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The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsHealthy Boundaries
Scott Hines Behavioral Health Clinic 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr, 2nd Floor, Palm SpringsCMA: Stop The Insanity
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsWelcoming Yoga | TUE/THU 9:00 AM
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsKnit Together
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsProstate Cancer Support Group (Hybrid)
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsCMA: Stick to the Topic
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsSacred Wounds
Scott Hines Behavioral Health Clinic 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr, 2nd Floor, Palm SpringsKnit Together
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsBereavement Support Group
Scott Hines Behavioral Health Clinic 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr, 2nd Floor, Palm SpringsThe Joy of Making Art
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsIntermediate Spanish
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsLGBTQ+ Youth Hangout | Hangeo de Juventud LGBTQ+
The Center Eastern Coachella Valley 1515 Sixth Street, CoachellaLGBTQ+ and Friends – Narcotics Anonymous
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsCMA: Sex, Love, and Relationships
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsAA: Big Book Study
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsWelcoming Yoga | TUE/THU 9:00 AM
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsLGBTQ+ and Friends Al-Anon
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsCommunity Food Bank Distribution
The Community Food Bank at The Center 610 South Belardo Rd., Palm SpringCMA: Step Study Group
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsMen’s Chat Group (In-Person)
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsIntermediate Guitar
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsBeginning Guitar
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsWelcoming Yoga | Saturdays
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsAmerican Sign Language for Beginners
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsAmerican Sign Language Level II
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsBeginning Ukulele
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm SpringsIntermediate/Advanced Ukulele
The Center McDonald/Wright Building 1301 North Palm Canyon Dr., Palm Springs- No events scheduled for April 28, 2024.
Week of Events
Open-Play Bridge
Pinochle
Conversational Spanish
Conversational Spanish
We are a dynamic and diverse group of people who get together to chat en español and strengthen our language skills.
Healthy Boundaries
Healthy Boundaries
This Healthy Boundaries group is designed to help the general public understand how to take care of self while implementing and keeping boundaries that might be needed in their lives.
CMA: Stop The Insanity
CMA: Stop The Insanity
This is a CMA group that gathers every Monday night at 7:00pm with the topic being Stop The Insanity. It is an open meeting and discussion for anyone to attend.
Welcoming Yoga | TUE/THU 9:00 AM
Welcoming Yoga | TUE/THU 9:00 AM
This class is non-judgmental, safe and fun for beginners in the yoga experience. This group meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:00 AM.
Knit Together
Knit Together
Social and sharing platform for a community of fiber enthusiasts. Come and join us!
Prostate Cancer Support Group (Hybrid)
Prostate Cancer Support Group (Hybrid)
This group is intended for all men from the recently diagnosed to the survivors and is facilitated by a gay man who is also a Prostate Cancer Survivor.
CMA: Stick to the Topic
CMA: Stick to the Topic
This is a CMA Discussion Meeting that occurs every Tuesday night from 5:30-6:30pm with the focus being "Stick to the Topic." It is an open meeting for anyone to attend.
Trans Tuesdays
Trans Tuesdays
Trans Tuesdays will be conducted as a whole group. Significant others and family members are welcome.
Open-Play Bridge
Sacred Wounds
Sacred Wounds
About the Event Sacred Wounds is an virtual drop-in therapeutic support group for those who experienced religious hurt, discrimination, and/or ostracization. Host Facilitated by Esther Loewen, Clinical Trainee & Debbie […]
Knit Together
Knit Together
Social and sharing platform for a community of fiber enthusiasts. Come and join us!
Bereavement Support Group
Bereavement Support Group
In-person, closed therapeutic support group for those who have lost a loved one and want assistance in dealing with their loss and to talk with others who understand what they are going through.
The Joy of Making Art
The Joy of Making Art
This course will allow you that freedom within exercises that culminate in pieces that represent YOU.
Intermediate Spanish
Intermediate Spanish
This is an 8 week Intermediate Spanish course. We will be working through chapter 5-8. Prior knowledge of verb conjugation (present tense), including stem-changers and irregular and plain old weird verbs is helpful.
Eisenhower Lecture: Stroke Risk Factors and How to Prevent a Stroke
Eisenhower Lecture: Stroke Risk Factors and How to Prevent a Stroke
The brain is responsible for motion, sensation, speech, memory, emotions and major body functions such as breathing and digestion. Join Kathy Cash, RN, Eisenhower Health Stroke Coordinator, to learn the risk factors for stroke and what you can do to prevent a stroke.
