SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 2017 · 17 EVENTS Solutions to Crossword and Sudoku on Page 18. FALL CALENDAR To have your caregiver support group or event listed in this quarterly section, email morfanopoulos@tribweb.com. Alzheimer’s Support Group When: 3rd Wednesday of each month Time: 6:30 p.m. Where: Fosnight Retirement Home, 3954 Gibsonia Road, Gibsonia Contact: 724-443-3790 Bariatric Surgery Support Group When: Last Wednesday of each month Time: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Where: Westmoreland Main Hospital, 532 West Pittsburgh St., Greensburg Contact: 724-832-4000 Grief Support Monthly When: 1st Thursday of each month Time: 1:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Bud Murphys, 718 McCormicks Ave., Connellsville Contact: 877-771-1234 Life can feel overwhelming after the loss of a loved one. For many of us, it is a time of feeling alone and powerless. Consider meeting with others in a similar situation. All groups are supervised by bereavement counselors with many years of experience. CPR: Infant, Child, Teen with Children’s Hospital When: Every Saturday Time: 9 a.m. to noon Where: UPMC South, First Floor Classroom Contact: 412-692-7105 This course teaches the lifesaving skills of child CPR with breaths; adult and child AED use; infant CPR; and relief of choking in an adult, child or infant. Skills are taught in a dynamic group environment that provides students with the most hands-on CPR practice time possible. Alzheimer’s Support Group When: 3rd Thursday of each month Time: 7 p.m. Where: Redstone Highlands, 12921 Redstone Dr., North Huntingdon Contact: 724-864-4205 Mental Health Spouse Support Group When: 1st Wednesday of each month Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Where: Beulah Presbyterian Church, Beulah Road, Churchill Contact: 412-731-4855 or 412-421-3656 This group is one of a number of mental health support groups operating in Southwestern Pennsylvania under the umbrella of the National Alliance on Mental Illness. For more information or to locate more local groups, visit namiswpa.org/support/support-groups. Alzheimer’s Support Group When: Every Tuesday Time: 7 p.m. Where: Reunion Presbyterian Church, 769 W. Main St., Mt. Pleasant Contact: 724-547-4357 This group is for people caring for a person with Alzheimer’s disease, providing support to members and allowing them to cope better by sharing feelings and experiences and talking through problems they have encountered. LOSS (Loved Ones Stolen by Suicide) Support Group When: 1st Tuesday of each month Time: 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Where: Mental Health Association of Westmoreland County, 409 Coulter Ave., Greensburg Contact: 724-834-6351 This group allows members to find comfort and connect with others who have experienced similar grief and loss of a loved one. Parkinson’s Support Group When: 2nd Tuesday of each month Time: 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Where: Good Shepard Lutheran Church, 501 Fairfield Dr., Greensburg Contact: 877-771-1234 Our Clubhouse Where: 2816 Smallman St., Pittsburgh; and 4893 Route 30, Greensburg Contact: 412-338-0919 (Pittsburgh); 724-221-6182 (Greensburg) Website/schedules: ourclubhouse.org Our Clubhouse provides a warm and welcoming environment for everyone who has been touched by cancer. Those living with cancer at any age, as well as the family and friends who support them, are welcome to join Our Clubhouse and receive the social, emotional and informational tools they need. NAMI PA Alle-Kiski Mental Health Support When: 2nd Tuesday of each month Time: 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Where: Family Services Building, 310 Central City Plaza (off Ninth St.), New Kensington Contact:Thad Kaminski at 724-339-1339 A family support group affiliated with the National Alliance onMental Illness. Mind Matters Brain Injury Support Group When: 3rd Thursday of each month Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Where: Dimmick Center, Butler Memorial Hospital, 1 Hospital Way, Butler Contact: 724-283-6666 Since 2005, Mind Matters has been open to brain-injury survivors and their families and friends. Stroke and aneurysm survivors and families are also welcome. NAMI Connections Peer Recovery Support Group When: Tuesdays Time: 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. Where: Westmoreland Casemanagement & Supports, Inc., 770 E. Pittsburgh St., Greensburg Website: nami.org Peer-facilitated, recovery support group for adults with mental illness of any diagnosis. Since 1994, Tickets for Kids® Charities has distributed no-cost tickets to underserved, low-income and at-risk children throughout southwestern PA and across the U.S. A donation to Tickets for Kids can send a child to the zoo, the ballpark or the museum, often for the very first time. Your contribution will help provide a ticket to a whole new world! Find out more! www.ticketsforkids.org 2X4-FIL-2
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