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• Walk to Cure Diabetes Kickoff Luncheon: 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., Embassy Suites Hotel Conference Center, 1200 Conference Center Blvd., Murfreesboro. Cost is free, but reservations required to attend. Contact Jessie Clark with the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation at jclark@jdrf.org or call 615-332-2575. (Actual walk is Oct. 8 in Murfreesboro.)
• Splash Out!: 1:30 to 3 p.m., Old Fort Park, Pavilion 1. Get hosed down by the Murfreesboro Fire Department. Free, open to all ages. Parents welcome, too. Call 615-893-4131 fir details.
• Linebaugh Library program: 10 a.m., ages 4 and older story time featuring Latin American stories, crafts and puppet show. Free. Library located at 105 W. Vine St., Murfreesboro. Call 615-893-4131 or visit www.linebaugh.org.
• Movies Under the Stars: 8:30 p.m., Richard Siegel Park, 515 Cherry Lane. Free. Bring lawn chairs, blankets. Family-oriented films shown. Movie lists are available on site, and at all Murfreesboro Parks and Recreation facilities. Refreshments are available for purchase. You may also call 615-890-5333 for a movie list.
• Train as an Amazing Grace volunteer through Caris Healthcare, a hospice provider: 6 p.m., every third Thursday at 242 Heritage Park Drive, Suite 102. For more information, call 615-217-8720.
• Grief seminars: 6 p.m., Caris Healthcare, a hospice provider, offers the seminars every third Thursday at 242 Heritage Park Drive, Suite. 102. For more information, call 615-217-8720.
• Early Stage Memory Loss Support Group meeting: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., third Thursday each month, Room 302, New Vision Baptist Church, 1750 N. Thompson Lane, Murfreesboro. For people in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder and their families. Tina O’Brien, 615-542-4371.
• Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group meeting: 10:30, third Thursday each month. New Vision Baptist Church 1750 N. Thompson lane, Murfreesboro. Enter building on the right side. Contact Margo Haizlip, M.ED., 615-594-5009 or Gennifer Mann, LMSW, 615-867-4007. There is adult day care available for your loved one during the meeting free of charge. Early stage Alzheimer’s support group is also available for loved ones during the same time.
