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Legal Workshop
State Sen. Gustavo Rivera presents a “Know Your Rights Legal Workshop: Stop and Frisk” on Wednesday, April 9 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Renaissance Youth Center, 3485 Third Ave. For more information or to RSVP (required), call (718) 933-2034 or email RSVPSenatorRivera@gmail.com.

Crime Prevention Workshops
The Bronx DA’s Crime Victims and Community Affairs Units will sponsor several free workshops, for adults ages 21+ only, honoring Crime Prevention Week, at Community Board 12’s Carriage House, 4101 White Plains Rd.: “Protecting Our Children, a new approach; lessons learned from sex offenders,” Tuesday, April 8; “The Many Faces of Domestic Violence,” Wednesday, April 9; and “Sexual Assault,” Thursday, April 10; all from 6 to 8 p.m. For more information or to RSVP, call (718) 838-7461. 

Homebuyer Counseling & Free Tax prep
The University Neighborhood Housing Program holds homebuyer counseling sessions at the Northwest Bronx Resource Center, 2715 Bainbridge Ave., offering free one-on-one professional assistance (appointments are available on the first and third Friday of every month) and free tax preparation sessions most Wednesdays (1 to 5 p.m.) and Saturdays (10 a.m. to 4 p.m.) until April 9. For more information or an appointment, call (78) 933-2539.

Poster Contest
The Bronx Borough President’s Office invites Bronx students in all grades to enter its “Respect Our Block” poster contest. This event is geared towards quality of life issues and borough pride. Entries are due by April 11 at the BP’s office. For more information, visit http://bit.ly/respectourblock.

SYEP
NYC’s Summer Youth Employment Program is accepting applications for residents ages 14 to 24 through April 25. Those chosen will be selected via lottery drawing. Participants are paid minimum wage and work at diverse types of businesses. For more information, call (800) 246-4646 or visit www.nyc.gov/dycd.

MetroCard Vans
MetroCard vans will be making stops on the second and fourth Friday of each month at Fordham Road and the Grand Concourse from noon to 2 p.m.; and Fordham Plaza from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Seniors with photo ID may apply for reduced fare cards and others may add value or purchase cards.  For more information, call (212) METRO-CARD or visit www.mta.info. 

Summer Camp Applications
The Fresh Air Fund is accepting applications for its free 2014 summer camp program for eligible children ages 6 to12 for the Volunteer Host Family Program, and ages 8 to 15 for the camping program in Fishkill, NY. For more information, call (800) 367-0003 or go online to www.freshair.org.

Registration is open for summer day camp at the Kingsbridge Heights Community Center, 3101 Kingsbridge Terrace. For more information, call Marlene Delgado at (718) 884-0700 ext. 168 or visit www.khcc.org