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VIP Support Group

You are cordially invited to the monthly luncheon meeting of the Visually Impaired Persons Support Group. VIP meetings are usually held on the fourth Wednesday of each month at the BGCB office. Meetings are convened at Noon with lunch and socializing. At 1 PM the speaker is introduced followed by Q & A’s.

The next VIP Meeting will be:

  • Wednesday, August 27, 2008
  • 12 PM - 2 PM
  • BGCB Office
    1093 South Broadway
    Suite 1220
Wheels passes are provided. For more information, contact the BGCB office.

 

BGCB Board Meeting

The next BGCB Board Meeting will be held:

  • Tuesday, August 12, 2008
  • 9 AM - 12 PM
  • BGCB Office
    1093 South Broadway
    Suite 1220
    Lexington, KY

 

BGCB Quarterly Membership Meeting

The next Quarterly Membership Meeting will be held in September.

The date, time, and location will be announced as soon as the details are finalized.

 

Independence Place
Friends for LIFE

FRIENDS FOR LIFE

L - I - F - E: Leadership, Independence, Freedom & Education - The mission of the Peer Counseling program at Independence Place (IP) in Lexington Kentucky.

Friends for Life support and mentoring groups meet each month in the IP conference area on the first Monday evening from 6-8 PM and the final Monday afternoon from 3-5 PM unless holidays dictate a change in scheduling. Individuals qualified in the fields of Group Dynamics, Disability Rights, and Independent Living facilitate the group meetings. The Outreach component of the Community Services Division takes the opportunity for support group activity outside the IP Center. Subject topics for group discussion are chosen and agreed upon by the group participants, and special expert speakers from the community visit frequently.

The group counseling setting provides an atmosphere that is conducive to personal growth and development across psychological, vocational, and social aspects of consumers' lives. The group meetings have been conducted in the Open Group style, an on-going group session with varying topics and welcoming all who wish to participate. Closed Group sessions, sessions within a specific time frame with specific goals and objectives, do occur when individuals' circumstances necessitate. Focus Groups with specifically identified individuals setting forth to accomplish a very specific goal are also necessary periodically. Regardless of the style of group setting, the "Friends for Life" gather regularly to share resources, life skills, barriers, and solutions in order to enhance effective community interaction and inclusion.

Friends for Life groups have flourished this year to include monthly third Tuesday evenings "Friends Socials" from 6-9 PM! The social events are designed to provide strictly social opportunity to Independence Place consumers. The social events are planned and implemented by group participants and range from dining out, to movies, and to dining in at IP with musicians, adapted board and card games, and pure old fashioned visiting.

The Friends for Life peer support program is a planned activity of the IP Consumer Services Division (CSD). The CSD also makes available individual face-to-face counseling and mentoring in addition to telephonic peer support. IP accepts referrals and personal contacts. For more information about the peer support program, please call Pamela Roark-Glisson, Executive Director, at (859) 266-2807 locally; toll free at (877) 266-2807; at the Kentucky Relay Service; or contact Independence Place by email at info@independenceplaceky.org. The Independence Place website can be found at http://www.independenceplaceky.org

Independence Place is located at:

824 Euclid Avenue
Suite 101
Lexington, KY

Friends for Life
2008 Calendar

Readers' Note: The Friends Social is ALWAYS determined on the first Monday evening monthly Friends for Life Peer Mentoring meeting, so if you have a recreational activity that you just cannot live without, attend the Monday evening groups to voice your request.

August 4 - Monday Evening 6-8 PM
Topic: Group Dynamics
Facilitator: John Glisson, MSHS

August 18 - Friends Social
Location: TBA

Auoust 25 - Monday Afternoon 3-5 PM
Topic: IL Skills Training: Creative Cuisine & Managing Your Kitchen
Presenters: Pamela Roark-Glisson, Executive Director & Teresa Bates, Independent Living Coordinator

September 8 - Monday Evening 6-8 PM
Topic: Group Dynamics
Facilitator: John Glisson, MSHS

September 15 - Friends Social
Location: TBA

September 29 - Monday Afternoon
Topic: Emaculate Quarters: Cleanliness Is Next To ...
Presenter: TBA

October 6 - Monday Evening 6-8 PM
Topic: Group Dynamics
Facilitator: John Glisson, MSHS

October 20 - Friends Social
Location: Independence Place
Topic: Fall Festival

October 27 - Monday Afternoon 3-5 PM
Topic: Recreation
Presenter: TBA

November 3 - Monday Evening 6-8 PM
Topic: Group Dynamics
Facilitator: John Glisson, MSHS

November 17 - Friends Social
Location: TBA

November 24 - Monday Afternoon 3-5 PM
Topic: IL Skills Training
Presenter: TBA

December ...
Holiday Festivities To Be Announced!

 

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