EPIC sponsors
parenting classes
Every Person Influences Children, EPIC, offers help for parents raising children. Discussion groups and the topics scheduled include:
€ Tonight - Coping with Daily Stress and
Frustrations
€ July 25 - Fostering Self-Esteem
€ July 31 - Listening and Responding to Children
€ Aug. 7 - Structure and Limits: Preventing
and Managing Problem Behavior
€ Aug. 14 - Developing Respect and Caring in Young Children
Group discussions start at 6:30 p.m. and end at 9 p.m. All sessions are held at the CNY EPIC office, 17 E. Genesee St., fourth floor, Auburn.
Workshops are free,
but pre-registration is required.
To register, call 253-8583.
Alzheimer's support group to meet
The Office for the Aging's Alzheimer's Community Service Program offers a support group for caregivers providing care to Alzheimer's and other dementias such as Parkinson's disease, Picks disease and other memory loss diagnoses.
The group meets at 4:30 p.m. the third Thursday of every month, at the Christ United Methodist Church on Congress Street in Moravia. The next meeting will be held July 19.
For more information,
call 253-1104.
Diabetes support group to meet
A diabetes support group will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, July 23, at Auburn Memorial Hospital.
The topics covered will be One Touch Changes Everything, Diabetes Management with LifeScan. To RSVP, call Suzanne Hai at 252-4212.
Swimming lessons up and running
Swimming lessons will be offered to swimmers of all ages and levels in three two-week sessions. The first session has begun, but the second and third are still to come. The second session is July 23 through Aug. 3 and the third session is Aug. 6 through 17, at Harris Park, Depot Road, Cayuga.
Lessons are 30 minutes and will be held Monday through Thursday with Friday as a rain date. Lessons are sponsored by the Cayuga-Aurelius Recreation Program.
Cost is $15 per child, $20 for two children, $25 for three and more than three children, add $5 per child.
For more information or to register for lessons, contact Kelly Lyndacker, waterfront director/head lifeguard, at 889-5239.
Memory Walk planned for CNY
The Central New York Alzheimer's Association chapter will conduct five Memory Walks in its 14-county territory during the month of September. The Memory Walk is the association's signature event to help those battling Alzheimer's disease.
The September walk in Syracuse will welcome residents of Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego and Tompkins counties to the Inner Harbor of Syracuse. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with the walk following at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 15.
To register or make
a donation to the group,
call (800) 272-3900 or visit
www.alzcny.org.
- From staff reports
Every Person Influences Children, EPIC, offers help for parents raising children. Discussion groups and the topics scheduled include:
€ Tonight - Coping with Daily Stress and
Frustrations
€ July 25 - Fostering Self-Esteem
€ July 31 - Listening and Responding to Children
€ Aug. 7 - Structure and Limits: Preventing
and Managing Problem Behavior
€ Aug. 14 - Developing Respect and Caring in Young Children
Group discussions start at 6:30 p.m. and end at 9 p.m. All sessions are held at the CNY EPIC office, 17 E. Genesee St., fourth floor, Auburn.
Workshops are free,
but pre-registration is required.
To register, call 253-8583.
Alzheimer's support group to meet
The Office for the Aging's Alzheimer's Community Service Program offers a support group for caregivers providing care to Alzheimer's and other dementias such as Parkinson's disease, Picks disease and other memory loss diagnoses.
The group meets at 4:30 p.m. the third Thursday of every month, at the Christ United Methodist Church on Congress Street in Moravia. The next meeting will be held July 19.
For more information,
call 253-1104.
Diabetes support group to meet
A diabetes support group will meet from 6 to 7 p.m. Monday, July 23, at Auburn Memorial Hospital.
The topics covered will be One Touch Changes Everything, Diabetes Management with LifeScan. To RSVP, call Suzanne Hai at 252-4212.
Swimming lessons up and running
Swimming lessons will be offered to swimmers of all ages and levels in three two-week sessions. The first session has begun, but the second and third are still to come. The second session is July 23 through Aug. 3 and the third session is Aug. 6 through 17, at Harris Park, Depot Road, Cayuga.
Lessons are 30 minutes and will be held Monday through Thursday with Friday as a rain date. Lessons are sponsored by the Cayuga-Aurelius Recreation Program.
Cost is $15 per child, $20 for two children, $25 for three and more than three children, add $5 per child.
For more information or to register for lessons, contact Kelly Lyndacker, waterfront director/head lifeguard, at 889-5239.
Memory Walk planned for CNY
The Central New York Alzheimer's Association chapter will conduct five Memory Walks in its 14-county territory during the month of September. The Memory Walk is the association's signature event to help those battling Alzheimer's disease.
The September walk in Syracuse will welcome residents of Cayuga, Cortland, Madison, Onondaga, Oswego and Tompkins counties to the Inner Harbor of Syracuse. Registration begins at 8:30 a.m. with the walk following at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 15.
To register or make
a donation to the group,
call (800) 272-3900 or visit
www.alzcny.org.
- From staff reports
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