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

New members are always welcomed and are encouraged to be a part of our meetings. As always, if  there are any questions and/or concerns please do not hesitate to contact me.

Fall "09" Meeting  Date: 10-13-09 
6-7:30 P.M. Guest Speaker: Dr. Richard Silver, Director,Division of Rheumatology and Immunology
Topic: Scleroderma Updates (Come with your questions)
RSVP:Refreshments will be provided and Door Prizes
Location: MUSC, Clinical Science Building 6th FL RM 628
7:30 to-8 P.M. Conference 2009 Update

Support Group Leader: Cynthia Maxwell, 843-559-4703, csmaxwell1622@aol.com

Greenville, South Carolina

Upstate South Carolina Support Group

We meet at 3 p.m. on the second Sunday of the month.

April 19 Discussion @ Whole Foods on Woodruff Road.
June 20 Scleroderma Walk @ Clemson Botanical Gardens.
August 9 Pain Management Speaker @ St Francis Women`s Hospital, 3rd floor classroom
November 8 Discussion @ St Francis Women`s Hospital on Patewood and Commonwealth Dr.

We usually meet 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.

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Contact: Dolores Collins, 864-801-1984, decollins@bellsouth.net

Rock Hill, South Carolina

Piedmont Area Support Group
Next meeting November 9.
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.