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For information on meeting times and locations of support groups, call the telephone number listed with each group.
 Al-Anon
800-628-8920 or www.pa-al-anon.org
Alcoholics Anonymous
724-679-5647 or www.butler-pa-aa.org
Alzheimer’s disease
 St. John’s Specialty Care, third Sunday of each month, Melissa Stobert, 724-625-1571
Windsor Place of Gibsonia, 6:30 p.m. third Wednesday of each month, 724-443-3790
Outlook Pointe at Saxonburg, 6:30 to 8 p.m., third Wednesday of each month. Cindy Lassinger, 724-352-2827.
Butler Veterans Affairs Medical Center, 325 New Castle Road, Dawn Zurzolo, 724-285-2211, meets at 10:30 a.m. first Thursday of every month
Lifesteps Adult Day Healthcare, 383 New Castle Road, Lori Williamson, 724-283-1010, meets at 3 p.m. third Tuesday of each month
Concordia Lutheran Ministries, Paula Sypulski, 724-352-1571, Ext. 8271, 2 p.m. second Tuesday of each month
Armstrong County Memorial Hospital support groups
Breast cancer, 724-543-8682
CARE Club, 724-543-8682
Diabetes, 724-543-8626
Heart Club, 724-543-8453
Ostomy, 724-543-8457
Precious Dreams pregnancy loss, 724-431-3520
For information, call 724-543-8401
Autism Society of Butler County
Davy and Mary Wildman, 724-538-4425
Bipolar
Butler Fellowship for Affective Disorders (BFAD), Pete Szura, 724-283-7860 or e-mail to zuggie2@hotmail.com, 6 p.m. on Tuesdays at the Grapevine Center, 140 N. Elm Street
Butler Area Arthritis Support Group
Verna Vargo, 724-287-1344
Butler Memorial Hospital support groups
Breast Cancer
Chronic Fatigue/Fibromyalgia
Diabetes
Gastric bypass
Held in Love (Pregnancy Loss)
Look Good, Feel Better
Parents Drug and Alcohol Group
For information, call 724-284-4232
CAREgivers
Orchard Manor, Orchard Manor Drive, Grove City. Mary Jo Palmer, 724-458-7760 or www.orchardmanor.org, 10:30 a.m. to noon the third Wednesday of each month
Common Bond (Chronic illness, chronic pain)
Chuck Jennings, 724-287-3132
Community Care Connections (To promote independence for those with disabilities)
Pat Brennen, 724-283-3198 or www.communitycareconnect.org
Emotions Anonymous
Grapevine Center, 140 N. Elm St., Suite B, 5 p.m. on Tuesdays, Betty Peoples, 724-283-1704
Family to Family (Families and friends of the mentally ill)
Sheila Stepp, 724-776-9041
Grief Support Program for Children (For young people who suffered a loss)
Colleen Gianneski, 724-284-4894
Held in Love (For people who have pregnancy loss or newborn or stillborn death)
Danielle Schmidt, 724-284-4894
Multiple Sclerosis Club
Jacque Cinski, 724-898-2116
Multiple Sclerosis Support Group for Women
Open to women suspected of having MS or who have been diagnosed in the last five years, meets at 3 p.m. the first Saturday of each month at Panera Bread, New Castle Road, Butler Township, Judy Neyman, 724-991-0386
Narcotics Anonymous
888-251-2426 or 412-391-5247 for hearing impaired
National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
Sandy Goetze, 724-287-4083, meets at 7 p.m. the third Wednesday of each month
National Multiple Sclerosis Society Support Group
Michelle McGee, 724-230-0786 or www.nmss.org
Parkinsons’ Disease
Concordia Lutheran Ministries Haven III, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m., third Tuesday of each month, 724-360-2802
Recovery and Support Group (For those in the helping professions seeking support for substance abuse or codepedence issues)
Grapevine Center, 140 N. Elm St., Suite B, 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays, Diane J. at 724-968-0879 or Barbara K. at 724-991-8535
Someone’s Caring (Dealing with the death of a loved one)
Robin Miller, 724-287-3706 or www.thompson-miller.com
SPD Parent Connections (Offering support to families of children with sensory processing disorder/sensory integration dysfunction)
Melissa Zacherl, 724-282-4736 or e-mail zachzoo@zoominternet.net
Survivors of Suicide
Robin Miller at 724-287-2273
UPMC Passavant
Aphasia
Bereavement
Breast Cancer
Bridge of Hope (Support for family of addicts)
Cardiac
Diabetes
Living with Cancer
Look Good, Feel Better
Lupus
Stop Smoking
For more information, call 800-533-8762
The Victory Group
Hope and help to live free from addiction: early and advanced recovery
Family and friends of addiction
Womens codependency discussion group
Men’s restoration and renewal group
For information, call 724-453-6200, Ext. 372, or go to www.victorygrouponline.com
Victim Outreach Intervention Center or VOICe (Support groups for parents, victims of domestic violence and victims of sexual assault)
For more information, call 800-400-8551 or log on to www.voiceforvictims.com
Visiting Nurses Association support groups
Weathering Grief (dealing with the death of a loved one), 7 to 8:30 p.m. the second Monday of each month at VNA Hospice Office, 154 Hindman Road; or from 7 to 8:30 p.m. the third Tuesday at Armstrong County Health Center, 265 S. McKean St., Kittanning.
Parent to Parent (support for bereaved parents and other adults affected by loss), 7 to 9 p.m. the third Tuesday of February, May, August, and November.
Transitions, (for widows and widowers after the first anniversary of losing a spouse), 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. second Wednesday.
Registration is required for some groups. For information, call 724-431-3520 or go to www.vna.com.
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