semester of baby sign language (through music) classes last fall, which were great fun. Signing greatly improved my son's early (and ongoing) comprehension and communication skills -along with reducing much frustration and facilitating sweet moments of connection and bonding. Many other neighborhood moms and babies joined in some baby sign language workshops that we held up here last winter. Most of these babies, who are now around 18 months, still use many signs to communicate - along with many words.

Currently, there is a woman from the sign language school (Baby Fingers) who lives nearby and is interested in putting together an ongoing class up here if there is interest.

So do check out their website if this interests you. www.mybabyfingers.com . If you have questions or would like to participate you can contact Lora at lora@mybabyfingers.com. She is the director of the school.


Jillian
(Sundar's mom)

Free Capoeira Classes
ABADA-Capoeira New York City offers free instruction in the Afro-Brazilian dance/martial art form called capoeira for children 6-12 every Monday and Wednesday night from 6-7pm at Highbridge Recreation Center on Amsterdam Ave at W. 173rd St.
Email info@abadacapoeira.org for more information.

Register for next round of Food Safety Courses
The 16hr ServSafe Food Safety course, taught in English and Spanish, can help restaurants minimize the chances of Health Department violations. The course cost includes all materials and the exam. Graduates get a special certificate that is valid in the city and nationwide. Call Harcourt Fuller at 212-544-2400 for reservations and information.

volunteers needed
The Volunteer Services Department at New York-Presbyterian Hospital is actively looking for people interested in the Adult or Pediatric Emergency Departments. For further information on this program please contact Josie Dominguez, coordinator of the Volunteer Emergency Departemnt program at 212-305-9345 or via email at JOD9034@nyp.org

for other volunteer opportunities contact the main Volunteer Service at 212-305-2542

Tours of Inwood Hill Park
Wed, Thurs, Fri, Sat and Sun at 11:00 am and 2:00 pm. Tours leave from the Indian Hill Playground on Wed, Thurs and Fri, and from the Inwood Nature Center on Sat and Sun.

For more information, call 212-304-2365.