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- August 29 – Opioids & Dangerous Drugs | A FREE presentation about controlling the opioid epidemic in our aging and disabled populations
- August 21 – Original Mini-Stand Down on the third Saturday of each month
- September 03 – (through November 29) FREE Family-to-family education program offered by NAMI
- September 05 – Nutritional Issues at End of Live | a Circle of Life Coalition event
- September 17 – Berks County Link partners’ cross-training meeting |Community HealthChoices with Department of Human Services, Deputy Secretary Kevin Hancock
- October 03 – Vision for the Future | Financial empowerment conference for individuals with Disabilities
- November 13 & 14 – SAVE THE DATE | 2019 Hearing Loss EXPO
- January 07 through 09 – SAVE THE DATES for the Everyday Lives conference
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- August 24 – Rental Advantage Course
- August 26 – Columbia’s first Death Cafe – on Monday evening at Rose’s Cafe | RSVP today, only 16 seats around the tables.
- August 28 – ELANCO Memory Cafe begins in New Holland | continues on the fourth Wednesday monthly
- August 28 | Special FREE presentation: “Opioids & Dangerous Drugs” at Landis Communities
- September 05 & 06 – SAVE THE DATE: 12th Annual Pennsylvania AutismTraining Conference
- September 14 – MusicFest in Buchanan Park benefits Lancaster Housing Opportunity Partnership
- September 15 – Death Cafe at Nissley Vineyards
- September 18 – SAVE THE DATE | Lancaster County 50plus EXPO (Fall)
- September 19 – Lancaster County Link partners’ cross-training meeting at the Long Community at Highland | a fall “triple header”
- September 19 – Latino Death Café | a first for Lancaster County – RSVP now.
- September 19 – Veterans: Walk with a student
- September 24 – South Central Pennsylvania Regional Summit
- September 26 & 27 – SAVE THE DATE | Trauma-informed Lancaster County Summit
- September 28 – It’s Harvest Festival at Mt. Hope Nazarene Retirement Community
- September 28 | access services performance at the Ware Center: Maria Del Rey: Love in Action!
- November 07 – SAVE THE DATE | Veterans’ Expo & Job Fair – Lancaster
- November 13 – SAVE THE DATE| Compass Mark’s “Positive Change Conference”
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- August 27 – Opioids & Dangerous Drugs | a FREE workshop about controlling the opioid epidemic in our aging and disabled populations
- September 06 – FREE Program: Recovery-Oriented Mental Health Services
- September 07 – Lebanon County Recovery Day in Monument Park
- September 12 – “The gift of conversation” | An Age Wave Initiative presentation you won’t want to miss.
- September 12 – First Annual Lebanon County Veterans’ EXPO & Job Fair
- September 12 – Lunch & Lecture: The Dramatic Impact of Childhood Experiences on Health Across the Lifespan: From research to action
- September 13 – Lebanon County Link partners’ network’s first cross-training for the fall is at Traditions of Hershey
- September 14 – CompeerCorp’s Warrior Grace competition
- September 15 – Play BINGO to support the cause to prevent suicide
- September 17 – MilitaryShare food distribution program in Myerstown | the third Tuesday of each month
- September 20 – (and the third Friday of each month) – MilitaryShare food distribution program at Palmyra VFW | a free food distribution program for military families in need
- September 20 – Lebanon VAMC Legal and Domestic Relations Clinic
- September 24-25-26 – Three-Day WRAP Seminar | FREE to attend
- September 25 – Psychological First Aid Training – a FREE training [NOTE: this is not Mental Health First Aid; it is a totally different course.]
- September 27 – Coffee & Camaraderie hosted by CompeerCorps | stop in at Heisey’s Diner for coffee, stories & friendship
- October 05 – SAVE THE DATE | Lebanon County Women’s Expo
- October 12 – Celebrate your health “LATIN STYLE”
- October 16 | D.V.A.M Poetry SLAM at Lebanon Valley College
- October 30 – Book Talk | “The Boy Who Was Raised as a Dog”
- November 21 & 21 – SAVE THE DATES | American Mental Wellness Association 2019 National Conference
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Recent Posts
- Increasingly popular | “Deathwives, Death Cafes And Death Doulas. Learning To Live By Talking About Death. – Forbes Magazine
- “‘Disconnected from other folks,’ seniors grapple with a loneliness epidemic” – The Boston Globe
- “Why women veterans are more likely than civilian women to commit suicide” – Military Times
- a flood of scam callers claim to be from Social Security
- Link Webinar | Wednesday, September 11 – “Eligibility for Payment of Long-Term Care and Home and Community-Based Services”
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