COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS
Dick Renner
PO Box 25573
Greenville, SC  29616
PHONE: (864)288-9820
EMAIL: rjrgsc@aol.com
INTERNET: www.tcfofgreenvillesc.org
Meets 2nd Thursday, 7:30 pm, at Pelham Road Baptist Church, Greenville
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: Bereaved parents, grandparents, siblings
DUES/FEES: None
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Call or visit
A self-help and support organization for parents who have experienced the death of a child.
FUNDING: Donations
AREA SERVED: Upstate South Carolina
Date of Last Update: 20080811

COUNCIL OF THE BLIND, AMERICAN
Barbara Mattson, Chapter Organizer
519 East Main Street # 8
Spartanburg, SC  29302
PHONE: (864)285-2921
MEETING TIMES: TBA
EMAIL: barbieann519@charter.net
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: Interested in issues pertaining to the Blind.
DUES/FEES: TBA
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Contact for more information.
Support group for visually impaired people, their families and friends, and professionals working with them as well as interested parties.
FUNDING: Donations/dues
PARENT AGENCY: American Council of the Blind; 1155 15th ST NW #1004; Washington, DC 20005
AREA SERVED: Spartanburg County
Officers change on July
Date of Last Update: 20080630

CROSSROADS PROGRAM
Program Coordinator
The PACE Center
P. O. Box 5588
Spartanburg, SC  29304
PHONE: (864)582-3104
Meets Wednesdays, 9 am-1 pm at Unitarian Universalist Church
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: Individuals with a severe mental illness by referral only
DUES/FEES: $ 0.25/week from program members who are Spartanburg Area Mental Health Center clients.
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Referral from mental health counselor or physician only
Founded 1984. Crossroads  provides to individuals with mental illness or emotional disability programs to encourage interaction among members and to develop feelings of self-worth and self-confidence. Programs are social, recreational, and educational in nature.
FUNDING: Department of Mental Health, South Carolina; Contributions
PARENT AGENCY: The PACE Center of MHAP & CC
AREA SERVED: Spartanburg County
Date of Last Update: 20071213

DYSTONIA SUPPORT GROUP, SOUTH CAROLINA
Jim or Novyce King
PO Box 303
Startex, SC  29377
PHONE: (864)433-0391
Meets 2nd Saturday in February, April, June, August, and October at the Greenville Memorial Hospital on Grove Road in Conference Center-Room #1.
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: General public
DUES/FEES: Dues:$10.00-single member, $15.00-family
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Write or call support group for application
For persons with spasmodic torticollis (cervical dystonia), torsion dystonia, laryngeal dystonia (spasmodic dysphonia), Meige's Syndrome, blepharospasm, or other forms of dystonia. Participates in a Flea Market in May, Family Picnic in July, Awareness Day in June, a Poinsettia Sale from October through December, and a Christmas Party in December. Goals of the group are to provide support, awareness, and research. The international research foundation (Dystonia Medical Research Foundation) is located at One East Wacker Drive, Suite 2430, Chicago, IL, 60601-1905. Phone number is 1-800-377-3978, Email: dystonia@dystonia-foundation.org, Internet address: www.dystonia-foundation.org.
FUNDING: Projects within the support group (as well as dues and donations)
PARENT AGENCY: Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
OFFICERS: President-Jim King, (864)433-0391; Vice-President-Stewart Babb, (864)969-2407; Treasurer-Mary Babb, (864)969-2407; Secretary-Novyce King, (864)433-0391
AREA SERVED: South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia
Date of Last Update: 20070226

EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Epilepsy Support Group
Angela Cole, Coordinator Greenville Office
707 Piedmont Park Road
Greenville, SC  29609
PHONE: (864)631-1461 or 1-800-332-1000 (National Epilepsy Foundation)
EMAIL: efsc_greenville@charter.net
INTERNET: www.epilepsyfoundation.org/local/socarolina
Contact office for meeting dates and times
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: General public; interest in epilepsy
DUES/FEES: None
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: None
Provides education, vocation and outreach programs and services for persons with epilepsy and their families. Other support groups are in Columbia and Charleston.
FUNDING: United Way, Riverfest, Private Donations
AREA SERVED: South Carolina
Date of Last Update: 20080723

