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Plan for a Better P.S. 67!

Snap — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 17:00:55 +0000

The children of Fort Greene are being failed by NYC’s Department of Education and the administration of P.S. 67! These studenss deserve an excellent education and only the community can ensure that happens! Fort Greene SNAP invites you to a meeting to plan for a better P.S. 67!

Click here to watch video of meeting: NYTimes Fort Greene Local Blog reported on this important neighborhood meeting.

Test scores of students at P.S. 67 in Fort Greene, released in late July, showed that more than half of the students in third, fourth, and fifth grade were below grade level in reading and math. More than seventy-five percent of fifth graders did not reach grade level in either reading or math.

(The scores are available here).

Fort Greene SNAP hosted a meeting at 7pm on Thursday, August 26th at our storefront space, located at 324 Myrtle Avenue in Brooklyn to address problems at P.S 67.

Discussed were experiences with the DOE and the administration of P.S. 67, discuss why student’s are not getting the education they need and deserve, and plan steps for ensuring that Fort Greene’s children receive a solid beginning in school.

For more information please contact Craig Hughes at 718-694-6957.

Online Summer School for Grownups

Snap — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 17:07:45 +0000

Summer 2010 Online Classes

Here are this summers featured classes. All classes are $95 unless otherwise mentioned :

Intro to Quickbooks 2010

Start Your Own Arts and Crafts Business

Get Paid to Travel

Keyboarding: Learn to Type or Increase your Speed

Writing Essentials

Web 2.0: Blogs, Wikis and Podcasts

Administrative Assistant Fundamentals

Administrative Assistant Applications

Lose Weight and Keep it Off

Introduction to Natural Health and Healing

Our catalog has more than 300 six-week, online, instructor-facilitated courses You won’t find any tutorials or self-paced content here. Nor will you be forced to endure interminable and unproductive discussions with inexperienced support reps. A seasoned professional educator stands behind every course, pacing you through your lessons, answering every question, and making sure nobody is left behind.

Our instructors are famous for their ability to create warm and supportive communities of learners. It’s no wonder that many long-lasting friendships have formed in our lively and intelligent discussion areas . A genuine SNAP online course is more than just a collection of project-oriented lessons, stimulating quizzes, and hands-on assignments.

Our highly interactive courses are priced reasonably, and proceeds from these courses help pay for the free onsite classes for complete beginners – helping those without access and little knowledge of technology compete in this high-tech world.

August 4th: Creating Your Plan B: Online Business

Snap — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 22:58:03 +0000

A new session of this class is forming now, it starts Wed evening of August 4th . Register here, then Email henrietta@fortgreenesnap.org if you want in.

Do you have an ideal for an online business, or a business that you want to put on the web? Maybe you want to learn more about marketing your business online and off? Come to our 4 week series of hands-on weorkshops! We’ll be discussing and learning to use new techniques and online services that will help you:

* actually set up your website

* bring people to your website

* set practical goals for your business

*make money!

At the end of this class participants will have a working website, which we’ll integrate with other business tools like cool free business phone number, finance tracking, business email. etc.

Starts: Wed, Aug 4 2010 Location: TBA Cost: $79

Due to the hands-on nature, the class size is limited, Sign up now!

Stay tuned – more to come on this great class

Entrepreneur’s Corner Project at the Brooklyn Business Expo

Snap — Fri, 07 May 2010 19:58:33 +0000

St. Josephs College Brooklyn, New York

Come visit SNAP’s booth at the Brooklyn Business Expo being held by St. Joseph’s College Community Advisory Council and the Brooklyn Kings County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce on Thursday, May 20, from 2pm to 8pm. The Expo is a great networking opportunity for members of the Brooklyn business community, as well as those who want to start a new business. All the major banks will be there, and there will be over 40 exhibitors – businesses from all over the city including us.

They are also offering three free workshops:

2:30 – 3:30: Certification Process for Procurement from NYC/NYS

3:30 – 4:30: Consumer Affairs – Licensing

4:30 to 5:30 Import/Export Business

At SNAP’s Entrepreneur’s Corner booth we’ll be giving demonstrations on how to create a blog with WordPress, and we’ll be talking about how to use social media to market your business.

There’s no cost to attend the Expo but space is limited, so please RSVP at 718-940-5857 or 718-940-5799. You can also email henrietta@fortgreenesnap.org for a registration form.

Sounds exciting! And fun! See you there!

Happy Holidays from the All of us at SNAP

Snap — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:14:11 +0000

Here’s to a wonderful New Year for you and yours.

Hey, next year is going to be GREAT. Can you feel it?

from all of us: Dr. G, Terri, Giselle, Teresa, Harold, Mary, Marshall, and Henrietta

Just Say No to Mayor Bloomberg’s Budget Cuts

Snap — Fri, 08 May 2009 19:31:46 +0000

Through the month of May SNAP will be collecting petitions to protest the proposed cuts in the city budget. Mayor Bloomberg has proposed closing vital public health and dental services. Come sign our petition – they’ll be available at SNAP starting May 1, 2009 any time from 9:30 to 5:30. Let your voice be heard!

On May 20, 2009 a delegation from SNAP will deliver these petitions to the City Council at 250 Broadway. If you’d like to join our delegation call us call the SNAP – 718-694-6957 - and ask to speak to Georgianna – she’ll let you know the when and where.

NY Times sites Auburn Shelter Conditions

Snap — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 10:44:18 +0000

Hey folks,

The New York Times Blog on Fort Greene has posted another story about conditions at Auburn shelter as a result of information in the inspection that we received at the end of last week.

The short article is available here.

~CraigH