Health and fitness calendar

The health and fitness calendar is a listing of support groups, activities and lectures. Send information to Health Calendar, The Augusta Chronicle Newsroom, P.O. Box 1928, Augusta, GA 30903-1928. Send information by fax to 722-7403 and send e-mail to rebecca. smith@augustachronicle.com. Please include a contact name and phone number.

KEEPING YOUR CHILD SAFE IN A TOXIC ENVIRONMENT: 6:30-7:30 tonight; Medical College of Georgia's Children's Medical Center, Room BT-1810, on Harper Street; Dr. Dale Peeples will discuss keeping children safe from drugs and alcohol; free; 721-KIDS.

RAPE CRISIS VOLUNTEER TRAINING: 5:30- 9 p.m. Friday; 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday; 1-5 p.m. Sunday; 6-9 p.m. Monday; in Dining Rooms 1-5, University Hospital, 1350 Walton Way; training includes information on a variety of issues, including how sexual-assault cases are investigated and prosecuted; free; 774-2769.

FIRST SIX WEEKS OF INFANT CARE: 6:30- 8 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 13; Warren Baptist Church, 3203 Washington Road; with Dr. Tracy Middlebrooks; free.

PROSTATE CANCER AWARENESS INFORMATION: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, Sept. 14-15; Medical College of Georgia Annex parking lot, on Walton Way and 15th Street; prostate, men's health information, Mark Martin's race car; www.MCGHealth.org.

AARP SAFE-DRIVING CLASSES: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, Sept. 14-15, Nov. 9-10; Crossroads Fellowship Church, 3875 Wrightsboro Road; $10; get reduction in auto insurance premium for three years; registration required; 863-0003.

WALTON FOUNDATION GOLF CLASSIC: Registration begins at 10 a.m.. 12:30 p.m., shotgun start, Monday, Sept. 19; Jones Creek Golf Club, 4101 Hammonds Ferry, Evans; putting green contests, catered lunch, tournament gifts, awards reception, cocktails and dinner; $275 a person, $1,000 team; 823-8584.

CAMP RAINBOW HORSE SHOW: Registration at 8 a.m., opening ceremonies begin at 9 a.m., Saturday, Sept. 24; Hippodrome Horse Complex, North Augusta; horse show features English, Western, championship and exhibition classes; entry fees are $5 for the standard class, $10 for the championship class, $2 for exhibition classes; free admission for spectators; 721-4004.

THE LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA'S LIGHT THE NIGHT WALK: 5 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 15; Augusta Common, on the 800 block between Broad and Reynolds streets; nationwide evening fundraising walk to commemorate lives touched by cancer; $100 suggested donation; (770) 438-6006, ext. 245.

INFANT SAFETY: 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1; University Hospital Medical Center South Richmond County, 3121 Peach Orchard Road; with Dr. Alan Getts; free.

SEMINARS, CLASSES

ALZHEIMER'S CARE: 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Friday, Jud C. Hickey Center for Alzheimer's Care; 738-5039.

ALZHEIMER'S SUPPORT: 7 p.m. second Tuesdays; Alzheimer's Association, Augusta chapter, 1899 Central Ave.; 731-9060.

ARTHRITIS AQUATICS: 9-9:45 a.m., 10- 10:45 a.m. and 12:15-1 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays; Walton Rehabilitation Hospital's Outpatient Building; $37.50 a month; 823-5294.

BARIATRIC SUPPORT: 5:30 p.m. first Mondays, University Hospital Weight Management and Nutrition Center, on St. Sebastian Street and 13th Street; 774-8917.

BRAIN-INJURY SUPPORT: 6 p.m. second Thursdays; Walton West, 2501 Center West Parkway; 737-9300.

BREAST CANCER SURVIVOR EXERCISE: 6-7 p.m. Tuesdays, Walton Rehabilitation Hospital Outpatient Building; 823-5294.

CANCER SHARE SUPPORT: 7 p.m. first Mondays; University Hospital, Cancer Learning Center, Professional Center 2, Suite 104,1350 Walton Way; registration required; 774-7000.

CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE SUPPORT: 11:30 a.m. second Tuesdays; University Hospital Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation Center, 1350 Walton Way; 774-5864.

FREE WOMEN'S HEALTH CLINIC: 6-8 p.m. first, third and fifth Tuesdays, Salvation Army and Welfare Center, 1383 Greene St.; Pap smears, breast exams, diagnosis and STDs treatment; 828-3444.

GASTRIC BYPASS SUPPORT: 7 p.m. Monday, Aug. 22, Sister Mary Louise Conference Room, St. Joseph Hospital, 3360 Wrightsboro Road; July 25, Aug. 22, Sept. 26, Oct. 24, Nov. 28, Dec. 16.

HEALING MEDITATION: 1 and 7 p.m. Tuesdays; Positive Image Awareness Center Inc., 116 Shaw St., Martinez; learn meditation techniques to help lower blood pressure, stress levels, ease suffering of cancer, other illnesses; $11 love offering; 210-4849.

HIV/AIDS HEALTH SCREENS: 5:30-8 p.m. Mondays, Thursdays, by appointment; Community Awareness and Prevention Program, 1829 Wrightsboro Road; second, fourth Wednesdays at CARE, 1138A Druid Park Ave. and St. Vincent DePaul Health Clinic, 1384 Greene St.; includes drug, alcohol, wellness counselling; free; 364-6135.

HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SUPPORT: 6-8 p.m. last Tuesdays; Medical College of Georgia, Marks Building, 1429 Harper St.; 721-2798.

KIDNEY DISEASE STUDY: Those with adult diabetes with mild kidney disease might qualify for clinical trial; receive study medication, study-related tests at no charge; 721-7405.

MORNING FITNESS: 8:45-9:30 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays; members only; Doctors Hospital, Building III, 1305 Interstate Parkway; 651-6716.

PARENTS HEALING TOGETHER: 7 p.m. first Mondays; University Hospital Women's Center fourth-floor classroom, 1350 Walton Way; for parents, families who have lost infants through miscarriage, death, stillbirth; 774-2751.

PEOPLE WITH ARTHRITIS CAN EXERCISE: 2-3 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Walton Rehabilitation Hospital; 823-5294.

REHAB PLUS: 8:30-10 a.m., 1-2:30 p.m., 2:30-4 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays; Walton Rehabilitation Hospital; includes supervision, weights, aerobic equipment, individual exercise programs; $30 a month.

STROKE SUPPORT: 1-2 p.m. last Wednesdays, Walton Rehabilitation Hospital, 1355 Independence Drive; 823-5213.

UNITED HOSPICE OF AUGUSTA: Lend support to terminally ill patients; Kim Jones, 650-1522.

WATER AEROBICS: 5-6 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays; Walton Rehabilitation Hospital's Outpatient Building; $32 a month; 823-5294.

WHEELCHAIR EQUIPMENT CLINIC: 1-3:30 p.m. third Mondays and second Wednesdays, 9-11 a.m. fourth Thursdays, Augusta Rehabilitation Associates Building; 722-1244.

SEEDS FOR LIFE: 1 p.m. Wednesdays; for location, call 774-5802.

STROLLER STRIDES: Stroller fitness classes for mothers and caregivers to work out with their children; classes designed to accommodate all levels of exercisers, taught by certified instructors; (800) 569-1642.

HEALTHY KIDS

CAR-SEAT EDUCATION: First Fridays; Medical College of Georgia Children's Medical Center; offered by SAFE KIDS of East Central Georgia; 721-5437.

WEE WISDOM: Free parenting sessions for families with children 5 and younger; noon Wednesdays, Children's Medical Center Family Resource Library, 1446 Harper St.; topics include discipline, nutrition, keeping children healthy and safe, child care, disabled children; 721-KIDS.

SPECIAL SERVICES

AMERICAN RED CROSS: Open for donations noon to 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays; 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesdays; 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Thursdays; Blood Collections Center, 106 Pleasant Home Road, LePavilion Plaza shopping center.

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 860-8331.

AUGUSTA LUPUS SUPPORT GROUP: 6:30 p.m. first Mondays, University Hospital Education Building, 1350 Walton Way; Vera L. Butler, 772-9001.

