Member: Sandra M. Moore

Sandra M. Moore M.A., founder and principal of the Hyde Park-based Next Step College Counseling, was featured in the “Challenging Careers” column of HVBiz magazine (August 16th edition).

Member: Pattie Simone

Pattie Simone of Write-Communications.com, Marketing-Advantage.net and WomenCentric.net is doing video reporting for mass media and companies. In early June, Pattie did her first video interview for Entrepreneur Media with Tony Hsieh, the CEO of Zappos.com, which was recently acquired by Amazon for a cool billion dollars! She has since covered TWTRCON and MRCC Networking Events, and has begun work on an independently produced film on women entrepreneurs. Check out her YouTube Channel, as Pattie will be uploading new VideoBizTips every week, as well as events she has covered. Give her a shout about her company commercial & YouTube packages - MHWN members can get 20% off her Intro Video Promo Package of $395 (add only $25-75 to cover travel & onsite shoot fees for Hudson Valley projects outside of Rockland County. Fee includes posting on your active YouTube channel.)

Another exciting happening - Pattie was interviewed by MSNBC and Twooting, The Podcast where Twitter Means Business at TWTRCON.

Member: Dolly Decker

Elizabeth "Dolly" Decker, one of our original members, has been elected to the office of President of Ulster County Habitat for Humanity. Having worked for the organization for some years as treasurer, Dolly has stepped up to the plate to lead the 14 year old organization in it's efforts to create decent affordable housing for those in need and willing to partner with the organization. Habitat is a hand up, not a hand out. To volunteer or to donate your skills or funds please register on ulstercountyhabitat.org 845-340-0907

American Craftman Gallery's Grand Opening Reception on Friday August 27 from 6-8PM.

Lisa
American Craftsman Gallery
19 N. Front St. ~ New Paltz
845-633-8945 gallery (11:30-7:00, till 5 or later on Sundays; closed Tuesdays)  

Self-Healing with
One Light Healing Touch
One Light Healing Touch (OLHT) is a unique, comprehensive, heart-centered and grounded approach toward health and healing. It draws from the Shamanic, Esoteric and Holistic traditions. Energy healing is an ancient practice integral to many cultures around the world. Today there is a resurgence of interest in this powerful and long proven healing method. Join us for a fascinating, experiential evening of energy healing. Learn how life force energy flows, how we create reality and how to release old programming and stress in order to become more grounded, focused, joyful and aware. Discover how to tap into your own innate healing ability.

Nancy Plumer, MS., is an intuitive energy healer and has been studying holistic healing for over
28 years. She is a certified One Light Healing Touch Practitioner/Instructor and a long time Kripalu yoga teacher. She is the co-founder of Women with Wisdom and teaches at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY. She has a private healing practice in Stone Ridge, NY.

For more information contact Nancy Plumer at 845-687-2252 or nplumer@hvi.net and visit www.womenwithwisdom.com

Save the Date Details
Self-Healing with One Light Healing Touch Intro Evenings Details

August 9th
The Nurtured Spirit - Warwick, NY

August 10th
Woodstock Wellness, Woodstock, NY

August 17th
Palenville Library
Palenville, NY

August 19th
Studio 208
Cornwall-on- Hudson

August 23
Town of Esopus Library, Port Ewen, NY


Women with Wisdom
Reconnection Day
October 2010 TBD

One Light Healing Touch Energy Healing and Mystery School
Starts October 2010. For a brochure or more information, call 845 687-2252 Details



Healer Support Group for graduates of OLHT meets 2nd Thursday of each month - next dates is August 12 from 6:30-8:30pm.

Sandra M. Moore, M.A., former college admissions director and founder and principal of Next Step College Counseling, will be leading a three-part workshop series for rising high school seniors, "How to Write a Winning College Essay," on three consecutive evenings: August 5, 12 and 19 at Poughkeepsie Day School. The series provides an individualized, hands-on learning opportunity that will enable kids to tackle this critical task EARLY and, as a result, to feel less pressured in the fall. If you know of a family who might be interested in registering their student, please let Sandra know, and she will be happy to contact them directly. For more information: www.nextstepcollegecounseling.com/news.html.

