1. Middle School Teens for Jeans

Cleaning out your closet? The Rachel's Challenge Club are collecting gently used jeans for the Teen for Jeans Drive sponsored by Aeropostale Clothing. 1 in 3 homeless are teens under the age of 18. There are collection bins in all three guidance offices at Lakeland Copper Beech Middle School, the drive runs through Feb 10.

2. Raise a Guiding Eyes for the Blind Dog

Guiding Eyes for the Blind become puppy raisers in the Westchester region. Volunteers would welcome 8-week-old puppies into their homes and with full support from the nonprofit, and educate the puppies for a 14 to 16 month period before sending them off to their calling as a guide dog for a blind or visually impaired person.

Puppy raising classes are held on Wednesday evenings at locations alternating between the Bedford Hills Community Center and the Guiding Eyes training school in Yorktown Heights. Orientation classes, designed to prepare you for raising a puppy to become someone’s Guiding Eyes, are on Feb. 28, March 6 and March 20 from 6p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Canine Development Center in Patterson. People are required to attend all three classes. RSVP required.

To learn more prior to attending the class, please contact Nicole Guite at  845-230-6406 or nguite@guidingeyes.org. 

3. Board of Education Meeting

The Yorktown board of education meeting is tonight at 7 p.m. at the Mildred E. Strang Middle School cafeteria. Items on the agenda include a presentation on the Facilities and Operations and Maintenance budget. 

4. Ageless Art at the Hart

During the entire month of February, artists who are 55 and older,will display original works of art at the John C. Hart Memorial Library. The exhibit runs through Feb. 29. The Hart Gallery will be open during regular library hours. For specific hours click here or call 914-245-5262.

5. Teen Center Board Meeting

The Yorktown Teen Center will hold a board meeting today at 6:30 p.m. 
in the Yorktown Community and Cultural Center, Room 102.

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