Upcoming Events
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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