I just launched the Facebook page for my Next Step College Counseling practice. It will be where I post photos and other tidbits that both my current and prospective clients may find useful (in addition to the info on my website).
If you are members of Facebook, I'd love for you to click on the Facebook logo below, which will take you to the page. Then, please click on the "like" symbol at the top of the page (which has replaced the "become a fan" button). And, of course, please feel free to give me feedback on it and suggest things that you think might be fun/interesting to post on it.

Thanks!
Sandra M. Moore, M.A.
Founder and Principal
Next Step College Counseling
College Aid Blog
15 Main Street
Hyde Park, NY 12538
845-242-8336

CLINIC DAY -
Saturday – August 21st, 2010
Wappingers Falls, NY
“Summer Sizzler Tune-Up Special !! ”

This “Tune-Up” Special offers you the opportunity of a brief 30 minute appointment for $25. This is light on the wallet and especially helpful to most in this floundering economy!

Do you, a family member or a friend have a specific health concern?

Are you curious as to how herbal medicine and integrative therapies can address bigger issues such as Cancer and its aftercare, Type II Diabetes, or even weight loss and menopausal problems, then this appointment can help!

As an added bonus you will be seen by my Mentor – Cynthia V. Baker, RH, AHG in conjunction with me, Lorraine Hughes, CH

SPECIFICS:
● Clinic hours will be held from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM

● Appointments are to be made by calling Lorraine Hughes at (845) 416-4598
(if I am unavailable to take your call, please leave a message as to when is the
best time to reach you). At this time you will be assigned a time slot.

● After your appointment time slot has been set, payment in the amount of $25.00
must be mailed or dropped off by Friday August 13th, 2010. If your payment is
not received you will forfeit your time slot.

● This $25.00 payment is non-refundable and cannot be applied to any other visit,
herbal formula or supplements.

● The Clinic Day fee does not include any supplement or herbal formula(s).

If you are a new client coming in this date for a 30 minute appointment and
would like to schedule a full new-client appointment, a follow-up initial visit will
be scheduled and the balance due for the new client will be only $50.00.
This represents a $25.00 savings.

Lorraine Hughes, CH
Empowered By Nature (845)416-4598
www.EmpoweredByNature.webs.com

Lighthouse tours start July 3, 2010

The Esopus Meadows Lighthouse will open for tours starting July 3, 2010.  While the restoration project continues, enough progress has been made to allow people to once again visit. At this time, while we will open for tours, there is still a fair amount of construction material present.  People should wear soft shoes, no high heels or open toes will be allowed.  Children under 12 will not be permitted at this time.

Tours will depart at 1:00 PM on the following dates:

• July 3, 2010
• July 17, 2010
• July 31, 2010
• August 14, 2010
• August 28, 2010
• September 6, 2010
• September 11, 2010
• September 25, 2010
• October 9, 2010

Cost will be $20 per person.  Please call the light house phone number, 845-848-3669, to make reservations.

40th Anniversary Celebration
August 14th

2nd Washbourne Memorial Golf Tournament
August 14th, sponsored by Ulster Savings

Tour de Family - Woodstock
August 22, 2010

Equestrian Art Exhibition and Auction
September 10th, HITS & The Fletcher Gallery

DRA Imaging now Open in Lagrange!

DRA Imaging has opened an additional center in Lagrange at the Taconic Crossing, 1351 Route 55. Services include: Digital Mammography, Bone Densitometry, Digital X-RAY, Ultrasound and EVLT. Included in this new building is New Image, a medical spa. New Image offers the latest Smartlipo®, which is a laser assisted lipolysis. Unlike traditional liposuction, Smartlipo® is a revolutionary, minimally invasive treatment that permanently destroys fat cells. Now you can eliminate what diet and exercise won't. New Image will also offer massages, facials, eye treatments, laser hair removal, and reflexology all under the supervision of a DRA Imaging Interventional Radiologist. For information call, (845) 790-5800 or 1-888-ONE-1618.

