My Medicare Matters, a comprehensive education program of the National Council on the Aging to help people with Medicare and their families understand the new Medicare Prescription Drug coverage, will have programs from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday at H2U at Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center, 4101 S. Maryland Parkway, No. 100 (735-5510); from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday at Clark County Library, 1401 E. Flamingo Road (933-7340); and from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at East Las Vegas Community/Senior Center, 250 N. Eastern Ave. (229-1515).
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FREE IMMUNIZATIONS
The Clark County Fire Department and Clinic on Wheels are giving free childhood immunizations including hepatitis A, hepatitis B, DPT, MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), polio and varicela from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday at Station 23, at Alexander and Lamb. Families must bring their shot records (455-7338).
BRIDGE CLUB
The Spring Mountain Bridge Club, 450 S. Buffalo Drive, No. 104, offers beginner lessons and novice games at 6 p.m. Mondays and 12:30 p.m. Thursdays. It also meets at 6:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays for American Contract Bridge League stratified sanctioned games (278-8614 or 364-9960).
TRAVEL CLUB
The Las Vegas Singles Travel Club, a group that plans local and world travels, meets at 6 p.m. the second and fourth Monday of each month at the Tap House, 5589 W. Charleston Blvd. (888-324-2028).
PINOCHLE
The nonsmoking Double Deck Pinochle Group meets at 6:30 p.m. Mondays and Thursdays (274-6387).
TOASTMASTERS
The Republican Toastmasters of Nevada club meets at 6:30 p.m. the second and fourth Monday of each month at Nevada State GOP Headquarters, 8625 W. Sahara Ave. (203-2022).
GENEALOGY
The Clark County Nevada Genealogical Society will meet for a three-part series on beginning genealogy at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday at Paseo Verde Library, 280 S. Green Valley Parkway, Henderson (492-6593).
FUNDRAISER
The Salvation Army Women's Auxiliary will present its 41st annual Spring Luncheon and "Nearly New" Fashion Show, "The Way We Were," at 10 a.m. May 1 in the Avalon Ballroom at the Stardust, 3000 Las Vegas Blvd. South. Reservations must be made by Wednesday (327-3944).
WOMEN'S GROUP
Brandeis University National Women's Committee sponsors various events throughout the month (804-8121).
CANCER SCREENINGS
St. Rose Dominican Hospital offers free breast cancer screenings and services to uninsured and underinsured women ages 40 and younger (616-7525).
Mammovan for Nevada offers free mammograms to low-income women age 40 and older in the Las Vegas area. Appointments are necessary (877-581-6266).
Compiled by Ronelle Botwinik. Around the Valley is produced by the Review-Journal as a public service for readers interested in the meetings, events and other activities presented by local nonprofit organizations and clubs. Qualified organizations are asked to submit complete written information at least 10 days before the desired publication date. For more information, contact Ronelle Botwinik at 383-0265 or write c/o Las Vegas Review-Journal, P.O. Box 70, Las Vegas, NV 89125.
