Meetings & Events 5-19-16

Suicide Grief Support Group meets May 24 Family, friends and anyone who has lost a loved one to suicide are welcome to attend the monthly meeting of the Suicide Grief Support Group. The next meeting will be held from 7-8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 24, at the Mayo Clinic Health System, 301 Second St. NE in New Prague. Please enter through the Emergency Room doors (southwest entrance) and take the southeast elevator (#2) to the lower level and follow the signs to the Jameen Mape Conference Center. No registration or fee is required. Please contact Tom Handrich at 952-445-0107 for additional information.

NAMI meets twice a month NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness) Minnesota provides support groups to help parents discover resources to meet the challenges of raising a child with mental illness, learn coping skills and develop problemsolving skills. Parent resource groups are facilitated by a parent who has a child with a mental illness and who has been trained to lead support groups. A parent resource group meets in Prior Lake from 6-7:30 p.m., on the first Thursday of each month, at The LINK Event Center, 2200 Trail of Dreams. A daytime group also meets in Savage from 10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m., on the third Tuesday of the month, at Caribou Coffee Company, 7745 Egan Dr. (The group's table is indicated by a red rubber duck on the table.) For more information about the groups, contact NAMI at 651-645-2948

Parkinson support group meets May 24 The Parkinson support group will meet from 1-2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 24, at the New Prague Library, 400 Main St. E. Care givers, family and friends are encouraged to also attend. The Parkinson support group normally meets the fourth Tuesday of each month, although that is subject to change. There are no meetings in July or December. For more information contact Betty Tupy 952-758-3924.