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Odds & Ends - Jan/Feb 2018


Helping Hands
Baby, it's cold outside - but just imagine how much colder it would be if you had no home in which to seek shelter from the elements.

 For too many, that is a stark reality – but that’s also where HONOR comes in. Since 1974, HONOR – Helping Others Needing Our Resources – has been offering temporary housing, food, counseling services and more for Orange County's most needy residents. Located in Middletown, their housing programs serve approximately 3,000 men, women and children annually and another 24,000 people are helped through HONOR’s food pantries, street outreach, after-care services and help line.

Guests are provided three nutritionally balanced meals each day, along with transportation and counseling to help them to become self-sufficient. Open 24 hours a day, seven days a week and 365 days each year, HONOR serves with compassion, respect and, of course, honor.


The Genealogy Connection

Looking for help connect the dots on your family tree? The Local History Room at the Newburgh Free Library can help.

Full of all sorts of historical information about the area encompassed by the Newburgh Enlarged  City School District, the library’s Local History Collection houses materials in a variety of formats including books, pamphlets, local church records, cemetery records and census records for Newburgh and surrounding counties, maps, microform duplicated books, cd rom disks, photographs, post cards and more. But they can only be examined in the local history room.

The Library also provides access to Ancestry Library Edition and HeritageQuest. Clients who wish to use either data bases must have a valid Newburgh library card.    

Because of the Local History Room’s limited hours, folks traveling from a distance are advised to call ahead so staff can plan accordingly. For details, call 563.3617 or log onto their website.


Playin' Like a Girl

 Sports aren’t just for boys. An area program sets out to prove just that.
Based in Stormville, the Pigskin Princess Project challenges gender stereotypes by encouraging all girls to get up and get moving – via football. By teaching 3 to 10-yr-olds the fundamentals of flag football through drills, agility exercises and scrimmaging, they aim to make learning a sport a totally unique and engaging experience via guest speakers, community involvement projects, clinics and programs like “Word-of-the-Season” that highlight inspiring females who embody a particular word like courage, strength or champion.
Their six-week Winter Programs for 5 to 10-year-old girls and 3-4 year-old boys are running now in Fishkill through February 18. Each class concludes with a group discussion about an inspiring female figure or an individual who is inspiring because of his noble heart and kind deeds.  

For more information, log onto Pigskinprincessproject.com.


The Place to Be

Did you know that a pioneer in holistic studies is located right Dutchess County?

Omega is a nonprofit, mission-driven, and donor-supported educational organization. For more than 40 years it has been helping people and organizations integrate personal growth and social change, moving beyond ‘the way it is’ toward ‘the way it can be’.

Located in Rhinebeck, more than one million people have come through Omega’s doors to grow, learn, and find a greater sense of purpose by attending one of the 350+ programs offered – which include meditation, yoga, Tai Chi, trails, workshops, events, the Ram Dass Library’s 7,000 books on holistic living, The Omega Women’s Leadership Center and more – while close to 2 million people participate in offerings online. 
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To find out more about Omega’s programs, retreats and other offerings, log onto Eomega.org.

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