The organization is looking for volunteers to tutor children in its after-school program Monday through Friday. Volunteers are especially needed to facilitate an English conversational hour for immigrant teen girls. A 3-4 hour per week commitment is required. The Richmond Village Beacon offers beginning English and citizenship classes throughout the fall. The Chinatown YMCA offers free morning English classes with bilingual counselors to help Cantonese speakers with limited English skills.
Enrollment is open.
The Hepatitis C Support Project presents a free monthly series of lectures to explain this disease to the public, including its extent, means of transmission, diagnostic methods and treatment. Held Oct. 25, and Nov. 22. Topics to be discussed include protections from eviction, what happens if your landlord sells your building, your rights if you live in an illegal unit, and whether you can get a roommate. Sponsored by the Center for the Book and the Weekly Reader Corp., this national essay contest invites elementary and secondary students to write letters to the authors of their favorite books. The letter should reflect the child's honest response to the book.