Al-Anon Meetings
Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings
Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings - Spanish
Comfort Zone Family Retreat - Camp Lakeside - Scott City, KS
Community Service Council Meetings
DivorceCare Seminar/Support Groups (FREE)
Family Time Summer Class (FREE)
LifeSkills Drug and Violence Prevention Training (FREE)
Marriage for Keeps
Parenting Classes (FREE)
Resource Family Support Groups
St. Catherine Hospice Grief Workshops & Support Group
Salvation Army Youth Activity Center (SAYAC)
Seeds of Hope Jail Ministry, Inc.
Comfort Zone Family Retreat - Camp Lakeside-Scott City, KS
St. Catherine Hospice is sponsoring the 11th annual Comfort Zone Family Retreat at Camp Lakeside in Scott City, Kansas. The camp is offered to help the families of Southwest Kansas who are dealing with grief. The Comfort Zone Family Retreat weekend is October 15-17, 2010 at Camp Lakeside in Scott City, Kansas. Cost for the weekend which includes 6 meals and two nights lodging is $10 per family member. Financial aid is available to assist families who would not otherwise be able to attend. The number of participants is limited so families are urged to register now. For more information or to register call Gina Cash or Kenne Whitson, Camp Directors, at St. Catherine Hospice 620-272-2519 or 1-800-281-4077.
Marriage for Keeps (FREE CLASSES)
Do you and your spouse need a getaway? Here is your opportunity to "getaway" and enhance your marriage! This 10-week workshop, once a week, teaches a variety of tools to help improve communication skills, conflict-resolution skills and more. Offers a marital assessment; with additional individual feedback meetings. Provides couples quality time together to learn great ways to strengthen their marriage. Includes an evening meal starting at 5:30 p.m. and a total of $50 in gift cards. All of this is available at NO COST to attendees.
Classes start Tuesday, June 1, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Make your reservation today by calling 620-272-0010 - Catholic Social Service.
Family Time Summer Class (FREE)
Fun and Interactive Family Time SUMMER CLASS
Location: Center for Families and Children
310 E. Walnut Suite 202
Dates: SUMMER CLASS (Call for more information - 620-260-9988)
Time: Wednesdays 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Cost: FREE
In a partnership with the Center for Children and Families, the Finney County Comunity Health Coalition and FHSU there is a FREE, fun summer activity for families and students to share. It is a program to help your children ignite their inner strengths and make better choices for life. This program is available in Spanish also. For a flyer with more information on the program and registering, click here.
Seeds of Hope Jail Ministry, Inc.
Southwest Kansas Regional Prevention Center
801 Campus Drive, Garden City, KS
(inside the Beth Tedrow Student Center -GCCC)
Mondays, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Phone (620) 276-9649
Email: becky.upshaw@gcccks.edu
News Bulletin October 2009
Mission: Seeds of Hope reflects God's love by helping inmates and ex-inmates grow in character, intellectually, and spiritually so that they can successfully transition out of the corrections system and become valuable, productive members of their communities.
Upcoming Events:
We enjoy weekly fellowship and a formal meeting from 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. During the meetings, volunteers and ex-inmates share information about our work, our needs, and future plans. We also discuss inspirational materials and new ideas for the ministry. Although our roots are Christian, this is a non-denominational organization. We hope for and welcome participation from all faiths. To view a brochure about Seeds of Hope, click here for English or here for Spanish. For more information, contact Becky Upshaw at (620) 276-9649 weekdays or (620) 272-5089 evenings and weekends.
The Salvation Army Youth Activity Center After School Program, 201 N. 8th Street, Garden City, KS 3:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Monday - Friday. Supervised activities include: snacks, tutoring, movies, computer lab, video games, pool tables, foosball, arts and crafts. If you have questions or need more information, please call the Salvation Army at 620-276-4027.
FREE LifeSkills Drug & Violence Prevention Training
The Southwest Kansas Regional Prevention Center offers FREE presenter trainings for the top evidence-based drug and violence prevention program in the country for children in grades three through ten. This training is valued at $195 on the LifeSkills Training website. The Regional Prevention Center is offering this training at NO CHARGE because we believe it can make a significant positive difference in the lives of children. Attendees can get 1/2 hour of college credit from Friends University for a fee of $40. Training materials and a certificate of attendance for seven hours are provided at no charge. Becky Upshaw with the Southwest Kansas Regional Prevention Center is hosting a LifeSkills Training Facilitator Workship in the Endowment Room, which is located in the east end of the Garden City Community College Student Center near the cafeteria. The workshop will take place on Monday, August 30, 2010, from 8:30 a.m.-4:00 p.m. To register for the upcoming LifeSkills Training, click here.Please email Becky Upshaw or call 620-276-9649 if you have questions, or would like to schedule a LifeSkills training. For more information about the LifeSkills Program, contact Becky or see their web site at http://www.lifeskillstraining.com.