LGBTQ+ Youth Hangout | Hangeo de Juventud LGBTQ+
LGBTQ+ Youth Hangout | Hangeo de Juventud LGBTQ+
Our weekly youth hangouts allow a safe and comfortable space for youth to gather and connect with other youth.
The Center Social
LGBTQ+ and Friends – Narcotics Anonymous
LGBTQ+ and Friends – Narcotics Anonymous
The LGBTQ+ Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship of people who are learning to live without drugs. Narcotics Anonymous meetings provide an atmosphere of recovery where individuals can share their common problems and solutions.
CMA: Sex, Love, and Relationships
CMA: Sex, Love, and Relationships
This is a CMA group that gathers every Wednesday night at 7:00pm focusing on Sex, Love, and Relationships. It is an open meeting for anyone to attend.
AA: Big Book Study
AA: Big Book Study
The Big Book Study is an open meeting of Alcoholics Anonymous and is available to anyone interested in the Alcoholics Anonymous program of recovery from alcoholism.
Recovering Dharma
Recovering Dharma
Recovery meeting using Buddhist practices and principles (Meditation and Mindfulness) each week on Wednesday evenings from 8:00 to 9:00pm.
Welcoming Yoga | TUE/THU 9:00 AM
Welcoming Yoga | TUE/THU 9:00 AM
This class is non-judgmental, safe and fun for beginners in the yoga experience. This group meets on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:00 AM.
Women’s Chat Group (Virtual)
Women’s Chat Group (Virtual)
Inspiring Friendships. This chat group is for all women (no matter how you identify) to discuss topics of interest and find connection.
LGBTQ+ and Friends Al-Anon
LGBTQ+ and Friends Al-Anon
The LGBTQ+ and Friends Al-Anon program is designed to help those people who have been impacted by the alcoholism of a loved one. Al-Anon reinforces that no situation is really hopeless and that it is possible to find contentment, and even happiness, whether the alcoholic is still drinking or not.
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Skills Group
Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) Skills Group
DBT is a virtual, closed skills group focused on four areas: mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness.
Amigos CV
Amigos CV
Amigos Coachella Valley is a peer-support group that provides a safe space for Latino men. It is also an open discussion group. Join us.
Community Food Bank Distribution
Community Food Bank Distribution
The Center is dedicated to serving local families/residents experiencing food insecurity regardless of their race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, religion, political persuasion, national origin, disability, and/or covered veteran status.
CMA: Step Study Group
CMA: Step Study Group
CMA group that gathers every Thursday night at 6:30pm for a step study meeting. It is an open meeting for anyone to attend.
Open-Play Bridge
Men’s Chat Group (In-Person)
Men’s Chat Group (In-Person)
Come join us and discuss a variety of topics from love, sex, current events and politics.
Intermediate Guitar
Intermediate Guitar
This level is perfect for those that have taken a previous "Beginning Guitar" class or have been playing for at least 6 months on their own.
Beginning Guitar
Beginning Guitar
Always wanted to learn guitar? Have an old guitar gathering dust that calls out to you? This is where to begin in a safe and fun environment with other folks doing exactly the same thing.
Men’s Chat Group (Virtual)
Men’s Chat Group (Virtual)
Come join us and discuss a variety of topics from love, sex, current events and politics.
Who Cares? Caregiver Support Group
Who Cares? Caregiver Support Group
Who Cares? Caregiver Support Group is a peer-led support group for those who are caring for their loved ones.
Welcoming Yoga | Saturdays
Welcoming Yoga | Saturdays
This class is non-judgmental, safe and fun for beginners in the yoga experience. This group meets on Saturdays at 9:00 AM.
American Sign Language for Beginners
American Sign Language for Beginners
This 8-week course is designed for students with no previous experience in American Sign Language.
American Sign Language Level II
American Sign Language Level II
This 6-week course has been created for students who have completed ASL for Beginners.
Beginning Ukulele
Beginning Ukulele
The ukulele? This lovely little instrument is easy and great fun to play!
Intermediate/Advanced Ukulele
Intermediate/Advanced Ukulele
Take the next step to get the most enjoyment out of your ukulele! In this class we'll build your repertoire, strumming techniques, reading ukulele tablature and applicable music theory.