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Real World (18-25 yrs. old)

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Class Descriptions

Job Readiness will help you learn how to keep moving towards your professional goals. In addition to workshop sessions, one on one individual job placement counseling will be provided to all participants.
Topics to be covered include:

1. Résumé
2. Job Searching Skills
3. Career Exploration
4. Interviewing Skills

Upon completion of this workshop, you will receive a $25 Office Depot Gift Card.

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Money Matters teaches you how to keep and grow your dough with this financial literacy workshop.
Topics to be covered include:

1. Money in the Bank: bankig Basics & Budgeting
2. Managing Your Money: Savings & Checking Accounts & Cashiers Checks
3. Borrowing Money: An Introduction to Credit, Debt, Loans
4. Money Pitfalls: Fraud, Identity-Theft, Scams

Upon completion of this workshop, you will receive a $20 Savings Bond.

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Computer 411: Know as much as the Geek Squad about going online after this computer survival skills workshop.
Topics to be covered include:

1. World Wide Web: Email, WebPages
2. Computer Basics: Windows, Word & Excel
3. Entertainment Media: Digital Photos, CD, Downloads

Advanced: Beware the Web

1. On-line scams, On-line payments
2. Internet Safety & Viruses

Upon completion of this workshop, you will receive a $25 Savings Best Buy Gift Card.

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Renter's Rights: The workshop on securing housing and renter's rights will hellp you live in your spot stress free.
Topics to be covered include:

1. Apartment search strategies and techniques
2. Tenant rights ad responsibilities: rent control, tenancy, evictions, repairs, deposits ad discrimination
3. Section 8/Subsidized Housing

Upon completion of this workshop, you will receive a $15 ACE Hardware Gift Card.

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Eating Big, Spending Less: Prepre healthy meals whle you keep money in your pocket. Each session will consist of group, hands-on meal preparation and meal sharing.
Topics to be covered include:

1. Recipes for delicious, inexpensive meals
2. Tips for keeping your food budget manageable
3. Diet and nutrition facts
4. Food storage-keeping foods fresh, making them last

Upon completion of this workshop, you will receive a $20 Safeway Gift Card.

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Study Lounge: Ever feel like coffee shops are an over-crowded ad over-priced place to adequately study? The study lounge is a place where tutors are here to help support students with English, Mth ad GED requirement classes.

 

Get Your Workout On: Beyond the practical skills programming, the Beaco is also offering enrichment classes.
Classes include:

1. Belly Dancing
2. Cardio Kickboxing
3. Latin Dance
4. Tai Chi
5. Shintaido

Upon completion of the Belly Dancing and Kickboxing classes, you will receive a $20 YMCA pass.

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Class Schedules

Class	Dates	Time
Belly Dancing	Wednesday 09/13/06 - 01/10/07	7-8:30p.m.
Computer 411	Monday & Wednesday 01/17/07 - 02/07/07	6:30-8:30p.m.
Dance	Monday 09/11/06 - 12/04/06 01/22/07 - 04/23/07	7-8:30p.m.
Eating Big, Spending Less	Tuesday & Thursday 11/07/06 - 11/16/06	6:30-8p.m.
Kickboxing	Wednesday 02/14/07 - 06/06/07	7-8:30p.m.
Money Matters	Tuesday & Thursday 03/06/07 - 03/29/07	7-8:30p.m.
Renter's Rights	Tuesday & Thursday 05/01/07 - 05/03/07	7-8:30p.m.
Shintaido	Tuesday 09/12/06 - 06/05/07	6:15-8:30p.m.
Study Lounge	TBD	TBD
Job Readiness	Tuesdays & Thursdays 10/10/06 - 11/07/06	7-8:30p.m.
Tai Chi	Thursday 09/14/06 - 06/07/07	Beginners: 8-9p.m. Advanced: 7-8p.m.

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