COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Under present circumstances, many local clubs and support groups have suspended their in-person meetings. If you need information about any of these groups, their contact information is listed:
COMMUNITY CLUBS
German Group — call 903-306-2059 or 903-223-8075.
Arklatex Woodcarving Club — call Porter McAfee at 870-773-7404.
Cadet Program Civil Air Patrol — teen group, call 903-336-1460.
Civil Air Patrol Senior Officers — call 903-336-0042.
Duplicate Bridge Club — call Fred Borum at 870-584-9224.
Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie and Auxiliary 2684 — call 870-774-9991.
Metaphysical Discussion Group — call Lisa Jewell at 903-490-5503.
Tai Chi Club of Texarkana — call Susan Moore at 870-774-2819.
Texarkana Coin Club — call Frank McFerrin at 903-824-4167.
Texarkana Evening Lions Club — call 903-794-0076.
ADDICTION SUPPORT GROUPS
Alanon — call 903-701-5641.
Alateens — call 870-772-6088.
Alcoholics Anonymous — call 903794-4731 or 903-798-1024.
Celebrate Recovery — Group meeting at Church on the Rock, call Terry Anderson at 903-701-9553.
Celebrate Recovery — Group meeting at First Baptist Church, Moores Lane, call Patty Ashby at 903-8316000.
Celebrate Recovery — group meeting at First Church of God, call 870772-4446.
Celebrate Recovery — group meeting at Life House Church, call Bubba Ray at 870-648-5307.
Cocaine Anonymous — call 903556-8337 or 903-733-7729.
Co-Dependents Anonymous meeting at 303 W. Broad St., call Susan Moore at 870-774-2819.
Co-Dependents Anonymous meeting at Living Hope Group, call 903792-3000 or 903-278-6245.
Narconon — call 1-800-431-1754 or visit stopaddiction.com. Visit www. narcononnewliferetreat.org/blog/naloxone-availability.html to learn about the overdose reversing drug known as naloxone and find out about its availability.
Narcotics Anonymous meeting at 404 Quonset Drive — call 1-888-6296757.
Sex Addicts Anonymous — saatexarkana@yahoo.com.
EDUCATION/FAMILY
Holiday Springs Water Park lifegard
training, call Darrell at 870-772-2200 or 903-824-4564.
Adult education classes for GED and ESL in Texarkana. Free GED classes in Atlanta, Hughes Springs,
Linden (ESL only) and New Boston. Call Karen Ottinger at 903-794-2858 or ottingerk@txkisd.net.
Adult education classes for refresher, GED or ESL at Texarkana, Ark., Adult Education Center and in Foreman, Ashdown, Genoa, Bradley, Fouke, Prescott, Nevada and Stamps — call 870-774-4414 or 870-772-2006.
MOPS (Mothers of Preschoolers) — call 903-831-6000.
TEACH, Texarkana Educators Association of Christian Homeschoolers — www.homeschool-life.com/tx/teach.
TORCH Homeschool Support Group — call Kim Bragg at 870-653-6204.
Texarkana College CPR and First
Aid classes — call the Continuing Education Division at 903-838-4541, ext. 3270.
Texarkana La Leche League, Mother-to-Mother Breastfeeding Support Group, call Georgiaberry Mobley at 870-653-3062.
GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS
Dierksen Hospice Grief Support
Group — call 870-773-4353 or 903-7936350.
Grief Group meeting at Queen City Funeral Home — call 903-796-9669.
Hospice of Texarkana/Hospice of Hope Movers and Shakers Grief Support Group — call Barbara at 903794-4263.
MEDICAL SUPPORT GROUPS
Alzheimer’s Support Groups:
Forget-Me-Not group — call 903-2771253; Alliance Support Group call 870772-6075; Dierks, Ark., group — call 870-451-2101; Jefferson, Texas, group — call 903-665-3903; Mount Pleasant, Texas, group — call 903-577-6593.
Lymphedema Support Group — call 903-614-4458 for information.
Amputation Support Group — call Mae Tariman at 903-614-4000.
Arklatex Lyme Disease Support
Group — call Annette Sharp at 903748-9182.
Hear the Ark-La-Tex Autism Parent Support Group — call Shasta at 903490-1186.
Brain Injury Support Group — call Elizabeth Dalby at 903-614-4455.
Coping with Breast Cancer Support Group — call 903-614-2675.
Diabetes Support Group — call 903614-2034.
Miller County Parkinson’s Support Group and Care Partner Support
Group — call Nancy Bailey at 870626-3089, toll free in Arkansas at 800-272-2127 or KaSandra Gillbeau at 870-773-2030.
Hempstead County Parkinson’s and Caregiver Support Group — call the Area Agency on Aging toll free at 800-272-2127, Ext. 105, or the Texarkana Regional Center on Aging at 870-773-2030.
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental
Illness) Arkansas support group — contact Kim Siebert at ksiebert@ swacmhc.com.
Stroke Support Group meeting at CHRISTUS St. Michael Rehabilitation Hospital — call 903-614-4459.
Stroke Support Group meeting at Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital — call 903-735-5062.
Texarkana Resources for the Disabled Board of Directors — call 870-774-9675.
TexArk Hearing Loss Association of America — call 870-330-0449 for information.
Tri-States Fibromyalgia Support
Group — call Eleanor Mongold at 870832-3072.
VETERANS
Veterans Helping Veterans Support
Group — call Sam Cross at 903-2788953. Officials advise participants to arrive early as the courthouse doors close at 5 p.m.
WEIGHT LOSS
New Boston Weight Watchers — call 1-800-521-5566.
Weight Watchers Studio, 3416 Richmond Road — call 1-800-651-6000 for info.
TOPS No. 665 — call LaRue Shelling at 903-826-4005.
TOPS No. 1324 — call Sue McKin at 903-559-2016.
For a complete Self-Help listing, go to texarkanagazette.com.