Spokane support
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Ataxia Support Group – meets the first Monday of the month, 5:30-7 p.m., in the Mary Bead Room at Sacred Heart Medical Center. Contact Ralf at 448-6204 for more information.
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Support Group – meets the second Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. Locations alternate, one month at Argonne County Library, and the next at Northside County Library. For location or more information, call 456-0505.
Upcoming
The Parent Project – Program and support group for parents of teens beginning Feb. 15 at the Sacred Heart Medical Center’s Center for Faith and Healing, 101 W. Eighth Ave. Presented by Conrad Bagley, M.A., and John Hindman, L.I.C.S.W., to encourage parents to improve their parent-child relationship by becoming an empowered parent and reducing conflict. Call 389-2930 for more information, or 458-5889 to register.
Connections, Child-Parent Grief Support Group – Wednesdays through Feb. 22, 6-7 p.m., Hospice of Spokane, 121 S. Arthur. For children in grades 1-12 and their parents who are coping with loss. Call 456-0438 to register.
Ongoing
Scleroderma Support Group – Meets the third Thursday of the month in January, March, May, July, September and November, 7-8:30 p.m., Deaconess Health and Education Center, 910 W. Fifth, Room 263. Call Debbie Liddell at 467-8725 or Roberta Choma at 467-7269. Scleroderma Foundation Web site is www.scleroderma.org.
Self-Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH) – Meets the second Saturday of the month, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 1313 N. Atlantic, Rock Pointe East conference room. Hearing-aid compatible FM systems and captioning are available. E-mail shhh-spokane@hotmail.com or mail SHHH-Spokane, PO Box 3281, Spokane, WA 99220.
Sexaholics – Call 464-3376.
Sex and Love Addicts Anonymous – For local contact call (781) 255-8825, Monday-Friday from 9 a.m.-6 p.m. and Thursdays from 9 a.m.-8 p.m, or visit www.slaafws.org.
Stepping Forward – Two classes that help cancer patients and their family members through the emotional issues of cancer. Class times and locations vary according to patients’ needs. To register, call the Providence Cancer Center at 474-5490.
Spokane Parent to Parent Support Group – For parents who have children with disabilities. The group meets the fourth Tuesday of the month, The Arc of Spokane, 127 W. Boone. Call 328-6326 for times; fax, 328-6342; or e-mail, p2p@arc-spokane.org.
Support Group for New Moms – Mother-Baby Time is a support group for new moms and mothers-to-be. Meets Wednesdays, 10 a.m., Sacred Heart Women’s Center at the Medical Center Building, 820 S. McClellan St. Suite 226. For information, call 474-2400.
Survivor Citizen Action Team – Survivors of vehicular assault, vehicular homicide from impaired drivers meet the second Tuesday of the month, 6:30 p.m., Greater Spokane Substance Abuse Council’s Prevention Center, 8104 E. Sprague; 922-8383.
Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests – Spokane chapter meets at 7 p.m. first and third Tuesdays of the month at 2011 W. Garland; 991-8834 or Michael at 701-4730.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly – Meets Fridays, 8 a.m., Reardan (Wash.) Presbyterian Church, 150 W. Spokane Ave.; 244-3708.
Take Off Pounds Sensibly – Meets Mondays, 5:30 p.m. weigh in, 6:30 meeting. Cheney Community Church, Third and Fern Street, Cheney; Kirby Clark, 235-4868.