If your organization is looking to become more social media savvy, the Martha’s Vineyard Donors Collaborative fall workshop will provide tools and knowledge needed for nonprofits looking to use social media effectively for communication and fund-raising.

The workshop will take place on Tuesday, Nov. 30, at the Hebrew Center from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with registration and coffee at 8:30 a.m. The cost is $15 per person, including lunch.

Good in an Emergency?

Vineyard ambulance services are making an appeal to Island residents to become a volunteer EMT. Classes begin in January and go through April. You can be an Island EMT by June.

There will be an open house on Saturday, Dec. 4, from 9 a.m. to noon at the West Tisbury Firehouse on State Road in West Tisbury to provide information on becoming an EMT, applying for town sponsorship and the kind of commitment it takes.

For more information, contact your local ambulance services or visit mvaemt.org.

The Pilgrims survived!

For this they praised the Lord

And thanked their Indian friends

Who taught them how to live

In this different land.

Like them we pause,

From daily toil and furrowed brow relieved,

To feast and laugh and play and rest,

And tell ourselves how much we’re blessed

In this hopeful land.

Could they have known,

Long years ago, where Moses’ trek would lead:

Stiletto heels and MTV,

From Nov. 29 through Dec. 2 the Tisbury School Library will host a Scholastic Book Fair, a fun-filled book sale and literacy event.

The entire community is invited to Here’s to Our Heroes!, the theme of this year’s fair. The after-school hours are Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 2:45 to 4 p.m. and Wednesday from 2:45 to 7 p.m.

Books will be available for all ages, including adults.

Women in History

Phyllis Vecchia will be teaching a women in history theatre education program for the Charter School and Tisbury School.

The program has been initially funded by Mal Jones and supported by Francie Desmone of West Tisbury. Funding was obtained by Sheila Bracy, the former executive director of Women Empowered.

Water Essays

Water Matters, Why We Need to Act Now to Save Our Most Critical Resource, was recently released by AlterNet, an award-winning magazine and online community.

Water Matters includes a contribution from Island writer William Waterway. Other contributing writers include Barbara Kingsolver, Bill McKibben, Maude Barlow and Tina Rosenberg, to name a few.

For more information, please visit alternet.org.