Wellness
There will be a yoga class for Haiti this Friday evening at the Yoga Barn, from 6 to 7:30 p.m. All levels are welcome and wanted in the class led by Mollie Doyle.
Class is free, but every dollar donated, up to $1,500 will be matched by the Yoga Barn for the people of Haiti, through Partners In Health (pih.org), which is providing medical care, food, shelter and aid to the people through its existing clinics in Haiti.
H1N1 Vaccine Clinics
Each town will be conducting H1N1 flu vaccination clinics to the general public per the following schedule for their residents. Please attend the clinic in the town where you are resident.
Oak Bluffs: Monday, Jan. 11 at the library from 2 to 6 p.m.
Tisbury: Wednesday, Jan. 13 at the American Legion Post from 3 to 6 p.m.
Edgartown: Friday, Jan. 15 at the Edgartown School from 3 to 7 p.m.
West Tisbury: Monday, Jan. 18 at the Public Safety Building from 9 a.m. to noon.
CPR/First Aid Class
The American Red Cross, Cape Cod and Islands Chapter will hold an Adult CPR/AED and First Aid class Jan. 9 at the YMCA on Martha’s Vineyard at 57 Pequot avenue in Oak Bluffs. The class will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and costs $50 for CPR/AED only (8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.), or $60 for CPR/AED and First Aid (1 to 3:30 p.m.).
Mental Illness Support
A free Vineyard support group open to anyone with a close relative, spouse or significant other suffering from a mental illness — such as bipolar disorder, depression, obsessive compulsive disorder, schizophrenia, borderline personality disorder or anxiety disorder — is being sponsored by the National Alliance on Mental Illness of Massachusetts.
Red Cross Classes
The American Red Cross, Cape Cod and Islands Chapter will be holding an Adult CPR/AED and First Aid class on Dec. 12 at the YMCA on Martha’s Vineyard at 57 Pequot avenue in Oaks Bluffs. The class will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. and costs $50 for CPR/AED only, or $60 for CPR/AED and First Aid.
Students will receive training manuals and certification cards.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Information: 508-627-7084.
All meetings are nonsmoking.
Sunday, 6:45 a.m., open discussion meeting, First Baptist Church, William street, Vineyard Haven.
Sunday, 10 a.m., open discussion, State Beach, first bridge, Oak Bluffs, (weather permitting).
Sunday, 11 a.m., open discussion meeting at the Council on Aging on Wamsutta avenue in Oak Bluffs.
Sunday, 7 p.m., grapevine meeting at old Oak Bluffs School, School street, Oak Bluffs.
