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NEWCOMERS GUIDE 2000
SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2000
Community Services
ACOA and Al-Anon
ACOA and Al-Anon meet at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, 5303 Diamondhead Circle,	Dia-mondhead
Thursdays at 8 p.m.. For information call 255-9213.
Al-Anon/BSL
Al-Anon, Bay St. Louis chapter, meets Monday and Friday at 8 p.m. at 300 Third Street, Bay St. Louis.
Al-Anon is designed for families and friends who are affected by someone else's drinking. For information, call 466-5780.
American Cancer Society
Assistance to victims of cancer is available through Han-cock and Harrison County chapters of the American Cancer Society
Necessary items for patients, such as dressings, ostomy and sickroom supplies are available to those in need.
Equipment which may be loaned to patients includes wheelchairs and hospital beds.
Assistance is available for transportation to qualifying hospitals.
Several rehabilitation programs are offered, including "Reach To Recovery", in which volunteers who have had mastectomies visit new breast cancer patients (with approval of physician) to assist in emotional, physical and psychological rehabilitation.
Battered Women
Free counseling is offered for Hancock County women suffering from emotional or physical abuse. Gwen Beck, outreach coordinator with Gulf Coast Women's Center, is available each Wednesday, 10 a.m.-noon at the Hancock County Youth Court building on Court Street.
All cases are confidential. Call 435-1968 collect for appointment.
The Gulf Coast Women's Center, a United Way agency, also offers an advocacy program for victims of sexual assault and domestic violence. A 24-hour crisis line is available by calling 1-800-800-1396.
Blood Pressure
Retired Senior Volunteer Pro-gram sponsors free blood pressure on the second and fourth Tuesday of each month from 9-11 a.m. at the American Legion Post 77, on Coleman Avenue in Waveland.
Hancock Medical Center Wo-men's Auxiliary (Pink Ladies) conducts free blood pressure testing at the hospital, 10-11:30 a.m. Tuesdays.
Hancock County Humane Society
The Hancock County Humane Society operates a flea market in Bay St. Louis at the intersection of Hwy. 90 and Drinkwater. Proceeds help needy animal owners with spay-neuter assistance, emergency food and medical help for pets.
The society is in constant need of good, but unwanted, ar-ticles of every description to sell at the flea market. Gifts are tax-deductible.
Hours are: Closed Monday, open 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
Humane Society meetings are held quarterly on the third Sunday at 3 p.m. at Jolly Rogers Printing, Hwy. 90.
All are welcome. For information, call 467-7686 Tuesday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.
Hancock Co. NAACP
The Hancock Count > Branch NAACP meets the
second Tues-day of each month at 7 p.m. at Valena C. Jones United Metho-dist Church (fellowship hall), Sycamore Street, Bay St. Louis.
Genevieve Gordon, president, 467-6040.
Hope Haven
Hope Haven meetings are every third Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. at 126 Court Street, Youth Court Building, Bay St. Louis.
Parkinson Support Group
The public is invited to all meetings of the Parkinson Support Group, which are held the second Sunday at 2 p.m. at Garden Park Community Hos-pital in Gulfport. For information, call 863-2929 or 467-0307.
Save Our Children
The Hancock County Task Force of Save Our Children will hold its monthly meeting at 6 p.m. every first Monday of the month at the center, 405 Necaise Street, Bay St. Louis.
For details, call Geraldine I_in ' .I1- *o7-
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