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age child with diabetes? I am
interested in forming a fellow
ship group for children and
their parents coping with this
disease.
The idea is to get together
periodically for fun events,
fundraising and diabetes advo
cacy work and, most
important, to let the children
know they are not tackling this
alone.
We can divide the group by
age if appropriate.
This is also a great way for
teenage diabetics to pick up
some babysitting jobs.
If interested, contact
Pamela Bartz at (770) 205-
6509 or by email at
pbartz@thecambergroup.com.
Alcoholics Anonymous
... offers meetings at differ
ent locations.
For meeting times and
information, call (770) 886-
0696.
Narcotics Anonymous
... offers six meetings a
week and a 24-hour Help
Line.
The Help Line number is
(678) 549-2157.
The Young Women’s
Cancer Survivor Group
... meets the second
Tuesday of each month from
6:30-8:30 p.m. at
Northside/Interchange
Professional Building. 5780
Peachtree-Dunwoody Rd.,
Suite 445.
This group is for women
ages 21-38 deal with concerns
around body image, dating,
sexuality, fertility, parenting,
family and work issues.
Laurel Gulish, M.A., who
is a licensed psychotherapist,
facilitates the program.
For information, call (404)
845-5640 or go to
www.thewellnesscommunity
atlanta.org.
Cancer Info Line
... Northeast Georgia
Medical Center offers a cancer
information line, a free tele
phone service to northeast
Georgia communities provid-
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ing education, information and
resources to cancer patients,
family members and the gen
eral public.
Services include physician
and community referrals as
well as distribution of litera
ture, audiotapes and videos on
cancer and related services.
An experienced oncology
nurse coordinates these patient
services.
Call the cancer information
line at (770) 533-8850 or
(800) 466-4516, Monday-
Friday between 9 a.m. and
5:30 p.m.
Think First Injury
Prevention program
... Each year, about 12,000
people in the United States
will become paralyzed by
spinal cord injuries, and
another 500,000 will acquire a
brain injury.
Fifty percent of these
injuries will happen to young
people between the ages of 15
and 24.
By working with area mid
dle and high schools, a young
person with a spinal cord
injury educates students on
avoiding violence and promot
ing safety in driving, diving,
hunting, bicycle riding to
reduce the number of spinal
cord and brain injuries.
Those interested in sched
uling an injury prevention pro
gram may call Shepherd
Center’s injury prevention
coordinator at (404) 350-7469.
Peachtree Hospice
... needs volunteers to sup
port and assist patients with a
limited life expectancy and
their caregivers.
Free training provided.
Volunteers are also needed
for special events and projects.
Call Gail Hunter at (770)
698-8785 for details on the
next training date.
Diabetes Support Group
... meets each month to dis
cuss how to maintain your dia
betes and stay healthy.
The group meets on the
second Monday of each month
at 10 a.m. at the Forsyth
County Health Department.
The program is headed by a
registered dietitian and a reg
istered nurse. Each month the
program assists people in
gaining skills and knowledge
to help control diabetes and
their general health. This
month’s program-is on nutri
tion and the guest speaker will
offer various programs, espe
cially for diabetes who tradi
tionally cannot get any type of
health care benefits. Everyone
is invited.
For information, call Marie
Thompson, RN, at (770) 781-
6918 or Mary Ann Dolan at
(770)535-5874.
Free Blood Pressure
Screenings
... North Fulton Regional
Hospital, in conjunction with
Senior Services North Fulton
Inc., will be sponsoring free
blood pressure screenings on
the second Tuesday of every
month from 10 a.m. to noon at
Senior Services North Fulton
Inc., 1250 Warsaw Rd.,
Roswell.
No appointment is neces
sary.
For information, call (770)
993-1906.
Life Link
... of Georgia, the agency
that coordinates organ and tis
sue donations, is seeking vol
unteers to assist with educa
tional programs pertaining to
organ and tissue donations and
transplantation throughout
Georgia.
Volunteer activities include
public speaking, staffing
information tables at driver
license offices and health
fairs, presentations to nursing
and medical staff, and more.
Potential volunteers
include transplant recipients
and their families, patients
waiting for an organ or tissue
transplant, donor families or
anyone interested in organ and
tissue donation.
All volunteers will be
trained by Life Link staff.
For meeting times or infor
mation, call Jeff Al-Mashat at
(800) 544-6667.
