Community Resources
ALSA Columbia Support Group
Please mark your calendars, Columbia ALS Support Group meetings will be the 4th Tuesday of the month, from 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Meeting held at: ALS Association SC Chapter
7499 Parklane Road, Suite 144
Columbia SC 29223
We offer conference call-in option for each Support Group meeting in case you cannot make it in person but would still like to participate.
To join the meeting via Conference Call follow these instructions:
● Call the Dial-In Number: 712-770-5505
● Enter the Participant Access Code: 422 302 followed by the # sign
Any questions contact: Brett Vowles MSW | Care Services Manager The ALS Association South Carolina Chapter | 7499 Parklane Rd. Suite 144| Columbia, SC 29223 office 803-851-3238 | email
Tax Preparation Volunteers needed; Orientation, training opportunities this Fall
If you say yes, you’ll receive orientation and training this fall at The Cooperative Ministry and then begin volunteering during the tax season (February – April 2020) at one of our sites. Training is offered both online and in the classroom. Our tax sites are generally open nights and weekends and your volunteer hours are flexible.
Submit your inquiry now to become a VITA (Volunteer Income Tax Assistance) volunteer to Ed Palekas at or epalekas@coopmin.org.
The Cooperative Ministry | 3821 W. Beltline Blvd, Columbia, SC 29204
RICHLAND LIBRARY SCHEDULES FLU SHOT CLINICS THIS FALL
Partnership with Walgreens to Offer Free, Preventive
Care Columbia, SC- With the 2019-2020 flu season quickly approaching, Richland Library is preparing local residents and offering access to preventive care. Once again, we are partnering with Walgreens to host free flu shot clinics at our library locations this fall. The first flu shot clinic is set for 10 a.m. - 1 p.m., Friday, September 27 at our Main location (1431 Assembly Street). Then we are taking the flu shot clinics to our other 11 locations on the following dates:
11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 2 at our Eastover location
5 - 7 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 9 at our North Main location
11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 12 at our Edgewood location
2 - 4 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 16 at our Blythewood location
12 - 2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 19 at our Wheatley location
3 - 5 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 23 at our St. Andrews location
1 - 3 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 26 at our Northeast location
11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 6 at our Ballentine location 12 - 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 9 at our Southeast location
1 - 3 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 13 at our Cooper location
2 - 4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 16 at our Sandhills location
A complete schedule is available online. Registration is not required. Just drop in during the designated times. Flu shots are available on a first-come, first-served basis while supplies last.
Emergency Services Guide
Assistance & Education Resources
Medical and Dental Services
Birthright of Columbia
(803) 765-0165
(800) 550-4900
1405 Gregg Street
Columbia SC 29201
Children and Family Health Care
803- 256-2500
2638 Two Notch Rd Ste 110
Columbia SC 29204
Children’s Dental Clinic
803-576-2739
Lexington & Richland Co.
Health Departments
2000 Hampton Street
Columbia SC 29204
Columbia Free medical Clinic (18 or older)
803-765-1503
1875 Harden Street
Columbia SC 29204
Eau Claire Cooperative Health Services, Inc
803-733-5969
1228 Harden St
Columbia SC 29204
Good Samaritan Clinic (medical & dental)
803-790-0239
7915 Old Percival Rd
Columbia SC 29223
Laurel Medical Practice
803-799-8407
1520 Laurel Street
Columbia SC 29201
Palmetto Health Community Health Center
803-296-3244
2133 Walker Solomon Way
Columbia SC 29204
Small Smiles Dental Clinic
803-691-9930
3000 Two Notch Rd
Columbia SC 29204
VA Health Care for Homeless Veterans
803-776-4000
WJB Dorn VA Medical Center
6439 Garners Ferry Rd
Columbia SC 29209
Housing
schousingsearch.com
877-428-8844
300 C Outlet Point Blvd
Columbia SC 29210
Parenting Education Programs and Legal Aid
Department of Consumer Affairs
803-734-4200
2221 Devine St, Str 200
Columbia SC 29205
Fairwold Learning Center
803-735-3435
5935 Token St
Columbia SC 29203
Midlands Fatherhood Coalition
803-933-0052
1821 Hampton Street
Columbia SC 29201
The Nursing Center
803-771-2337 ext. 12
1332 Pickens St
Columbia SC 29201
Richland County First Steps
803-256-7237
2008 Marion Str, Suite B
Columbia SC 29201
Richland School District One Adult and Community Education
803-343-2935
2612 Covenant Rd
Columbia SC 29204
SC head Start Collaboration Office
803-898-2550
1535 Confederate Ave
Columbia SC 29201
SC Legal Services
888-346-5592
2109 Bull St
Columbia SC 29201
American Red Cross
Columbia Blood Donation Center
2751 Bull Street
Columbia SC 29201
Things to Know About Water Safety
Ensure every member of your family learns to swim so they at least achieve skills of water competency: able to enter the water, get a breath, stay afloat, change position, swim a distance then get out of the water safely.
Employ layers of protection including barriers to prevent access to water, life jackets, and close supervision of children to prevent drowning.
Know what to do in a water emergency – including how to help someone in trouble in the water safely, call for emergency help and CPR.
Making the water safer for everyone.
Why Is Water Safety So Important?
It only takes a moment. A child or weak swimmer can drown in the time it takes to reply to a text, check a fishing line or apply sunscreen. Death and injury from drownings happen every day in home pools and hot tubs, at the beach or in oceans, lakes, rivers and streams, bathtubs, and even buckets.
The Red Cross believes that by working together to improve water competency – which includes swimming skills, water smarts and helping others – water activities can be safer… and just as much fun.
What Does It Mean to Be Water Competent?
Water competency is a way of improving water safety for yourself and those around you through avoiding common dangers, developing fundamental water safety skills to make you safer in and around the water, and knowing how to prevent and respond to drowning emergencies. Water competency has 3 main components: water smarts, swimming skills and helping others.
For the past 100 years, we’ve been helping millions of kids, teens and adults learn how to swim and become lifeguards and instructors. So the water can be a safer place for everyone. The American Red Cross created the first national water safety program in the U.S. – and today it’s still the gold standard for aquatics training. All of that training is making a difference. In the last century, we’ve helped to reduce accidental drownings by nearly 90% nationwide.
Join us as we champion water safety for the next 100 years. With programs based on the latest science, and new ways to learn in the water and online, you’ll be ready to get your feet wet.
Helping Save Lives
A National Action To Reduce Drowning Rates, In 50 Cities and Towns
Launched in 2014, which marked our century of swimming safety education, the Red Cross is working with its partners with an initial goal to teach 50,000 more people in 50 selected cities across 19 states how to swim, and is urging people across the country to make sure that they and their families can swim.
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The selected cities were chosen due to their high number of fatal drownings or overall drowning rates – most higher than the national average.
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Making a positive impact by connecting with communities to cut those rates – by helping kids, teens and adults be safe in the water is why the Centennial Campaign is so important.
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The Red Cross and its partners train more than two million people a year in swimming. The Campaign has helped increase our impact by that initial 50,000 goal and is still going strong!
