HEPATITIS C SUPPORT GROUPS AND ASSOCIATIONS UNITED STATESALASKA (KENAI PENNINSULA): Hepatitis C support group is now forming. For information, contact Cheri Murphy in Soldotna at: (907)262-9197 or email: kcmurph@ptialaska.net CALIFORNIA (SAN DIEGO COUNTY): The American Liver Foundation Support Group at Scripps Green meets the first Wednesday of each month at 6:00 P.M. The first hour is a presentation by the Scripps medical team on various hepatitis/liver disease topics and the second hour is a support group. For more information, contact Phyllis at ALF (619) 291-5483. CALIFORNIA (WALNUT CREEK): Meetings are held on the last Thursday of each month at 7pm in Aspen Room #2 (downstairs) at the John Muir Hospital, corner of Ygnacio Valley Road and La Casa Via. (Sorry, no contact name or phone number available.) COLORADO: HepC Connection. For more information, contact: Ann Jesse at 1-800-522-HEPC or (303) 393-9395, address: 1714 Poplar St., Denver, CO 80220. FLORIDA (BROWARD COUNTY): For more information, contact: (561) 434-0092 FLORIDA (FT LAUDERDALE): Meetings are held on the 3rd Wednesday of every month at the Florida Medical Center, 5000 West Oakland Park Blvd, in Fort Lauderdale, FL. For more information, contact: (954) 587-3777 FLORIDA (ORLANDO): Orlando Hepatitis Support System, 5624 Deepdale Drive, Orlando, FL 32821 (407) 238-9422 or (407) 238-2368 or email: peaches@magicnet.net FLORIDA (ST PETERSBURG): Tampa Bay Hepatitis and Liver Disease Support Group, Inc. St. Petersbug Meetings are held the second Tuesday of each month, 7:00-9:00 p.m. (please be prompt) at the Columbia Edward White Hospital, Auditorium - Suite 1G, 2299 9th Avenue, North St.Petersburg, FL. For more information, contact: Don Vausio - (813)577-0836 or Peggy Tatka - (813)684-4678 FLORIDA (TAMPA): Tampa Bay Hepatitis and Liver Disease Support Group, Inc., Tampa Meetings are held the fourth Thursday of each month, 7:00 - 9:00 p.m. (please be prompt) at the University Community Hospital, Hospitality Room (past the Cafeteria), Bruce B. Downs & Fletcher, Tampa, FL For more information, contact: Don Vausio - (813)577-0836 or Peggy Tatka - (813)684-4678 FLORIDA (TAMPA): The Liver Disease Support Group holds meetings on the first Monday of each month at "The Health Source" at University Square Mall, 2140 Fowler Ave. Tampa FL 33613. For more information contact: M.J. Fitzsimmons (813) 899-9255 or email: mjfitz@IntNet.net HAWAII: There is a Hepatitis Support Group on the last Thursday of every month at Wilcox Hospital, Conference Room A, in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii. It is from 6:30 p.m. till 8 p.m. Interested may call: Teresa at (808) 826-7825. IDAHO (BOISE): Hepatitis Education Project sponsored support group. Call 1-800-218-6932 for more information. IDAHO (BOISE): Southwest Idaho Hepatitis Support Group, meets every 3rd Tuesday, St. Alphonsus Medical Center, Board Room, 7-9 pm. Contact: Steve Bingham, 208-342-3945 IOWA (CEDAR RAPIDS): Hepatitis Education Project sponsored support group. Call 1-800-218-6932 for more information. IOWA: Hepatitis C Foundation sponsored support group. For information contact Susie Makinster (319)369-7394 KANSAS (KANSAS CITY): A meeting is held the second Wednesday of each month at KU Medical Center, Prarie Room, which is nearby Delp cafeteria. Parking is available in the parking garage across the street from the main hospital entrance on Cambridge, 2 blocks west of State Line Road at 39th street. Ask at the info desk for directions to