Red Cross CPR Classes

The Southside Area Chapter of the American Red Cross provides training in CPR and other topics.

Click here for the 2011 class schedule. Call (804) 733-5711 to register.

Click here for the main Red Cross Website

Tri-Cities Brain Injury Support Group

The Brain Injury Association of Virginia (BIAV) announces a new support group in the Tri-Cities area of Petersburg, Hopewell, Colonial Heights.

Who: This facilitated support group is for adults living with brain injury and family, friends & other concerned people in the lives of those living with brain injury.

When: 2nd Tuesday of every month 6:30- 7:45 pm

Come at 6:15 to socialize & enjoy snacks.

Where: Maude Langhorne Nelson Library

Randolph Quiet Room, 1st Floor

209 E. Cawson Street Hopewell, VA 23860

What: This group has an open agenda. Participants use the time to talk about what's on their mind- the challenges they are facing since their injury, the strategies they find helpful, the concerns they are dealing with- anything they would like to talk about.

For more information about this group, please contact Mary Wallace at 804-355-5748 or mary@biav.net

Goodwill Industries

Goodwill Industries - Medical Adaptive / Assistive Technology Program

Provides medical and adaptive equipment and supplies to older adults and to persons with disabilities.

Examples: wheelchairs, walkers, canes, bathroom safety equipment

For more info call: (804) 521 - 4923

Free Patient Education Classes

Where: Appomattox Area Health and Wellness Center, 321C Poplar Drive, Petersburg

When: First Tuesday of each month