Brookings-area calendar for March 30-April 5, 2024

Posted 3/28/24

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Brookings-area calendar for March 30-April 5, 2024

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Saturday, March 30

• 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, March 31

• 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 1

• 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 Brookings Health System

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

To register, call 605-692-5447.

The meetings are held every 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

• 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.

Tuesday, April 2

• 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.

• Brookings Masonic Lodge No. 24 meets on the first Tuesday of the month 7:30 p.m. at the Masonic Lodge building. For more information, contact Doug McFarland at 605-690-3991,

• 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 ecumenical interfaith coff ee and conversation 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 coffee 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 Foxhall 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 3

• Brookings A A has meetings at 12:15 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at 135 First 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 4

• The Kiwanis Club of Brookings meets every Thur sday at noon at the Mission Cof feehouse in Firs t 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.

• The Brookings Area Parkinson’s Support Group meets on the first Thursday of each month at 1:30 p.m. in the apartment building (south entrance) at 808 Christine Ave. For more informaton, call Roxanna at 520-349-0026.

• 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.

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

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

• 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- 6 070.

Friday, April 5

• The Brookings Wildlife Federation holds its monthly info-lunch on the fir st Friday of the month. The infolunch will be held at noo• at the Outdoor Adventure Center, 2810 22nd Ave. S. A light buffet will be available for a free-will donation. The BWF is affiliated wi th the Sou th Dakota Wildlife Federation and the National Wildlife Federation. For more information, contact BWF President Bob Kurtz (605-695 -1361).

• 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.

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.