Cape Coral

Blood pressure and blood sugar clinics

Tatalomo’s Nurses Registry will provide complimentary blood pressure and blood sugar clinics on the third Monday of each month, at Lake Kennedy Senior Center, 400 Santa Barbara Blvd. The clinics are free. For more information call 574-0575.

Juniper Village

Juniper Village at Cape Coral celebrates the power and magic of volunteerism all month long. They are opening their doors and inviting everyone to come and have lunch and a tour. If anyone is or was a volunteer with the Lee County School District, Lee County Public Library System or Lee Memorial Health System, they especially invite you to come in and connect within their community. Schedule a lunch or tour and your name will be entered into a drawing for two tickets to Epcot. Drawing will be held at July 31 at 5 p.m. Call to schedule a personalized lunch and tour. Other events will be held in the month to honor and provide opportunities for the residents and guests to provide community service.

Juniper Village’s 2nd Annual USO Happy Hour, July 17, at 3 p.m., “Boogie Woogie.” Help salute the all-volunteer armed forces serving abroad. Bring a donation of sunscreen or lip balm with SPF protection. The donations will be sent to those service personnel serving overseas. Come and enjoy an afternoon filled with nostalgic notes of Glenn Miller and more.

Juniper Village at Cape Coral is located at 4920 Viceroy Court, Cape Coral, Florida. For more information call 239-542-3121 or email eileyn.sobeck@junipercommunities.com.

Red Cross

International Red Cross Cultural Cuisine Day is from 11:30 to 1 p.m. on July 14. In 1944 the International Red Cross was formed in Switzerland and quickly spread to neighboring countries such as Germany, France and Italy. An international lunch experience with, quiche, bratwurst, and pasta will be on the menu at Juniper Village to celebrate the volunteers who have and currently serve in the Red Cross. Everyone is welcome but if one has a Red Cross volunteer badge or emblem, they will receive a special gift. RSVP attendance by July 9. Seating is limited.

Florida Addictions Institute classes

The Florida Addictions Institute has announced its class schedule for fall 2009. With classes in Lee County and West Palm Beach, the 12-month Florida Addictions Institute curriculum offers the coursework necessary to become certification ready. Our adult learner model features evening and weekend classes. For more information, call 573-0311, e-mail executivedirector@fladdictionsinstitute.org or visit: www.fladdictionsinstitute.org.

Paradise Tiki Hut

The Paradise Tiki Hut plans to hold, Tribute to a Soldier, benefits every Wednesday now through Nov. 4, with the presentation at ECO Park on Veteran’s Day, Nov. 11.

In July there will be a Dog Days of Summer with a variety of dog-interactive activities. In August,there will be crab races. September features “Price is Right” and October, “Golf Tiki Style.”

Proceeds from specials during the events will benefit the local Tribute to a Soldier campaign.

The Paradise Tiki Hut is located at 1502 Miramar St.,in downtown Cape Coral. For additional information, call 542-1988.

Fort Myers

Yoga, meditation

Come explore movement, breath nd meditation as a pathway to shift from “doer” to “being”. Based on the gentle practices of body sensing and yoga nidra*, this class is ideal for those with physical challenges or those who may want to enliven their yoga practice from a new perspective.

Class held Thursdays, 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., July 2, 9, 16 and 23. Cost: $15 per class or $50 for series of four.

Class will be held in the yoga room at Health & Harmony Center, 15951 McGregor Blvd.

Call Debbie Padnuk at 851-9642 or e-mail info@debbiepadnuk.com for more information.

Alzheimer’s support groups

– A support group specifically for adults who have a parent with Alzheimer’s disease or a related disorder will meet on Thursday at 6:15 p.m. Meetings are held each month on the first Tuesday or second Thursday at 6:15 p.m.

– A support group specifically for families of nursing home and assisted living facility residents will meet on July 21, at 10 a.m. The focus of this support group meeting is issues, concerns, and questions families face as they cope with placing a loved one in a long-term care facility. The group is open to all interested families of nursing home or assisted living residents at no charge.

These meetings are held at the Dubin Alzheimer’s Resource Center, 10051 McGregor Blvd., Fort Myers. For more information call 437-3007.

Meditation class

Deepen meditation or learn meditation as a new practice, Thursday, July 9, 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. Class will be held in the yoga room at Health & Harmony Center, 15951 McGregor Blvd., Ft. Myers.

Cost: Love donations accepted, but not required. Call Kandy Love at 433-5995 or see Web site: www.healthandharmonycenteronline.com.

Moving meditation

The labyrinth offers a unique form of moving meditation, as one walks a path that leads into a center, and then out again. Very different than a maze. The only physical challenge of the labyrinth is to stay on the path, which frees the mind to relax. Several outdoor Labyrinths exist in the Lee County area. However, this walk will be indoors so humidity, insects, and time of day will not be a factor. Wearing of socks is requested, The walk will be held Friday from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. at Caloosa Bayview Recreation Center, 4282 Island Cr, Fort Myers.

Co-hosts: Kim Becker of A Purple Circle, www.apurplecircle.com, 940-0024; and Kandy Love of Health & Harmony Center, visit: www.healthandharmonycenter.com or call 433-5995.

Power wheelchair

Medicare’s regulations now make it easier for seniors and others with debilitating conditions such as arthritis, stroke, heart and breathing problems, or diabetes, to obtain a power wheelchair at little or no cost. Miracle on Wheels is trying to increase public awareness about the assistance options that allow seniors and the disabled to remain independent in their own homes rather than undergo difficult surgery or other expensive treatment, or resort to moving into a nursing home. These assistance options are available to anyone with problems getting around their home, or who are in danger of falling due to their medical condition.

Call Miracle on Wheels at 1-866-200-6924 toll-free to learn about qualifying now for a power wheelchair at little or no cost.

Home-Tech, Habitat for Humanity partner

Home-Tech, a local air conditioning and major appliances service and sales company, recently donated funds received through the Community Contribution Tax Credit Program to Habitat for Humanity. This year’s $100,000 donation brings Home-Tech’s total giving to $522,000, which has provided 12 homes for local families since 2002. The state program allows for sales-tax rebates to businesses that have made donations toward community development and housing projects for low-income persons. According to Steve Marino, president of Home-Tech, the company qualified for the rebate. With its total contribution of $100,000 this year, Home-Tech is funding two Habitat homes in Lee County.

The Community Contribution Tax Credit Program is administered by the Florida Office of Tourism, Trade and Economic Development. More information is available by calling (850) 487-2568.

For more information about Home-Tech, visit www.Home-Tech.com or call 433-3344.

United Way

Larry Hart, Lee County Assistant Tax Collector and United Way Board Chair announced that four community leaders have been elected to the United Way of Lee, Hendry, and Glades board of directors. The new board members include: Cynthia Hawkins, Wiltshire, Whitley, Richardson and English; Stan Nelson, Lee County Sheriff’s Office; Deborah Richmond, Armadillo Underground and Vincent Tomlinson, community volunteer The new board members were elected at the annual meeting of the United Way on June 20, 2009.

For more information call 439-2000 or visit: www.unitedwaylee.org.

Bonita Springs

Diabetic screening

Free Diabetes Screenings offered from 10:00 am to 3 p.m. July 15 To July 17 at Sweetbay Pharmacy, 10026 Coconut Rad., Bonita Springs, FL., For more information call Cholestcheck: 800-713-3301. No appointment necessary.