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My Dying To Do List

$15

with Jill Braceland, Noble Adult & Community Education

Calendar Mar 19, 2025 at 6 pm

Do you know how much paperwork is involved in organizing your estate? This quick overview deals with matters involving Family, Finances, Future, and Funeral. You will leave with a list of resources. This is an informational seminar only.

Materials fee of $5 is due at the start of class and paid to the instructor.

Veterans Benefits

$15

with Eleanor L Dominguez, Esq., Old Orchard Beach/Saco Adult Education

Calendar Mar 19, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

Are you a veteran or family member of a vet? Need help with health care, real estate, estate planning, or any of the many other aspects of life that veteran families face? Explore the benefits available to veterans and their families, including Aid & Attendance, Pension, and Disability, Dependency & Indemnity (DIC). Elly's interest in veterans' affairs lies very close to home; her father served in the US Navy for 20 years, and her brother is on active duty in the Navy. She is excited to be working with veterans and assisting with their estate planning and legal needs.

Eleanor Dominguez, Esq., has worked at Ainsworth, Thelin, & Raftice, PA since 2014, focusing on elder law, estate planning, and estate administration. In addition, she is accredited in preparing, presenting, and prosecuting claims for veterans’ benefits before the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Adulting 102 Money Grows

Free

with Westbrook Adult Education

Calendar Mar 19, 2025 at 6:30 pm

So, you’re on a budget, managing a bank account, and wondering about the next steps in your financial journey. In Adulting 102, we will look at the differences between saving and investing, and if you are ready to invest, how to get started. Other topics will include protecting your assets (insurance), advanced budgeting, and understanding the role economics plays in our financial life.  Join Steve Kautz, Financial Education Programs Specialist from the Finance Authority of Maine for this 1-hour virtual workshop as you take the next steps into adulting.

**Zoom link will be emailed to you**

Adulting 102: Money Grows

Free

with Finance Authority of Maine, Windham/Raymond Adult Education

Calendar Mar 19, 2025 at 6:30 pm, runs for 1 week

So, you're on a budget, managing a bank account, and wondering about the next steps in your financial journey. We'll look at the differences between saving and investing, and if you are ready to invest, how to get started. Other topics will include protecting your assets (insurance) advanced budgeting, and understanding the role economics plays in our financial life. Join Steve Kautz, FAME's Financial Education Programs Specialist for this one-hour virtual workshop as you take the next steps into Adulting.

Adulting 102: Money Grows

Free

with FAME Finance Authority ME, Mt. Desert Island Adult & Community Education

Calendar Mar 19, 2025 at 6:30 pm, runs for 1 week

So, you’re on a budget, managing a bank account, and wondering about the next steps in your financial journey. In Adulting 102, we will look at the differences between saving and investing, and if you are ready to invest, how to get started. Other topics will include protecting your assets (insurance), advanced budgeting, and understanding the role economics plays in our financial life.  Join Steve Kautz, Financial Education Programs Specialist from the Finance Authority of Maine for this 1-hour virtual workshop as you take the next steps into adulting.   

Plan for the Future: How an Estate Plan Helps Put you in Control

$24 Originally: $0

with Mark Morrison, Windham/Raymond Adult Education

Calendar Mar 26, 2025 at 6 pm, runs for 1 week

Topics focus on strategies individuals can use to care for the people and things they love most and how to leave leaving a lasting and meaningful legacy.

Quickbooks: Basic Accounting Principles and QB Online

$89

with Val Landry, Mt. Desert Island Adult & Community Education

Calendar Apr 1, 2025 at 8:30 am, runs for 3 weeks

During these three sessions, you will learn basic accounting principles and how to apply them to setting up QuickBooks online for a small business or organization.   The design of the course is that you'll attend the class and also do 2-3 hours of work between sessions which greatly enhances your learning. For this workshop, you have the option to receive a yearlong subscription to QB online.  Upon registration, the survey provided will provide information about this opportunity.  This is a live online class using ZOOM.

Please take a few minutes to complete the survey included in your automated receipt so the instructor can tailor the course to meet your needs. 

You will want to have Microsoft Excel on your computer for this workshop and many people find it helpful to have two monitors though it is certainly not necessary to benefit from the sessions.  There are two ways to accomplish this: 1) attach an external screen to your computer (contact our program if you need technical assistance with that); 2) use two computers (one for Excel and the other for the ZOOM meeting.  

Val is a lifelong business educator and academic advisor focused on helping enrich and enhance students' educational and life purposes. He is experienced in college management and, as an adult educator, having taught at the Mid-State College and Kennebec Valley Community College. His teaching experience covers over 45 years in the areas of computer applications, accounting, and Quickbooks training workshops.

Boat America

$49 Originally: $89

with U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary, York Adult Education

Calendar Apr 1, 2025 at 5:30 pm

Boat America is a National Association of Boating Law Administrators certificate class that offers an in-depth and interesting boating safety course, and provides the knowledge needed to obtain a boating certificate. Some insurance companies will also offer discounts on boating insurance to boaters who successfully complete this course. Introduction to Boating – Types of power boats, boating vocabulary, sailboats, paddle boats, powering boats, and engine types. Boating Law – Boat registration, regulations, hull identification numbers, required safety equipment, Federal boating law, state boating law, and reporting accidents. Safety Equipment – Life jackets, fire extinguishers, sound-producing devices, visual distress signals, anchors, and other safety equipment. Safe Operation and Navigation – Buoys and beacons, aids to navigation, navigation rules, docking, and the dangers of alcohol on the water. Boating Emergencies – Hypothermia, boating accidents, man overboard, capsizing, emergency radio calls, carbon monoxide dangers, and weather. Trailering – Types of trailers, lights, hitches, towing a trailer. Sports and Boating – Water-skiing, hunting and hunting gear, PWC operation, and other boating tips. #endoct





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