Support Groups provide a forum to share feelings, concerns, information, and as well as a place to offer peer support and encouragement. Solicitations or research projects are not conducted at support group meetings.

This schedule is subject to change. Before attending a group for the first time, please call to verify date and time. Groups are free of charge and open to everyone.

Charleston, South Carolina

Lowcountry Scleroderma Support Group

We alternate between professional speaker and open discussion on Scleroderma; Announcements and occasional product giveaways.
Meeting location/time: Medical University of SC Library Rm: 107 or unless otherwise noted (Flyers will be posted)
Who: Scleroderma patients, their friends and families, and health care professionals. If you have any questions, please feel free to call Cynthia.
Support Group Leader: Cynthia Maxwell, 843-559-4703, csmaxwell1622@aol.com

2012 Meeting Dates

• Thursday, April 19: Guest speaker, Leigh Colbert, B.S.N., R.N. Topic: “From Grief to Hope, From Loss to Healing”
• Thursday, June 28
• Thursday, August 23
• Thursday, October 18

Greenville, South Carolina

Upstate South Carolina Support Group

We meet at 2 p.m. at St. Francis Women's and Family Hospital, 125 Commonwealth Drive, Education Classroom Room 301, Greenville, S.C. See directions. We also have a map of the area and a map of the Hospital. These are pdf files and you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to open these files. If you don't have Acrobat Reader, download it FREE, right now.
Contact: Dolores Collins, 864-801-1984, dcollins184@att.net

2012 Meeting dates:

• Sunday, February 12 – Open Discussion w/Lee Colber, RN, BSN
• Sunday, April 8 – topic to be announced
• Saturday, June 9 – Scleroderma Walk!
• Sunday, August 12 - topic to be announced
• Sunday, November 11 – Open Discussion
  

Rock Hill, South Carolina

Piedmont Area Support Group
Oakland Baptist Church, Oakland Avenue, Rock Hill, S.C. 29732
Support Group Leaders: Elaine Sealy, 803-366-5009, randesealy@comporium.net, and Sherron Coleman, 803-684-3100, sherroncoleman@bellsouth.net.

About our group:
The Piedmont Area Support Group (Including York, Chester, and Lancaster Counties) was started in January 1997. We currently have about 31 scleroderma patients and family members are always encouraged to attend. Anyone with scleroderma, or any autoimmune disease, is encouraged to join us. David Burack, M.D., a rheumatologist at the Carolina Center for Rheumatology and Arthritis Care in Rock Hill, S.C. and Charlotte, N.C. is our group's medical advisor.