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Do you have an aging parent or partner with declining health? Each person has a unique situation, and navigating the journey to the end of life is challenging. Explore the complex issues you may encounter when assisting the elderly, and discover strategies and resources to manage successfully. Understand the key legal issues and documents relevant to elder care. Learn about the differences in medical insurance, and the different types of housing/medical assistance available to the elderly. Learn how to provide support to an elderly person with medical visits, medications, and gain basic knowledge of common medical issues of the elderly. Compare the potential role of hospice or palliative care. Develop an understanding of the challenges of care-giving, emotional impacts, and family dynamics that can occur.

Learn a variety of machine and hand sewing techniques specifically tailored to sewing apparel. At the end of the course you will have completed a wide range of seam samples that will serve as reference for future sewing endeavors. Basic sewing machine operation and maintenance, as well as reading and understanding commercial home sewing patterns will be explored. Note: Student must have or borrow a sewing machine and tools to bring to class. 

Now that winter is upon us, the BBQ and outdoor furniture has been stored away, it's time to learn how to make those rich and hearty stews that warm you up after being out in the cold! In this class you will learn how to choose the appropriate cut of meats to use for making stews or braises. How you can go about pairing the right types of vegetables and seasoning with your stew. But most of all, how to make it all in one pot! Making for easy cleanup after dinner.

Have you wanted to learn what it takes to make a layer cake like you have seen in bakeshop cases? In this class, we will go over some of the basic techniques of what it takes to make a layer cake. From properly incorporating the ingredients to make a cake batter, and properly baking. Tips and tricks on how to keep the cake from sticking to the pan and making a buttercream to frost the cake as well.

We are going to make the ultimate one pot meals. See how to change it to a sheet pan and make both dinner and clean up faster. Using simple ingredients and techniques, you will learn how to make a simple and delicious Kielbasa, cabbage and bean dinner and a spicy citrus salmon with potatoes.

Discover the basics of essential oils including safety, common uses, and practical recipes. In this workshop we will explore the characteristics and benefits of some of the most common essential oils. This may be the best smelling class out there!

Discover the power of gemstones and crystals and how to utilize them in your life for wellness. Learn about the properties of crystals, crystal gridding, pendulums, and chakra balancing.

Persian food is both exotic and homey. Take a culinary trip and learn to make two staples of Iranian cuisine with a Khoresh Kaddo Halvaii or Meat and Squash Stew and some Zereshk polo or rice with barberries, saffron and pistachios.

Beginner photographer? Used to shoot back in the film days? Gain better understanding of your camera's functions, controls, and settings including shutter speed, aperture, and ISO for proper exposure. Learn the basics of composition, different photographic methods, & simple tricks/hints to improve. Gain insight with class discussion, participation, & critiques. Come and have fun in the "M" mode to achieve the style and composition that you want.

In this class you will learn the foundation of how to make soups and how that approach can be applied to just about any soup you want to make. Using this foundation, we will demonstrate how to make chowder, a cold weather favorite, and the ingredients that are typically used in a dairy based chowder.

You can make money in stocks during good and bad markets with as little as $2,000! Discover basic strategies for investing, market cycles, knowing when to sell, mutual funds, and real estate.

Want to up your homemade pizza game? Then look no further! Come to this class, virtually, and get tips of what you can do at home and cook your pizza almost like you were at a wood fired pizza restaurant. Fortunately, we can do it all with just about everything you may already have in your kitchen. In the class you will see how to go about making your own pizza dough and tomato pizza sauce as well.

You have 30 minutes to get out, what do you do? There may be a fire, flood, natural disaster or medical emergency. Don't panic, follow your plan. Determine now what you will do and take depending on the amount of time you have to vacate. Learn how to organize your vital information in a Grab & Go binder and/or easily convert everything to electronic documents including photo albums and scrap books. Then back it all up to the Cloud. Discover local evacuation routes, useful free apps and multiple tips. Create your own Go Bags, Backpacks & Bins. Save your Family, Valuables and your Life!