Datebook - Sept. 5, 2010
By STAFF
Published Sep 05, 2010 00:02


Support groups

Monday

9 a.m. — Support group for the unemployed meets every Monday for networking and mutual support at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 167 E. Main St., Ephrata. Information: 733-4134.

7 p.m. — Celebrate Recovery, a group for people in recovery from any overwhelming or addictive behaviors or actions, meets at LCBC Church, 2392 Mount Joy Road, Manheim. Enter rear of church. Information: 653-6266.

Tuesday

10:30 a.m. — Parents With Special Cares, for people with adult children or grandchildren with mental, learning, emotional, addictions and/or physical health conditions, meets for "What Happens When We Are Not Around?" in the Village Square Board Room of Garden Spot Village, 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland. Information: Karen Horning, 355-6010.

1 p.m. — Coping With the Loss of a Loved One meets at Willow Valley North, 600 Willow Valley Square. Information: 391-2413.

6:30 p.m. — SHARE Pregnancy and Infant Loss group meets in the neurocenter conference room of Lancater General's health campus, 2100 Harrisburg Pike. Information: 823-2789.

7 p.m. — National Alliance on Mental Illness, Lancaster chapter, meets in the conference room of 790 New Holland Ave., Grandview Plaza. Information: 871-6205.

7 p.m. — Coping With the Loss of a Loved One meets at Ephrata Cancer Center, 460 N. Reading Road, Ephrata. Information: 391-2413.

7 p.m. — Coping With the Loss of a Parent meets at Hospice of Lancaster County's PATHways Center for Grief & Loss, 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy. Information: 391-2413.

7:45 p.m. — NarAnon Family Group, for family and friends of people suffering from substance abuse, meets at First United Methodist Church, Duke and Walnut streets  (enter on Lemon Street parking lot side). Information: 285-2909.

Wednesday

6:30 p.m. — Coping With the Loss of a Loved One meets at Lampeter-Strasburg YMCA, 800 Village Road. Information: 391-2413.

7 p.m. — Recovery From Food Addiction meets at Lancaster Moravian Church, 1460 Eden Road. Information: 291-6819.

7:30 p.m. — Gam-Anon, a 12-step program for family and friends of compulsive gamblers, meets at Ephrata Church of the Brethren, 201 Crescent Ave., Ephrata. Information: 1-888-213-3945.

Thursday

Noon — Bipolar support group meets at Hempfield United Methodist Church, corner of Marietta Avenue and Stoney Battery Road. Lunch served during meeting. RSVP to Joan Karr, 285-5156, ext. 222.

12:30 p.m. — Coping With the Loss of a Child meets at Hospice of Lancaster County's PATHways Center for Grief & Loss, 4075 Old Harrisburg Pike, Mount Joy. Information: 391-2413.

3 p.m. — Low Vision group discusses the latest in portable and standard low-vision technology, in the Social Services Conference Room of Garden Spot Village, 433 S. Kinzer Ave., New Holland. Information: Judy Shaffer, 355-6259.

Saturday

10 a.m. — Widow2Widow, Lancaster chapter, meets at the new Worship Center building, 2384 New Holland Pike. Information: Elaine Severein, 397-1272.

• For a full range of support groups in Lancaster County, call United Way LINC 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: 291-5462. Domestic Violence Services of Lancaster County holds a weekly confidential support group in the Ephrata area for victims of domestic violence.  Call 299-1249 (collect calls are accepted) for information.

Local 12-step program information:

Adult Children Anonymous: 290-7723

Alcoholics Anonymous: 394-3238

Narcotics Anonymous:  393-4546

Overeaters Anonymous: 610-370-9090

Send Sunday News Datebook support group listings to: Jen Kopf, jkopf@Lnpnews.com, with "Datebook" in the subject line.

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