COMING UP
LUNCH AND LEARN: Bring your lunch and attend a free seminar on “Self-Advocacy for the Disabled” at noon Tuesday, in the HUD offices, 465 Main St., sixth-floor conference room. Rich Marino of AmeriCorps will speak. For details, call 551-5755, Ext. 5605.
GED CLASSES: The Blossom Garden Friends School will offer high school equivalency study classes from 6:30 to 8:30 p. m. on Tuesdays at the school, 13961 Sisson Highway, Collins. The free program is sponsored by Rep. Jack Quinn III with public funds from the state Education Department. To register, call 532-1004.
MEETING: The Cheektowaga Town Park Homeowners Association will meet at 6:30 p. m. Tuesday in the Alexander Street Community Center, 275 Alexander St., Cheektowaga.
FARM STORIES: The North Tonawanda Public Library ( www.ntlibrary.org ), 505 Meadow Drive, is sponsoring a family story time about farms for children, ages 2 and up accompanied by an adult, from 6:30 to 7:15 p. m. Tuesday. Farm stories, songs and crafts are planned. Registration is required in person or by phone, 693-4132, Ext 5. LECTURE: St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute presents the inaugural speech in Ripples of Hope: the Eric Scott Pitman Lectures in Ethics and Social Justice series, 6:30 p. m., Wednesday in the Cullen Lecture Hall at St. Joseph’s Collegiate Institute, 845 Kenmore Ave. Hosted by the school’s Model United Nations Club, the free lecture—Human Rights and Wrongs—The Global Implications of Human Interaction—will be delivered by Dr. Claude E. Welch Jr. of Oxford University. For information, call Scott Burns at 270-4115.
GALA: The Western New York Alzheimer’s Association will hold a disco-themed gala from 6 p. m. to 11:30 p. m. May 2 in Hyatt Regency Buffalo. The gala will feature cocktails, a sit-down dinner, dancing, themed basket raffles, live and silent auctions. All proceeds benefit programs for Alzheimer’s patients and their families. Tickets are $125 each or $1,000 for a table of 10 and must be purchased by Friday. Call 626-0600 for details or tickets.
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