An Incredible Years Parent Workshop to be facilitated in Spanish is starting August 20 at the Head Start Center, 2620 N. 8th Street, Garden City, KS. This is a new evidence based program funded through the LAUNCH project to build the strengths of families and insure children thrive and develop into productive adults. Parents will learn about the power of playing with their children, encouraging good behavior with praise and rewards, setting effective limits for kids, handling misbehavior in ways that are helpful to both them and their child, and teaching kids to make good decisions.
An English class will start in September and that information will be shared when details are finalized.
For more information or if you have questions, please contact:
Lois Limes, Incredible Years Coordinator
Kansas Children's Service League
1517 Fulton Terrace
Garden City, KS 67846
620-805-6454 ext 1136
Fax: 620-805-6925
E-mail: llimes@kcsl.org
For an enrollment form for the Incredible Years Parent Workshop (Spanish version) click here.
FREE PARENTING CLASS for new parents and teen parents with children birth to 4 years old. This 6 week parenting class will teach how to care for a new baby, ages and stages of development, how to protect and teach your child. This class will also teach how to use non-violent discipline, choices and consequences, the power of encouragement, bonding, rules.
This FREE parenting class is sponsored by The Center for Children and Families and CASA Spirit of the Plains.
Classes are held in the Medical Building of St. Catherine Hospital in the Center for Children and Families, Suite 202. Classes begin Thursday, August 19, 2010 from 4:00 to 6:00. To register contact Kelly Houser, with CASA Spirit of the Plains at 620-271-6197.
To see a flyer about the FREE Parenting Class click here.
ABC Pregnancy Center
509 N. Sixth Street
Garden City, KS 67846
For more information call (620) 275-1777
Finney County Youth Services
907 Zerr Road
Garden City, KS 67846
(620) 271-6620 - contact Robert Gonzales
CASA Spirit of the Plains
603 North Eighth Street
Garden City, KS 67846
For more information call (620) 271-6197-Kelly Houser
FREE DivorceCare Seminar/Support Group
DivorceCare Seminar/Support Groups Thursdays, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Sessions begin January 15, 2009 Facilitator: Penny German. All sessions are held at Garden City Church of the Nazarene, 2720 N. Campus Drive, Garden City, Kansas. Call 275-4378 or 620-430-7653 for more information. PLEASE NOTE: You are welcome to begin attending the DivorceCare group at any time. Each session is "self-contained" and you can continue through the next session to view any of the topics you have not seen. Seminar Topics Include: What's Happening to Me?, The Road to Healing/Finding Help, Facing Your Anger, Facing Your Depression, Facing Your Loneliness, What Does the Owner's Manual Say?,
New Relationships, Financial Survival, Kidcare, Single Sexuality, Forgiveness, Reconciliation, Moving On, Growing Closer to God.
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St. Catherine Hospice Offers Grief Recovery Workshops and Support Group
Grief Awareness Workshops led by Dr. Billy Kryger, Hospice Chaplain: Topics include--types of loss and the stages of grief, doing grief work, dealing with anger, guilt and depression, children and grief, suicide, spiritual issues in grief, holidays and anniversaries, steps to recovery and growth. Grief Awareness Workshops led by Dr. Kenne Whitson, Hospice Chaplain: Topics include--what is normal grief, myths and cliches of grief, holidays and other special occasions, six needs of mourning and helping ourselves heal.
FREE of Charge: meets First Tuesday evening of every month 7:00-8:30 p.m. and First Thursday afternoon of every month 2:00-3:30 p.m. at the Finney County Senior Center 907 N. 10th Street, Garden City, KS.
For more information or to register for one of the workshops call: Gina Cash 800-281-4077 or 620-272-2519.
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Resource Family Support Groups
The Kansas Children's Service League is offering support groups designed to help adoptive parents or foster parents who are also adopting. The groups are FREE and will give adoptive parents an opportunity to meet and discuss parenting issues with other adoptive parents as well as parent leadership opportunities.
Fourth Thursday of the Month
7:00pm-8:00pm
106 West Fulton
Garden City, KS
Contact: PJ Sanders @ 620-640-8807 for more information
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Community
Service Council Meetings
Representatives
of various Finney County agencies report events and activities that benefit
southwest Kansas communities on the fourth Tuesday of every month, except
for November, which is on the 3rd Tuesday and December meetings which are on the second Tuesday.
