Self Help Groups
The Arkansas Office offers Self Help Groups around the state. If you have questions about a group please call the leader or the National MS Society at 1-800-344-4867.
Don’t see a group close to you? Call Brooke @ 1-800-344-4867 to volunteer to be a leader.
All groups are welcome to those newly diagnosed or those who have been living with MS for a while. The National MS Society groups are open to spouses, family and friends and typically meet once a month. All National MS Society groups are comprised of people with MS, led by trained peer facilitators, who meet to:
- Discuss issues
- Share information and feelings
- Provide mutual support
- Socialize
- Listen to educational presentations by professionals
BATESVILLE AREA
Day: 2nd Saturday
Time: 10:00 am
Location: Josephine Raye Rogers Women's Center Conference Rooms at the White River Medical Center. The address is 1710 Harrison St
Facilitators: Jamie Bridgers 870-834-3604
CONWAY AREA
Day: 1st Tuesday – Break during summer – call for confirmation of meeting
Time: 6:30 pm
Location: Village Park
1622 Scott St.
Conway, AR
Facilitator: Jennifer Bannon 501-472-5027
HOT SPRINGS AREA
Day 3rd Tuesday
Time 7:00 pm
Location National Park Medical Center, Kass Room
Malvern Ave
Facilitators Charles and Teresa Culpepper
501-624-6033
LITTLE ROCK AREA (2 GROUPS)
Group Name Fu Lin’s Group - MS Self Help Group of
Greater Little Rock
Day 2nd Tuesday
Time 6:00 pm
Location Fu Lin’s
Facilitators Stuart Mathews 501-835-6776
Merten Jabben 501-223-8427
Group Name Southwest Branch Library
Day Call for information
Time 6:30 pm
Location Southwest Little Rock Branch Library
Conference Room
Facilitators Eloise Green 501-565-4758
MOUNTAIN HOME OVERCOMERS
Currently not meeting regularly – call for more information 1-800-344-4867
NORTHEAST ARKANSAS
Day 1st Thursday
Time 6:30 pm
Location Hardee’s restaurant on HWY 49
in Paragould
Facilitators Susan Coy 870-239-2561
Important Info. This group meets September - June
NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AREA
Day 2nd Wednesday
Time 6:00 pm
Location Jones Center
Room 113
Springdale, AR
Facilitators Hilde Olson
479-445-6776
ROGERS GROUP
Day 2nd Thursday
Time 6:30 pm
Location Rogers United Methodist Church,
Room 206
2535 W. New Hope Rd.
Rogers, AR 72758
Facilitators Susie Zamastil 479-885-0383
szamastil1@aol.com
Sandra Novak 479-621-8915
nulife1001@aol.com
Important Info. There is an accessible entrance for all who enter the building at the side door facing 26th St.
PINE BLUFF AREA PAMS (PEOPLE AGAINST MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS)
Day 4th Thursday
Time 6:30 pm
Location Delta Resource Office
3131 West 28th St.
Pine Bluff, AR 71603
Facilitators MyKenya Fletcher 870-592-0055
TEXARKANA AREA PATHFINDERS
Day 3rd Tuesday
Time 5:30 pm
Location Literacy Council of Bowie and
Miller Counties, Inc.
600 Walnut St.; Texarkana, AR 71854
Facilitators Becky Summers 903-832-2617
Stay at Home Self Help Group will meet the third Wednesday of each month at 9AM ET. Whether it's the heat, a rural town, or simply not wanting to leave the house, this is a time for YOU! The NEW call in number is 888 346-3659, passcode 46852#
No registration is required.