FOSTER AND ADOPTIVE FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Libby Warlick
PO Box 3548
Spartanburg, SC  29304
PHONE: (864)596-3001, ext. 3053
EMAIL: ewarlick@dss.state.sc.us
INTERNET: www.state.sc.us/dss
Meets last Monday, 7 -9 pm
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: Open to all foster parents licensed in Spartanburg County.
DUES/FEES: $5.00/year (voluntary) individual; $10.00 for family
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Apply at DSS or call for an application
An organization for foster and adoptive parents licensed through the Spartanburg County Department of Social Services.  Provides support and training for foster and adoptive parents.
PARENT AGENCY: Social Services, Department of
OFFICERS: President-Lori Drew; Vice President-Mellisa Gravitt; Secretary-Misty Medlin; Treasurer-Eunice LaMee
AREA SERVED: Spartanburg County
01 officers change every two years in January
Date of Last Update: 20080110

GRIEF WORK
Edie Riddlespurger, Psychosocial/ Bereavement Supervisor
120 Heywood Avenue, Suite 300
Spartanburg, SC  29302
PHONE: (864)560-3944
EMAIL: eriddlespurger@srhs.com
Call for support group information.
DUES/FEES: None
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Some groups require registration.
On-going support groups for bereaved persons, open to anyone who has experienced a loss.  The group is facilitated by a Hospice bereavement counselor and includes an opportunity for group discussion and mutual support of all participants.
PARENT AGENCY: Regional Hospice
AREA SERVED: Spartanburg, Cherokee, Union, and Greenville counties
Date of Last Update: 20070308

HEALING HEART OF SPARTANBURG
Becky Dunbar
101 Lake Forest Drive
Spartanburg, SC  29307
PHONE: (864)587-7777 (Lanford-Dunbar Funeral Home)
Meets 2nd & 4th Thursday at 7 pm typically at the YMCA
DUES/FEES: None
A bereavement support group that also offers community service programs relating to stress and bereavement for local clubs, churches, and organizations, individuals and families and loss of a child.
AREA SERVED: Spartanburg County
Officers change in January
Date of Last Update: 20080214

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SUPPORT GROUP
Raymond Hayes, Leader
140 McArthur Street
Spartanburg, SC  29302
PHONE: (864)583-0561 (H) or 497-1783 (C)
EMAIL: raymondhay@aol.com
INTERNET: www.nmss.org
Meets last Sunday, 2:30 pm at Spartanburg Community College, Health and Science Building
DUES/FEES: None
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Call, visit
Founded 1984, 50 members. Provides support for persons with multiple sclerosis, their families, and friends.
PARENT AGENCY: National Multiple Sclerosis Support Group
AREA SERVED: Spartanburg County and surrounding areas.
Officers change in January
Date of Last Update: 20080114

MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION
Muscular Dystrophy Support Group
Tara Eaker
25 Woodslake Road #704
Greenville, SC  29607
PHONE: (864)241-7980
EMAIL: greenvilleservices@mdausa.org
INTERNET: www.mdausa.org
Will meet 5/22/07 & 9/25/07; 6-7pm; St. Francis Women's & Family Hospital, 135 Commonwealth Drive, Greenville, SC.
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: Must have Muscular Dystrophy or be a relative or friend of someone with MD.
DUES/FEES: None
Support group for those suffering from any type of muscular dystrophy and their family members.
FUNDING: MDA grant
AREA SERVED: Upstate South Carolina
Date of Last Update: 20070222

NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS
PHONE: 1-800-828-5689 (hotline)
24 hour hotline and helpline
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: call
For information on meeting times, see the special notices section in the Sunday edition of the Spartanburg Herald Journal.
AREA SERVED: Spartanburg, Greenville, Cherekee, Union, and Polk Counties
Officers change in January
Date of Last Update: 20080125

NU-VOICE CLUB OF SPARTANBURG/HEAD & NECK CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
Chad Dingman
Gibbs Regional Cancer Center, Oncology Rehabilitation
101 E. Wood Street
Spartanburg, SC  29303
PHONE: (864)560-1974
Meets the first Thursday of every other month, 4:30-6 pm at the Gibbs Regional Cancer Center, Radiation Oncology Conference Room
DUES/FEES: None
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Contact club officers or parent agency
Support and assistance for pre-op and post-op laryngectomees (cancer of the larynx survivors), survivors of other head and neck cancers, and their families and/or friends. Visits by club members to new patients. Pre-op in doctor's office if requested. Speakers provided to clubs and schools about the dangers of smoking. Club has supply loan closet, information and newsletter.
FUNDING: Contributions; Fundraisers
PARENT AGENCY: International Association of Laryngectomees
OFFICERS: Gibbs Cancer Center, (864)560-1970
AREA SERVED: Spartanburg, Cherokee, and Union Counties
Date of Last Update: 20071108

OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS
Boog Henderson, Contact
1195 Partridge Road
Spartanburg, SC  29302
PHONE: (864)583-2400
EMAIL: wilsonpickus@BellSouth.net
INTERNET: www.oa.org
MEETING TIMES: Mondays, 7 pm
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: A desire to stop eating compulsively.
DUES/FEES: None
Follows the 12 step program like Alcoholics Anonymous. Monday meetings are at 7 pm at the YMCA on Pine Street; call for more information. Please call the contact person to confirm the day, time, and location of any meeting you want to attend.
OFFICERS: none
AREA SERVED: Spartanburg
Date of Last Update: 20071129

PARKINSON'S DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP, SPARTANBURG
CONTACT: Ethel Perricone
PHONE: (864)597-1150
EMAIL: ebperricone@yahoo.com
OFFICERS: Norbert Collins-President, (864)457-2439
Meets 2nd Thursday, 2 pm at the Senior Center, 142 South Dean Street, (864)596-3910
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: Everyone welcome
DUES/FEES: None
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Call
Group gathering with information on new procedures or medicine. Speakers on educational subjects that support a Parkinson's patient. Also a social group.
AREA SERVED: Upstate South Carolina
Date of Last Update: 20080128

PFLAG; PARENTS, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS OF LESBIANS AND GAYS
Joyce Harrison
PHONE: (864)574-1253
INTERNET: www.pflagupstatesc.org
Meets 1st Thursday, 7 pm
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: Parents, families, and friends of gays, lesbians, bisexual, and transgendered people and GLBT people as well.
DUES/FEES: $25/annual single membership; $35 annual couple membership (optional)
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Call for meeting locations and information
A non-profit organization that provides opportunity for dialogue about sexual orientation and works to create a society that is healthy and respectful of human diversity.
FUNDING: Donations
PARENT AGENCY: PFLAG
AREA SERVED: Spartanburg County
Date of Last Update: 20070221

