Items of interest
Daylily Society to meet Feb. 16
The Hot Springs Daylily Society will meet at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 16, at Ouachita Behavioral Health and Wellness, 125 Wellness Way.
The society will view a YouTube video by Ron Reimer sharing his daylily garden from fall 2017 to the summer of 2018. Guests are welcome. For directions or more information, call Lin Johnson at 501-318-0288 or 870-942-6040.
Safe boating class offered Saturday
An Arkansas Game and Fish safe boating class will be offered at National Park College from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday in the Lab Science Building, LS Room 118.
The course is free and required to operate a boat for anyone born on or after Jan. 1, 1986.
Register online at the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s website, https://www.agfc.com/en/.
AARP driver safety class offered at CHI St. Vincent
An AARP Smart Driver course will be sponsored by CHI St. Vincent Hot Springs at 8:30 a.m. Thursday.
Qualified graduates are eligible for an auto insurance discount. There is a $15 fee for AARP members and $20 fee for nonmembers to cover course materials. Participants should bring their driver’s license and, if applicable, AARP membership card.
Call 501-622-1033 to enroll.
Organizations needed to sponsor birthday parties
Veteran Administration Voluntary Services for Central Arkansas has asked service organizations to sponsor a birthday party each month at the Eugene Towbin VA Medical Center’s Community Living Center at Fort Roots in North Little Rock.
The party would celebrate the birthdays of the month for those veterans residing in the CLC unit. Organizations would choose the month to host.
“A CLC used to be called a VA nursing home. Veterans may stay for a short time or, in rare instances, for the rest of their life. It is a place where veterans can receive nursing home level of care,” a news release said.
“The mission of a Community Living Center is to restore each veteran to his or her highest level of well-being. It is also to prevent declines in health and to provide comfort at the end of life,” it said.
Call Michael R. Dobbs, chief of Voluntary Services, Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System, at 501-257-3293 for more information about sponsoring a birthday party.