Classes, Workshops and Seminars
ADOPTION
May 4, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Potomac Library, 10101 Glenolden Dr., Potomac. A seminar, sponsored by the Datz Foundation, for anyone interested in international or domestic adoptions. To learn more, call 703-242-8800 or see www.datzfound.com. For directions to the library, call 240-777-0690.
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SICKLE CELL DISEASE
May 10, 3:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. Howard University Hospital, Ambulatory Care Center, Auditorium, 2041 Georgia Ave. NW. The Roland B. Scott Memorial Sickle Cell Disease Symposium will be led by Graham R. Serjeant, keynote speaker and professor emeritus on the faculty of medical sciences at the University of the West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica and William P. Winter, deputy director of Howard's Center for Sickle Cell Disease. The Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at the Center and the D.C. Department of Health's Maternal and Family Health Administration will sponsor the event, which is open to the public. To register or learn more, call 202-806-5439 or 202-865-7622.
STROLLER FITNESS
May 7, 10 a.m. National Mall (on Jefferson Drive near the National Air and Space Museum). A class, sponsored by Stroller Strides, for moms interested in power-walking with their children in strollers. Participants will also stop intermittently for strength training using resistance tubing. Stroller Strides asks participants to arrive 15 minutes early. To learn more, call 888-224-6288, e-mail craynor@strollerstrides.net, or see www.strollerstrides.net/dc.
WEIGHT-LOSS SURGERY
May 4, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. George Washington University Hospital, 900 23rd St. NW, Lincoln Room. A seminar, sponsored by George Washington University Hospital, for anyone severely overweight to hear the benefits and risks associated with weight-loss surgeries. Laparoscopic gastric bypass and adjustable gastric banding surgery will be discussed. To register or learn more, call 1-888-4GW-DOCS.
Support Groups
BEREAVEMENT
May 5, 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Montgomery Hospice, 1355 Piccard Dr., Rockville. A group, sponsored by Montgomery Hospice, for adults who have lost a parent. A similar six-week group (to meet every Wednesday) will begin May 18, from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Hughes United Methodist Church, 10700 Georgia Ave., Wheaton. To register for either group or learn more, call 301-921-4400.
