SPECIAL INTEREST

AIKEN CAMERA CLUB: 7:30 p.m. third Mondays; H. Odell Weeks Activity Center, 1700 Whiskey Road, Aiken; 642-9272 or misticole22@hotmail.com

AIKEN INTERNATIONAL CLUB: 7-9 p.m. first Wednesdays; to discuss cultures of the world; open to everyone; University of South Carolina Aiken's Penland Administration Building; 641-6875

AMERICAN NEEDLEPOINT GUILD: Aiken chapter; 1 p.m. second Thursdays; Aiken Public Library, 314 Chesterfield St. S.W.; 649-0465

EMBROIDERERS' GUILD OF AMERICA: 10:15 a.m. third Mondays; Aiken chapter; Aiken County Library, 314 Chesterfield St., Aiken; Linda Levitt, 642-4736

TOASTMASTERS: 6:45 p.m. first and third Thursdays; H. Odell Weeks Activity Center; 648-7833 or aiken.freetoasthost.org

OUTDOORS

AIKEN OUTDOORS: 7:30 p.m. second Thursdays; to discuss outdoor activities in the Aiken area; open to anyone interested; Birds and Butterflies, 123 Laurens St. N.W., Aiken; 649-3470

HEALTH AND SUPPORT GROUPS

ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS: 7 p.m. Sundays, Tuesdays; Thursdays and Fridays, Aurora Pavilion, 655 Medical Park Drive, Aiken, 641-5926

BUTTERFLIES: Grief support group for children, teens and their families; sponsored by First Baptist Church of Aiken and Aiken Regional Medical Centers; call for dates and times; 641-5389

GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS: 7:30 p.m. Thursdays; cafeteria entrance at Fairview Presbyterian Church, Carolina Avenue, North Augusta; (800) 313-0170; www.gamblers anonymous.org

OPTIFAST WEIGHT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SESSIONS: 5-6 p.m. Thursdays, University Hospital Nutrition Center; registration required; 774-8917

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS: Call for meeting locations and times; 278-5156

PAUL F. MILNER SICKLE CELL SUPPORT GROUP: 6-7 p.m. second Mondays, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 15th Street; Cecil Gresham, 771-0344

PINK MAGNOLIA BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: 7 p.m. second Mondays, University Hospital Breast Health Center; 774-4141

PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT GROUP: 7 p.m. third Tuesdays, Augusta Technical College, Building 600, 364-6684

SURVIVORS OF SUICIDE: 3 p.m. fourth Sundays, Advent Lutheran Church, 3232 Washington Road; Al and Laraine Yarbrough; 863-6785

TRANSPLANT AWARENESS GROUP: 7 p.m. third Tuesdays, Augusta Lifelink office, 2743 Perminter Parkway, Building 100, Suite 120; for patients and caregivers; 854-0333

MILITARY

DENIZENS OF THE DEEP: 5:30 p.m. first Thursdays; Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5877, off Whiskey Road, Aiken; open to any submarine veterans, those who have worked on submarines; 641-1231

KOREAN WAR VETERANS ASSOCIATION: 2 p.m. third Saturdays; anyone who served in the U.S. armed forces anywhere from June 25, 1950, tto Jan. 31, 1955, or has served in the U.S. armed forces in Korea since 1945; 278-1039