SAFE HOMES-RAPE CRISIS COALITION
Lynn Hawkins, Executive Director
236 Union Street
Spartanburg, SC  29302
PHONE: (864)583-9803 (24 hours Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Crisis Line); 1-800-273-5066 (Upstate); (864)583-9803 (Thrift Store)
EMAIL: SHRCC@aol.com
INTERNET: www.shrcc.org
Office Hours: Monday-Friday, 8:30 am-5 pm; Crisis Line 24 hours
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: Domestic violence: Clients must be physically abused by a spouse, ex-spouse, partner in a marital-type relationship, or a family member living in the same home or receive a serious threat with a history of domestic violence. Sexual assault: Must be a victim of sexual assault or a family member of a victim.
DUES/FEES: None for crisis intervention, groups or shelter; sliding scale fees for individual therapy/counseling
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Call/Walk-In (Monday-Friday)
SAFE Homes Network and Council on Sexual Assault (COSA) merged in 1994. A 24-hour crisis line, counseling, support, advocacy, and assistance to victims of domestic violence and sexual assault/abuse victims and their families. Temporary emergency shelter, transitional living apartments, crisis intervention, food, transportation information and referrals, support groups, individual and group therapy, community education, assistance with Domestic Abuse Petitions and court escorts, and crisis response at the hospital for sexual assault victims. The courthouse office is located on the 3rd floor of the courthouse on Magnolia Street.
FUNDING: United Way; Contributions; Spartanburg County; Victims of Crime Act; State; Uptown Sertoma Club
AREA SERVED: Spartanburg, Cherokee, and Union Counties
Date of Last Update: 20071108

SARCOMA SUPPORT GROUP
Mrs. Beth Lagrange
18 Briarberry Court
Greer, SC  29651
PHONE: (864)254-0333
EMAIL: ben.lagrange@alumni.clemson.edu
INTERNET: www.erbc-sc.org/ministry
4th Monday of each month (except holidays), 7 pm at Edwards Road Baptist Church, 1050 Edwards Road, Greenville, SC
DUES/FEES: none
Support group that provides hope and encouragement and ministers to the needs of sarcoma cancer patients, survivors, and family caregivers.
AREA SERVED: Entire Upstate of SC
Date of Last Update: 20070926

SELF HELP ASSOCIATION REGARDING EMOTIONS (SHARE)
Sherry McLaughlin
Spartanburg Area Mental Health Center
250 Dewey Avenue
Spartanburg, SC  29303
PHONE: (864)585-0366, ext. 254
EMAIL: scshare@bellsouth.net
INTERNET: www.scshare.com
Meets 2nd Monday, 10 am in the Conference Room at the Spartanburg Area Mental Health Center
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: Anyone experiencing or formerly experiencing emotional problems
DUES/FEES: None
APPLICATION PROCEDURES: Call
South Carolina SHARE was organized in 1986. Provides an opportunity for mental health consumers to offer one another guidance and support through self-help groups. Other SHARE groups are located in communities across the state. The state toll-free support line is 1(800)832-8032.
FUNDING: South Carolina State; Federal; private
PARENT AGENCY: SHARE, South Carolina
AREA SERVED: Spartanburg County
Date of Last Update: 20070209

SHARING
Carla Armfield
1398 Coleman Avenue
Whitmire, SC  29178
PHONE: (803)694-2249
EMAIL: armfields@hotmail.com
Meets 4th Thursday, 7 pm at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center in the Board Room-3rd Floor
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS: Friends and/or family
DUES/FEES: None
A support group for parents who have lost an infant.
OFFICERS: Lizzie Staggs, Chaplains Office, SRHS, 101 E. Wood Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302
AREA SERVED: Upstate South Carolina
Date of Last Update: 20070130

SUNFLOWERS OF SOUTH CAROLINA
Pollie Robinson and Carole Richard, Co-Directors
263 Lemonade Road
Pacolet, SC  29372
PHONE: (864)583-4931 (Richard)
Call for location of meeting
Sunflowers are a group of women who lost our babies to a closed adoption system simply because we were unwed and uninformed of our rights.  We now choose to walk in the light of day of truth and honesty instead of the darkness of secrecy and lies.  We are part of much larger organizations, Council of Equal Rights in Adoption (CERA) and Origins USA (OUSA).  We help young women who are being pressured into adoption, either by society or family.  We provide information so they can get help to keep mother and child together.  We provide counseling and do educational workshops to explain the damage adoption can do to both mother and child.  It has lifelong consequences.  Family preservation, not adoption separation.
PARENT AGENCY: Council for Equal Rights in Adoption (CERA); Origins USA (OUSA)
AREA SERVED: South Carolina
Officers change in October.
Date of Last Update: 20080214
 

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