The center is located in the back of McKenna School on Second Ave. and Spruce St. in Massapequa Park. Meetings are Mondays and Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The center offers luncheons, day trips, arts and crafts, painting, speakers, stretch and relaxation exercises and Chi Kung. The program is sponsored by S.D. #23. Call 797-6028. Regular monthly meeting. 8 p.m at the firehouse, 1 Brooklyn Ave. Meetings are held every second and fourth Monday of each month. Meets on the second Tuesday of the month at 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Hall, 66 Veterans Blvd., Massapequa. Free parking, free admission, guests welcome. Refreshments served. Junior members always welcome. Call Mike Foran 798-6766; Ken Smith 631-589-0913 or Brandie 631-473-4018. Disabled America Veterans (DAV) was founded in 1920, is congressionally chartered and dedicated to building better lives for America's disabled veterans and their families. DAV Chapter #143 includes members from all of Nassau County. Meetings are held from September to June on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at TOBAY's Town Hall South, 977 Hicksville Rd., Massapequa. Call 797-6921 for further information or e-mail at DAVChapter143@gmail.com. Come and join your fellow veterans in support of each other. Group information meetings will be held on Wednesdays at 10 a.m. Free services and options available to qualified LI residents. Job seekers, displaced homemakers (widowed, divorced, abandoned, separated, single parents, those on public assistance or with a permanently disabled or chronically unemployed spouse), and certified dislocated workers will be interested in the programs designed for them. Job placement assistance and job readiness programs. No fee for meeting or services. Programs are funded by the NYS Legislature, LI's United Way and the UJA/Federation Campaign. Call 598-0108 for an appointment. Covers the factors which influence your decision to adopt children, sources used for information, relationships with siblings and other family members, the first weeks at home, talking to the child about being adopted (how and when), issues that arise should the child want to meet his/her biological parents including: will you help in the search, how to go about getting information, how to handle the situation. 10 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesdays at the Massapequa Mothers' Center, Church of St. Jude, 3606 Lufberry Ave., Wantagh. For information call 679-4641. Every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Beth Shalom Center of Amityville and the Massapequas, 79 County Line Rd., Amityville. 264-2891. Meets on the second Wednesday of each month in the community room at the Ellsworth W. Allen Town Park on Motor Ave., Farmingdale. All are welcome to attend. The club serves the communities of Farmingdale, North Massapequa, Plainedge, Bethpage, Old Bethpage, Plainview and Farmingdale State University. For more information call 909-8318, or email info@centraloysterbaydems.cjb.net. Meets on Thursdays from 12:15 to 3:15 p.m. at the Plainedge Library, 1060 Hicksville Rd., Massapequa. All ages. Scrabble players wanted. Call Judy 827-9506. Held every Friday at Manor East, 201 Jerusalem Ave., Massapequa (off Broadway), from noon to 3 p.m. Coffee, cake, bagels, tuna salad and great music. Onsite parking, for a $9pp donation. Call 718 891-4209. Two of Long Island's top social workers explore in separate workshops, the basics of getting started in adoption and issues that may arise growing up adopted including multicultural challenges and how to talk to your children about adoption. The speakers are Cathleen Danowski and Caren Sue Peet. Open to the general public. New member orientation and pre and post support groups 6:30 p.m. General meeting 7 p.m. Lectures 7:30 p.m. at the Church of St. Jude, 3606 Lufberry Ave., Wantagh. Go to www.adoptiveparents.org. Will be held by the Massapequa Homemakers Evening Chapter, rain or shine, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at McKenna School in the Senior Center (rear entrance), Second Ave., Massapequa Park. Call Sue 798-6133. Hempstead Power Squadron, in conjunction with Nassau County and the National Safe Boating Council, will present a program of Safe Boating Demonstrations from 1 to 3 p.m. at Wantagh Park. The theme for the North American Safe Boating Campaign is Boat Smart, Boat Safe, Wear Your Life Jacket. Members of the squadron will be available to discuss life jacket requirements, boating safety and answer questions. Literature will available. All activities, with the exception of the seminars (9:30 a.m. and 1:30 p.m.), are free to the public. Vessel safety checks will be performed. You can bring your boat to the Wantagh Park launching ramp or by trailer to the parking lot. Upon completion, your vessel will be awarded a sticker for the 2008 boating season. The cost for the seminar materials is $40 for each seminar. Space is limited. Call 293-7773 to register or e-mail HBPSEDU@att.net. Featuring records, CDs, tapes, memorabilia, dealers who carry a large selection of new and used, rare, collectible and common records, CDs, tapes, 45s, 12" singles, posters, T-shirts, etc. All types of music: rock, metal, jazz, R and B, alternative, classical, new age, soul, show, sound tracks, folk, comedy, disco, new releases, imports, out of print and more. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the American Legion, Broadway and Veterans Hwy. (at LIRR). Massapequa. Admission $5. Call Fred Falk 973-773-6067. Sponsored by the Community Center of Plainview-Old Bethpage. State approved for insurance and point reduction. Sponsored by N.Y.S.P. May 17 from 8:30 to 3 p.m. at the Plainview Middle School, Central Park Rd. To register call 1-516-495-4786. There is a connection problem in some areas of Nassau County. You must dial 1-516 first even if that is your area code. The regular monthly meeting of the Board of Commissioners scheduled for May 26 has been rescheduled for May 19 at 8 p.m. at the firehouse, 1 Brooklyn Ave. Meetings are usually held every second and fourth Monday of each month. The Mill Neck Family of Organizations announces its 2nd annual "Spring Swing" Invitational Golf Tournament, to be held on May 19 at the Brookville Country Club. The event will benefit Mill Neck Manor School for the Deaf, the Mill Neck Manor Early Childhood Center and Mill Neck Services for Deaf Adults. Sign up now! Entries are limited to the first 25 men's, ladies' or mixed foursomes. For an entry fee of only $295 per person, guests will enjoy brunch, a practice session, golf challenges and a BBQ on the course. Cocktails, a Champions Dinner, raffle prizes, a silent auction, golf contest awards and honoree recognition will follow the tournament. Golfers may register a foursome for $1,100. Don't play golf? Register for dinner only at $85 per person. Sponsorship opportunities are available. To register for golf, sign up for dinner only, or to sponsor the event, contact Nancy Leghart 628-4243.