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.
Support groups often feature speakers specializing
in scleroderma or related topics. To find
out information about upcoming speakers
or meeting topics, please contact the support
group leader or chapter office.
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.
Camarillo
Ventura County
Support Group
Meetings are held at Camarillo
Health Care District, 3639 E. Las Posas Road, Bldg. E – Room 121, Camarillo, Calif. (unless otherwise
directed).
Please enter room 121 from backside of building, since the Camarillo Health Care District front office will be closed.
Map
and directions. Time: 10 a.m.–12
noon
Support Group Leader: Arline Wetter,
805-987-8236, ventura@scleroderma.org
Co-Leader: Bob Rich, 818-991-7342, bobndi@sbcglobal.net
2012 Meeting Schedule:
January 14, 2012
March 10, 2012
May 12, 2012
September 8, 2012
November 10, 2012
An open discussion is so far planned for each meeting.
Fountain
Valley
Orange County Support
Group
11 a.m.–1 p.m., every other month
Fountain Valley Hospital, Saltzer
Conference Room, 17100 Euclid Avenue, Fountain
Valley, Calif. See
map and directions. The map shows the front of the hospital, but the Salzter room that we use is located to the right of the E.R. entrance. The room faces Euclid Ave.
Support Group Leaders: Kim Frost, 562-429-0366, disneyfankim@verizon.net; Nancy Sink, 714-832-2888, nancy_sink@hotmail.com
2012 Meeting Schedule:
Saturday March 3, 2012
Saturday May 5, 2012
Saturday July 7, 2012
Saturday September 8, 2012
Saturday December 1, 2012 Holiday Party
Glendale
Crescenta Valley
Support Group
Saturday, March 10, 10:00 a.m. to Noon
Council Room C, Lobby Level, Verdugo Hills Hospital, 1812 Verdugo Blvd., Glendale 91208
Dr. Richard Rupp, podiatrist, who will talk about "Scleroderma and the Foot"
Saturday, June 16, 10:00 a.m. to Noon
Cancer Center Auditorium, Glendale Memorial Hospital, 1420 S. Central Ave., Glendale 91204
Speaker to be determined
Support Group Leader: Bonnie Finn, 818-952-1944, crescentavalley@scleroderma.org
Los
Angeles (in English)
Los Angeles
Support Group
Contact our Chapter office for date and
time of next meeting.
10319 Jefferson Blvd. Culver City, CA
Support Group Leader: Josephine
Battyany, 310-287-0793 or toll-free 877-443-5755,
westside@scleroderma.org
Los
Angeles (en español)
Grupo de Apoyo de
Los Angeles
Se Habla Español
Chapter Office, 10319 Jefferson Blvd. Culver City, CA
Contact Josephine Battyany
E-mail spanishgroup@scleroderma.org
Oficina Esclerodermia 310-287-0793
¿Que
es Esclerodermia?
Palmdale
Antelope Valley
Support Group
Saturday, May 26, 2012 at 1:00 p.m.
Meeting Place: Aurora Village 2, 43945 12th Street West, Lancaster, CA, 93534
Support Group Leader: Betty Power, 661-860-3697, bettybooppower@gmail.com
Sherman
Oaks
San Fernando Valley
Support Group
2nd Sunday of every month 11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. (Note: the April 2012 meeting has been canceled)
Sherman Oaks Hospital, Doctors Conference
Room
4929 Van Nuys Blvd, Sherman Oaks 91403 Map
and directions
Contact: Kelly Ryan, 818-974-2428,
sanfernando@scleroderma.org
Visalia
Visalia Support
Group
Please contact Lety for date and time of
next meeting.
Contact: Lety Armstrong, 559-734-1011, letyarmrn@att.net
Whittier
Whittier/San Gabriel
Support Group
Meetings are held from 10 a.m. to noon at the Whittier
Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital Auditorium,
12401 E. Washington Blvd., Room G, Whittier,
Calif. See
Yahoo.com directions (unless otherwise
directed).
Support Group Leaders: Penni LaVoot, 714-871-8580, plavoot@gmail.com
Co-leader: Cathy Baca, 626-232-8449
2012 Meetings
April 21 - Ana Verran, OTR will be speaking on how assistive devices can make our lives easier.
May 12, 10:00 a.m.–12:00 noon a new meeting will be held at the Conference room at the Church of the Annunciation, 2701 Peck Rd, Monrovia, CA.
Aug. 18 - Coping with Scleroderma - Group Discussions
Oct. 20 - Julie Davey, Writing for Wellness
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