Caregiver
NEW LONDON -- The New London Caregiver support group will meet at 10:30 a.m. Thursday at Peace Lutheran Church in New London. The film "Emergency Readiness" will be shown and there will be discussion. At 11:30 a.m. Berit Skurdahl will speak on Medicare Part D. For more information, call Jan Novotny, Lutheran Social Service, at 320-222-9271.
Cancer Survivors
WILLMAR -- The Cancer Action Team will have their fifth annual Cancer Survivors retreat from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Willmar. Teri L. Sigurdson P.A.-C will speak on "Nutrition and Integrative Medicine" and there will be "Healing Touch" demonstration. Light supper provided free of charge to cancer survivor and a guest. $10 fee for other participants. Pre-register by Oct. 29 by calling 320-231-8920.
Project Turnabout
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GRANITE FALLS -- An alumnus of both the Vanguard and Women's Recovery Programs at Project Turnabout will be the featured speaker at the Women's Recovery luncheon at 11:30 a.m. Saturday at Project Turnabout, 660 18th St., in Granite Falls. The speaker was planning to take her own life but family and friends held an impromptu intervention just in time. The topic of her address will be: "Willingness to go to any lengths to achieve sobriety." She suffered addiction to both gambling and alcohol when she reluctantly began treatment. The luncheons are free of charge to all women in recovery or interested in recovery, but for meal planning purposes guests are asked to call 320-564-4911 or 1-800-862-1453 by 4 p.m. Thursday.
The American Red Cross conducts blood drives in the west central area. To give blood you must be at least 17 years old, weigh 110 pounds or more and be in good health. Donors are encouraged to eat iron-rich foods in the week before donating. You can give blood every 56 days.
All donors need acceptable identification. The preferred form is a government-issued picture identification, such as a driver's license, or a Red Cross blood donor card. Otherwise you will need to provide two other forms of identification, such as a work identification, Social Security card, personal check or credit card. Personalized mail such as a utility bill will not be accepted.
While all blood types are needed, type O and type B-negative donors are especially encouraged to give.
Blood that's collected will be used by patients in 140 hospitals in the upper Midwest. Between 900 and 1,000 units of donated blood must be collected each day to meet regional needs.
Blood drives scheduled for the Tribune area are:
Nov. 5, Olivia: Type O drive, St. Aloysius Catholic Church jubilee center
Nov. 6, Willmar: Ridgewater College gym
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Gallon donors
Willmar, Oct. 8: Pins awarded were 13 gallons: Karen Berg ... 12 gallons: Don Meyer ... 10 gallons: Olive Geske, Willmar; Richard Swenson, Willmar ... 9 gallons: Dave Sampson, Willmar ... 6 gallons: George Knapp, Willmar ... 4 gallons: Sara O'Neil, Willmar ... 1 gallon: David Halverson, Terry Manselle.
Support groups, clinics and health classes are published on Monday with the health news for all groups meeting within the next seven days (through the following Monday). The deadline is noon Thursday. Items can be submitted on the Tribune Web site at www.wctrib.com . Click on "submit event" under the calendar on the home page and fill out the form. On the online edition events will be listed from submission until the event. Or submissions may be faxed to 320-235-6769, mailed to: Support Groups, Newsroom, P.O. Box 839, Willmar, MN 56201, or e-mailed to donnam@wctrib.com with "support group" in the subject line.
