Tuesdays & Thursdays: September 15 through December 3 (12 weeks) from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. The Senior Fit Program is a strength training program for adults who want to increase flexibility and joint movement. Senior Fit includes stretches, balance, and flexibility exercises for older adults. All exercises are done while seated in a chair, or standing with the use of a chair or wall for support.

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• Cooking Tips and Techniques
  
• Making Healthy Meals
  
• Food Safety
  
• Stretching Your Food Dollar!!
  
• Cooking Without Meat
  

Charlene Baxter -

GSDLN Sites Site 1 - UNHCE - Durham, Taylor Hall; Confirmed Site 2 - Rockingham County; Confirmed Site 3 Sullivan County; Confirmed Site 4 Merrimack County; Confirmed

Managing Money in Tough Times is a 2 1/2 hour program to address financial challenges when resources are more limited, and to expand participant thinking about balancing income and expenses, and about behavioral change that will result in greater financial success. 

 To register for this program, contact Judy Woodward at the Family Resource Center at Gorham at (603) 466-9014.

This is offered as a review for the April S.I.T. Exam and covers interest in land, legal instruments, evidence, monuments, streets, fences, water courses, encumbrances and adverse possession. Aspects of NH boundary law will also be covered and will include the legal system, selected statutes, cases, important words and phrases, applications to unique situations, and the court system. You must purchase two texts at the beginning of class, approx. $60.

Location: Charlestown, NH
Learn how to make interactive and 3D maps using free Google mapping tools!  This course explores the basics of Google Earth, Google Sketch Up and Google Maps with a special focus on creating your own maps to share with others.  Make Google Earth, Google Maps and Sketch Up work for you and get your geographic information out to the world. 

To register, click here. “Register Now!”
SPONSOR: UNH Cooperative Extension
FEE: $40 per person
For registration information, e-mail Sharon Hughes or contact @ 862-1029

For Strafford County "kinship caregivers," grandparents and others raising or helping raise their relatives' children.  Come and join our renewed group and enjoy these benefits...

*  Understand the relationship dynamics of kinship-care families

*  Meet children's needs

*  Get legal help

*  Make ends meet

*  Connect with others

Child care will be provided, along with a light snack.

This group will meet the first Wednesday of every month.

Date:              Wednesday, December 2, 2009 
Time:              6 pm - 7:30 pm

Location:          Boys & Girls Club of Nashua

                    47 Grand Avenue, Nashua 

Cost:               Free 

Presented by:    Sharon Cowen, Educator,Family & Consumer Resources,UNH Cooperative Extension and Lori Fowler, Prevention Makes Cents
 
Join other parents to talk about ways to head off the stress that comes with the many "things to do" during the holiday season. This workshop will talk about ways to identify and manage stress, as well as, low-cost gift giving ideas. You will leave with tips and a handmade gift that you make yourself.  A drawing for a special door prize will take place. For more information call UNH Cooperative Extension at 641-6060. Preregistration is not required.

After all, isn't "stressed" just "desserts" spelled backwards?? 

 Yes, coffee & dessert will be included!

Bring a friend......have some fun!!

Class will be held at the Red Jacket Mountain View, North Conway, NH. The course will be taught by Ann Hamilton, ServSafe® certified instructor. ServSafe® is a national food safety certification program of the National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation. The cost is $135 per person and includes the 5th Edition Essentials Book and examination. Examination is administered at 3:00 p.m. For more information, contact Betty Lou Canty at (603) 447-3834. Registration and payment must be made by November 20, 2009. Lunch is on your own.

Registration for here.

Tuesdays & Thursdays: September 15 through December 3 (12 weeks) from 9:00 AM to 10:00 AM. The Senior Fit Program is a strength training program for adults who want to increase flexibility and joint movement. Senior Fit includes stretches, balance, and flexibility exercises for older adults. All exercises are done while seated in a chair, or standing with the use of a chair or wall for support.

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Location: Durham, NH
The Habitat Priority Planner is an ArcGIS extension created by the NOAA Coastal Services Center used to make decisions about land use, conservation, and restoration.  This workshop will familiarize participants with all aspects of the Habitat Priority Planner and provide hands-on exercises to explore the tool's functionality.

To register, click here. “Register Now!”
SPONSOR: UNH Cooperative Extension
FEE: $150 standard, $110 reduced
For registration information, e-mail Sharon Hughes or contact @ 862-1029

Part 1 of 2 sessions

Date:   December 3 and 10 (Participants should attend both sessions.)

Location:  VNA  435 South Main Street Manchester

Time:  5:30-7:00 PM          

Cost:  Free, pre-registration is required

Presenter: Sharon Cowen, UNH-Cooperative Extension

This 2-session program is designed to teach people how to more effectively manage their money. Learn what factors influence our spending and saving  decisions, and how to stretch resources and plan for spending and saving.  For more information, registration or directions contact the VNA, 435 South Main Street, 666-5982.

Thursdays: September 17 - December 10. New School Year! New Parenting Challenges! Get some new strategies for your parenting toolbox.

• September 17 - October 8: Family Focus: Parenting Your Pre-School or School Age Children
  
• October 15 & October 22: Siblings Without Rivalry
  
• October 29 - November 12: Who’s in Charge in Your Home?
  
• November 19: Holiday Finances (facilitated by Karyn Blass, UNH Cooperative Extension)
  
• December 3 & December 10: Creating holidays your family really wants
  

Business meeting.  Please RSVP by calling 788-4961. 

Do you spend more than you can afford on the holidays? 

Come to "Celebrate the Holidays without Going Broke" and learn how to have a great holiday without breaking the bank.

Approved by the NH Joint Board of Licensure for 4.00 CEUs for Wetland Scientists,
3.5 CEUs for Surveyors and 6.00 CEUs for Foresters.

You are cordially invited to a Special Presentation and Luncheon at the newly formed

Family Resource Center of Greater Nashua

located at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua

47 Grand Avenue

Nashua NH 03060

603-883-0523

11:30 am Special Presentation, "Development of the Family Resource Center of Greater Nashua" followed by Lunch and Networking at the Boys & Girls Club of Greater Nashua.

Join us to learn how this New Community Collaborative and the programs it offers can help your organization & the families you serve!

Help us create a "Community Resource Center"

Bring your agency brochures and we'll make them available to

families attending our programs.

RSVP by December 2, 2009 by calling 603.883.0523 or by emailing Jlocke@bgcn.com