Dutchess County Regional Chamber

Upcoming Events

Member: Penny Price Lavin

Member: Maryellen Whittington-Couse

Member: Marika Blossfeldt

              
www.delicious-nutrition.com

Summer Retreats at Polli Talu Arts Center, Estonia
August 04 – 10, 2010
Delicious Nutrition Wellness Retreat
With Marika Blossfeldt, Holistic Health Coach

Immerse yourself instantly in a healthy natural lifestyle and feel all tensions leaving your body. Allow your senses and mind to open up to new flavors and healthful concepts making caring for your body and soul easy and enjoyable.

A week of awareness, relaxation and awakening your taste buds

Whether you are looking to

• manage weight
• restore energy and vitality
• strengthen immunity
• balance your moods, or
• learn to cook simple delicious wholesome meals

this retreat will offer information and inspiration for a lifetime of healthier choices.
Join us for a life changing week in the serene landscape of rural Estonia.

Cost for retreat:

US $1050 includes transfer from Tallinn airport to Polli Talu, meals and accommodations, yoga and cooking classes, 2 massages, and 1 outing per person (international travel is not included)

Visit our Nordic oasis for details at: http://www.pollitalu.org/english/schedule/schedule.retreats.html

Member: Marika Blossfeldt, 646-241-8478, author of “Looduslik toit. Täisväärtuslik elu”

Mill Street Loft, a multi-arts educational center based in Poughkeepsie and celebrating 30 years of community service, is offering a full Fall schedule of arts programming for children and adults of all ages and abilities at five Dutchess County venues in Poughkeepsie, Beacon, Red Hook and Millbrook. The award-winning Art Institute of Mill Street Loft, a pre-college portfolio preparation program, is expanding its offerings this fall to include a Portfolio Development course and NEW Creating Murals course in Beacon, as well as courses in Red Hook, and at Mill Street Loft’s Poughkeepsie studio at 45 Pershing Avenue. Also NEW this year is an Introduction to the InDesign Program at Dutchess BOCES.

The Fall brochure (viewable at www.millstreetloft.org click on: about/brochures-forms/) includes listings of a wide variety of subject areas including: Kindermusik for parents and little ones from birth to age 4; Dutchess Arts Camp in the Fall for ages 4 through 10; Magical Paper Arts workshops; Sing Out! Reach Out! (SORO); Chair Yoga; Arts For Alzheimer’s programs; and a full complement of varied visual arts courses - illustration, mixed media, clay, pastels, oil painting, sculptural welding, stained glass and traditional weaving.

On-line registration and complete course listings available at www.millstreetloft.org. For further information, call 845.471.7477 or email: info@millstreetloft.org.

New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce to Host Health Care Reform Informational Breakfast

The New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce will hold a health care reform informational breakfast for small business on Tuesday, August 3, 2010 from 7:30 - 9:00 a.m. at the Terrace Restaurant, SUNY New Paltz campus. Sponsored by Brinckerhoff and Neuville, Inc. and Rose and Kiernan, Inc., the breakfast will feature presenter Daniel Colacino of Rose and Kiernan. This event is free to New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce members. Reservations are required. Call the Chamber at 845-255-0243 or email info@newpaltzchamber.org for more information or to RSVP.

This informational breakfast will be a healthy discussion about the nuances of Health Care Reform and its impact upon small business, and will touch upon an overall timeline of events; the small business tax credit; recent guidance issued from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Department of Labor, and the IRS; New Employer Notice requirements; and some of the major 2014 events.

