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March 10
Grandparents as Parents (GAP)
Conference
Grandparents, caregivers, relatives,
and professionals are invited to our
14th Annual GAP (Grandparents As
Parents) Conference. Join us to learn
about topics of interest to relatives
assuming primary care of children.
8:00 am Registration begins. It is one
day only from 8:00 am until 2:30 pm at
the Clarion Hotel, 1950 Newtown Pike,
Lexington, KY 40511. Registration fee
of $5.00 includes lunch. Eight workshops include, among others, information on dealing with the traumatized child; navigating the legal path
to guardianship, custody, and adoption; taking care of the caregiver, and
many more. Keynote speaker is Lisa
Frederiksen, consultant and founder
of Second Hand Drinking Prevention
and BreakingTheCycles.com. You do
not have to be raising relative children
to attend; the conference is open to
everyone. Continuing Education Units
are available to various professionals.
Volunteer attorneys will be available
at the conference to provide free
consultations, but preregistration for
a consult is necessary. Resource and
benefits fair open all day. Call 859-2575582 for more information.
March 14
Diabetes Support Group
10-11 am, Senior Citizens Center, 1530
Nicholasville Road, Free. Sponsored
by the Lexington-Fayette Co. Health
Dept. For more information, call (859)
288-2446.
March 14
Diabetes Lifestyle Change:
Being Your Healthiest
6 – 8 pm, Northside Branch Lexington
Public Library, 1733 Russell Cave Rd.,
Free. Learn about healthy eating,
carbohydrate counting and how to
apply to your everyday life. Sponsored
by the Lexington-Fayette Co. Health
Dept. For more information or to preregister, call (859) 288-2446.
March 15
Eat, Move, Lose Weight
Support Group
12 – 1 pm, Lexington-Fayette Co.
Health Department PH Clinic South,
2433 Regency Road. Free weight-loss
support group appropriate for anyone
wishing to lose weight or maintain
weight loss. Share struggles and
ideas with others. Held first and third
Tuesdays most months. For more information or to pre-register, call 288-2446.
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March 21
An Afternoon of Mindfulness,
Meditation and Deep Rest
1:30 - 5:30. The goals of this afternoon
retreat are to: slow down, relax the
body, quiet the mind and open the
heart, prevent burnout from work and
caretaker stress, mobilize your inner
resources for healing. Learn non-drug
approaches for managing stressrelated chronic conditions. Cultivate
your innate happiness, peacefulness
and compassion. Facilitator: John A.
Patterson MD, MSPH, FAAFP, Mind
Body Studio 517A Southland Drive
Lexington KY 859-373-0033. Preregistration required. Cost- $20-$40
sliding scale. Full details at http://
www.mindbodystudio.org/?page_
id=1117
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March 22
Health Chats About Diabetes
Health Chats about Diabetes, 4-5 pm,
Nathaniel Mission, 1109 Versailles
Rd, Suite 400. Free. Sponsored by the
Lexington-Fayette Co. Health Dept..
For more information, call (859) 2882446.
March 22
Reiki Practice &
Introduction to Reiki
6:30pm- 8:30pm. 2508 Wallace
Avenue, Louisville, KY 40205. Free.
Those with Reiki come to practice &
receive the Reiki energy. Those who
do have not Reiki training—come for
an introduction/question & answer.
Contact JoAnn Utley at 502-777-3865
or [email protected] to register. More info at http://joannutley.
byregion.net.
March 26
Day of Mindfulness for Body,
Mind and Heart
Goals of this retreat-like workshop are
to: relax the body, quiet the mind and
open the heart, prevent burnout from
work and caretaker stress, help you
mobilize your own inner resources
for healing, learn mind-body skills
for managing stress-related chronic
conditions, cultivate your [