The Newton Department of Public Works is preparing a list of STUDENTS (or adults) willing to shovel snow for your local senior residents for a fee. Can YOU please help out?

Students/participants should be aware:
-- When you sign to be on this list, your name, village and phone # will be made available to those residents, often the elderly, needing assistance w/snow shoveling.
-- Under age 18 should check with parent(s) before signing up to be on this public list.
-- When you receive a phone call for a possible job, you will be responsible for negotiating a price and establishing parameters for the job.
-- This is a private negotiation with no City involvement.
 
If interested, please provide ALL of the following information by Friday, NOVEMBER 20, 2009, to:  bdroz@newtonma.gov 
1.   Your name
2.   Street address
3.   Name of your village (Auburndale, Newton Highlands,  Newtonville, Newton Corner, Nonantum, Newton Centre, etc.)
4.   ZIP Code
5.   Phone number
6.   Email Address

The Newton Partnership and the Newton Community Service Center are co-sponsoring a parenting workshop for Spanish-speaking families with school-aged children entitled Raising Children in America: Challenges and Hopes on Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 7:00-8:30 P.M. at the Newton Community Service Center, (behind the W. Newton CVS) 492 Waltham St., West  Newton MA 02465.  Space is limited.  Pre-registration is required.  Register by emailing: laraujo@ncscweb.org or call 617.969.5906 x217.   

This workshop, conducted in Spanish, will explore the often conflicting values, beliefs and assumptions that immigrant families struggle with raising their children in America.  Together parents and guardians will discuss the value of preserving their own cultural traditions and methods of parenting versus integrating American parenting techniques and how parents and guardians can negotiate between the two.   
 
This workshop will be facilitated by Loraine Araujo, M.Ed.  She is a multi-lingual therapist for The Parents Program at Newton Community Service Center, where she works closely with immigrant families.