Collaborations with Big Canoe Public Safety
Captain Chip Rice of Public Safety will be teaching the CPR and First Aid course once per quarter. David Miller will be teaching Stop the Bleed once per quarter. All courses are at the Fire Station beginning at 9am and ending around noon.
Stop the Bleed 4/18/24 cost $35
Learn 3 quick techniques to help save a life before someone bleeds out.
CPR 5/8/24 * cost $45
Learn emergency life saving procedures as well as demonstrate how to use the new cardiac monitor. The cardiac monitor allow team members to read a patient’s heart rhythm, defibrillate and more.
First Aid 6/7/24 cost $45
Learn information and skills to help in emergency situations.
* Wellness Collaborative will reimburse $25 to the participant after CPR course completion.
For more information or to register, write groups.bigcanoewc@gmail.com
Blood Drive
2024 dates: June 20 and October 24. Information will be added closer to the date.
Additional information groups.bigcanoewc@gmail.com
Grief Support Group
“A time to mourn…a time to heal”
The loss of a loved one is a challenge to process alone. This support group provides a safe environment for sharing and is not intended to tell you how to grieve. The grieving process is unique to each person.
The group is a sequenced 4-session program. Attendance at all sessions is important and registration is required. There is no fee.
2024 dates: Wednesdays, March 20, 27, April 3, 10.
For more information or to register contact Beth Durban at 314-640-0247 or at groups.bigcanoewc@gmail.com
Support Group for Caregivers of Family Members Suffering Memory Loss
Every other Friday
10:30am-Noon
At the Big Canoe Chapel
This is for those caring for someone suffering from dementia (Alzheimer’s Disease, Lewy Body Dementia, Vascular Dementia, any form of dementia).
Caregiving in general can be a very exhausting, frustrating experience. And when you add the lack of support available for people taking care of someone with dementia, life can become very lonely and frightening. Caregivers of people suffering from dementia often find they have nobody to talk to because nobody understands. In this group, the other members of the group are going through something very similar and DO understand what you’re feeling and experiencing on a daily basis.
For more information, please contact the facilitator, Lori Levey, at lclevey1@gmail.com.
NORTH GEORGIA’S PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP
2024 Programs scheduled 1pm on the last Wednesday of each month at New Beginning Therapeutic Services 371 Noah Drive, Jasper 30343
For questions contact Jeannette Waldrop at jpswaldrop@tds.net 706-299-4972/706-268-1072 or Marie Head mdosshead@gmail.com 770-940-0150
Parkinson’s Foundation Helpline 1-800-473-4635
Anyone with movement disorders and their care partner are invited.
April 24, 1pm Speaker Ashley Tillman, Atlanta area Account Executive for AbbVie Biopharmaceuticals, she manages the accounts for the Company’s Parkinson drugs. She will share information on new research and drug development.
May 29, 2024: Parkinson’s 101–Parkinson’s Foundation staff will present information on Parkinson’s and updates on new initiatives
There will be a break in boxing classes in mid June.
Volunteer Training
Volunteer training will now be conducted individually on an as needed basis. We hope you find this will suit your schedule better!
Past Events
General Topics of Interest
Urology Community Health Talk: Male & Female Urology 101 (by Dr. Vince DiCarlo)
Cardiology MythBusters - Debunking Common Myths about Heart Disease (by Dr. Kashyap Patel)