the Delp cafeteria. Phone (913)677-6561 MARYLAND (BALTIMORE): No longer meeting. MASSACHUSETTS (BEVERLY): Beginning on Monday February 17, 1997 and continuing every 3rd Monday of each month, Beverly Hospital will offer support group meetings for all individuals affected by Hepatitis C. This group welcomes all people with Hepatitis C as well as spouses, older children, friends and anyone with a concern about this disease. For more information, contact: Hepatitis C Seminar & Support Group, 85 Herrick St. Beverly, Massachusetts (508) 922-3000 extension 2240 MICHIGAN (WEST MICHIGAN): Hepatitis C Foundation sponsored support group. For information contact Mary Kolanowski (616)336-9351 MISSOURI (ST. LOUIS): Hepatitis C Support Organization meets the second Monday of each month at the Clayton Library, corner of Central and Maryland, from 7-8:45 p.m. Contact person is Nancy Marsh, 2665 Midland Ridge Drive, St. Louis, MO 63114. (314) 428-7973 NEBRASKA (OMAHA): Hepatitis C Foundation sponsored support group. For information contact Kay Helms (402)398-1487 NEW HAMPSHIRE: Hepatitis C Foundation sponsored support group. For information contact Roberta Glenn (603)652-4326 or Ed Nash (603)742-4732 NEW JERSEY: This is a new HepC group that meets the first Friday of every month at Robert Wood Johnson Hospital in the Board Room at 7:30 p.m. For more information, contact: Valerie at vmead@rci.rutgers.edu or Jim Perks at 908- 251-5348. NEW JERSEY (CENTRAL JERSEY): Hepatitis C Foundation sponsored support group. For information contact, Valerie Mead (908)247-2628 or Barb Verb (908)937-8820 NEW JERSEY (NORTH JERSEY): Hepatitis C Foundation sponsored support group. For information contact John Sorrentino (201)743-2380 NEW JERSEY (SOUTH JERSEY): Hepatitis C Foundation sponsored support group. For information, contact Libby Leidolf (609)935-0807 NEW YORK (LONG ISLAND): The Hep C Courage Group holds meeting in Manhasset. For more information, contact Judy or Gina at (718)595-2805 or email Gina at: mailto:Lefty74@aol.com NEW YORK (ROCHESTER): Hepatitis C Foundation Support Group, 16 Sanders Farm Dr., Penfield, New York 14526 Contact: John Trowbridge at (716) 377-9330 OHIO (COLUMBUS): The HEPCAT support group meets every other Thursday at the OSU Medical Center. For more information contact: Emma Birch 614-337-1450 email: EBirch@aol.com OREGON (COOS BAY): Hepatitis Education Project sponsored support group. Call 1-800-218-6932 for more information. PENNSYLVANIA (LANCASTER): Hepatitis C Foundation sponsored support group. For information, contact Jean Collin (717) 394-7110 PENNSYLVANIA (LEIGH VALLEY): Hepatitis C Foundation sponsored support group. For information, contact Dianne Slagle (610)432-2481 PENNSYLVANIA (PHILADELPHIA): Hepatitis C Support Group - Contact: Steve Longello of the Hepatitis C Foundation. Weekly support group meetings and a 24 hour "hotline" (800)324-7305. Phone: (215) 672-2606 or email: hepatitis_c_foundation@msn.com TENNESSEE (NASHVILLE): The Nashville Hep Support group is currently forming. For more information, contact Jim Nevels at (502)886-2754 or email: vgnevels@hop-uky.campus.mci.net TENNESSEE (NASHVILLE): Hepatitis C Foundation sponsored support group. For information contact Mary Harrington (615)385-3718 TEXAS: Texas Liver Coalition, Phone: 1-800-72-LIVER. TEXAS (WACO): LifeMatch Group. For more information, call: (254)840-9620 WASHINGTON STATE (VANCOUVER): Parents of Kids with Infectious Diseases (PKIDs), P.O. Box 5666, Vancouver, WA 98668 For more