GRANITEVILLE COMMUNITY HEALTH EVALUATIONS AND REGISTRY: Phone lines open from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily; for victims of the Graniteville train chemical release; (803) 641-3332.

GYNECOLOGICAL CANCER SUPPORT: 7-8:30 p.m. second Tuesdays; The Clubhouse, on Washington Road, across from the Augusta National; 721-3992.

FREE HEALTH SCREENINGS: 5-8 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays, Community Awareness and Prevention Program, 1829 Wrightsboro Road; provides health screenings for HIV/AIDS and hypertension; to schedule an appointment, call 364-6135.

HEALTH SCREENINGS: 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday; outpatient registration, main lobby, St. Joseph Hospital, 2258 Wrightsboro Road; cholesterol, HDL, triglycerides, blood-sugar testing available; $14; 481-7474.

NARCONON OF GEORGIA: For questions about how to talk with children about drugs, or if you or someone you know is having a drug problem and would like more information; toll free (877) 413-3073.

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: For those who want to stop using food as a drug and who want to recover from compulsive eating; free; 278-5156.

OPTIFAST WEIGHT MANAGEMENT: 5-6 p.m. Thursdays, University Hospital Weight Management and Nutrition Center, 3500 Walton Way; free; registration required; 774-8917.

PROJECT ACCESS INC.: Outreach program of the Richmond County Medical Society to assist qualified uninsured residents of Richmond County by providing comprehensive health-care services through volunteerism; 733-5177; www.rcprojectaccess.org.

PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: 7-8:30 p.m. third Tuesday, Augusta Technical College, Building 6000, Room 612; Bob Graves, 364-6684.

SHEPEARD COMMUNITY BLOOD CENTER Donations 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Friday, 1533 Wrightsboro Road; 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday-Thursday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday; 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, 112 Davis Road; 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday and Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, 1019 Pine Log Road, Aiken; 737-4551.

TAKE OFF THE POUNDS SENSIBLY: 5;15- 7:30p.m. Mondays; St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 2321 Lumpkin Road; 831-4529.

THERAPEUTIC MASSAGE: For relief from pain and stress; Monday-Friday, Walton Rehabilitation Hospital, 355 Independence Drive; 823-5294.

TRANSPLANT AWARENESS GROUP: 7 p.m. third Tuesdays, LifeLink of Georgia, 2743 Perimeter Parkway, Building 100, Suite 120; Gloria Dossett, 854-0333.

FAMILY LIFE

DOCTORS HOSPITAL: 3651 Wheeler Road; classes for new and expectant parents; breast-feeding, infant CPR, hospital tours, childbirth preparation and programs for siblings and grandparents; to register, 651-2229.

LA LECHE LEAGUE: 10 a.m. second Thursdays, St. Mary on the Hill Catholic Church nursery, Monte Sano Avenue and McDowell Street; 736-1893.

MCG HEALTH: 15th Street; offered for new and expectant parents and siblings; topics include breast-feeding, baby-care basics, infant CPR and hospital tours; registration required; 721-9351.

MOTHERS AS MENTORS: Intervention program trains mothers of children to age 4 to function as mentors for pregnant teens; mentors must be 20 or older; (803) 641-4164.

MOTHERS OF MULTIPLES: 7 p.m. second Thursdays; Becky Okkerse, 854-0781.

WOMEN, CHILDBIRTH, EDUCATION SUPPORT FOR PARENTS: 7 p.m. second Tuesdays, Medical College of Georgia Pastoral Care Conference Room, BP 2477; for parents who have lost a child during pregnancy, childbirth or early infancy; free; 721-8299.

STORK CLUB: 6:30-7:15 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays, The Family YMCA, Wheeler Branch, 3532 Wheeler Road; low-impact water aerobics class for new, expectant mothers; doctor's permission required; free to Family Y members, $30 nonmembers; 738-6678.

WELCOME BABY: Support group for new mothers providing infant-care packets and community resource information; sponsored by Aiken County Mental Health Association; (803) 641-4164.