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Coast Guard Auxiliary offers boating course
By TIMES WIRES
Published December 24, 2006
DUNEDINE Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 11-10 will hold a safe boating and seamanship course Jan. 3 through Jan. 31. Classes will be Mondays and Wednesdays 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. at 51 Main St., above the fish market. The program costs $40 and includes materials. Call (727) 735-0737, 734-0215 or 736-1191. CLEARWATER Clothes to Kids needs money for warm items Clothes to Kids, a nonprofit that provides free new and gently used clothing to low-income children in Pinellas County, is seeking monetary donations to help stock the store with warm clothes and jackets. Donations are tax deductible and can be mailed to P.O. Box 184, Dunedin, FL 34697 or dropped off at the store, 1059 N Hercules Ave., Clearwater. Call (727) 441-5050. CLEARWATER Jewish center to run Alzheimer's program The Golda Meir/Kent Jewish Center has been chosen by the Brookdale Foundation in New York to receive funding for a program to help people with Alzheimer's disease or related dementia and their family caregivers. The program will take place at the Golda Meir/Kent Jewish Center one day a week from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The program will provide an opportunity for Alzheimer's patients to enjoy stimulating mental, physical and social activities such as intergenerational sing-alongs, word and trivia games, reminiscing and indoor chair exercises. Patients also will receive a morning snack and a kosher lunch. The program will provide caregivers time to relax, run errands or use the Golda Meir/Kent Jewish Center's resources. It also will include a biweekly caregiver support group. The program is expected to begin in early 2007. To learn more or to apply, call Jeanette Brownstein at (727) 302-3737. PALM HARBOR Volunteer to teach someone to read The Palm Harbor Literacy Council is seeking volunteers who wish to become one-on-one tutors to teach reading, writing and spoken English to anyone who needs help. The Literacy Council has a significant waiting list of adults waiting for tutors to help them learn English. Tutoring sessions are scheduled at the convenience of the tutor and student, usually for 1 1/2 hours twice a week. All materials are provided by the council at no cost to the student or tutor. New tutor orientation will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. Feb. 1, followed by two teaching sessions from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Feb. 17 and March 10 at the Palm Harbor Library, 2330 Nebraska Ave. Call (727) 784-3332, ext. 211.
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