Links to Healthy Living Workshops -- September 18 - 20 and October 2 - 4, 2003

Healthy living is just a click away thanks to a grant from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine. Tompkins County Public Library will debut "Links to Healthy Living" a series of workshops to train individuals on where to find answers to health and medical questions on the Internet.

Jo-Ann Benedetti of Crandall Library in Glens Falls New York will lead the workshops. Ms. Benedetti is a national presenter of Consumer Health Information. She will teach participants how to navigate the Internet to find reliable, up-to-date information.

Workshops are free and will take place at the following locations:

Thursday, Sept. 18, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
at the Caroline Community Library
Caroline Town Hall
2670 Slaterville Road, Slaterville Springs

Friday, Sept. 19, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
at the Lansing Community Library Center
Old Town Hall
27 Auburn Road, Lansing

Saturday, Sept. 20, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
at TCPL
101 East Green Street, Ithaca

Thursday, Oct. 2, from 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
at TCPL

Friday, Oct. 3, from 4:40 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
For teenagers
at the Greater Ithaca Activities Center
318 North Albany Street, Ithaca

Saturday, Oct. 4, from 10 a.m. to noon
at the Danby Community Library Center
Danby Town Hall
1830 Danby Road, Danby

To register for a workshop, please visit our Web page at http://www.tcpl.org/Health/workshop.html and sign up using the online form. You may also register by e-mailing health@tcpl.org or by calling Patricia Lia at 272-4557, extension 250.