Health Calendar

Spotlights
Blue Springs
DO-IT-YOURSELF weight loss, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. May 27, Blue Springs Hy-Vee. Learn to stay motivated to continue your own weight loss program and join the monthly group. Cost, $3 per session, $30 yearly membership. Call Tracey at 224-4288.

Addiction groups
Independence
Straight Talk, Narcotics Anonymous, 8 p.m., Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, First Baptist Church. Narcotics Anonymous Help Line: 531-2250.
Living Free – Al Anon meeting, 7:30 p.m. Wednesday, 1723 Appleton Ave. 461-0039.
Addiction Recovery Group, 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Community of Christ Stone Church library. 461-7712 evenings.

Bereavement groups
Blue Springs
Grief support group for children, 7 p.m. Thursday, St. Mary’s Home Care Services office.
Independence
Bereavement support group, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Columbian Adult Day Care Center. 836-8303.
Kansas City
Heartland Widowed Persons Service, 9:30 a.m. Saturday, Waid’s Restaurant, 103rd and State Line. Call Bonnie Apple, 913-888-7848.

Miscellaneous
Kansas City
hospice volunteers needed, Continua Hospice is looking for volunteers for evenings and weekends. Call Rosalea DeMott, volunteer coordinator, 444-2273.
American Heart Association CPR classes, 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Rockhurst University. The $25 fee includes course materials. To enroll, 618-3671.
Grandview
Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Cass-Heartland Chapter business meeting, Monday, 14815 S. Missouri 71, Suite 4. Call Avis Lowe, 318-4515.
Independence
VISITING NURSE, Friday, Fairmount Community Center. They will check blood pressure, glucose levels and answer general health questions. 254-8334.
Blue Springs
Free legal advice for seniors, 10 a.m. to noon Monday, Vesper Hall. Legal advice provided by Cochran, Oswald & Roam, LLC. To set up an appointment, 228-0181.

PACE (People with Arthritis Can Exercise)
Kansas City
Truman Medical Center-Lakewood, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, Thursday. 373-4415, Ext. 1175.

Prenatal/Infant/Child programs
Kansas City
Tough Love support group, for families dealing with unacceptable adolescent behavior, 7:30 to 9:40 p.m. Thursday, Colonial Presbyterian Church. 881-6570.
Pregnancy to Parenting, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Truman Medical Center Lakewood. Free. 556-3151.
Truman Medical Center-Lakewood WIC Nutrition Program, for women who are pregnant, breastfeeding or gave birth less than six months ago. 373-4485, Ext. 4041.
Childbirth education class at Truman Medical Center. If you’re pregnant and need information on childbirth and parenting classes. 556-4040.
Blue Springs
Blue Springs/Lee’s Summit Tough Love support group, for families dealing with unacceptable adolescent behavior, 7:30 to 9:40 p.m. Tuesday, First Christian Church. 913-492-1200.
Moms & Moms-to-be prenatal and postnatal class, 4:30 p.m., Monday-Friday, Family YMCA. 224-9620.

Screenings/Immunizations
Independence
American Red Cross health screenings, 9 to 11 a.m. Monday, Palmer Center. Cholesterol ($8 for ages 59 and under, $7 for 60 and older); glucose ($5 for under age 60, $4 for 60 and older); blood pressure checks $1. 931-8400.
Van Horn Health Center Clinic, 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, 1109 Arlington Ave. Immunizations available. 418-4070.
Free blood pressure clinic, Monday through Friday, Van Horn Health Center. 418-4070.
Blue Springs
Blood pressure checks for those 50 and older, 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Vesper Hall. Free. 228-0181.

