Take a culinary tour The new Culinary Arts and Hospitality Center in Riverhead, Eastern Campus of Suffolk Community College, offers tours of its facility from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays and Thursdays. Visitors will see the baking and pastry arts lab, the culinary arts lab, the demonstration theater, the students' study area, the bakers' workshop and state-of-the-art classrooms. Schedules and registration material are available at the front desk reception area. For information, call 219-5253. Help victims of violence If you have a land-line phone and a serious interest in helping victims of domestic violence, your help is needed to staff a 24-hour hotline offering crisis intervention, counseling, referrals and information and shelter screening. The Suffolk County Coalition Against Domestic Violence provides intensive training for volunteers, who are expected to commit to four weekend or evening hours per week for six months. Volunteers can work from home. Contact Suzanne Staub, 631-666-7181, ext. 324, or visit www.sccadv.org. Donate cars for kids Boys and Girls Clubs nationwide are seeking donations of unwanted cars. Proceeds from their sale will help maintain the clubs as "a positive place for kids." Donated cars will be picked up within a few days. No restrictions apply. Call 1-800-246-0493. Sing with JazzAlive Do you love to sing? Can you carry a tune? The JazzAlive singing group is seeking new voices and invites you to join them at a regular Thursday evening rehearsal, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Orient Congregational Church. The group is dedicated to jazz vocals by greats from the 1930s through 1950s, including Gershwin, Ellington, Kern and Jobim, and also sings holiday standards. JazzAlive performs at charitable fundraisers; at private events, libraries and nursing homes; and with Southold's Summer Concert Series. Ability to read music is desirable, but not required. Call 323-0075 or 878-0679. To hear a performance, visit http://jazzaliveli.com NFEC seeks volunteers The North Fork Environmental Council needs volunteers for its land use committee. Assistance is needed in establishing and recommending programs that foster increased public awareness of the environment and that ensure preservation and maintenance are fully considered in land use and resource development administration; in studying matters concerning the environment and land use; and in potentially making recommendations to NFEC's board of directors. Call 298-8880 or visit www.nfec1.org. Shakespeare workshop offered for students Students in grades 5-10 can experience the power of Shakespeare's language and the fun of performing at a special workshop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, July 12, at Mattituck High School. Sponsored by the Hamptons Shakespeare Festival, the workshop will be led by professionals from the Spitfire Theatre Company and inspired by its touring production, "Food of Love: Shakespeare's Love Scenes and Songs." Enrollment is limited to 30 and costs $40 per person. Call 212-726-2494 or e-mail prosser@hamptons-shakespeare.org to sign up. NFWRC's new thrift shop seeks donations The North Fork Women's Resource Center wants your "good stuff" for its new thrift shop, scheduled to open soon. Household items are sought, as well as furniture, bicycles, even boats and cars (in any condition). As the NFWRC is tax-exempt, all donations are tax-deductible to the full extent of the law. For pickup, call 631-734-4233. Kids camp for free Living Water Full Gospel Church in Riverhead will host Avalanche Ranch, a camp free to children ages 4-12. The camp will run July 14 through 18, from 9:30 a.m. to noon. Register at 722-4969, ext. 204. SCC holds auditions Center Stage at the SCC will hold open auditions for its upcoming production of "Company" at 4:00 p.m. Sunday, July 27, at Southampton Cultural Center's Levitas Center. Callbacks will be Thursday, July 31, at 6:30 p.m. The Stephen Sondheim-George Furth musical will run from October 17 through November 2. Many roles for men and women are available, and rehearsals will begin in August. Call Southampton Cultural Center, 287-4377, or e-mail Michael Disher, dishermichael@hotmail.com. Helping women and girls Peconic Bay Zonta is looking for new members who are interested in advocating and providing service for women and girls. Part of Zonta International, it seeks to advance the status of women locally and worldwide. Its activities include preparing a harvest meal for Maureen's Haven, a homeless outreach program on the North Fork, supporting the Lunch Box Kids program in the Hamptons, and contributing to other initiatives. Zonta means "honest and trustworthy" in the Lakota Sioux language. Teen bereavement camp A four-day camp for teenagers ages 12-14 who have suffered a loss will be offered August 11-14 at Timothy Hill Children's Ranch in Riverhead, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Sponsored for a second year by the nonprofit Time for Teens, it will be staffed by licensed professionals and community volunteers. Along with a caring and creative environment, the retreat also includes activities such as rock climbing and kayaking. The fee is $25 per family. Contact Laraine Gordon, 338-7258. Learn to prevent sexual abuse and abduction Age-appropriate workshops are offered by Parents for Megan's Law and the Crime Victims Center. They teach children, teens and adults, in their own school or community setting, how to prevent sexual abuse and abduction. To arrange for experts to come to your group, call 631-689-2672. For information about these organizations, visit www.parentsformeganslaw.org or www.thecrimevictimscenter.org. Over 50,000 Long Island parents and children have already taken advantage of this educational opportunity. Film project expands to include commercials The East End Student Film Project will add a category for best commercial (including public service announcements) to it annual film festival. To support this category, EESFP will offer a workshop on TV commercials, "Making Every Second Count," from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturdays, July 12 and 26 and Aug. 2. The class will be taught by Lance Jensen of the Boston-based advertising company Modernista! Participants (grade nine through college) will create their own commercials, which they may submit for the festival competition by Aug. 8. The film festival and awarding of prizes will take place Aug. 18. For information and workshop registration, call 477-1226, visit www.eesfp.com or e-mail www.eesfp@hotmail.com. Entries are sought for maritime photo contest The Suffolk County Historical Society invites entries for a juried photography competition entitled "Long Island's Maritime Heritage." Photos may reflect the leisure or commercial aspects of local maritime culture and traditions. All work must be framed, wired and ready to hang and must be delivered to SCHS in Riverhead Sept. 22-26 between noon and 4 p.m. There is a limit of three entries per artist, and a $5 fee per entry. The exhibit will run Oct. 10 to Nov. 15. For information call 727-2881 or e-mail curranschs@optonline.net.
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