Five Things You Need to Know Today: May 10

1. CLASSES & LECTURES: Sudbury author to discuss women's guide to enjoying wealth and power

Sudbury author Carol Pepper will be at Goodnow Library from 7-9 p.m. to discuss her book: The Seven Pearls of Financial Wisdom: A Woman's Guide to Enjoying Wealth and Power.

Books will be on sale at the event. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the May Buddy Poppy drive of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Lt. Scott Milley Post 8771, where her father, Charles Pepper, is the commander.

2. GOVERNMENT: Historic Districts Commission meeting

The Commission will meet at 7:30 p.m. at the Flynn Building. For the Commission's agenda, click here.

3. CLASSES & LECTURES: Diabetes

Emerson Hospital will offer a series of four group diabetes education classes in May. Called conversation mapping, the class is an interactive way for patients to learn more about diabetes.

A conversation map is a series of images and metaphors on a tabletop display that health care professionals use to engage groups of patients in dialogue around a health care topic. In conversation mapping, patients participate in interactive activities to identify facts and myths about the health care topic and uncover information related to the health condition, ultimately resulting in behavior change.

“Mapping is endorsed by the American Diabetes Association as an innovative way to learn about diabetes,” said Cheryl Laundry, RN, BS, CDE, diabetes educator at Emerson Hospital. Laundry has been using the conversation mapping education method since 2008. 

Classes will be held in a four-part series in the third-floor conference room at Emerson’s Center for Specialty Care, located at 54 Baker Ave Extension in Concord. Classes run from 9:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. on the dates listed below, with each session covering a different conversation map.

May 10  – On the Road to Better Manage Your Diabetes – Covers basic concepts a diabetic patient needs to know in relation to diabetes and managing the disease.

4. SPORTS & RECREATION: Girls lacrosse

The girls lacrosse team plays host to Waltham. Opening faceoff is slated for 4 p.m.

5. ART & ENTERTAINMENT: Book Club for Grown-Up Girls

Come to The Goodnow Book Club for Grown-Up Girls at 7 p.m. to discuss selections of Chick Lit, the fiction genre revolving around women dealing with relationships, jobs, marriage, raising children and much more.

Suggestions are welcome for this month's book choice. 

Registration is required. For more information, visit the library or call 978-443-1035.