Another Miracle On The Hudson

On Sunday, July 31, 11-year-old Aaron Perl and his father, Mitch, will swim one mile down the Hudson River
to benefit AHRC Nassau. This very special “Mitzvah on the Hudson” fundraising event has been inspired by Ally Witt, a 13-year-old who has raised nearly
$6,000 to benefit AHRC’s respite services–where her uncle resides. —

AHRC provides opportunities for more than 2,200
people with intellectual and other developmental disabilities, while offering residential,
supportive employment and pre-vocational programs, community habilitation, guardianship and family
support services. AHRC Nassau’s respite services also provide emergency placement, a summer sleep-away camp in upstate New York and a Saturday recreation program for its members. As growing adults continue to be cared for at home
by their aging parents and families, respite services are crucial to the community, and they are in need of support.

The “Mitzvah on the Hudson” benefit for AHRC was conceived of by young Aaron who overcame his own physical disability having been born with a congenital short femur that required surgery when he was 6 years old. Today, Aaron likes to compete in triathlons alongside his
father. And on Sunday, “Mitzvah on the Hudson” will begin at 1pm at 99th Street and will finish at the 79th Street Boat Basin. A post-swim reception
will be held at the Boat Basin Café. Sponsorship opportunities are available. For
more information on the swim, please visit mitzvahonthehudson.kintera.org

AHRC Nassau, New York State’s third
largest provider of services for individuals with intellectual and
other developmental disabilities provides community-based programs and services,
as well as guidance and support for families. AHRC Nassau’s programs are
administered through a variety of divisions and currently serve more than 2,200
individuals daily. AHRC
Nassau is a chapter member of NYSARC, Inc. Visit ahrc.org for more information.

BAMkids

BAMkids presents adventurous art and ideas for young audiences, igniting the imaginations of creative kids ages 3&mdash;11 with a fun and engaging lineup of workshops, movie matinees, and live performances from around the world. BAM Education connects learning with creativity, engaging imagination by encouraging self-expression through programs for students, teachers, and audiences of all ages. Explore the programs on their website to learn more about their opportunities for creative online engagement!

The Language Workshop For Children

After offering both group and private lessons for many years and analyzing the results over&nbsp;time, The&nbsp;Language Workshop for&nbsp;Children, founded&nbsp;in1973, has decided&nbsp;to emphasize private remote lessons at shorter intervals.&nbsp;Our skilled educators&nbsp;will&nbsp;focus their attention exclusively on the&nbsp;unique needs, learning style, and interests of your child.&nbsp;This allows a&nbsp;bond&nbsp;to develop&nbsp;between teacher and student, which&nbsp;has been&nbsp;shown to&nbsp;drastically improve retention.&nbsp; OUR METHOD&nbsp; Developed by the pioneers of language education for children, our programs bring decades of&nbsp;experience to your living room with individualized, active language classes. Each lesson is based on proven methods and materials perfected to capture your&nbsp;child&rsquo;s attention during the ages when he/she absorbs information the fastest. &nbsp;&nbsp; While other online language classes rely on videos for passive learning, we deliver interactive, and engaging lessons with native-fluent teachers. In addition, all our teachers are certified in the Thibaut&nbsp;Technique which has been featured&nbsp;in the New York&nbsp;Times, the&nbsp;Wall Street Journal, and many other well-respected&nbsp;publications.&nbsp;&nbsp; Our short one-on-one lessons give kids the chance to focus, hear pronunciation clearly, and practice speaking in their target language.  THE PROCESS&nbsp; First, students have a short meeting with our Director&nbsp;Francois&nbsp;Thibaut, in&nbsp;English, with&nbsp;their parent(s)&nbsp;present.&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut&nbsp;will determine&nbsp;the best course of study, including&nbsp;class length and&nbsp;frequency, the&nbsp;right&nbsp;teacher, lesson&nbsp;format and materials (or action games for younger students.) Then the learning&nbsp;begins!&nbsp;Mr. Thibaut will continually check in on your child&rsquo;s learning to assure they are getting the most&nbsp;of&nbsp;their&nbsp;classes.&nbsp; OTHER OFFERINGS&nbsp; We can also help your child prepare for: the French subject tests for SAT, AP &amp; CLEP, the European DELF/DALF, the Canadian TEF and other standardized testing, college entry exams, studying or traveling abroad,&nbsp;cultural changes when moving abroad,&nbsp;and much more!&nbsp; &nbsp;