ESL and GED Prep Classes at EGFBS!!

Wednesday, April 11, 2012, is the start of English as a Second Language (ESL) and General Education Diploma (GED) Preparation classes at Elk Grove Food Bank Services.

In these Distance Learning classes you will check out DVDs and workbooks to work on at home. Visit your Distance Learning teacher once a week for one-on-one tutoring (15 minutes). Then check out the next DVD in the series.

This program provided at Elk Grove Food Bank Services in partnership with Elk Grove Adult and Community Education and is sponsored by the City of Elk Grove. Registration and materials fee is $55. Food Bank clients may qualify for a fee waiver.

What: ESL and GED Preparation Classes

When: April 11, 2012 to June 27, 2012

Wednesdays 9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

Where: Elk Grove Food Bank Services

9820 Dino Drive, Suite 140

Elk Grove, CA 95624

Registration and materials fee: $55; Food Bank clients may qualify for a fee waiver

Contact: 916-685-8453, extension 5 for information and reservations

Elk Grove Pet Food Drive

The clients of the food bank also love their pets. As more families struggle with the difficult choices of paying the rent or buying food, some are forced to choose between keeping their pet or putting food on the table.

For families that can't afford to feed their pets, the consequences are greater than just an empty stomach. When families must choose what to cut from their grocery lists, pets often suffer the most. Families can be torn apart, simply because there's not emough money to buy pet food. Consequently, many family pets will be surrendered to already overburdened shelters, and many more will be abandoned.

Sometimes a simple bowl of kibble is the force that keeps a family together and saves the lives of the pets they love. Helping families stay together and keep their pets during times of economic hardship is crucial, not only for the family but also for our community. Like humans, animals deserve the basic necessities in life.

Elk Grove Pet Food Drive

Saturday, April 14, 2012

Noon to 5:00 p.m.

Laguna Gateway Shopping Center - Laguna Boulevard and Bruceville Road

8215 Laguna Boulevard - In Front of Petsmart

For more information contact Liza Morris: 916.257.1865 or visit shopelkgrove.ca.com