Meeting Time: 10:00am - 11:00
September 28, 2010
Catholic Social Services
605 E. Walnut Street (Library Meeting Room)
Garden City, KS 67846
October 26, 2010
Lee Richardson Zoo
312 E. Finnup Drive
Garden City, KS 67846
November 16, 2010
K-State Research & Extension Area Office
4500 E. Mary Street
Garden City, KS 67846
December 14, 2010
The Salvation Army
216 N. Ninth Street
Garden City, KS 67846
Alcoholics
Anonymous Garden City
AA 12 Step Group
116 1/2 Chestnut
Garden City, KS
Phone (620) 272-5623
Meetings:
Sunday: 11:00 a.m.
Monday: 6:30 a.m., Noon, 5:30 p.m., 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday: Noon, 5:30 p.m.- Women Only
Wednesday: 6:30 a.m., Noon, 5:30 p.m., 8:00 p.m.
Thursday: Noon, 5:30 p.m.
Friday: 6:30 a.m., Noon, 5:30 p.m., 8:00 p.m.
Saturday: Noon, 8:00 p.m.
Garden City Group
1501 E. Mary Street (Bible Christian Church)
Garden City, KS
Meetings:
Sunday: 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 8:00 p.m.
Thursday: 8:00 p.m.
ALL MEETINGS ARE NON SMOKING
Elkhart Fellowship Group
Catholic Parish Hall
723 S. Baca
Elkhart, KS 67950
Meetings:
Tuesday: 8:00 p.m.
Elkhart Serenity Group
547 Stillman (and Stevens on corner)
Elkhart, KS 67950
Meetings:
Wednesday: 8:00 p.m.
Hugoton New Beginning Group
1404 Cemetery Road
Hugoton, KS 67951
Phone (620) 544-8633
Meetings:
Monday: 8:00 p.m. - Closed
Thursday: 9:00 p.m. - Closed
Saturday: 8:00 p.m.
Lakin AA Group
104 Prairie Street
Lakin, KS 67860
Phone (620) 640-8865/521-0587
Meetings:
Sunday: 8:00 p.m.
Tuesday: 8:00 p.m.
Thursday: 8:00 p.m.
Liberal Group
Club 1, 109 E. Second
Liberal, KS 67901
Phone (620) 624-1151
Meetings:
Sunday: 8:00 p.m. - New Life Tradition Group
Tuesday: 8:00 p.m.
Thursday: 8:00 p.m - New Outlooks Group.
Saturday: 8:00 p.m. - New Life Tradition Group
ALL MEETINGS ARE NON SMOKING
Sublette AA Group
301 S. Derby
Sublette, KS 67877
Phone (620) 675-8100/649-2255
Meetings:
Monday: 8:00 p.m. - Closed
Friday: 8:00 p.m. - Closed
Ulysses Group
118 E. Nebraska
Ulysses, KS 67880
Phone (620) 356-3003
Meetings:
Sunday: 2:00 p.m. - Spanish, 8:00 p.m .- Discussion
Monday: 8:00 p.m. - Closed - Big Book Study
Tuesday: 8:00 p.m. - Spanish
Wednesday: 8:00 p.m. - Closed - Discussion
Thursday: 8:00 p.m. - Closed - Traditions Study
Friday: 8:00 p.m. - Step Study
Ulysses Big Book Study Group
Shelton Mem. Christian Church
316 N. Main
Ulysses, KS 67880
Meetings:
Tuesday: 8:00 p.m.
ALL MEETINGS ARE NON SMOKING
Spanish
Alcoholics Anonymous
12 Step Meetings
140 N. Stevens Avenue
Garden
City, KS 67846
Phone (620) 260-7253
Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays at 7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Sunday at 3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.
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Al-Anon
Meetings
3 N 1 Al-Anon
Meetings
United Methodist Church, Hearthstone Room
1106 N. Main St.
Garden City, KS 67846
Phone
(620) 275-0578
Sundays at 7:00 p.m. (non-smoking) Enter at east door
Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. 710 N. Main Street St. Thomas Episcopal Church
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12
& 12 Al-Anon Meetings
301 N. Main Room 204
Warren Building
Garden City, KS 67846
Phone (620) 275-5148
Mondays at 8:00 p.m. (non-smoking) Phone (620) 275-5148
Wednesdays at 8:00 p.m. (non-smoking) Phone (620) 276-8387
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