Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.life From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Wed, 4 Nov 92 16:16:30 EST Message-ID: \SE D;LIFE;WAY OF LIFE;FAMILY CALENDAR \BY Charmaine Roberts \CR THE WASHINGTON TIMES EDUCATION * Pregnancy - Course includes nutrition, exercise, delivery options and infant care. Nov. 7 to Dec. 5, Saturdays, 10 a.m. to noon at Fort Washington Medical Center, 11711 Livingston Road, Fort Washington. Sponsored by Greater Southeast Community Hospital; $60 per couple. Registration: 301/292-7000. Comprehensive weekend childbirth course for expectant couples. Nov. 13 to 15 at One Washington Circle Hotel in Northwest; $105 per couple. Special hotel rates available. Limited space. Sponsored by the George Washington University Medical Center. Registration: 202/994-2837. Lecture on pregnancy after 35. Nov. 13, 7 to 9 p.m. at Columbia Hospital for Women; $5 per person; $7.50 per couple. Registration: 202/293-3239. * Infant care - Course for expectant and new parents. Nov. 9, 7 to 10 p.m. at Alexandria Hospital; $30 per couple. Registration: 703/750-0754. * Divorce - Six-session separation and divorce workshops begin Nov. 9 for Monday sessions, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m.; and begin Nov. 10 for Tuesday sessions, 10 a.m. to noon, at the Women's Center, 133 Park St. NE, Vienna.;$50. Registration: 703/281-2657. Workshop on the legal aspects of separation and divorce. Nov. 14, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Women's Center, 133 Park St. NE, Vienna; $15. Registration: 703/281-2657. Two-part workshop for those considering separation or are in the process of separation or divorce. Focuses on parents understanding the impact of divorce on children. Nov. 14 and 21 at Casey's Community Center, 810 S. Frederick Ave., Gaithersburg. Sponsored by the Children of Separation and Divorce Center. Registration: 301/384-0079. * Adolescent pregnancy - Prenatal program for expectant adolescents. Nov. 14 to Dec. 12, Saturdays, 1 to 3:30 p.m. at Greater Southeast Community Hospital. Registration: 202/574-6898. * Baby-sitting - Red Cross baby-sitting course. Nov. 14, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the Arlington Hospital; $22. Limited space. Registration: 703/558-6700. * Housing - Workshop on "Affordable Housing: The Impossible Dream Made Possible," which focuses on women's access to rental and home-buying markets. Nov. 14, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Vienna Presbyterian Church, 124 Park St. NE, Vienna; $15. Registration: 703/281-2657. * Siblings - Class for children ages 3 to 9 who are expecting a sibling. Nov. 11, 3:30 p.m. at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital; $10 per family. Registration: 301/279-6529. Ongoing class and tour of Montgomery General Hospital for children ages 3 to 8 who are expecting a sibling. For tour dates and times, call 301/598-9815. SUPPORT * Bereavement - Ongoing support group meets today (first and third Wednesdays of each month), 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Haven of Northern Virginia, 4606 Ravensworth Road, Annandale; 703/941-7000. * Widowed - Widowed Persons Service meets Nov. 8, 2 p.m. at Bauer Drive Community Center, 14635 Bauer Drive, Rockville. A pharmacist speaks on "Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Your Medicine." For information or for other support group dates and locations, call 301/949-7398. * Miscarriage - M.I.S., a support group for those who have experienced a miscarriage, infant death or stillbirth, meets Nov. 11, 8 p.m. at Shady Grove Adventist Hospital; 301/279-6529. * Breast-feeding - La Leche League offers information and support groups for nursing mothers. Call the Helpline at 202/328-6745 in the District and Maryland and 703/534-8548 in Virginia. * Unemployed - Support group for those who have lost their jobs because of the economy. Meets Mondays, 9 a.m. at the Family Life Center, 10451 Twin Rivers Road, Columbia. No fee for Howard County residents; 301/596-4568 or 410/997-3557. * Adult children of alcoholics - Therapy group now forming; focuses on strategies to change ineffective and/or destructive behavior. Will meet Mondays at the Family Life Center in Columbia; 301/596-4568 or 410/997-3557. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM