Published: June 11, 2007 08:48 am      

June 11, 2007 01:00 pm

Cancer Support Group, sponsored by the American Cancer Society, meets at 6:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of the month at Missionary Baptist Church, 405 S. 15th St., Corsicana. All are invited to come and help support their loved ones. For more information, call (903) 874-5830 or (903) 872-1994.



Corsicana Public Library would appreciate donations of annuals from G.W. Jackson School. For more information, call (903) 654-4810.



Anyone interested in volunteering for the Navarro Regional Hospital Auxiliary is asked to contact Cleita Ferrell at (903) 874-8092.



United Way of Navarro County is sponsoring a community needs assessment. If you received a survey in the mail, please fill it out and return it promptly. In addition to the mail-out survey, those clients of the United Way agencies as well as the Health Department, Adapt of Texas, and Corsicana Housing Authority, may complete a survey form. Surveys are confidential and participants will be entered into a drawing for 10 $100 H-E-B gift cards. For more information, call (903) 874-5253.



Area Agency on Aging of North Central Texas, Ombudsman Program, needs volunteers interested in advocating for residents in nursing facilities in Navarro County. No previous experience is required, 36 hours of training is provided, it takes only two to three hours per week and the hours are flexible. Ombudsmen (advocates) investigate and work to resolve complaints for or on behalf of the resident and work to educate residents and their families on residents’ rights. For more information, contact Lisa at (800) 272-3921.



Experience Works, a national non-profit organization, provides training and employment services for mature workers 55 and older who have a low income and are in need of a job. For more information, contact Betty Northcott at North Central Texas Workforce Center at (903) 874-8276, Ext. 230.



Donations are being accepted to the Angel Lay, trustee, for Nicholas Cameron Lay Benefit Fund at Bank of America. Nicholas is a 9-year-old boy in Navarro County who has leukodystrophy. Benefits will be for ongoing medical expenses.



MLK Center board conducts a senior citizen program from 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. every first and third Tuesday of the month. Senior citizens are invited to come and be a part. The seniors do chair exercises, play games and make gifts for special occasions or events throughout the year. For more information, contact Della Borkchum at (903) 874-7259 or (903) 872-3994, or Jim Graves at (903) 874-7259 or (903) 874-8053.



Corsicana Community Band is seeking participants. If you are interested, please call Mike Mitchell at (903) 229-7055.



Storytime is held from 9:30 to 10 a.m. each Wednesday for children at the Corsicana Public Library. For more information, call (903) 654-4810.