Brookings-area calendar for Nov. 2-8, 2024

Posted 10/31/24

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Brookings-area calendar for Nov. 2-8, 2024

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Saturday, Nov. 2

• 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, Nov. 3

• 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.

• Margo’s Place 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, Nov. 4

• 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 an 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 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 and 7:30 p.m. at 135 First Ave. S. For more information, call 605-692-6070.

Tuesday, Nov. 5

• The Optimist Club of Brookings meets every Tuesday at noon at Pizza Ranch, 1815 Sixth St.

• The Brookings Rotary Club meets at noon each Tuesday in the Brookings Activity Center, 320 Fifth Ave. For more information, contact Club President Michael Gonda at michael.gonda@sdstate.edu.

• 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.

• Margo’s Place 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 coffee and conversation on Tuesdays at Cottonwood Coffee on Main Avenue at 10:30 a.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. Tuesdays at First United Methodist Church, 625 Fifth St. Follow the signs inside the church for the exact location.

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

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

Wednesday, Nov. 6

• Brookings AA has meetings at 12:15 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 7 p.m. Wednesdays at Peace Lutheran Church at 1104 22nd Ave. S. in Brookings.

Thursday, Nov. 7

nThe 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).

• The Brookings Parkinson support group meets on the first Thursday of each month in the basement of First Bank & Trust. An elevator is available for use,

• 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 Jacob Roth at jacob.roth@sdwg.cap.gov or 605-496-2890.

• 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 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. Thursdays at 135 First Ave. S.

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

Friday, Nov. 8

• Brookings AA has meetings at 12:15 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.