Notices
Ewing it for Lee: Run or walk five-kilometres to help raise awareness of Ewing sarcoma and funds for the Ewings Cancer Foundation of Canada in honour of Lee Barbour, Sunday, June 22, 2 p.m. at Windsor sports field, 808 Lytton St., North Vancouver. There will be a pre-race warm-up at 1:30 p.m. with post-yoga at 3 p.m. $30.
Scotiabank Vancouver Half-Marathon & 5K: A Canada Running Series Event in Vancouver, Sunday, June 22. Participants are encouraged to run for the sake of others in the Scotiabank Charity Challenge and raise funds for any of the event's official charities, a number of which are based on the North Shore. canadarunningseries. com/svhm
Constructive Wallowing Workshops: Psychotherapist and author Tina Gilbertson will talk about her book Constructive Wallowing: How to Beat Bad Feelings by Letting Yourself Have Them Monday, June 23, 7-8:30 p.m. at Capilano library, 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. Registration required. 604-987-4471 x8175
Healthworks Seminar: Dietician and nutritional consultant Desiree Nielsen will give a free presentation, Find Inner Peace: Your Gut; Your Bacteria; and Your Health, about how bacteria in the digestive tract connects to immune health and the nervous system Tuesday, June 24, 5:30-7 p.m. at Capilano library, 3045 Highland Blvd., North Vancouver. RSVP. 604-987-0104 [email protected]
Blood - A Family Portrait: Canadian Blood Services experiences notable decreased donations heading into the summer months so they will be holding donor clinics in North Vancouver: June 25 and July 9, 1-8 p.m. at North Lonsdale United Church, 3380 Lonsdale Ave.; and July 10, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. at Lions Gate Hospital (gymnasium), 231 East 15th St. 1-888-236-6283 blood.ca
Local Volkssport Club will host a noncompetitive five/10-kilometre walk in the Ambleside area of West Van on Sunday, June 29 at 10 a.m. Free for new participants. 604-682-8390
Support Groups
Nar-Anon: A support group for family and friends affected by those addicted to drugs meets Sundays, 7-8:30 p.m. in Seminar Room A at Lions Gate Hospital, 231 East 15th St.; Tuesdays, 7:30-9 p.m. at the Alano Club, 176 East Second St., North Vancouver, and Thursdays, 7-8:30 p.m. at St. Stephen's Anglican Church, 885 22nd St., West Vancouver. 604-926-6453 nar-anonbcregion.org
North Shore Cancer: A support group for women that provides an opportunity to meet other people who are dealing with cancer, meets the first and third Tuesday of each month, 7 p.m. at Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. Share feelings, experiences and ways to cope. $2 donation.
North Shore Chronic Pain Support Group meets the third Wednesday of every month, 1-3 p.m. at Mollie Nye House, 940 Lynn Valley Rd., North Vancouver. By donation. Leslie, 604-730-0889 [email protected]
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