Healthy Dates Calendar for October, 2018
This October, we're Painting the Town Pink for breast cancer awareness! For a complete list of Paint the Town Pink events, please visit www.navicenthealth.org/pttp.
10/1 - Look Good, Feel Better, 6 p.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center Atrium Health Navicent, 800 First Street Macon, 478.633.8537 for reservations
10/1 - Prepared Childbirth Class (Monday series - Oct. 1, 8, 15), 7 p.m., 478.633.BABY or https://navicenthealth.org/service-center/women-s-services-navicent-health/beginnings-classes to register, $50.00 fee / prepayment required
10/2 - Spinal Cord Injury Support Group, 6:30 p.m. Rehabilitation Hospital, Atrium Health Navicent (3351 Northside Drive, Macon), 478.201.6500 for information
10/2 - Men to Men Prostate Cancer Support Group, 7 p.m., Wellness Center, Atrium Health Navicent (3797 Northside Drive, Macon), 478.633.6349 for information
10/3 - Bariatric Support Group, 11 a.m., Bariatric & Metabolic Institute, Atrium Health Navicent (840 Pine St. Suite 750, Macon), 478.633.5200 for information
10/3 - Infant CPR Class, 6:30 p.m., 478.633.BABY or https://navicenthealth.org/service-center/women-s-services-navicent-health/beginnings-classes to register for this free class, please register one month prior to due date
10/6 - Prepared Childbirth Class, 9 a.m., 478.633.BABY or https://navicenthealth.org/service-center/women-s-services-navicent-health/beginnings-classes to register, $50.00 fee / prepayment required
10/8 - Chemotherapy Orientation Class, 10 a.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Atrium Health Navicent (800 First Street, Macon), 478.633.8537 for reservations
10/8 - Prostate Cancer 101, 12 p.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Atrium Health Navicent (800 First Street, Macon), 478.633.8537 for reservations
10/10 - Caring for the Caregiver, a support group for family caregivers, 1 p.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Atrium Health Navicent (800 First Street, Macon), 478.633.2020 for information
10/10 - Ribbons of Hope Cancer Support Group, 1 p.m. Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Atrium Health Navicent (800 First Street, Macon), 478.633.2020 for more information
10/13 - Car Seat Safety Class, 10 a.m., 478.633.BABY or https://navicenthealth.org/service-center/women-s-services-navicent-health/beginnings-classes to register for this free class
10/16 - Smoking Cessation Class, 6 p.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Atrium Health Navicent (800 First Street, Macon), 478.633.2614 for information
10/16 - Art Therapy for Cancer Patients and Survivors, 1 p.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Atrium Health Navicent (800 First Street, Macon), 478.633.8537 for information
10/16 - Stroke Support Group, 3:30 p.m., Rehabilitation Hospital, Atrium Health Navicent (3351 Northside Drive, Macon), 478.201.6500 for information
10/16 - Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Rehabilitation Hospital, Atrium Health Navicent (3351 Northside Drive, Macon), 478.201.6500 for information
10/18 - Angioscreen, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m., Vascular Institute, Atrium Health Navicent (320 Margie Drive, Warner Robins), 1.800.627.2393 for information
10/18 - The Pink Alliance breast cancer survivor group, 12 p.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Atrium Health Navicent (800 First Street, Macon), 478.633.8537 for information and reservations
10/18 - Parkinson's Support Group, 2 p.m., Rehabilitation Hospital, Atrium Health Navicent (3351 Northside Drive, Macon), 478.201.6500 for details
10/20 - ALS Support Group, 10 a.m., Rehabilitation Hospital, Atrium Health Navicent (3351 Northside Drive, Macon), 404.636.9909 for details
10/20 - Breastfeeding Class, 1 p.m., 478.633.BABY or https://navicenthealth.org/service-center/women-s-services-navicent-health/beginnings-classes to register for this free class
10/22 - Chemotherapy Orientation Class, 10 a.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Atrium Health Navicent (800 First Street, Macon), 478.633.8537 for reservations
Recurring
Each Monday, Wednesday and Friday - Cancer WellFit, 9 a.m., Wellness Center, Atrium Health Navicent. Visit www.navicenthealth.org/service-center/the-wellness-center-at-navicent-health for information.
Each Tuesday - The Close Knit Bunch, 2 p.m., Golden Opportunities at Wellness Center, Atrium Health Navicent, 478.757.7817 for information.
Each Tuesday and Thursday - Power Over Parkinson's, 9:30 a.m., Wellness Center, Atrium Health Navicent. Visit www.navicenthealth.org/service-center/the-wellness-center-at-navicent-health for information.
Each Tuesday and Friday - free Blood Pressure Screenings, 9 a.m. - 12 p.m., Health Resource Center Library, Atrium Health Navicent, (877 Hemlock Street, Macon)
Each Wednesday - The Card Sharks, 1 p.m., Golden Opportunities at Wellness Center, Atrium Health Navicent, 478.757.7817 for information.
SmartStart Cardiovascular Risk Reduction exercise and education program, reduce your risk for heart disease and stroke, call 478.633.9090 for more information
Wings Of Hope grief support for children and families, and Goodbye Too Soon grief support for mothers who have lost children, will meet at The Medical Center, Navicent Health by appointment. 478.621.8328 for an appointment with a transitions counselor.
About Atrium Health Navicent
Atrium Health Navicent was incorporated on November 17, 1994, as a nonprofit corporation whose primary purpose is to coordinate the Medical Center, Navicent Health and other affiliated entities in their mission of providing a comprehensive continuum of high quality, reasonably priced healthcare services to the region. Atrium Health Navicent has 830 beds for medical, surgical, rehabilitation and hospice purposes. The health system includes The Medical Center, Navicent Health, a nationally recognized tertiary teaching hospital; Atrium Health Navicent Beverly Knight Olson Children's Hospital, the region's only dedicated pediatric hospital; Medical Center of Peach County, Atrium Health Navicent, a rural critical access hospital; Rehabilitation Hospital, Atrium Health Navicent, the region's oldest and most experienced rehabilitation provider; Pine Pointe, Atrium Health Navicent, which provides palliative and hospice care in homes and in its facility; Carlyle Place, Atrium Health Navicent, the area's first continuing care retirement community; Navicent Health Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Atrium Health Navicent; as well as diagnostic and home care services. For more information, please visit www.navicenthealth.org.