Support groups
Independence
Domestic violence group for men, 6 to 8 p.m. Monday, Family Conservancy of Eastern Jackson County. 373-7577.
Caring Communities Kinship, 7 p.m. Monday, Cler-Mont Community School. LiLi Moe, 796-6041.
Parkinson’s, The Fountains at Greenbriar. For time and day, call Barbara Stevens at 257-5100.
Cancer SUPPORT GROUP, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Community of Christ Stone Church, west door entrance. 254-2211.
Moms Off Meth, 7 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, First Christian Church, Room 206. Free. Terri, 816-210-9574.
CARETAKER’S OF PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER’S, 5 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, Comprehensive Mental Health Services. Call Pat Aldridge, 524-3652, Ext. 222.
CHADD – Parents of Children with Attention Deficit Disorder, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Trails West Library. Call Teresa, 796-3659.
Parkinson’s disease, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, except July, August, December, Sermon Center. 252-4987.
Parkinson’s Recovery information group, 1:30 p.m. Thursday, The Salvation Army Center.
Caring Communities Divorce and Step Family, 6:30 p.m. once a month, days vary, Blue Hills Elementary School. 796-6290.
Blue Springs
Overcomer’s Outreach 12-step, 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, Blue Springs Assembly. 229-3298.
PARENTS OF NICU BABIES, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, St. Mary’s Birthing Center. Moms delivering at other facilities are welcome. 655-5574, option 5.
Breastfeeding, offered by St. Mary’s Medical Center, 10 a.m. Thursday, 206 Mock Ave., Suite 101. 655-5574.
CHRISTIAN 12-STEP RECOVERY PROGRAM, 7 p.m. Friday, Blue Springs Christian Church. Call Steve, 229-7311, Ext. 243.
Grandview
Mothers Against Drunk Driving, Cass-Heartland Chapter, Wednesday, 14815 S. Missouri 71, Suite 4. Call Avis Lowe, 318-4515.
Kansas City
Prozac survivors, 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Unity Temple on the Plaza. Call A. Bruce Bradshaw, 924-0609.
Lyme Association of Greater Kansas City, 7 p.m. Thursday, except November and December, St. Joseph Medical Center, Building D. 913-438-5963.
National Psoriasis Foundation, 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Research Medical Center cafeteria, room one. Contact, Deborah Kirmse, 254-5850 or 254-4238.
Overland Park
Ovarian Cancer Alliance of Kansas City, 6:30 p.m. Monday, Menorah Medical Center. 913-599-9982.
Lee’s Summit
Diabetes, sponsored by Lee’s Summit Hospital Health Connection, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Lee’s Summit Christian Church. 524-9416 or 347-0147.
Alzheimer’s and dementia, 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, Village Care Center Conference Room. Call Elisabeth Tyler, 347-2491.
Arthritis and Fibromyalgia, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, every other month, Lee’s Summit Hospital. 753-2220.
North Kansas City
National Psoriasis Foundation, 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, St. Joseph’s Health Center, Community Center, Building D. 651-7437.
Recovery Inc. – Mental Health, 2 p.m. Tuesday, First Presbyterian Church. 231-7056.
Other
Professional Life Coach, specializing in “self-help” recovery of anxiety, phobias and depression, 7 p.m. Friday. There is a fee. Call 847-2945 for location.
Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault (M.O.C.S.A.) Survivors United Reaching Empowerment (S.U.R.E.) group, 10 to 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Unity Church. Call Jennie Walters, 931-4527.
Agoraphobia, 7 p.m. 649-9863.
Adult Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse, daily meetings, Metropolitan Organization to Counter Sexual Assault. 931-4527.
Groups sponsored by Carondelet Health. For the BreathEasy group call 655-5236; and for cancer group call 224-3489.
National Organization of Circumcision Information Resource Center, 913-652-1542 or visit www.nocirc.org.

Weight management
Independence
T.O.P.S. Mo. 291, 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. Monday, St. Michael’s Episcopal Church. 461-0811.
T.O.P.S. Mo. 251, 9:15 a.m. Tuesday, Maywood Baptist Church. 478-0723 or 252-2392.
T.O.P.S. Mo. 331, 5 p.m. Tuesday, College Park Community of Christ. 254-7075.
T.O.P.S. Mo. 24, 9 a.m. Thursday, New Walnut Park Church. 373-6146 or 650-5262.
T.O.P.S. Mo. 100, 9 a.m. Thursday, Farview Restoration Branch. 356-5278.
T.O.P.S., 6:30 to 8  p.m. Thursday, Fairmount Community Center. 679-3017.
T.O.P.S. Mo. 892, 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church. 356-9219.
T.O.P.S. Mo. 482, 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, Calvary Presbyterian Church. 452-3029.
Healthy Reflections, 10 a.m. Thursday, Sermon Center. 325-7370.
Overeaters Anonymous,  10 to 11:30 a.m. Monday, Maywood Baptist Church. Handicap accessible. Call Wanda G., 833-2632.
Love Me Slender, 1 p.m. Tuesday, Van Horn Health Source. 418-4070.
Blue Springs
T.O.P.S. Mo. 772, 10 a.m. Tuesday, First Baptist Church West Annex. 228-3741.
S.O.S. (Save Our Selves), a weight-management group for those 50 and older, 10 to 11 a.m. Wednesday, Vesper Hall. Cost, $1. 228-0181.
Oak Grove
Overeaters Anonymous, 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Davis Center. Call Barbara, 229-9524.
Kansas City
Overeaters Anonymous, 7 p.m. Monday, Ascension Lutheran Church. Shawna, 836-8466.
Lee’s Summit
Overeaters Anonymous, 7 p.m. Monday, Unity Village, Administrative Building, Room 221. Call Lisa, 833-2636.
CEA-HOW (Compulsive Eaters Anonymous-HOW Concept), 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, First Presbyterian Church. Call Lisa at 679-7009 or visit www.ceahow.org.
Raytown
Overeaters Anonymous, 4 p.m. Sunday, Quiet House, 65th and Elm. 353-2691.
Other
Overeaters Anonymous, a 12-step program for compulsive eaters. 913-383-5933 or www.overeatersanonymous.org.

Women’s issues
Blue Springs
Mom to Mom Lunch Club, a support group for new moms, 1 to 2 p.m. Tuesday, St. Mary’s Medical Center Professional Building, 300 Mock Ave. 655-5585.
La Leche League of Blue Springs, 7 p.m. Tuesday, Parkview Church. For breastfeeding mothers and pregnant women interested in breastfeeding. Call Kayl, 254-5992 or Stephanie, 833-0250.
Other
Hope House Inc. weekly support groups, open to any female who has been or is now involved in an abusive relationship. For times and location, call the hotline at 461-4673.
By Jillayne Ritchie