Narconon
... a nonprofit public bene
fit organization that special
izes in helping people with
drug or alcohol addictions
offer free assessments and
more than 11,000 local refer
rals through the 800 line. Drug
addiction can be overcome
and Narconon can help by
calling (800) 468-6933 or visit
www.stopaddiction.com.
Breast Cancer Support
Group
... meets the third Sunday
of each month at 3 p.m. in the
Bennett Professional Building
next to Northside Hospital
Forsyth off Hwy. 20.
For information, contact
Estie Belvin at (770) 569-
1468 or Nancy Bartlett at
(770) 887-3467.
For locations of other sup
port groups in Georgia, call
the main office at (770) 455-
7637.
Crohn’s & Colitis
Foundation—Georgia
Chapter
... hosts free monthly sup
port group meetings across the
state.
These meetings offer sup
port and resources to all peo
ple who suffer from inflam
matory bowel disease, their
families and friends.
For information, call (404)
982-0616 or email
ccfa@mindspring.com.
Shepherd Sports Team
Practice
... Anyone interested in try
ing wheelchair sports can
attend Shepherd Center’s
sports team practices.
Practices are weekly.
For information, call (404)
367-1287.
Albuterol Products
Available
... the In-Home Rx
Program makes available
breathing medications and
nebulizers to patients who
may have asthma, emphysema
or COPD at no cost to the
recipient, if they qualify.
The albuterol products are
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provided to those who are
troubled with severe breathing
conditions and who meet the
additional guidelines of the
program.
No deposit is required. If
you are an oxygen user at
home or have severe problems
with breathing and would like
to know if you qualify, call
(800) 344-5764 or visit the
Web site at
www.inhomerx.com.
Depression support
group
... Feeling hopeless or
overwhelmed with life?
Appalachian Family Services
Inc. is offering a free support
group for depressed individu
als.
The group meets the fourth
Thursday of each month at
Northside Hospital-Cherokee
in Canton at 7 p.m.
Other free support groups
are also available.
Trained facilitators lead all
support groups.
AFSI is a 501 (c)3 nonprof
it agency providing communi
ty mental health services.
For information, call (770)
592-6515.
The Cumming MS Self
Help Group
... of the National MS
Society would like to invite
anyone that has been diag
nosed with multiple sclerosis
or has a family member with
MS to attend our self-help
group, which meets the first
Saturday of each month from
10-11:30 a.m. at the Baptist
Medical Center Doctor's
Building at 1200 Baptist
Medical Center Dr. in
Cumming.
For information, call the
National MS Society at (404)
256-9700 or Mary Grunewald,
the self-help group facilitator,
at (770) 889-8179.
“Man to Man”
... a support group for
prostate cancer survivors,
meets the second Tuesday of
each month at 7 p.m. at the
Northside Hospital Forsyth in
the library.
Shepherd Center
... offers a variety of class
es in its temperature-con
trolled indoor swimming pool,
including swimming lessons
for “Moms and Tots,” water
exercise classes to increase
strength and flexibility, aquat
ic therapy sessions, water
yoga and more.
Additional classes specifi
cally for persons with multiple
sclerosis are also available.
For information about
class schedules and fees, call
(404) 350-7786.
MS Stretch Class
... a stretch class designed
for individuals with multiple
sclerosis, as a component to
the MS society aquatic exer
cise program. Classes focus
on improving flexibility,
strength, endurance, stabiliza
tion and relaxation.
Classes are every
Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 6
p.m. at the Shepherd Center,
2020 Peachtree Rd. in Atlanta.
Fees are sl2 per month
and for Pro Motion members
and sls per month for non
members. For information,
call (404) 350-7789.
Northeast Georgia
Medical Center
... is offering nontherapy
pool exercise classes for suf
ferers of arthritis or
Fibromyalgia. The classes will
be at Northeast Georgia
Medical Center’s new indus
trial rehabilitation facility, the
Rehabilitation Institute at
Sherwood Plaza. Classes will
be in a heated pool led by a
certified fitness instructor.
Both classes require regis
tration, which includes a fee
covering a one-month series
of sessions. Class size is limit
ed and participants will be
taken on a first-come basis.
Physician permission is
needed only if you have a his
tory of heart problems.
Registration forms for the
pool classes are available at
Northeast Georgia Medical
Center’s Fit for Life.
For information, call Fit
for Life at (770) 533-8200.
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