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required. Call 706-863-1946 or visit ecgrl.org.
Cardiac Support Group meets three times a year. For more information on meetings, as well as for pre-registration, call 706-774-5864 or visit universityhealth.org.
Common Cents, a six-week budgeting class, meets Thursdays beginning October 4 from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Kroc Center. $15. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.
Adult Sexual Assault and Rape Support meets for group counseling. For more information, call 706-7245200 or visit universityhealth.org.
Active Parenting a Teen, a six-week parenting class, meets Thursdays beginning October 4 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the Kroc Center. $15. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org.
Narcotics Anonymous meets Fridays and Sundays at 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Hospital of Augusta. Visit na.org. AA meets every Sunday and Wednesday at 7:15 p.m. at Aiken Regional Medical Centers’ Aurora Pavilion, and includes an open discussion. Call 800-322-8322 or visit aikenregional.com.
Benefits
Burn Support Group meets every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Doctors Hospital’s Lori Rogers Nursing Library, JMS Building. All burn survivors, and their families and friends are welcome. Call Tim Dorn at 706-651-6660 or visit doctors-hospital.net.
Red Shoe Golf Ball, a benefit for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Augusta, is Saturday, September 29, from 7-11 p.m. at West Lake Country Club and includes dancing, live music by Bill Tolbert and the New BTUs, a red shoe contest and live and silent auctions. $75 per person; $130 per couple; $500, table of 8. Call 706-724-5901 or visit rmhcaugusta.org.
Moms Connection, a free support group for new mothers and their babies, meets Tuesdays from 1-2 p.m. at Georgia Health Sciences Building 1010C. Call 706-721-9351 or visit georgiahealth.org.
Red Shoe Golf Classic, a benefit for the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Augusta, is Monday, October 1, at the River Golf Club in North Augusta. Call 706-724-5901 or visit rmhcaugusta.org.
Education
Christmas Assistance Applications are being accepted by the Salvation Army of Greater Augusta October 1-5 from 9-11:30 a.m. and 1-4 p.m. at the First Stop Center on Broad Street. Applicants wishing to sign up for the program, which provides Christmas gifts to children ages 12 and younger, are asked to bring photo IDs of all adults in the household, birth certicates for all children, Social Security cards for everyone, proof of income, proof of expenses, proof of current address, and legal custody papers for nonbirth children. Call 706-922-8330.
Operating Systems and Software is a two-session class that meets Thursday, September 27 and October 4, at 10 a.m. at the Diamond Lakes Branch Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-772-2432 or visit ecgrl.org. Searching the Internet Class is Thursday, September 27, at 11 a.m. at the Appleby Branch Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-736-6244 or visit ecgrl.org. Email for Beginners Class is Friday, September 28, at 10 a.m. at the Columbia County Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-863-1946 or visit ecgrl.org. Google School for Beginners is Friday, September 28, at 1:30 p.m. at the Columbia County Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-863-1946 or visit ecgrl.org. Free Lunch and Learn Class, led by nutrition coach Jena Harris, is Tuesday, October 2, from noon-1 p.m. in the Kroc Center Cafe. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org. Seventy-Five Years of Change in Augusta, October’s Brown Bag History Series lecture by Dr. Lee Ann Caldwell, director of the Center for the Study of Georgia History at ASU, is Wednesday, October 3, at 12:30 p.m. at the Augusta Museum of History. Participants should bring their own lunches; the museum will provide beverages. Free, members; $3, non-members. Call 706-722-8454 or visit augustamuseum.org. Free Cooking Demonstration is Wednesday, October 3, from 5:30-6:30 p.m. at the Kroc Center. Call 706-3645762 or visit krocaugusta.org. Let’s Talk: Self-Esteem, a seminar for adult and teen women led by Tara Tanksley Stallings, is Wednesday, October 3, at 6 p.m. at the Diamond Lakes Branch Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-772-2432 or visit ecgrl.org.
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The Joy of Signing meets each Thursday from 10:30 a.m.-noon at the Headquarters Branch Library. Call 706-821-2600 or visit ecgrl.org.
Excel Class is Thursday, October 4, from 10 a.m.-1 p.m. at the Columbia County Library. Pre-registration required. Call 706-863-1946 or visit ecgrl.org. Word Class is Thursday, October 4, from 1:30-4:30 p.m. at the Columbia County Library. Pre-registration
Auto Auction Preview, a benefit for the Salvation Army of Augusta, is Wednesday-Friday, October 3-5, from 8 a.m.6 p.m. before the auction on Saturday, October 6, at 10 a.m. at the Salvation Army’s Greene Street location. Those interested can look at the inventory and pay the $5 registration fee to bid during those times. Call 706826-7933 or visit salvationarmycar.com/auction. Banksia Comes to Life at Night, a benefit for the Aiken Mid-Day Lions Club’s scholarship/educational fund, is Thursday, October 4, from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Aiken County Historical Museum and includes a wine tasting, food, entertainment and more. $30. Call 803-6422015 or visit aikencountyhistoricalmuseum.org.
Sports-Outdoors
Jaguar Jaunt 5K is Saturday, September 29, at the Maxwell Alumni House on McDowell Street, with registration beginning at 6:45 a.m. and the race starting at 8 a.m. $25. Visit aug.edu/alumni/ jaguarjaunt/info.html. Safe Boating Course, sponsored by Savannah River Sail and Power Squadron, is Saturday, September 29, from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Boathouse. $40 registration fee includes course materials and refreshments. Pre-registration required. Call 706-737-8113 or email pharris@aug.edu. ESi Ironman 70.3 Augusta is Sunday, September 30, at 7:30 a.m. Visit ironmanaugusta.com. Kroc Trotters Running Group, for those ages 16 and older, meets each Tuesday and Thursday at the Kroc Center to run the trails of the Augusta Canal. Free, members; $15, non-members. Call 706-364-5762 or visit krocaugusta.org. 27SEPTEMBER2012