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AREA SUPPORT GROUPS
BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT
Bon Secours Bereavement Center:
7229 Forest Ave. (in Highlands II), Suite 108, Richmond, VA 23226
8:30 to 4:30 pm
804-433-4710
To view upcoming class schedule click on Bon Secours Cancer Care page Survivorship link and
go to Support Groups or call 804-433-4710
Southside Rehabilitation Services
430 Clairmont Ct., Suite 120
Colonial Heights, VA 23834
2nd and 4th Thurs 7:00 to 8:00 pm
Contact: 804-765-5593
BRAIN TUMOR SUPPORT
Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital
2nd Tues 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Education Center
Contact: Nancy Hsu 877-284-3905
curebt@hotmail.com
www.curebraintumor.com
BREAST CANCER SUPPORT
Bon Secours VA Breast Center
601 Watkins Centre Pkwy., Suite 200
VA Breast Center Waiting Room
1st and 3rd Tues 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Contact: Kathy Childers 804-893-8623
Richmond Surgical Group
8921 Three Chopt Rd, Richmond, VA 23229
3rd Wed 5:30 to 7:00 pm
Contact: Susan Uhle 804-285-9416 ext. 299
VCU Massey at Memorial Regional Medical Center
Bosom Buddies Breast Cancer Support
Main Conference Room (beside cafeteria)
2nd Mon 6:00 to 7:30 pm
Contact: Whitney Burton MSW (804) 559-1835 or (804) 828-1066
or Bettie McGarrie RN, MSN, Ed.D (804) 327-3040
Hawthorne Cancer Resource Center
(in Thomas Johns Cancer Hospital on Johnston Willis Hospital campus)
Every Wed 6:30 to 8:30 pm
Contact: Robin Yoder 804-330-2136
***For those newly-diagnosed (first 3 months) with breast cancer***
First Wednesday of each month from 6 to 6:30P, just prior to the weekly breast cancer
support group that meets in the Hawthorne Center
Henrico Doctors’ Hospital
Cancer Center Specialty Clinics
Forest Medical Plaza, 7611 Forest Ave., Suite 320
4th Tues 5:30 to 6:30 pm
Contact: Susan Guckenberg 804-200-7033
BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS SOCIAL SUPPORT GROUP
Tri-Cities Pink Challengers
3rd Thursday 6:00 to 8:00 pm
Petersburg YMCA
120 N. Madison St., Petersburg, VA 23803
Contact: Katelyn Schifano 804-828-9724
pink.challengers@gmail.com
Facebook page: www.facebook.com/PinkChallengers
BREAST CANCER SUPPORT FOR YOUNG WOMEN
Beyond Boobs
Richmond
nd
2 Tues 7:00 pm
Location: Variable
Contact: Mary Beth Gibson 757-870-7758
Tri-Cities
Last Wed 6:30 pm
Location: Variable
Contact: Raymon 757-729-1138 or raymon@beyondboobs.org
BREAST CANCER SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS
Sisters Network Central VA Chapter
105 East Clay St., Richmond, VA 23219
3rd Sun 4:30 to 5:30 pm
Contact: Zelma Watkins 804-447-4027
CAREGIVERS, FRIENDS, FAMILY ALSO WELCOME!
5th Baptist Church
1415 W. Cary St., Richmond, VA 23220
2nd Thurs 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm
Theresa Teekah 804-864-7879
BREAST CANCER SUPPORT OUTSIDE OF RICHMOND
West Point United Methodist Church
3rd Mon 3:00 to 5:00 pm
Contact: Betty Blevins 804-843-2319
ADVANCED BREAST CANCER SUPPORT
Henrico Doctors’ Hospital
Cancer Center Specialty Clinics
1st Thurs 4:00 to 5:00 pm
Forest Medical Plaza, 7611 Forest Ave., Suite 320
Facilitated by Carrie Schaeffer, LCSW and Meg Helsley, MSN, RN, AOCNS
For more information, call 804-289-4837
CAREGIVER SUPPORT
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center
Support for Those Coping as a Cancer Caregiver
Cancer Resource Center, located between MOB I and Radiology Waiting Room
8260 Atlee Rd.
Mechanicsville, VA 23116
1st Tues 2:00 to 3:00 pm
Contact: Ann Petersen 804-764-7201or Whitney Burton 804-828-1066
Henrico Doctors’ Hospital
3rd Mon 4:30 to 5:30 pm
7611 Forest Ave., Suite 320
Contact: Carrie Schaeffer 804-289-4837
Hawthorne Cancer Resource Center
(in Thomas Johns Cancer Hospital on Johnston Willis Hospital campus)
Every Thurs 11:30 am to 12:30 pm
Contact: Sandra Tan 804-267-6078
PATIENT AND FAMILY/CAREGIVER SUPPORT
Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital
2nd Tues 6:00 to 7:00 pm
Contact: Mary Ann Mugel 804-281-8282
CALL FIRST IF INTERESTED IN ATTENDING
VCU Massey Cancer Center
Linen Powell Research Library
401 College St.
Richmond, VA 23298
2nd Wed 10:30 to 11:30 am
Contact: Whitney Burton, MSW 804-828-1066
GENERAL CANCER SURVIVOR SUPPORT
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center
Cancer Resource Center
Come to MOB 1 and look for signs
Every Tues 9:30 to 11:00 am
Contact: Mary Baker 804-893-8711 or Ann Petersen 804-764-7201
Hawthorne Cancer Resource Center
(in Thomas Johns Cancer Hospital on Johnston Willis Hospital campus)
Every Mon 11:30 am to 1:00 pm
Contact: Robin Yoder 804-330-2136
Southside Regional Medical Center (caregivers are welcome, too!)
Cancer Center
nd
2 Wed 11:00 am to 12:00 pm, lunch provided
Contact: Lori McNulty 804-765-5095
GENERAL CANCER SUPPORT GROUP FOR SPANISH-SPEAKING WOMEN
Nueva Vida
Hawthorne Cancer Resource Center
(in Thomas Johns Cancer Hospital on Johnston Willis Hospital campus)
3rd Sat 12:00 to 2:00 pm
PATIENTS, CAREGIVERS, CHILDREN WELCOME!
Contact: Claudia Campos 804-366-1102
Phone support also available
Please call and ask for Claudia Campos at 804-366-1102
GYNECOLOGIC CANCER SUPPORT
Hawthorne Cancer Resource Center
(in Thomas Johns Cancer Hospital on Johnston Willis Hospital campus)
Call for information
Contact: Robin Yoder 804-330-2136
VA GYN Oncology (Dr. Cecelia Boardman’s office)
2nd Mon 5:30 to 6:30 pm
Courtyard Office Building, Suite 306, (attached to Henrico Doctor’s Hospital)
7603 Forest Ave.
Susan Guckenberg 804-200-7033
LARYNGECTOMY/NEW VOICE BOX SUPPORT GROUP
American Cancer Society office
4240 Park Place Ct.
Glen Allen, VA 23060
4th Thurs 5:30 to 7:30 pm
LEUKEMIA & LYMPHOMA SUPPORT
VCU Massey Cancer Center at Stony Point
Eugene Trani Cancer Library
9000 Stony Point Parkway, Richmond, VA 23235
4th Tues 7:00 to 8:30 pm
Contact: Karen Mullin 804-628-3861
FOR SURVIVORS, CAREGIVERS, FAMILY/FRIENDS
For other questions/resources, contact Sarah Stein at 804-673-5690, ext. 6705
Virginia Affiliate of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society
LUNG CONDITIONS
Better Breathers Club
For patients who are coping with COPD, lung cancer and other respiratory diseases
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center
8260 Atlee Rd., MOB I, Heart and Vascular Education Room, #110
2nd Tues 12:00 pm
IN 2015 WILL MEET IN APRIL, JUNE, AUGUST, OCTOBER, DECEMBER
FAMILY MEMBERS WELCOME!
Contact: Suzi Poe 804-764-7632
Health South Rehabilitation Hospital of Petersburg
95 Medical Park Blvd., Petersburg, VA
4th Wed 4:30 to 5:30 pm
Contact: Tammy Rowe 804-504-8100, ext. 2084
LYMPHEDEMA SUPPORT
Retreat Doctors Hospital
1st Floor Board Room
3rd Tues 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Sponsored by Bon Secours, VCU Massey and Retreat Hospital’s Lymphedema Programs
Contact: Angela or Lisa 804-254-5164
NO MEETING NOVEMBER-DECEMBER-JANUARY
CANCER SUPPORT FOR MEN
Bon Secours Memorial Regional Medical Center
Cancer Resource Center
Come to MOB 1, walk through outpatient registration and take first hallway on LEFT past
this area. Cancer Resource Center is the first door on the left on this hallway.
2nd and 4th Tuesday from 3:30 to 5:00 pm
Contact: Ann Petersen 804-764-7201
MULTIPLE MYELOMA SUPPORT
Greater Richmond Multiple Myeloma Support Group
Henrico Doctors’ Hospital
1620 Skipwith Avenue, Richmond, VA 23229
Forest Conference Room (Use Forest Ave. entrance near ER)
