Feb 03, 2009
Support Groups
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
CONTACT: Ericka Tavares
401.738.8383
Ericka.Tavares@rir.nmss.org
Updated List of MS Support Groups Throughout R.I.
WARWICK, RI., DATE - The National Multiple Sclerosis Society’s Rhode Island Chapter offers the following support groups throughout the state to empower people with MS to feel more self-confident in coping with challenges. The groups meet regularly to learn about new information relating to MS, share experiences, and gain support. The newest support group, Positive Perspectives, is for young people with MS.
*NEW GROUP
Positive Perspectives – Social Group for Young People with MS
Gregg’s Restaurant, back room
1359 Post Road, Warwick
7:00 - 9:00 p.m.
2nd Thursday of each month
Call Sharon at 401.738.3423
Aquidneck Island
Newport Hospital, Community Room
11 Friendship St., Newport
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Last Monday of each month
Call Tom at 401.682.1128
City Side – A Group for Men with MS
Highland Court, Windsor Gallery Room
101 Highland Ave., Providence
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
2nd Wednesday of each month
Call Jim at 401.725.5962
Cumberland/Bear Hill Village
156 Bear Hill Road, Community Room, Cumberland
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
3rd Wednesday of each month
Call Ernie at 401.333.7972
Dare to Dream
Immaculate Conception Church, Parish Center
237 Garden Hills Drive, Cranston
10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
1st and 3rd Tuesdays of each month
Call Marie at 401.944.3949
Hope Valley
Hopkinton Police Station
406 Woodville Road, Hopkinton
10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Last Monday of each month
Call Rhonda at 401.491.9270
In Touch
A telephone support group professionally facilitated by Christine St. Laurent, RN, MSCN
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
3rd Monday of each month
Call the Chapter for more information: 401.738.8383
Key Club - Social Group
Greenwood Community Church
805 Main Ave., Warwick
11:30 a.m. – 1:30 p.m.
1st Wednesday of each month
Call Laurie at 401.737.2767
MS Outlook
Warwick Public Library
600 Sandy Lane, Warwick
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
3rd Tuesday of each month
Call Debbie at 401.886.5827
About Multiple Sclerosis
MS interrupts the flow of information from the brain to the body and stops people from moving. Every hour in the United States, someone is newly diagnosed with MS, an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to a world free of MS. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with more than twice as many women as men being diagnosed with the disease. MS affects more than 400,000 people in the U.S., and 2.5 million worldwide.
About the National Multiple Sclerosis Society
MS stops people from moving. The National MS Society exists to make sure it doesn’t. We help each person address the challenges of living with MS through our 50 state network of chapters. We fund more MS research, provide more services to people with MS, offer more professional education and further more advocacy efforts than any other MS organization in the world. The Society is dedicated to achieving a world free of MS. We are people who want to do something about MS now. Join the movement at www.nationalmssociety.org.
Studies show that early and ongoing treatment with an FDA-approved therapy can reduce future disease activity and improve quality of life for many people with MS. Talk to your health care professional and contact the National MS Society at www.nationalmssociety.org or 1-800-344-4867 to learn about ways to help manage MS and about current research that may one day reveal a cure.
Rhode Island Chapter
205 Hallene Road, Suite 209
Warwick, RI 02886
401-738-8383
www.nationalmssociety.org/rir
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