WHAT WE DO:  Workshops

In the fall of 2007, DWN is offering a Legacy Series, sponsored by Village Bank (Offered through Newton Community Education):

Creating a Legacy, Cyndi Jones, Instructor.  Learn to create a lasting legacy that will benefit generations to come.  This workshop will help you to make a difference that will last forever.  It will help to clarify your values and begin to envision a plan that will involve your family, community, or society in an intentional, enduring way. Wednesday, October 3, 2007, 7 - 9:00 pm.

Creating a Giving Circle to Expand Your Charitable Donations, Kate Guedj, Instructor.  Giving Circles are groups of donors who place some of their charitable dollars into a pooled fund, and determine as a group which charities to support.  In this way, donations have greater impact on the nonprofit recipient.  Giving Circles represent a growing trend in philanthropy.

Wednesday, October 10, 2007, 7 - 9:00 pm

Planning for Your Legacy: Grandchildren Do's and Don'ts, Jim Thompson, Instructor. This workshop will cover the pros and cons of leaving a legacy to your grandchildren or other young loved ones. Participants will share their experiences for mutual benefit. The outcome will be greater clarity about the financial and emotional implications of giving to grandchildren. Resource lists will be provided.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007, 7 - 9:00pm

Location for Workshops: Newton North High School.

For more information and to register, go to Newton Community Education.

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This spring, DWN is offering a special program:

Reinventing Retirement - (Offered through Newton Community Education)

Based on the book Too Young to Retire by Marika and Howard Stone, this course will encourage you to view retirement as time for a fresh start. Find a renewed sense of purpose and meaning, learn to make the most of your time and energy, and reinvigorate your days. If you consider what is really important, and plan accordingly, your post mid-life years can be the most rewarding time of life. Come to this interactive class and begin to make the next chapter of your life the best one yet.

Classes are from 4/5/2007 to 5/17/2007. There will be 6 sessions.

Registration and more information is available at Newton Community Education

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Special Workshop:  Create Your Own Volunteer Experience:

What would it be like to Create Your Own Volunteer Experience?

If you are over 55 and...

• need help deciding what to do as a volunteer
• don't know where to volunteer
• don't know whether to volunteer

Discover your answers in a two-part workshop:

Tuesday, March 20 and Tuesday, March 27, 2007

9:00 am - 1:00 pm

Druker Auditorium, Newton Free Library, Newton, MA

Offered free of charge by Discovering What's Next: ReVitalizing Retirement™ and supported by a grant from the Mass Service Alliance (MSA).

To get started, please download the Application to Participate in PDF format or WORD format, or call the DWN HUB at 617-796-1419.  Applications must be completed no later than March 6, 2007.

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On Going Workshops in Conjunction with Newton Community Education:

To provide a more in-depth and interactive approach to topics discussed at DWN Forums, Discovering What's Next™ sponsors workshops in conjunction with Newton Community Education. These workshops also offer an opportunity for community members to share their expertise with others.

Recent workshops include:

.  Projecting Your Retirement Income Needs

.  Passion & Purpose: Making The Most Of The Rest Of Your Life

.  Life Planning For Couples

.  Goals & Values-Based Investing In The Third Age

For more information, call Newton Community Education at 617-559-6999 or visit www.newtoncommunityed.org.  For current workshops, check the DWN Calendar.