Parents Apart: Helping Children Cope With Separation and Divorce
Saturday, January 10, 9:00 am- 4:00 pm (with a 1-hour break)
Location in Ithaca area: please call for information
Openings now are available for Parents Apart®, a six-hour workshop for parents who want to learn how to help their child(ren) cope during their separation and divorce. The workshop is taught by therapists and attorneys and focuses on how children react emotionally to their parents' divorce and/or separation, and what parents can do to help them adjust. Participants select either two 3-hour weeknight sessions (from 6-9 pm), or one Saturday session (from 9 am-4pm with a 1 hour break). Registration is confidential and parents of the same child(ren) are placed in different workshops. Visit http://counties.cce.cornell.edu/tompkins/ParentsApart/index.htm for a registration form and for more about workshop topics. Cost: $40. For information, to pay by credit card, to request a reduced fee, or to discuss concerns about safety or other special circumstances, please call the Parents Apart® Program Coordinator, 607-272-2292 ext 243 or email amandaspaulding@verizon.net.

Consumer Issues Programs: Consumer Credit Issues
Wednesday, January 21, 11:00 am-1:00 pm
A NY State Attorney General's Office representative will make a brief presentation, then consult with individuals on unresolved consumer problems until 1 pm. Free and open to the public. No appointment is needed. Presentations are taped and broadcast on Cable Access Channel 15 on Mondays at 7 am, 1 pm & 7 pm.

ServSafe Food Manager Certification Course
Thursdays, January 22 & January 29, 2009, 8:30 am to 5:30 pm (both days)
(Snow date is Feb.5th in case of cancellation due to snow/blizzard.)
This 2-day course provides nationally-recognized certification in food safety and fulfills the new NYS mandatory food handler certification requirement. The ServSafe curriculum uses the most recent FDA Food Code updates/standards. Fee: $150 per person includes the textbook, all written materials, certification exam, and light refreshments. Call Carole Fisher at 272-2292 or email <crf11@cornell.edu> to register or for more information.

Natural Leaders Initiative
Friday, January 30 -Nomination Deadline
Do you know someone who has ideas about how to make things better in the community? Who can get things done? Who people go to for help? The Natural Leaders Initiative supports talented people (particularly those from low- and moderate-income communities and communities of color) to grow as community leaders. NLI participants take part in a supportive leadership development group (8 sessions), meet established community leaders, and work on a community action project they choose. The group will meet on 8 Tuesday evenings, from late February through mid-June.Child care, dinner and (if needed) help with transportation are provided for each session; the program is FREE. Nomination forms are available at www.ccetompkins.org/nli, by calling 272-2292 ext. 167, or by emailing Margo Hittleman at mjh17@cornell.edu.