Support groups

Narcotics Anonymous meets at 2 p. m. and 8 p. m. today at 919 Hobson Ave. This is a 12- step recovery program for people for whom drugs have become a major problem. The Help Line number is 321- 8700.

Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 11 a. m. and 8 p. m. today at 411 Sellers St.

Al- Anon, a fellowship for relatives and friends of alcoholics, meets at 11 a. m. Mondays and Thursdays at Prince of Peace Lutheran Church, 109 Hobson; and 6 p. m. Wednesdays at Oaklawn United Methodist Church, 216 Higdon.

Narcotics Anonymous, SOS Group, meets at 6 p. m. today at 315 W. Grand Ave. All meetings are open. Call 866754- 2579 for information.

Alcoholics Anonymous, for those who wish to stop drinking, may be reached by calling 623- 6328.

Narcotics Anonymous, H. O. W. Group, meets at 7 p. m. today at Jessieville Fellowship Club, 7415 Highway 7 north. Call 866- 754- 2579 for information.

Alcoholics Anonymous, Last House on the Block, meets at 8 a. m. today at 315 W. Grand Ave.

Narcotics Anonymous, Square Peg, Round Hole, will meet at 8 p. m. today at 315 W. Grand Ave. Call 866- 754- 2579 for information.

Reformers Unanimous addictions program meets at 10 a. m. today at 600 Garland Ave.

National Alliance on Mental Illness Family- toFamily Support Group meets from 6: 30- 8 p. m. on the first and third Tuesday of each month at Community Counseling Services, 125 Dons Way. Child care is provided. Contact Winston Dábell, 622- 0226 or wldabell@ live. com, for information.

Celebrate Recovery is designed to help those struggling with hurts, habits and hang- ups through a recovery process with Jesus Christ at the center.

Locations of local meetings include:

• First Baptist Church, 2350 Central Ave., at 9: 30 a. m. Sundays. Open share groups for women meet in Room 303; men in Room 311. Child Care available. Call 624- 3345 for information.

• Lake Valley Community

Church, 910 Shady Grove Road, at 5: 30 p. m. Mondays with a brown bag meal; 6: 30 p. m. meeting. Call 623- 8892 for information.

• Hot Springs Baptist Church, 144 Weston Road, free fellowship dinner at 5: 30 p. m. Tuesdays followed by large group at 6: 30 p. m. and open share groups at 7: 30 p. m. with Solid Rock Café from 8: 30- 9: 30 p. m. Step study groups are available for men and women Sunday afternoons; call for specific times. Contact Shane Robertson, 760- 4744 or info@ hotspringsbaptist. org, for information. Free child care is available.

• First Church of the Nazarene, 3804 Central Ave., will meet from 6 to 8 p. m. today. A fellowship dinner is held at 5: 30 p. m. Child care is provided. Call 525- 1343 for information.

Anchor of Hope Cancer Ministry, for anyone who currently is or has been affected by cancer or knows someone who has, meets at 7 p. m. every third Monday in Room 131 of Hot Springs Baptist Church, 144 Weston Road. Call 760- 4744 for information.

Autism Awareness Family Support Group gathers at 5: 30 p. m. the first Monday of every month in the Mercy Room ( off the cafeteria) at St. Joseph’s Mercy Health Center followed at 6 p. m. with a meeting. The group is for parents and caregivers of children with autism. It strives to raise awareness of autism, educate, advocate and support these families. Light refreshments will be served. Input on upcoming speakers is encouraged and newcomers are welcome. Call Teresa Dodson, 337- 6012, or Michelle Walker, 276- 4530, for information.

A bereavement group meets at Hospice Home Care Inc., 3955 Central Ave., Suite 6, Buena Vista Plaza. All are welcome. Call 321- 4014 for date, time and information. free, comprehensive medical care, lab testing, medications, case management and support groups, and arranges HIV/ AIDS awareness topic discussions. Call Mike Melancon, 623- 5598, for information, to make a clinic appointment or donation.

Designing Women’s Extension Homemakers Painting Club meets at 9 a. m. on the first Monday each month. Come paint. Call Phyllis Pipkin, 7602872, or Joan Rich, 922- 6575, for location. Visitors are welcome.

Aquatic programs are offered at Quapaw Community Center, 500 Quapaw Ave., including: Water Aerobics from 9- 10 a. m. Monday- Saturday; Aqua Arthritis, 10- 11 a. m. Monday- Saturday; Water Workout, 5: 30- 6: 15 p. m. Tuesday and Thursday; Lap Swim, 11 a. m.- 12: 30 p. m. and 6: 307: 45 p. m. Monday- Friday; Low Impact, 1 p. m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Call 623- 9922 for information.

National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, Hot Springs Branch 6013, secretly founded and chartered on Nov. 11, 1942, in a hotel linen closet, meets at 2 p. m. on the second Saturday of each month at Webb Community Center, 127 Pleasant St.

Line dancing instruction with Dot Tench will be held at 11 a. m. Tuesdays and Thursdays at Quapaw Community Center, Brown Hall, 500 Quapaw Ave. Cost is $ 5 for nonmembers; free for members. Come for a toe kicking and heel stomping adventure. Call 623- 9922 for information.

Village Card Club meets at 1 p. m. the second Sunday for in- dividual open game and the fifth Sunday for open Swiss teams at Casa de Carta at the Woodland, 1101 Desoto Blvd., Hot Springs Village. All bridge players are welcome. Call 915- 9296 or 9223346 for information.

Special low- cost spay/ neu-

244 Anatole Loop, a nonprofit maternity home servicing homeless pregnant women in Hot Springs, is in need of baby items, maternity clothes, food, office and scrap booking supplies and hygiene products. It is also looking for a female houseparent, room and