information, contact Trish Parnell at (360)695-0293 voice (360)695-6941 fax or email: trish@buyersandsellers.com WASHINGTON STATE (SEATTLE): Hepatitis Education Project - HEP, P.O. Box 95162 Seattle, WA 98145-2162 Phone: (206) 447-8136 or email: graham@wolfenet.com or email: saraa@halcyon.com Call 1-800-218-6932 for info on groups outside the Seattle metro area. WEST VIRGINIA: Hepatitis C Foundation sponsored support group. For information contact Dana Mack (304)273-2450 CANADAHEPATITIS C SOCIETY (HeCSS) Phone: 1-800-652-4372 (except area codes 416 & 905) Phone: (416) 979-5855 email: HeCSS@idirect.com email: squeeky@total.net HEPATITIS C SOCIETY, VANCOUVER BRANCH Fax (604) 987-7396 email: darmorr@uniserve.com B.C. HEPATITIS FOUNDATION P.O. Box 21058 Penticton, B.C. V2A 8k8 Phone: (604) 490-9054 Fax: (604) 490-0620 email: bchepc@bc.sympatico.ca HEPATITIS C COUNSEL GROUP (This group is coordinating the class action lawsuit for Hepatitis C infections from tainted blood, which has been launched against the Canadian Red Cross Society, the Canadian federal government and the provincial governments other than British Columbia and Quebec) Contact the Hepatitis C Class Action Line at 1-800-229-LEAD BRITISH COLUMBIACASTLEGAR/GRAND FORKS/TRAIL: Contact Robin Tomlin at 365-6137 COURTNEY: J. Demong, R.N., Island Health Centre, 480 Cumberland, Courtney, BC V9N 2C4 Tel (250) 334-1140 KELOWNA: Contact Elaine Risely at 768-3573 PENTICTON: Leslie, 102 Spruce Place, RR #2 Site 5 Comp 10, Penticton, B.C. V2A 6J7 Tel (250) 490-9054 FAX (250) 490-0620 or email: bchepc@bc.sympatico.ca VANCOUVER: Herb Moeller, Chairperson, 27200 Langton, Richmond, BC V7C 4B2, Tel. (604) 241-7766 VERNON: Hep CURE (Hepatitis C United Resource Exchange) Support group: Vernon BC Canada Tel 542-3092 VICTORIA: David Smith, Chairperson, 1611 Quadra St., Victoria, BC V8W 2L5, Tel. (250) 388-4311 or email: ut301@freenet.victoria.bc.ca VICTORIA: R. Tracy, Co-Chairperson, 860 Short, Victoria, BC V8X 2V5 Tel. (250) 475-1860 or email: ut301@freenet.victoria.bc.ca AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALANDNEW SOUTH WALES: Hepatitis C Council of NSW, P.O. Box 432 Darlinghurst 2010, 345 Crown St., Surry Hills NSW Phone: 02 9332 1853 Fax: 02 9332 1730 Support Line: 1-800-803-990 Publishes a quarterly newsletter: The Hep C Review VICTORIA: The Hepatitis C Foundation (VIC) Inc.: P.O. Box 65, Fairfield 3078, Phone: Melbourne (03) 9280 2316 QUEENSLAND: The Queensland Hepatitis C Council Inc., Coordinator: Mr.. Jeff Ward Info/Support line: (07) 3229 3767 Administration: (07) 3229 9238 Fax: (07) 3229 9305 ENGLAND/SCOTLANDFIFE: Hepatitis C - Both Sides of the Border/C For Yourself, P.O. Box 14466, Glenrothes, Fife, Scotland KY7 6WA Contact: Feyona McFarlane email: seyonehcv@mcmail.com GLASGOW: Hepatitis C - Glasgow, 53 Fulwood Avenue, Knightswood, Glasgow G13 4BD Contact: Norma Cameron, Jimmy McKay IPSWICH: The British Liver Trust, Central House, Central Avenue, Ransomes Europark, Ipswich IP3 9QG Phone: 01474-276326 Info Line: 01473-276328 OXFORD: Hepatitis C - Oxford, 83 Priory Road, Minchery Farm, Oxford OX4 4ND Contact: Helena Borkowski GERMANYDeutsche Hepatitis Liga e.V.: Postfach 200666, D 80006 Muenchen Deutsche Leberhilfe e.V.: Postfach 242, D 49303 Melle Hepatitis Liga Oesterreich e.V.: c/o Ingo Rezman, Pyrkerstr. 14 A 5630 Bad Hofgastein URUGUAYGRUPO C: c/o C.A.S.A. (Centro Anglicano de Solidaridad y Ayuda), Reconquista 625 Montevideo, Uruguay Telefax: (+598) 2 955 419
Last update: July 31, 1997 |