3rd Mon 7:00 to 8:30 pm
Contact: Barbara Marx 804-355-6217
gobabsgo@aol.com
Mindy Fast 804-262-1821
mcfast123@verizon.net
NO MEETING JULY OR AUGUST
http://richmond.myeloma.org
OSTOMY SUPPORT
Henrico Doctors’ Hospital
1602 Skipwith Rd.
Williamsburg Room
3rd Wed 7:30 to 8:30 pm
NO MEETING IN JULY, AUGUST, DECEMBER
Contact: Barbara Wiltshire 804-289-4539
PANCREATIC CANCER PHONE SUPPORT
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Telephone support for patients and caregivers
Patient and Liaison Services (PALS) (877) 272-6226
www.pancan.org
PEER TO PEER (P2P) PHONE SUPPORT
Sponsored by VCU Massey Cancer Center
For those newly diagnosed with cancer
please call 804-827-7337
For those who are cancer survivors interested in
supporting others by phone,
please call the number listed above also to volunteer
PROSTATE CANCER SUPPORT
Bon Secours Cancer Institute at Reynolds Crossing
1st Wed 6:30 to 8:00 pm
Radiation Oncology Waiting Room/Lobby
6605 W. Broad St., G201
Henrico, VA 23230
Contact: 804-266-7762
Ridge Baptist Church
Us Too Prostate Cancer International
Fellowship Hall building at back of parking lot
3rd Thur 7:00 pm
Contact: Peter Moon 346-4407
pcmoon@vcu.edu
SMOKING CESSATION
Bon Secours Cardiac Wellness
Individual and group sessions offered
Classes are available at 7001 Forest Ave., Suite 101 or off-site for businesses
Cost for six-week class offered at the Heart and Vascular Institute on Forest is $60
Available for corporate groups at the business’s location for $1000
Corporate program includes stress management training also
For more information or to get on the waiting list for the next group offering, please contact
Karen Laing, RN, MS, CHES 804-285-6898
karen_laing@bshsi.org
Freedom From Smoking
Smoking Cessation Clinics
Cancer Center Speciality Clinic
Forest Medical Plaza
7611 Forest Ave, Suite 320
Call 1-804-HCA-CARE
to meet our trained facilitators and find
out about our free introductory seminar
First session begins March 17, 2015 at 12 noon with more to follow!
WELL SPOUSE SUPPORT
Parham Doctor’s Hospital
2nd Tues 7:00 to 9:00 pm
Contact: Kathy Jarrell 804-545-4952
kathy.jarrell@hcahealthcare.com
WOMEN’S GENERAL CANCER SUPPORT GROUP
God Can! Cancer Support Group for Women Touched by Cancer
3rd Sun 3:00 to 5:00 pm
Contact: Melinda Bell 804-833-8126
guzmanbell@yahoo.com
West End Assembly of God Women’s Ministries 804-740-7042
CANCER SURVIVOR/CAREGIVER RETREAT
Camp Phoenix is a retreat for adult cancer survivors (either in active treatment or not)
Survivorship begins at diagnosis!
Sponsor: Richmond Area Oncology Nursing Society
Location: Camp Hanover
3163 Parsleys Mill Road
Mechanicsville, Virginia 23111
September 26th- 27th, 2015
Web Site: campphoenixva.org
Email: campphoenixva@gmail.com
Contact: Annette Graham 804-248-1501
ONLINE SUPPORT GROUPS
CancerCare.
To request membership in a group, you must first be a registered member of CancerCare online.
You can request membership in a group during the registration process or any time after.
If you would like to join a group, please go to http://supportgroups.cancercare.org/ and
click on Register.
Groups for people with cancer:
Patient Group: Lung Cancer Patient
Patient Group: Post Treatment Survivor
Patient Group: Breast Cancer Patient- Stages 1-3
Patient Group: Breast Cancer Patient- Metastatic
Patient Group: Triple Negative Breast Cancer
Patient Group: Colorectal Cancer Patient
Patient Group: Blood Cancer Patient
Patient Group: Men with Cancer
Patient Group: Gynecologic Cancers
Patient Group: Ovarian Cancer
Patient Group: Multiple Myeloma
Groups for caregivers and loved ones:
Caregiver Group: Brain Tumor Caregivers
Caregiver Group: Metastatic Brain Tumor Caregivers
Caregiver Group: Spouses/Partners
Caregiver Group: LGBT Caregivers
Caregiver Group: Lung Cancer Caregivers
Caregiver Group: Teens Who Have a Loved One with Cancer
Caregiver Group: Young Adults (age 20-40) who are Caregivers
Caregiver Group: Pancreatic Caregivers
Caregiver Group: Young Adult (age 20-40) Spouses/Partners who are Caregivers
Groups for the bereaved:
Grief Group: People Who Have Lost a Parent
Grief Group: Young Adults (age 20-40) Who Have Lost a Loved One
Grief Group: Partner’s Bereavement
TELEPHONE SUPPORT GROUPS
CancerCare.
To request membership in a group, you must first be a registered member of CancerCare online.
You can request membership in a group during the registration process or any time after.
If you would like to join a group, please go to http://supportgroups.cancercare.org/ and
click on Register.
For patients:
Brain Tumor Patient Support Group
Colorectal Cancer Patient Support Group
General Cancer Patient Support Group
Metastatic Breast Cancer Patient Support Group
Pancreatic Cancer Patient Support Group
For caregivers and loved ones:
Caregiver and Loved Ones Support Group
Pancreatic Cancer Action Network
Telephone support for patients and caregivers
Patient and Liaison Services (PALS) (877) 272-6226
www.pancan.org
Peer to peer phone support
Sponsored by VCU Massey Cancer Center
For those newly diagnosed with cancer
please call 804-827-7337
For those who are cancer survivors interested in
supporting others by phone,
please call the number listed above also to volunteer
Last updated 6/4/15