Free Employer Seminar: Disability Awareness For Employers

Get your reservation in now for the free employer seminar: Disability Awareness for Employers sponsored by Jefferson County Missouri Employer Committee, Missouri Department of Economic Development, Missouri Career Center - Arnold Office, and Adult Vocational Services. The seminar will be held at the Arnold Branch of the Jefferson County Library, 1701 Missouri State Rd, on Thursday, October 25, 2007 from 8:30 a.m to 10:45 a.m.

Speakers include:

• Glen Abramowski, a Boeing employee will discuss successful employment with a visual impairment
• Linda Baker of the Governor's Council on Disabilities will cover workplace accommodations
• Larry White of the Missouri Career Center will discuss work opportunity tax credits for employers

Please contact Bob Swartz at the Missouri Career Center for more information: 1-800-292-1314 or robert.swartz@ded.mo.gov. Reservations should be in by October 19th to reserve a space for this free seminar.

Giving Back Through Everyday Tasks

What if Jefferson County Library earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Well, now we can! GoodSearch.com is a new search engine that donates half its revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. You use it just as you would any search engine, and it's powered by Yahoo!, so you get great results. Just go to http://www.goodsearch.com/ and be sure to enter Jefferson County Library as the charity you want to support. Make it even easier by downloading the GoodSearch toolbar. Just 500 of us searching four times a day will raise about $7300 in a year without anyone spending a dime! And, be sure to spread the word!


You can also help while doing online shopping with Shop the Library,
http://www.shopforthelibrary.com/, a program initiated by the Woodlands CA Public Library with funding from an LSTA grant. Numerous retailers will donate a varying percentage of your online purchases to your favorite charity. To sign up for the program, go to the web site listed above, register, choose the library as your charity, and download auto track on your computer. When you go to a retailer's web site that is participating in Shop for the Library, auto track will automatically pop-up a Shop for the Library logo indicating that a percentage of your purchase will go to your chosen charity.

Please take advantage of these opportunities to give back to your community by creating more funds for the library through your everyday tasks.