Brookings-area calendar for April 20-26, 2024

Posted 4/18/24

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Brookings-area calendar for April 20-26, 2024

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Saturday, April 20

• Brookings AA has meetings at 8:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. at 135 First Ave. S. For more information, call 605-692-6070.

Sunday, April 21

• Brookings AA has meetings at 9:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. at 135 First Ave. S. For more information, call 605-692-6070.

• The Brookings Domestic Abuse Shelter women’s support group holds a Zoom meeting from 6:30 to 8 p.m. every Sunday. For more information, call 692-SAFE (7233).

Monday, April 22

• The Brookings Toastmasters Club 3712 meets every Monday that is not a holiday from noon to 1 p.m. in the classroom at McCrory Gardens at 631 22nd Ave. The club provides an opportunity to develop or improve public speaking skills . Visitors are welcome. The club also provides a Zoom option. For more information, send email to brookingstoastmasters3712@gmail.com.

• The Hybrid Postpartum Support Group meets at the Brookings Health System

Find support for: Life after baby, bonding with your baby, coping with this major life change, mindfulness and re laxation, relationships, communication and self-care.

To register, call 605-692- 5447.

The meetings are held ever y Monday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. both on Zoom and in person at Brookings Health System, Conference Room C. You will receive an email with Zoom details upon registration if you are joining virtually.

The group is facilitated by licensed clinicians Elizabeth Milton, LPC-MH, and Curstie Konold, MSW

• Brook ings AA has meetings at 12:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at 135 First Ave. S. For more information, call 605-692-6070.

Tuesday, April 23

• The Optimist Club of Brookings meets every Tuesday at noon at Pizza Ranch.

• The Brookings Rotary Club meets at noon each Tuesday in the Activity Center. For more information, contact Don Norton, club president, 309-259-0047, donnorton75@ gmail.com.

• The Brookings Domestic Abuse Shelter hosts a weekly women’s support group from 6:30 to 8 p.m. every Tuesday. For more information, call 692-SAFE (7233).

• The Brookings United Church of Christ hosts an ecumenic al interfaith coffee and c onversation on Tuesdays at Cottonwood Coffee on Main Avenue from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. weekly.

• New Beginnings Baby Café supports breastfeeding mothers in every aspect of nursing, from starting to weaning and every variation in between. It is facilitated by two registered nurses who are also IBCLC lactation consultants. New Beginnings Baby Café occurs every Tuesday evening from 5 to 7 p. m. at The Prairie Perk-Up coffe e shop on the first floor of Brookings Hospital.

• New Day Al -Anon meets at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesdays at First United Methodist Church. Follow the signs inside the church for the exact location.

• An AA Fox hall workshop speaker meeting is held at 7 p.m. on Tuesdays at Peace Lutheran Church at 1104 22nd Ave. S. in Brookings.

• Brookings AA has meetings at 12:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at 135 First Ave. S. For more information, call 605-692-6070 .

Wednesday, April 24

• Brookings AA has meetings a t 12:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at 135 Firs t Ave. S. There is also a women’s group meeting in the basement of the Newman Center at 1321 Eighth St. For more information, call 605-692-6070.

• A men’s big-book study session Alcoholic Anonymous meeting is held at 7 p.m. on Wednesdays at Peace Lutheran Church at 1104 22nd Ave. S. in Brookings.

Thursday, April 25

• The Kiwanis Club of Brookings meets every Thursday at noon at the Mission Coffeehouse in First Lutheran Church at 337 Eighth St.

• The Brookings Domestic Abuse Shelter women’s support group holds a walk-in “in person” meeting from 6:30 to 8 p. m. every Thursday. For more information, call 692-SAFE (7233).

• Big Sioux Composite Squadron of the Civil Air Patrol meets every Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at 413 W. Second St . S., Brookings.

For more information, contact Tyler.Gross@sdwg.cap.gov or 605-868-8434.

• New Beginnings Baby Café supports breast-feeding mothers in every aspect of nursing, from starting to weaning and every variation in between. It is facilitated by two registered nurses who are also IBCLC lactation consultants.

All pregnant and breast feeding moms are welcome to at tend. A session will be held on Thursday mornings from 10 a.m. to noon at the Family Lounge inside New Beginnings Birth Center.

• The NAMI support group meets the third Thursday of each month at Brookings United Way behind First Lutheran Church located at Hope Drive. The group meets at 7 p.m.

The groups gives support to anyone with a mental health condition and to family members who have someone with a mental health condition. Any questions, contact Nancy Sonnenburg at 605-692-8948 or 605-695-62 14.

• Al Anon meets at 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays a t 135 First Ave. S.

• Brookings AA has meetings at 12:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at 135 First Ave. S. For more information, call 605-692-6070.

Friday, April 26

• Brookings AA has meetings at 12:15 p. m. and 7:30 p. m. at 135 Firs t Ave. S. For more information call 605-692-6070.

To have your organization’s weekly or monthly meeting placed on the Meetings Calendar, email the location, time and contact information for the organization to dkott@brookingsregister.com.