NAACP to meet at Casey Family Services

The NAACP Providence Branch will hold its monthly membership meeting at 6 p.m. Thursday at Casey Family Services, 1268 Eddy St., Providence, instead of Beneficent Congregational Church. Lt. Charles Wilson, national chair of the National Association of Black Law Enforcement Officers, will be guest speaker.

EPOCH offers free memory screenings

EPOCH Assisted Living at One Butler Ave. in Providence will provide free memory screenings from 10 a.m. to noon on Thursday to promote early detection of Alzheimer’s disease and related illnesses and encourage appropriate intervention.

Screening results are kept confidential.

The public is welcome but an appointment is required. Call (401) 275-0682.

Forum to focus on prostate cancer

Man to Man, a forum for men to learn about prostate cancer diagnosis and treatment options, as well as coping with everyday living, will be held at 6 p.m. Wednesday at in the Leone conference room on the first floor of the APC building at Rhode Island Hospital. Dr. Mark Sigman will be the facilitator.

The American Cancer Society sponsors Man to Man in conjunction with Rhode Island Hospital and The Miriam Hospital, Lifespan partners. For more information, call Pat Dillon at (401) 243-2653.

Church sponsors Christmas giving project

If you are looking for a new kind of Christmas giving project, fill a shoebox with soap, pens and pencils and a fuzzy stuffed animal to be sent to needy children in another country. Operation Christmas Child, as the shoebox project is called, is under way in Rhode Island. Members of the Hope Valley First Baptist Church recently filled more than 100 shoeboxes for shipping and will collect shoeboxes filled by scout troops, local businesses, and families in the South County area until Friday. Acceptable items include non-liquid hygiene products, school supplies and small toys. Groups or individuals who wish to participate may e-mail Wendy Bruce at wjbltd@gmail.com or the Rhode Island area coordinator, Bob Isaacson, at rlisa9@cox.net. Special shoeboxes to fill can be picked up at the Hope Valley First Baptist Church or the Quidnessett Baptist Church in North Kingstown and also at Morning Star, Bald Hill Road, Warwick. More information on Operation Christmas Child can be found on www.samaritanspurse.org.