The Mill Neck Manor festival brings the best of the autumn season to LI. This year's festival, Oct. 11 and 12 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., features apples, handmade country crafts, seasonable produce, grilled bratwurst, children's activities and more. Visitors will have an opportunity to learn about the deaf, the Mill Neck Family of Organizations and its services. There will be a Cheese House, baked goods, jellies, fudge and strudels. The Country Store features a full-line of Karl Ehmer wurst and bacon products. The "Gourmet Shop" offers fine snacks and sparkling apple cider. In the children's activities area, Gooseberry Grove will have a fantastic array of games, including an inflatable slide. Musicians Michele Purcell and Barbara Fine Buxbaum will perform. Facepainting by Agostino Arts on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. The festival also showcases the latest in deaf technology, sign language novelty items and books, a hearing van featuring free hearing screenings from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. both days and a 50/50 raffle. Tickets are $10 each and the winner, picked on Oct. 12 at 3 pm, receives half of all money collected. Proceeds go towards supporting the Mill Neck Family of Organizations. To become a Golden "Presenting" Sponsor, an Empire Sponsor, a Gala Sponsor or a McIntosh Sponsor, or for more information, call 628-4243. Sponsored by Temple Sinai, 270 Clocks Blvd. Entry tickets are $5 each and extra cards are $1 each. There will be special raffles for larger door prizes. Doors open at 6 p.m. Call 631-957-2953. 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. Chapter #1 regular monthly meeting at 8 p.m. (1:30 p.m. during the winter months) at American Legion Post #1711, 3123 N. Jerusalem Rd., Levittown. The chapter meets on the third Monday of every month (except July and August). Call 334-1025. 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. Workshop presented by Bideawee, 3300 Beltagh Ave., Wantagh, at 7 p.m. Two experienced and talented dog trainers, Mike Rueb and Kate Alfano, will show how to teach your dog some fun tricks. These activities provide mental as well as physical stimulation to do which are both very important to their general health and attitude. To register call 785-4199, ext. 1. 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 third Wednesday of the month at 8 p.m. at the Village Hall, Front St., Massapequa Park. Call 797-4899. Farmingdale AARP Chapter 3967 welcomes new members, offers senior information, entertainment and Bingo at meetings which are held on the third Wednesday of the month at 1 p.m. at the Farmingdale Public Library. 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. Sponsored by the Community Center of Plainview-Old Bethpage. State approved for insurance and point reduction. Sponsored by N.Y.S.P. Oct. 16 and 23 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. and Oct. 25 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. Held every Friday at Manor East Catering Hall, 201 Jerusalem Ave., Massapequa (off Broadway), from noon to 3:30 p.m. Coffee, cake, bagels, pastries, tuna salad. Professional DJ, singles and couples areas, hosts for singles. $9 donation. Call 718-891-4209. On Sept. 12 and 26, there will be a hot buffet luncheon dance (salad, three entrees, vegetable, bread, dessert, coffee, cash bar, $15pp). Call 718-332-7825 or email Dancezee@aol.com. COPE, a grief and healing organization dedicated to supporting parents and families living with the loss of a child, is offering a day of self-nurturing and renewal for bereaved families in the community. 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Camp Coleman in Merrick. Registration materials are available on COPE's website at www.copefoundation.org. Call Karen Flyer 484-4993. The Sons of Italy - Columbus Lodge will be holding a dinner/dance at the Stuart Thomas Manor on Oct. 24 to raise money for education scholarships for graduating seniors from the Farmingdale, Massapequa, Bethpage and Plainedge High Schools. A full cocktail hour, dinner/dancing, desert and a night of fun is included for $75 pp. Call 876-6611 for more information.