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Self Help Groups

Self-help groups bring together people who share a common life experience for support, education, and mutual aid. Members of self-help groups share a belief that positive change happens through individual efforts with the support of others. The benefits of self-help groups include:

  • Learning new information and strategies for confronting problems.
  • Finding reassurance and support from others with similar life experiences.
  • Developing personal insights and achieving personal growth.
  • The opportunity to be helpful to others.
  • Feeling less isolated.
  • Learning to express feelings better and to be more sensitive to the feelings of others.
  • Feeling empowered and more self-confident in coping with challenges.
  • Developing a connection to a community and personal identification with a social group.

 

Central Pennsylvania Chapter's Self Help Groups

AREA (CITY)

MEETING TIME

MEETING LOCATION

CONTACT INFORMATION

ADAMS COUNTY
Biglerville

Mighty Sweet Apples"

3rd  Wednesday

1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Harbaugh Thomas Public Library
Main Meeting room
59 West York Street
Biglersville, PA

Jim Temchack
(717) 677-4607or
(717) 357-3305 cell

CLINTON COUNTY
Blanchard, PA
 

2nd Thursday

7:00 p.m.

Please call for more information

Bonnie Long-Bortot
(570) 962-3878

CENTRE COUNTY
Pleasant Gap, PA

 

3rd Tuesday

6:00 p.m.

 HealthSouth Nittany Valley Rehabilitation Hospital 550 W. College Avenue, Pleasant Gap, PA

 Patti Ellenberger
(814) 692-5087

CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Boiling Springs, PA

 

4th Monday

6:30 p.m.

NOTE NEW TIME

Otterbein United Methodist Church of Boiling Springs
647 Forge Road
Carlisle, PA

Sara Graham
(717) 249-8288

Bret Ritter
(717) 258-6989

CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Carlisle, PA

CARLISLE “BUT YOU LOOK  SO GOOD”

2nd Tuesday

7:00 p.m.

(Not meeting June, July, and August)

Carlisle Y.W.C.A. Resource Room
301 G Street
Carlisle, PA

Elizabeth Hale
(717) 774-0892

CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Mechanicsburg, PA

NEWLY DIAGNOSED

4th Tuesday

6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.

HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital
175 Lancaster Boulevard
Mechanicsburg, PA 17055

Dawn Moyer
(717) 856-4676
dsquaredmoyer@gmail.com

 

DAUPHIN COUNTY
Harrisburg, PA

CARE PARTNERS SPOUSES

2nd Wednesday

7:00 p.m.

Ridgeway Community Church
525 N. Progress Avenue
Harrisburg, PA

Susan Gelber
(717) 657-7705

DAUPHIN COUNTY
Harrisburg, PA

CLARA SHEAFFER CLUB

Please Call
for schedule

Harrisburg Area

Eileen Horner
(717) 692-1174

DAUPHIN COUNTY
Harrisburg, PA

LIVING IN COLOUR

 

1st Wednesday
 

6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.

East Shore YMCA - Community Room
701 North Front Street
Harrisburg, PA

Shelley Mosley
(717) 350-1955

 

DAUPHIN COUNTY
Millersburg, PA

3rd Monday

6:30 p.m.

The Manor at Susquehanna Village
990 Medical Road
Millersburg, PA

Edith Shoop
(717) 805-0978

Cheryl Reisch
(717) 692-0371

FRANKLIN COUNTY
Chambersburg, PA

3rd Wednesday

10:00 a.m.

United Brethren Church
King & 2nd Street
Chambersburg, PA

Cheryl Wauls
(717) 264-9064

LACKAWANNA COUNTY
Scranton, PA

 

2nd Sunday

2:00 p.m.-  4:00 p.m.

Allied Services Building
475 Morgan Highway
Scranton, PA

Peggy Carrick
(570) 586-0852

Mr. Gail Wintermute
(570) 347-4799

LANCASTER COUNTY
Lancaster, PA

"Adapt" MS Self Help Group

1st Monday of every month (beginning October 5, 2009)

10:00 a.m.

