Northern Nevada Briefly Aug. 18

Mentor Center Training and Information Opportunity

Carson City's original mentoring program, the Boys & Girls Clubs of Western Nevada Mentor Center, will host a session Saturday at the club on Russell Way in Carson City.

The session is 9 a.m.-noon and includes breakfast. People interested in mentoring a youth in our community will be given the opportunity to ask questions, get ideas, and be trained as potential mentors.

The Mentor Center was recently awarded a national stimulus money grant through Amachi. It was the only mentoring program in the state of Nevada to receive this very important funding.

The Amachi grant works to service children impacted by incarceration. This includes, but is not limited to, children who live in areas with high crime rates, children who attend schools with high free and reduced lunch rates, and children of incarcerated parents. The number of prisons within Carson City's boundaries makes this grant and program especially vital.

The Mentor Center has been in existence for 10 years, and currently has many children waiting on a list for mentors.

A mentor is asked to spend an hour a week for a minimum of a year with their mentee doing things that they like to do in their everyday lives: fishing, cooking, reading, hiking, talking.

The positive impact that mentoring has on a child crosses all areas of his or her social, academic and emotional states.

To RSVP to attend the Mentor Center session, call 775-445-3346 or e-mail rgordon@wnc.edu.

End of Life presentation at St. Peter's on Thursday

All are invited to attend an "encore" presentation by Paula Schneider, RN, MPH, on end-of-life decisions and how to communicate with family members about this difficult topic. The presentation will be 6 p.m. Thursday at St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 312 N. Division St.

St. Peter's Caregiver Support Group is hosting this important meeting where, for the minimal fee of a dollar, participants can secure their final wishes.

If you are wise, brave or even just efficient enough to discuss your final wishes, than this is the presentation for you.

Call Deb Cash at 887-8846 to confirm your attendance as the last presentation filled up quickly.

Also, anyone that is a caregiver is most welcome to come and meet others that night who understand and wish to help with the resources necessary to care for a seriously ill loved one or friend.

Vendors, entrants wanted for Dayton Valley Days

Vendors and parade entrants - both the general the pet parade - are invited to participate in Dayton Valley Days, Sept. 18 and 19 in downtown Dayton.

To register, got to www.daytonvalley

days.org. For more information, call 775-246-7550.

The Dayton Valley Days celebration includes vendors, parades, street fair, silent auction, games, show-n-shine, Wild West Shootout and Gundog Champion-ships.

Carson Plaza to honor veterans with brunch

Carson Plaza retirement community, located at 2120 E. Long in Carson City, is hosting an AMVETS Appreciation Brunch 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Aug. 30.

The event is in honor of local veterans. In addition to the chef-prepared brunch, guests are welcome to enjoy live music from the Kid Fiddlers at 1 p.m. To RSVP or to learn more, call Carson Plaza at 775-883-1221.

In celebration of this event, seniors who tour Carson Plaza before Sept. 30 will receive a Freedom Days scratch card for the chance to instantly win up to five years of free rent.

Visit www.holidayfreedomdays.com to learn more about the Freedom Days offer.

Carson Plaza, 2120 E. Long in Carson City, is one of Holiday Retirement's more than 300 Independent Retirement Living communities throughout the United States and Canada.

For more information, call 775-883-1221. www.holidaytouch.com.