Thrift Shop Yard Sale
Saturday, October 16
Mega Networking Event
Wednesday, October 20
America’s Nine First Ladies Born in New York State
Thusrday, October 21
Saturday, October 16
Thrift Shop Yard Sale
From 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine, at the Plainview Reformed Church, 560 Old Bethpage Rd., Plainview. Call 931-8770. www.plainviewreformedchurch.org.
Wednesday, October 20
Mega Networking Event
For all business people and professionals. Networking event, speaker and dinner. Speaker: Jess Todtfeld “How To Get and Leverage Media Interviews and Opportunities.” 6 to 8 p.m. at the American Heart Association, 125 East Bethpage Rd., Plainview. Pre-paid $30 or $35 at the door. Erica Prince, facilitator. To register call 817-0222, 484-2844 (msg.) or www.speakersnetworking.com.
LI Fund for Women and Girls Event
The 16th Annual Women Achievers Against the Odds Awards Breakfast from 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the Crest Hollow Country Club, 8325 Jericho Tpke., Woodbury. This year we will be honoring Tai and Shelley Wang, WAC Lighting; Lillian and Leisa Dent, LL Dent; Cynthia Scott, Coalition Against Child Abuse & Neglect and Sandy Oliva, NC Coalition Against Domestic Violence; and our Charlotte Shapiro/Lillian McCormick Young Leadership Award Winners are Sophia Ioannou, Locust Valley High School Graduate and Paige Sferrazza, New Hyde Park High School senior. The program also introduces this year’s Commemorative Tribute to Women Journal. Tickets are $90. Call 396-9857 or Email: info@lifwg.org.
Thursday, October 21
America’s Nine First Ladies Born in New York State
Illustrated lecture by Elizabeth Kahn Kaplan explores the lives and legacies of Eleanor Roosevelt, Jacqueline Onassis, Nancy Reagan plus six other notable first ladies. Presented by the Hunter College Alumni Association LI Chapter in association with the NY Council on the Humanities. 1 p.m. at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Library, 999 Old Country Rd. Open to the public. Free. Call 791-6145 or 791-9495.
NAMI LI Regional Council
Meeting at 7 p.m. at North Shore University Hospital at Plainview, 888 Old Country Rd., Lecture Room (lower level). Call 694-7327 or 367-1893. Program: Living in Victory – A life with mental illness, a successful journey through life.
Plainview Old Bethpage SEPTA Meeting
Join the Plainview Old Bethpage SEPTA to hear Edward J Nitkewicz, parent, advocate and an attorney. He will be discussing how to effectively work with your school district to obtain special education services for your child. The meeting will take place at the Plainview Old Bethpage Middle School library at 7:30. Refreshments will be served.
Saturday, October 23
Barking Against Drunk Driving
Come for an Event in the Park benefiting Reflection Counseling Center of Plainview, a not-for-profit substance abuse agency. Dogs and people welcome. The event will take place at Blydenburgh County Park, Smithtown. 10 a.m. Registration for Dog Walk. 11 a.m. Dog Walk. Scenic 1 mile escorted on-leash trail walk. Noon Registration for Dog Costume Contest. 1 p.m. Dog Costume Contest and Pet Parade. Come out for clowns, food, raffles, dogs, fun. Shop at the many vendorʼs tables. Every dollar raised will support Reflection Counseling Center’s mission to provide programs and services to help rebuild lives and aid in the fight to end the thousands of senseless deaths caused by drugs and drunk driving. A $10 Charitable Donation will be collected at the event entrance.
Sunday, October 24
Fall Fair
For All the Way Home Animal Rescue. Family fun plus dogs, puppies, cats, kittens for adoption. Stop at Linda/Debbie Kitties tent from Bethpage and Plainview. Noon at Sinai Reform Temple, 39 Brentwood Rd., Bayshore. Call Dayna at 631-766-1383.
Anat Hoffman Event
Temple Chaverim, 1050 Washington Ave., welcomes Anat Hoffman, executive director of the Israel Religious Action Center and Founding Member of Women of the Wall, to speak on “The Search for Cracks in the City of Stone: The Struggle for Equal Rights in Modern Jerusalem” from 9 to 11a.m. This program is open to the community ($5 members; $8 nonmembers). Coffee and cookies will be served. All proceeds will be donated to the Israel Religious Action Center. To register, contact Rosemary 367-6100 ext. 101 or e-mail Rosemary@templechaverim.org.
Tuesday, October 26
Transition Network/LI Chapter
Will hold at Connect Now meeting from 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Somerset Gardens Assisted Living, 150 Sunnyside Blvd., Plainview (576-3330). Free admission. Light refreshments will be served. Members: Looking for a new peer group? Interested in starting a special interest group? Nonmembers: Learn more about TTN. Enjoy the opportunity to meet fabulous women and Connect Now. Register by visiting the LI Chapter events page at www.thetransitionnetwork.org or by email to smg27@optonline.net.
