Health Calendar

Tuesday, October 30, 2001 Page: 5B

ADDICTION HELP: Support group for adult children of addiction and other
dysfunctional families, 8-9 p.m., Clear Brook building, Wyoming Avenue, Forty
Fort. Attendees should park and enter through the rear of the building.

ABUSE SUPPORT: Battered Women’s Support Group, 6:30-8:30 p.m., Domestic
Violence Service Center, Wilkes-Barre. Call 823-7312 or (800) 424-5600.



AL-ANON: 10 a.m., Holy Name St. Mary’s, Shoemaker Street, Swoyersville,
call 603-0541; 7 p.m. beginners, 8 p.m. discussion, Geisinger Wyoming Valley
Medical Center, Plains Township; and 8 p.m. Choices, Kingston. Call 603-0541
or (866) 231-2650.



p.m., Greater Pittston YMCA, 10 N. Main
St., Pittston. Call 655-2255.



p.m., 545 Jefferson Ave., Scranton. Call 344-7281.



p.m., John Heinz Institute board room, 150 Mundy
St., Wilkes-Barre Township. Call Donna or Linda, 826-3888.



p.m., Mercy Hospital, Wilkes-Barre. Call 826-3395.



EATING DISORDERS: Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous, a 12-step program for
people suffering from obesity, anorexia, bulemia and overeating, 7 p.m.,
Pocono Medical Center, East Stroudsburg. Call Randi, 619-0589.



p.m., 333 Broad St., Hazleton. Call Help Line,




HEALTH CLINIC: Interfaith Health Clinic, 9 a.m.-noon, St. Stephen’s
Procathedral, 35 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. Walk-ins welcome or call




MENTAL HEALTH: Recovery Inc., 7:30 p.m., Allied Services Longterm Center,
Smallacombe Drive, Scranton. Call 342-9848.



p.m., Central United Methodist Church, South
Franklin and Academy streets, Wilkes-Barre. Call 654-7755.





ortheastern Pennsylvania Overeaters Anonymous
beginners’ meeting, 7:30 p.m., Dorranceton United Methodist Church, 549
Wyoming Ave., Kingston. Call Diane, 822-6239.



o-dependents Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., First Hospital,
community room, Dana Street, Wilkes-Barre. Visit the Web site,
www.OURCODA.com, or call Karen, 693-1780 or Don, 735-4269.



SENIORS EXERCISE: Group strength/stretch exercise and relaxation classes
for adults 65 and older, 10:15 a.m., Thomas P. Saxton Medical Pavilion, 468
Northampton St., Edwardsville. Call 552-4550.



SUNRISE STRETCH: Sponsored by the Area Agency on Aging for Luzerne and
Wyoming Counties, gentle stretching exercises, 7:30 a.m., West Park, Swallow
Street, Pittston. Call 822-1158.



ake Off Pounds Sensibly, 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, 9 a.m.
meeting, St. John’s Lutheran Church, South River and Academy streets, call

Church, South River and Academy streets, Wilkes-Barre, call 779-5132 or

Methodist Church, call 675-1682 between 9 a.m.-4 p.m.; 6-6:45 p.m. weigh-in
and 7 p.m. meeting at West Pittston Borough Building; weigh-in 5:30-6 p.m., 6
p.m. meeting, Trinity Presbyterian Church, call 639-5464.





This is a calendar of special meetings and one-time events open to the
public. To have your health-oriented event posted here, send information to
Diana Kurutz, Times Leader, 15 N. Main St., Wilkes-Barre, PA 18711, by fax:

advance.


AL-ANON: 7 p.m., Choices, Kingston, call 603-0541; and 7:30 p.m., St.
Stephen’s Procathedral, 35 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre, call (866) 231-2650.



ALATEEN: Helping young people cope with alcoholics, 7 p.m., St. Stephen’s
Procathedral, 35 S. Franklin St., Wilkes-Barre. Call 603-0541 or (866)




tep meeting, 7:30 p.m., St. Elizabeth Church, Route




p.m., Greater Pittston YMCA, 10 N.
Main St., Pittston. Call 655-2255.



BLOOD DRIVE: 8:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m., 545 Jefferson Ave., Scranton. Call




CANCER SUPPORT: “Facing Cancer Together,” support group for cancer
patients and loved ones, 6:30-8 p.m., Mercy Hospital, Scranton. Call 348-7940.



EATING DISORDERS: Marywood University’s Eating Disorder Support Group for
recovering adults older than 18, 7:30-8:30 p.m., Nazareth Student Center,
second-floor Horizon Room, Scranton. Call 348-6245.



FLU SHOTS: Free to people with diabetes, 5-8 p.m., Community Medical
Center, nursing school building, Scranton. Call Gary Drapek, 344-6888.



a.m.-6 p.m., Department of Veterans Affairs
Medical Center, 1111 East End Boulevard, Wilkes-Barre. Call (877) 928-2621 for
appointment.



ponsored by Mended Hearts with Dr. Lynn Smaha, 7 p.m.,
Marywood University, Scranton. Call 348-7437 or 826-3395.



MENTAL HEALTH: “Persons for Empowerment,” an all-consumer support and
advocacy group, 6 p.m., Community Counseling Services, 110 S. Pennsylvania
Ave., Wilkes-Barre. Call Linda Finn, 819-2686.



oon, St. Stephen’s Procathedral, 35 S. Franklin St.,
Wilkes-Barre; 6 and 8 p.m., Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, 190 S. Main St.,
Wilkes-Barre; and 7 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Fourth and Broad
streets, Nescopeck. Call 654-7755.



ortheastern Pennsylvania Overeaters Anonymous, 7-8
p.m., St. Paul United Methodist Church, 335 W. Butler Drive, Drums. Call
Sandy, 788-6224.



PARENTS ANONYMOUS: For frustrated parents. Call 823-7312 for meeting time
and location.



p.m., Moses Taylor Hospital’s Family Birthing
Suites Lounge, Scranton. Call 340-2229 to register.



RECOVERY INC.: Support group for people with anxiety, panic attacks and
depression, 7-9 p.m., St. Luke’s Pavilion, conference room, 1000 Stacie Drive,
Hazleton. Call 454-3266.



SENIORS EXERCISE: Group strength/stretch exercise and relaxation classes
for adults 65 and older, 10:15 a.m., Thomas P. Saxton Medical Pavilion, 468
Northampton St., Edwardsville. Call 552-4550.



ake Off Pounds Sensibly, weigh-in 6-6:25 p.m.,
meeting starts at 6:30 p.m., United Methodist Church, Hunlock to Muhlenberg
Highway, Muhlenburg. Call 256-3257.



WOMEN AND CANCER: Women’s Cancer Support Group, 3-4:30 p.m., Delta Medix
Breast Care Center, 236 Penn Ave., Scranton. Call the Northeast Regional
Cancer Institute, 941-7984 or (800) 424-6724.



ocusing on postures and poses that increase
flexibility, 6-7 p.m., Catholic Youth Center, 36 S. Washington St.,
Wilkes-Barre, call 823-6121 for fees.