Croton Community Calendar - January 5th Edition

Fridays | 9 AM – 10 AM

Online Meeting

Westchester Breathes is online program of gentle movement, breathing, and relaxation exercises that can reduce anxiety and increase a sense of calm and wellbeing. Learn simple, evidence-based techniques, and ready for the next moment from a place of calm and clarity. This program meets every Friday morning on Zoom until March 27, but can be joined at any time.

Registration is required at http://conversations.westchesterlibraries.org/breathe/

 

Saturday, January 8 | 9 AM

Croton Point Park

The Conservation Advisory Council is inviting members of the community for their clean-up of Croton Point Beach. They aim to remove trash, tires and construction material to protect the ecosystem and wildlife. Bags, and gloves will be provided. Please bring a shovel to dig tires out of sand, and any other trash that is buried in the sand. This has been coordinated with a low tide. Event will be cancelled if weather does not permit.

Registration is required at https://form.jotform.com/220017549912049 and at https://form.jotform.com/220017763610042. Please contact ajm@eaglebm.com for more information.

 

Sunday, January 9 | 8 AM

Croton Point Park

Join the Saw Mill River Audubon Society for their bi-monthly bird walk at Croton Point Park. Attendees must register online and space is limited to 20 people. Vaccinations are required of all attendees. If full, join the waitlist as new spaces open weekly. Click the following link for more details and for registration: www.sawmillriveraudubon.org/register-trips

 

Sunday, January 9 | 3 PM

Zoom Call

The Care for Creation Ministry is hosting another Zoom Sustainable Sunday Speaker Series event. This month the program features Arnie Vimba, the project manager and engineer for the construction of IBM’s carport system. Vimba will speak to the challenges of opportunities of this project.

To join the Zoom room, follow this link: https://us02web.zoom.us/j/9142714797

 

Tuesdays in January, Starting January 11 | 7 PM – 8 PM

Zoom Call

If you are interested in reading more often this winter, but do not have time to read an entire book, then join the Croton Free Library’s Short Story Group.

Each week, they will read and discuss a different short story by a contemporary writer.

Visit http://crotonfreelibrary.org/book-clubs for more details and a full list of stories. For the Zoom link and more information, please email melissa.sarno@gmail.com.
 

Tuesday, January 18 | 4:30 PM – 5:30 PM

Online Meeting

Learn the basics of coding and have fun in this online introduction to programming with the Croton Free Library. Sessions start January 18 and run for 8 weeks. They will use the Scratch environment to explore basic conditional logic, loops, events, debugging, and more. Students will make animations and small games, and be able to share their finished work with their family and friends. No experience is necessary. All you need is a computer and an internet connection.

The class will be taught on Zoom by Emily Horton, a computer science major and professional software developer. Registration required is required at http://tinyurl.com/CroLibCoding. Email gglazer@wlsmail.org for more information.

 

Please note that all boards are currently being conducted via Zoom in response to the Covid-19 pandemic unless otherwise noted.

 

For Zoom links, please visit the Village website calendar. Recordings of the statuary board meetings (Board of Trustees, Planning & Zoning) are available under the Village’s live stream channel.

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