Spokane Support Groups

Thu., Jan. 24, 2008

The Spokesman-Review

New listings

Spokane Multiple Sclerosis Family Support Group – Meets the third Tuesday of each month, 6:30 p.m., St. Aloysius Catholic Church, 330 E. Boone Ave.; contact Marsha at (509) 482-2022.

Beginning Experience Weekend Retreat – Support for enduring separation, divorce or death of spouse. Retreat is March 14-16 at the Immaculate Heart Retreat Center. Call Arleene Wood at (509) 534-8393 or e-mail SpokaneBE@yahoo.com.

Ongoing

Mothers of Multiples Support Group – Meets Mondays, 6 p.m., Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 2715 S. Ray St.; contact Joni Kirk, (208) 596-9327 or e-mail miraclebonus@gmail.com.

Multiple Myeloma Support group – Meets the fourth Monday of each month, 5:30 p.m., Cancer Care Northwest, 601 S, Sherman St.; Dan or Vicki Jones, (509) 324-2838.

Multiple Sclerosis Association of America – Meets the second Monday of the month, 10:30 a.m.-noon, Valley Senior Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place. Call Helen Anderson at (509) 921-5608.

Muscular Dystrophy Association – Offers free support groups for individuals and their families affected by neuromuscular diseases, including muscular dystrophy, myasthenia gravis, spinal muscular atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease), second Thursday of the month, 3-5 p.m., 140 S. Arthur St., fifth floor conference room. Call Audrey Burr at (509) 533-5470.

Myasthenia Gravis – Meets the second Thursday of the month, 1 p.m., Deaconess Educational Center. Call (509) 456-5619 or (509) 499-4140.

Naranon – For families and friends of drug addicts. Meets Mondays and Thursdays, 6:30 p.m., Bethany Presbyterian Church, 301 S. Freya St. Call Walt or Lois at (509) 924-1051 or visit www.naranon.org.

National Alliance on Mental Illness, Family to Family – Meets the third Tuesday of every month; 6:30-8 p.m., Deaconess Health and Education Building, 910 W. Fifth, Room 267. Call (509) 466-9333.

National Alliance on Mental Illness, Schizophrenia – Meets the first Monday of every month, 6:30-8 p.m., Deaconess Health and Education Building, 910 W. Fifth, Room 266. Contact Ron Anderson at (509) 235-4630 for more information.