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MHLS Resources
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Community
Resources
These community
organizations may offer outreach speakers. (This is not a complete list,
but a start to inspire further exploration.)
- AARP
- Arts
Councils (Under Program Ideas)
- Authors
(local)
- Bar Associations
(Elder Law, Estate Planning)
- Central
Hudson Gas and Electric (Energy choices)
- Cornell
Cooperative Extension (Nutrition, Finances, Gardening, Child Care
and more)
- Financial Planning
- Robin
Vaccai-Yess - Certified Financial Planner: offers seminars
on financial liberty and independence.
- Genealogy
- Government agencies
(Office for Aging, Health
Departments, Law Enforcement [ Sheriffs
| State
Police], Soil
and Water Conservation)
- Historical Societies
- Hobby Associations/Clubs
(or local residents with willingness to share their favorite pastime)
- Astronomy
(Mid-Hudson Club-New
Paltz)
- Bird Watchers-Hudson
Valley | Capital
Region
- Chess
- Collectors
[stamps, coins, cards, dolls, miniatures, models, rocks]
- Computers
- Genealogy
- Geocaching
- Ham Radio
- Historical
Re-enactors
- Homebrewing
- Letterboxing
(Local
person to do program)
- Magicians
- Needle workers
- Paranormal
phenomenon (Hudson
Valley group)
- Quilters
- Society for
Creative Anachronism (Area
group)
- Sportsmen
(hunting, fishing, fly tying, etc,)
- Weavers
- Woodworking
- Writing
- League
of Women Voters
- Local colleges
(Professors may be willing to talk about subjects of interest,)
- Nursing homes
(Some have speakers)
- Panel discussions
- Invite area residents who have expertise in different aspects of
local issues--zoning,
- Red
Cross (First Aid, Babysitting, Disaster Planning and more)
- Social Security
Administration presentations on all issues covered by this agency
(SS, retirement, Medicare, disability comp.)
- Columbia
& Greene counties, Thomas Catchpole @ 518-828-5411
- Dutchess
& Putnam counties, June Gillespie @ 452-3646 x250
- Ulster, Edward
Sarkies
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