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Heart Disease Support Group – meets at 2 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the KMC Health Resource Center. Information: 666-2030.

Hepatitis C Support Group – meets the first Saturday of each month from 9-10:30 a.m. in the Kootenai Medical Center classrooms. Information: Kristy Schoonmaker at 666-2930 or KMC Educational Services Department at 666-2030, or visit www.kmc.org.

HIV/AIDS Support Group – meets from 7-9 p.m. the first, third and fourth Wednesdays of each month at Hospice in Coeur d’Alene. Information: 769-6254.

La Leche League – for mothers who want breast-feeding information and support. Call for meeting times: Jeanine, 255-1692.

Living with Hepatitis C Education Group – meets the first Saturday of every month from 9-10:30 a.m. at the KMC Classrooms. Call (208) 666-2930.

Living Lightly – a support group for those interested in permanently changing fat cells and creating a natural body weight, meets from 6-7 p.m. the second and fourth Mondays of each month at Shoshone Medical Center, Kellogg. Information: 784-6771.

Man to Man: Prostate Cancer Support Group – meets th first Thursday of every month from 7-9 p.m. in the Kootenai Medical Center classrooms. Call (208) 765-5020 or (208) 666-3828.

Multiple Sclerosis Support Group – a support group for people with MS meets at 6:30 p.m. on the second Monday of the month at the Post Falls Senior Center, Third Street in Post Falls. Information: 773-9372.

Narcotics Anonymous meets at 7 p.m. Sundays, and 7:30 p.m. Mondays at the Kootenai Medical Center Classrooms. Information: 666-2030.

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) – meets the second Wednesday of every month from 7-9 p.m. in the KMC classrooms. Call (208) 664-6056.

National Stuttering Project, Eastern Washington-North Idaho Chapter – meets the first Tuesday of each month, 7-9 p.m. Call (509) 326-0229 or (509) 328-9754.

New Mother’s Support Group – meets the second and fourth Tuesday of every month, 10-11 a.m. in the Kootenai Medical Center classrooms. Call (208) 666-2149.

North Idaho Cancer Support Group – for anyone touched by cancer will be held from 1:30-3 p.m. every Wednesday at the Lake City Community Church, 6000 Ramsey Road in Coeur d’Alene. Information: 773-5495.

North Idaho Coalition on Domestic Violence – meets at noon the third Wednesday of the month at Sunset Bowling Alley in Coeur d’Alene.

North Idaho Home Educators – meets from 1-3:30 p.m. the second Tuesday of each month at Skate Plaza, Coeur d’Alene. Information: 777-2656.

Overeaters Anonymous – meets at noon Mondays in Room 2 of St. Pius X Roman Catholic Church, 625 E. Haycraft, Coeur d’Alene. Information: 664-8400.

Overeaters Anonymous – meets second and fourth Mondays, 6:30 p.m., Latah County Courthouse, Moscow, Idaho. Information: (208) 892-0171.

Parkinson’s Support Group – meets at noon on the second Wednesday of each month at the rehabilitation gym at LaCrosse Health and Rehab, 210 LaCrosse, Coeur d’Alene. Information: 664-2185.

PFLAG – For parents, families and friends of lesbians and gays, a support, education and advocacy group for North Idaho. Information: 666-0187.

Polycystic Kidney Disease (PKD) – Inland Northwest Chapter. Support, education and awareness for anyone affected by PKD, the most common genetic life-threatening disease. Meets first Mondays, 6:30 p.m., Kootenai Medical Center, Classroom 3. Call Karine at (208) 762-5939.

Priest River Area Diabetes Support Group – meets at 7 p.m. the second Monday of each month at Frank Chapin Senior Center, Fourth and Jackson, Sandpoint. Information: 263-0871.

SearchLight – A group for the adopted, adopters and birth parents, meets the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. at the North Lakes Family Center, 611 Lakeside Ave.

Self-Help for the Hard of Hearing (SHHH) – meets the third Saturday of every month, 9:30-11 a.m. in the Kootenai Medical Center classrooms. Call (208) 667-6653.

Sexual Abuse and Assault Survivors – meets at 6 p.m. Tuesdays at the Kootenai Medical Center classrooms. Information: 666-2030.

Sexaholics Anonymous – Meets in Coeur d’Alene on Thursdays from noon-1 p.m. For locations call 1-866-291-0914; e-mail sasandpoint@yahoo.com.

Testimonial Meetings – for Christians seeking a closer relationship with God, by appointment, Sandpoint. Information: Jesse Warburton 265-9295.

TOPS No. 340 – Take Off Pounds Sensibly meets Wednesdays, 6-6:30 p.m. for weigh-ins; meeting starts at 6:30 p.m., at St. George’s Parish, 2004 N. Williams, Post Falls. Information: Willi Brimmer at 777-8929.

Twins and Company – meets at 7 p.m. the second Tuesday of the month in the Schneidmiller Conference Room of the Kootenai Medical Center Health Park, 1300 E. Mullan, Post Falls. Information: 666-0699.

Twins Support Group – meets at 11 a.m. the second and fourth Wednesdays of every month at Harding Family Center, 411 15th, Suite 107. Information: 676-1515.

Unplanned pregnancies – Women are invited to attend support group meetings with Lutheran Social Services. For meeting schedule, call 667-1898.

Vaccination Liberation Support Group – A group for those who are questioning the safety of vaccines and are seeking information and options. Call for monthly meeting times. Sandpoint (208) 255-2307, Coeur d’Alene (208) 765-8421.

AA – meets 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and 9 a.m. Sundays at the Kootenai Medical Center classrooms. Information: 666-2030.

AIDS Coalition – For support group meetings in and around the City of Spokane, call the Inland Northwest AIDS Coalition; 622-0721. For meetings in North Idaho, call the North Idaho AIDS Coalition at (208) 665-1448.

Alateen – meets in Coeur d’Alene on Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m. at St. Pius X Catholic Church, Room One. For information, call Barb at 665-7311 or Ana at 762-1535.

Al-Anon – a nonprofit support group for family members and friends of substance abusers, meets Mondays at 6 p.m. at Country Club Lane and Main Street in Pinehurst; Tuesdays at 8 p.m., and Wednesdays at noon and 5 p.m. at St. Pius X Roman Catholic Church, 625 E. Haycraft; and Fridays at noon at Kootenai Medical Center, Classroom 1. Call for information, (208) 676-0549.