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- FORSYTH COUNTY NEWS - Sunday, March 21,2004
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those dealing with prostate
cancer meet to discuss the
options and how to live with
the disease. All are welcome.
For more information, call
(770) 888-8775 or (770) 781-
8086.
Volunteers needed
... in various departments
and shifts at North Fulton
Regional Hospital. Volunteers
provide valuable services
within the hospital that benefit
the departments and patients
along with their families and
friends.
For information, call Gail
Sinno at (770) 751-2602.
Breast Cancer Support
Group
... Bosom Buddies meets
the third Sunday of each
month at 3 p in. at Northside
Hospital Forsyth in the 1400
Medical Office Building.
For information, call
Donna Granger at (770) 205-
3943, Virginia Jones at (770)
888-9441 or Diane Littleton at
(770) 844-1940 or email cum
mingbosombuddies@yahoo.-
com.
For locations of other sup
port groups, call the main
office in Chamblee at (770)
455-7637.
Support group
... called A.S.C.E.N.D.—
Autism Spectrum Community
Efforts and New Directions
for parents of children with
Autism Spectrum Disorder
has been formed in Forsyth
County.
The group meets monthly,
the first Saturday from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. on some months and
the second Tuesday from 7-9
p.m. on alternating months.
The meetings are at
Parkway Presbyterian Church
on Bethelview Road in
Cumming near Exit 13 of Ga.
400.
For information, call (770)
833-9966.
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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.
Cancer Support Group
... a drop in cancer support
group will meet the first
Wednesday of every month at
Northside Hospital Forsyth
1400 Building Bennett
Education Center Classroom
A from 10-11:30 a.m.
All are welcome.
Special group counseling
series
... entitled "Grieving the
Loss of a Child" for parents
who have experienced the
death of a child is now being
offered on Mondays from
6:30-8 p.m. The series is at the
Hospice office, 2150
Limestone Pkwy, in
Gainesville.
The program is free, but
registration is required.
To register or for more
information, call Donna Moss
at (770) 533-8888.
Grief Share seminar
... and support group meets
at 7 p.m. every' Wednesday at
the Episcopal Church of the
Holy Spirit on Pilgrim Mill
Road.
Grief Share features nation
ally recognized experts on
grief and recovery topics.
Seminar sessions include:
• "W hen Your Dreams Fall
Apart"
• "The Seasons of Grief’
• “The Emotions of Grief
• “When Your Spouse
Dies"
• “Your Family and Grief
and
• "Growing Through
Grief."
For information, call (770)
HEALTH NOTES
887-8190.
Children's Diabetes
Support Group
... Do you have a school
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.
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
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
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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.stopaddic
tion.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.
“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.
Don’t call, just come.