Support groups

meets at noon and 8 p.m. today at 919 Hobson Ave. This is a 12-step recovery program. The Help Line number is 321-8700.

meets at noon, 6 p.m. (two meetings — one man, one woman) and 8 p.m. today at 411 Sellers St. Call 623-6328 for information.

meets at 6 p.m. today at 315 W. Grand Ave. All meetings are open. Call 866-754-2579 for information. 2026 Central Ave., in the Freeman Center, is open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Shop in-store specials, with new arrivals daily. Proceeds contribute to the care of dogs and cats at the kennel facilities at 1249 Ault Loop, Lonsdale. Donations of dog and cat food and other pet supplies may be dropped off at the store. Anyone interested in volunteering at the store may call 321-9604 for information.

907 Hobson Ave., is open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays. All proceeds go to support the cat shelter and rescue operations. Email gacr@att.net or call 501-6099950 for information.

1819 Albert Pike, is open from 8:30 a.m.4:30 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Donations are accepted from 8:30-4 p.m. at the back door; or call 624-5757 for pickup of donations.

109 Crescent St., is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Call 623-1641 for pickup of items.

4409 Central Ave., next to Kroger, is open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Call 525-5059 for information.

210 Woodbine, inside Hot Springs Senior Center, is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday-Friday. Call 6240838 for information.

1036 Malvern Ave., is open from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday. Donations are accepted behind the shop from 9 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Call 620-4405 for information.

815 Albert Pike, is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday-Saturday.

350 Malvern Ave., Hot Springs, and 3825 N. Highway 7, Hot Springs Village, is open from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Saturday. Call 321-4241 or 624-3333 for large item pick-up.

2314 Airport Road, is open from 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. Call 767-4483 for information.

423 Hobson Ave., is open from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays.

6804 Highway 7, operates a thrift store from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays-Saturdays. Call 501865-2949 or email hhofbismarck@yahoo.com for information.

1679 Highway 7 north, is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday; 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday; and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday. Call 624-2446 or email storemanager@ teenchallengear.org for information.

300 Werner St., is open from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Fridays. Call 622-1033 for information.

123 Albert Pike, is open from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday. SAC investigates reports of cruelty and neglect in Hot Spring and Garland counties. Donations of dog and cat food or pet supplies may be left at the store. Low-cost spay and neuter vouchers are available to the public. Call the hot line, 501-276-7570, for information. adoptions, community awareness, fostering from their homes while caring for companion animals until forever homes can be found. Email info@pawsandclawsrescue. org for information.

is held from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturdays at Petco, in Cornerstone Shopping Center. All dogs and cats are neutered, up-to-date on shots and deemed healthy. To help transport dogs or work the adoption clinic, call the shelter, volunteers are needed. If interested in volunteering program, call the shelter at 1249 Ault Loop, Lonsdale, off Highway 128 east of Hot Springs Village; call 623-5012.

meets at 9 a.m. today for 0-200; and 1 p.m., open, 0-750 and 0-20 at Casa de Carta at the Woodland, 1101 DeSoto Blvd., Hot Springs Village. All bridge players are welcome. Call 915-9296 for information.

will meet from 9-10 a.m. Saturday at Hot Springs Yoga Center, 1107 W. Grand Ave. Come for group meditation, discussion and book sharing. All are welcome regardless of age, experience or religious background. Call Lacey Riciano, 501-339-3750, for information.

Elks Lodge 380 will hold a dinner/concert/drawing fundraiser at 5 p.m. Saturday. Can’t make it to the lodge to get tickets? Call Juanita, lodge secretary, 525-1020 or 282-0829, to reserve them. The event will feature Wallace Poole, aka Willie Nelson, on stage and a sitdown dinner with smoked pork loin.

A couple of big ticket raffle items are a 55-inch HDTV and a wood chipper/shredder. Other prizes are displayed in the lounge. Drawings for prizes will be before and during the concert. Winners need not be present. Tickets for the raffle are $1 each or six for $5.

Dinner/concert tickets are $40 with all proceeds going to the parking lot fund. Tickets may be purchased from all lodge officers. Reserved seating is available at the time of purchase.

There are a lot of people that take part in recycling, some do it because they want to, while others need extra motivation. If you aren’t regularly participating in recycling, what would it take to motivate you?

Recycling is a process to create new items from old and used materials, helps reduce energy consumption and keeps potentially useful materials from being wasted. Recycling can even save you money in reduced product and manufacturing costs. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle — the amount of solid waste you send to landfills by exploring ways cut back on purchases of new items and seek ways to reuse products you buy. There are many great ideas for items rather than disposing of them like using boxes and other containers for storage or use a plastic bottle to make a bird feeder. When you don’t see a way to reuse a product in your home or office, send it to be when possible.

If you are not currently recycling, it is a great time to start. Contact Solid Waste at 321-6911 to request a container for the Earth Angel Recycling Program curbside collection of newspaper, corrugated cardboard, phone books and aluminum cans.

Last week, Earth Angels of Hot Springs recycled: 106 pounds, aluminum cans; 3,476 pounds, newspaper; 559 pounds, corrugated cardboard; 339 pounds, plastic; 18,320 pounds, yard waste. A total of 11.40 tons of recyclable materials were kept out of the landfill.

Today: Whittington/Quapaw-Prospect. Monday: Jaycee Park/Oaklawn-Henderson. Tuesday: Richard/Airport-Family Park. Wednesday: Grove/Files Road-Higdon Ferry. Thursday: McAuley-Greenwood. Aug. 5: Hobson-Plain.