 Pheasant Ridge Community Center
209 Longwood Ct.,
Lancaster, PA
 Alexis Henry
(717) 399-0277

LANCASTER COUNTY
Lancaster, PA

L.A.M.S.

NOTE NEW TIME AND ROOM LOCATION

1st Monday

7:30 p.m.  

Lancaster General Health Campus
2100 Harrisburg Pike
2nd floor Wellness Center Conference Room #1
Lancaster, PA

Vahid (Vic) Tahmasbi
(717) 871-1241

LEBANON COUNTY
Hershey/Palmyra

2nd Tuesday

6:30 p.m.

Even months (February, April, June, August, October, December)

Palmyra Nursing Home
Activities Room
644 West Main St. Palmyra, PA

Cindy Laverty
(717) 838-3011

LEBANON COUNTY
Lebanon, PA

LEBANON MS SUPPORTERS

NOTE NEW DAY AND LOCATION

1st or 2nd Tuesday

September - April

11:00 a.m.

Various Lebanon County Restaurants
Call group contact for location and dates

 

Cheryl Lynch
(717) 838-7212

LUZERNE COUNTY
Hazleton, PA 

3rd Sunday

2:00 p.m.

Center City Apartment
Community Room
70 S. Pine Street, Hazleton, PA

Linda Keiper-Quinn
(570) 459-2587 

 

LYCOMING COUNTY
Williamsport, PA

Call for Schedule

St. John’s Methodist Church
2101 Newberry St
Williamsport, PA

Esther Fuller
(570) 368-1910

MONTOUR COUNTY
Danville, PA

3rd Wednesday

6:30 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.

Grandview Home Health
49 Woodbine Lane
Danville, PA
Sister Maria Theresa Hronec(717) 919-4247

NORTHUMBERLAND COUNTY 
Mt. Carmel, PA

Currently not meeting

Family Medical Center
East 5th Street
Mt. Carmel, PA

Mary O’Donnell
(570) 339-0262

Support by phone

PERRY COUNTY
New Bloomfield, PA

4th  Wednesday

6:00 p.m.

***November meeting will be Wednesday the 18th / No meeting in December

New Bloomfield Senior Citizins Center
225 W. Main Street
New Bloomsfield, PA
Paula Divens
(717) 582-7953

POTTER COUNTY
Coudersport, PA

 

Last Monday of the Month

7:00 p.m.

C.M.A. Church
1 Alliance Ave, Coudersport, PA

Dean Dow
(814) 274-7296

UNION COUNTY
Lewisburg, PA

2nd Tuesday

6:30 p.m.

Evangelical Community Health Education Center
Route 15
Staples Plaza
One Hospital Drive, Lewisburg, PA

Ilene Daniels
(570) 568-2096

Jody Zimmerman
(570) 523-9171

WAYNE COUNTY
Honesdale, PA

4th Sunday

2:00 p.m.

Wayne Memorial Hospital Conference Room
601 Park Street, Honesdale, PA

June Utegg
(570) 253-4855

TIOGA COUNTY
Wellsboro, PA

Currently not meeting

Soldiers and Sailors Hospital Education Room
32-36 Central Avenue
Wellsboro, PA

Mike Trujillo
(570) 724-5625

YORK COUNTY
York, PA

 MS HOPE CLUB

2nd Thursday

7:00 p.m.

Groups meets April through October

Church of Christ
509 Pacific Avenue, York, PA

Susie Harro
(717) 764-9082

YORK COUNTY
York, PA

YORK MAKING STRIDES

NOTE: NEW TIME

1st Tuesday

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

NOTE NEW DAY AND TIME

The Country Meadow’s Retirement Community
2760 Pine Grove Road
York, PA

Shelly Butcher
(717) 428-1263

Judy Smith
(717) 846-9761

SUPPORT BY TELEPHONE

 

Hanover

Alice Boothroyd
(717 ) 637-9689

SUPPORT BY TELEPHONE

 

Adams

Lynn Moody
(717) 642-5123 

SUPPORT BY TELEPHONE   Lancaster

Juliette Zaengle
(717) 222-1299