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Cinda Baxter to Present The 3/50 Project: Building Business from the
Ground Up at SUNY New Paltz as Part of Exclusive Four-Stop Northeast Tour

Pick 3, spend 50, save your local economy. This simple premise has inspired small-business owners and empowered consumers to create positive change since trusted expert Cinda Baxter launched the national phenomenon now known as The 3/50 Project with a March, 2009 blog post. Learn about how the Project came to be, what it's grown into today, and how you can use it to strengthen your own business as Baxter brings her expertise to the Hudson Valley, one of only four stops on her tour of the Northeast. Co-produced by the Regional Chamber of Commerce Foundation at New Paltz and the Gardiner Association of Businesses (GAB), Cinda Baxter presents "The 3/50 Project: Building Business from the Ground Up" on Friday, August 13, 2010 from 8:30 - 9:30 a.m. in Lecture Center 102, SUNY New Paltz. Check-in and registration begins at 8:00 a.m.; the program will be followed by a half-hour question-and-answer period. Tickets are $20 for NPRCoC and GAB members and $30 non-members in advance; $25 for NPRCoC and GAB members and $35 non-members on the day of the program. Visit www.newpaltzchamber.org to purchase advance tickets online, or call the Chamber at 845-255-0243. To learn more about The 3/50 Project, visit www.The350Project.net.

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Advance Admission Now Available for
Historic 20th Annual Taste of New Paltz

New Paltz Regional Chamber of Commerce announces discount advance admission and advance admission packages are now on sale for the historic 20th Annual Taste of New Paltz coming up on Sunday, September 12, 2010 from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm at the Ulster County Fairgrounds, New Paltz. The Chamber is also excited to report that, for the first time, advance admission to the Taste is available for purchase online at www.tasteofnewpaltz.com.
Advance admission is only $3, and a limited number of advance admission packages may be purchased for $20. Advance admission packages include admission, 10 "taste tickets" and a commemorative 2010/20 Years Taste of New Paltz t-shirt. By buying admission wristbands in advance, attendees can skip the admission line and walk directly into the fairgrounds, saving both time and money.

Admission on the day of the Taste is $5; children under 12 admitted free. $2 and $3 "tastes" are offered at each of the food and beverage venues. For more information or to purchase advance admission visit www.tasteofnewpaltz.com, call 845-255-0243, or stop into the Chamber office at 257 Main Street, New Paltz.

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www.newpaltzchamber.org

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Member: Kim Miller

SURVIVING SISTERS' BOUTIQUE proudly promotes an 'Electic Jewelry Weekend Explosion' with Designs by Kim.

Kim has been creating original pieces of jeweled artworks for over 15 years. She uses Sterling Silver, Brass, Copper, Crystals, Precious & Semi-Precious Stones, Pearls, Beads, & the newest, Framed Artwork Pieces. I am blessed to have Kim as one of the in-house jewelers who also accommodates customers with custom designed works. Her designs are especially popular with brides & their wedding party. Imagine on your special day, getting 'something old' & having it recreated to fit your style!

I'm thrilled "HELP YOURSELF TO A LIFE YOU LOVE" got through to Round 2 of the Next Top Author competition for spiritual writers.

Hope all are well. Do keep in touch.

THANK YOU!, Puja

Member: Ruth Sheets

Quantum Biofeedback is used for stress reduction, pain management, detoxification, and enhancing the quality of life. Most symptoms can be helped by wicking away stress. Quantum Biofeedback can also be used for children's issues such as ADHD, asthma, and allergies. The biofeedback device picks up the energy from the body enabling the recognition of core issues. Balancing energy is returned to the body, encouraging the body to heal itself.

Receive $10 off your first visit when you mention this ad on the MHWN website!

Ruth S. Sheets, Certified Biofeedback Technician
www.sweetwellnessjourney.com
39 Collegeview Ave.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
845-471-7357

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Member: Pattie Simone

WomenCentric®
PO Box 124
Pomona, New York 10970

Media contact: Pattie Simone, (845) 362-7880, Success@WomenCentric.net
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Music for Healing: An Introduction to the Diamond Method

PETER MUIR PH.D., JUDITH MUIR, M.M. M.AM.S.A.T.