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HEALTH CALENDAR
Health Calendar
Date published: 10/5/2008

CLASSES/SEMINARS/EVENTS

Custom Fitted Bra Clinic Fundraiser for National Breast Cancer Foundation daily, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., during October, 2300 Fall Hill Ave., Suite 211. Appointments required at 540/846-7653.

Hospice Support Care fundraiser Nov. 1, 9 a.m.-noon, Salem Fields Community Church, 11120 Gordon Road. The "Princess, Pirate and Pancake Tea" will include lessons on table manners and tea etiquette; crafts and vendors. Call 540/786-2499 or 540/846-5490 for tickets.

"Let's Tackle Diabetes," a free diabetes expo. Tuesday, Oct. 14, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Mary Washington Hospital auditoriums 1, 2, 3. 540/741-2212. Flu shots available for Medicare recipients; call 741-1404.

HEALTH AGENCIES

Dental health services available from the Rappahannock Area Health District for people ages 3-21 at select Stafford County schools. Call 659-3101 for an appointment.

Dental health services are available in Caroline County for children in grades K-5 who have Medicaid, FAMIS or no private dental insurance. To learn more, call 804/633-5465, ext. 214.

disAbility Resource Center in Fredericksburg offers free services to persons who receive Social Security disability benefits and are working or thinking about returning to work. Call Kim Baker, 373-2559.

Every Woman's Life Program offers free breast- and cervical-cancer screenings for women ages 45-64 who have no insurance and meet income eligibility. Call the Rappahannock Area Health District at 899-4142 or 899-4794.

Family-planning clinics are held on Mondays and Tuesdays in Spotsylvania, 582-7155, and Stafford, 659-3101; Wednesdays in Caroline, 804/633-5465, King George, 775-3111, and Fredericksburg, 899-4142. Call for an appointment.

Fredericksburg Counseling Services, 305 Hanson Ave., Suite 140, offers no-charge counseling for residents who have no mental-health insurance coverage, are not covered by Medicaid or Medicare, and meet established income requirements. Call 373-2320.

Free medical insurance for children in the Fredericksburg area whose families meet income requirements, through Quin Rivers Agency for Community Action. 804/966-5020.

HIV tests and clinics are held at the Fredericksburg Health Department on Monday mornings and Wednesday afternoons. Appointments are not required.

Immunization clinics are held on Mondays in Caroline, 804/633-5465; Tuesdays in Fredericksburg, 899-4142; Wednesdays in Spotsylvania, 582-7155; Thursdays in King George, 775-3111; and Fridays in Stafford, 659-3101. Call for times.


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Date published: 10/5/2008



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