Navicent Health's Healthy Dates Calendar For October

10/2 - Look Good, Feel Better, 6 p.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center Atrium Health Navicent (800 First Street, Macon), 478.633.8537 for reservations

10/2 - Prepared Childbirth Class (Monday series - Oct. 2, 9, 16), 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

10/3 - Spinal Cord Injury Support Group, 6:30 p.m. Rehabilitation Hospital, Atrium Health Navicent 478.201.6500 for information

10/3 - Men to Men Prostate Cancer Support Group, 7 p.m., Wellness Center, Atrium Health Navicent 478.633.6349 for information

10/4 - Bariatric Support Group, 11 a.m., Bariatric & Metabolic Institute, Atrium Health Navicent, (5437 Bowman Road, Macon), 478.633.5200 for information

10/4 - 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

10/7 - Prepared Childbirth Class, 9 a.m., 478.633.BABY or https://navicenthealth.org/service-center/women-s-services-navicent-health/beginnings-classes

10/9 - Chemotherapy Orientation Class, 10 a.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Atrium Health Navicent (800 First Street, Macon), 478.633.8537 for reservations

10/9 - Prostate Cancer 101, 12 p.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, (800 First Street, Macon), 478.633.8537 for reservations

10/10 - Smoking Cessation Class, 6 p.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Atrium Health Navicent (800 First Street, Macon), 478.633.2614 for information and registration

10/11 - 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

10/11 - 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

10/12 - Adult Grief Support Group begins, 10 a.m. Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Atrium Health Navicent 800 First Street Macon, 478.633.6068 for information

10/12 - Angioscreen, 11:30 a.m. - 5 p.m., Wellness Center, Atrium Health Navicent (3797 Northside Drive), Determine your risk for heart disease. Call 800.627.2393 for an appointment.

10/14- 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

10/17 - 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

10/17 - Stroke Support Group, 4 p.m., Rehabilitation Hospital, Atrium Health Navicent 478.201.6500 for information

10/17 - Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group, 6:30 p.m., Rehabilitation Hospital, Atrium Health Navicent, 478.201.6500 for information

10/19 - 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

10/19 - Parkinson's Support Group, 2 p.m., Rehabilitation Hospital, Atrium Health Navicent, 478.201.6500 to register (required)

10/21 - Breastfeeding 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

10/21 - ALS Support Group, 10 a.m., Rehabilitation Hospital, Atrium Health Navicent, 404.636.9909 to register (required)

10/23 - Chemotherapy Orientation Class, 10 a.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Atrium Health Navicent (800 First Street, Macon); 478.633.8537 for reservations

10/24 - Smoking Cessation Class, 6 p.m., Peyton Anderson Cancer Center, Atrium Health Navicent (800 First Street, Macon), 478.633.2614 for information and registration

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.