Montefiore Medical Center (@MontefioreNews) and the Weight Loss Surgery Channel (@wlschannel) will be co-hosting a twitter chat on Bariatric Surgery. The chat will cover a range of topics including who is a candidate for bariatric surgery, the varying types of bariatric surgeries, and how to maintain a healthy lifestyle.
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. invites Bronx residents to join the Borough’s Muslim Community and Break Fast to celebrate Ramadan, the Islamic holiday. The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. in the Bronx County Courthouse on 851 Grand Concourse on July 26. For more information and to RSVP for this event call (718) 590-3522 or email them at Lroldan@bronxbp.nyc.gov.
The Bronx Fellowship is recruiting Bronx mid- to senior-level non-profit professionals for a free nine-month training and networking program to strengthen their professional skills and help them build partnerships and expand their networks. The deadline to apply is Tuesday, July 31. For more information, contact Ariel Ennis at ennisa@jcrcny.org or call (212) 983-4800 ext. 157.
The Fordham Road Business Improvement District (BID) is hosting a summer-time sidewalk sale on Fordham Road. Businesses will display their merchandise and sales items on the sidewalks outside of their stores for the public to browse and shop. This sale will provide an outlet for businesses to display seasonal items and give shoppers and residents the opportunity for savings in their local neighborhood. The sidewalk sale started Thursday and runs from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Friday, July 20 and Saturday, July 21.
In what has become an annual summer tradition, Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera is hosting a free outdoor screening of "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2" tonight at 8 p.m. on Mosholu Parkway, between Van Cortlandt and Bainbridge avenues.
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Department of Health launched the 2012 Water-on-the-Go season, an initiative that will make NYC water at portable drinking fountains, which would be an alternative to bottled water and sugar-sweetened beverages, easily available at more than 20 alternating outdoor locations throughout the five boroughs this summer. The DEP has also developed a free iPhone/iPad mobile app available for download at the iTunes store, to help New Yorkers access the daily Water-on-the-Go schedule. For more information, call 3-1-1 or Chris Gilbride at (718) 595-6600.
After a brief hiatus, the New York Philharmonic is back this summer playing free outdoor concerts in the five boroughs. Tonight, they are playing in the Bronx at Van Cortlandt Park. The performance begins at 8 p.m. Enter the park from Broadway, near West 251st Street. Concert site is north of the baseball fields. Like all of the Concerts in the Parks, the show tonight will be followed by fireworks by Bay Fireworks.
There will be a Veterans Information Resource Fair, Tuesday, July 17, from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. at the Bronx's James J. Peters VA Medical Center, Room 3D-22, 130 W. Kingsbridge Road. For more info contact Johnnie Williams (718) 653-1341.
SUNY North Bronx Career Counseling and Outreach Center offers daily tuition free services including career counseling, college, financial aid and resume and cover letter assistance, as well as job readiness training at 2901 White Plains Rd. Computer literacy and GED programs are available during the day and evening. Seats are limited. For more information, call (718) 547-1001.
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