Children's Counseling
- The Fifth Season - A peer support group for children coping with a loved one's life threatening illness or death. For more information, please call Patty Broderick, 864 404-5070.
Breast or Cervical Cancer Patients
- Free Water Exercise for Women - Circle of Hope is an Education/Exercise program. YMCA 242-4651 or 288-2118. Tuesday and Thursday 1:15 to 2:15 p.m.
Monthly Fresh Start Smoking Cessation Classes - Free
- Dedicate 2 Quit - Forever - Greenville Family Partnership, 200 Mills Avenue, Greenville, SC 29605 - 2nd Tuesday of each month at 4:00 p.m. A continual support program for people who are attempting to cease their addiction to tobacco products.
- Quit for Keeps - Quit smoking - 1-800-784-8669 or visit: https://www.scdhec.gov/quitforkeeps
Look Good, Feel Good - 2012 Class Schedule
Makeup, Turbans, Skin/Nail Care, Scarves, Wigs & Hats - All women must currently be in treatment to receive complimentary makeup kits. All Classes are held from 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Monday, January 9, 2012 Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Eastside
Monday, February 13, 2012 St.
Francis Hospital - Eastside
Monday, March 12, 2012 GHS, Cancer Education
Center
Monday, April 9, 2012 Cancer Centers of the Carolina - Eastside
Monday, May 14, 2012 St.
Francis Hospital - Eastside
Monday, June 11, 2012 GHS, Cancer Education
Center
Monday, July 9, 2012 Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Eastside
Monday, August 13, 2012 St. Francis Hospital - Eastside
Monday, September 10, 2012 GHS, Cancer
Education Center
Monday, October 8, 2012 Cancer Centers of the Carolinas - Eastside
Monday,
November 12, 2012 St.
Francis Hospital - Eastside
Monday,
December 10, 2012 GHS, Cancer Education
Center To register, call 864-627-1903 or toll free 1-866-227-4395.
Hagase Un Mamograma, Por su salud y su familia
- Llame gratis al servicio de informacion sobre el cancer al 1-800-422-9237, le atenderan en espanol.
4 Monthly Breast
Cancer Wellness Groups for Women During and After Treatment
These programs are designed to share experiences and
gain insightful knowledge from professionals.
Day Time Groups:
1. “Survive and Thrive” - breast group that meets twice a month on the 1st
and 3rd Thursdays of each month @ noon. Both of these groups meet @ Cancer Society of
Greenville
County’s office @ 113 Mills Avenue,
Greenville, SC
29605. They are led by an experienced professional counselor
who helps participants identify their strengths, learn coping skills, share
common concerns, emotions and feelings, recognize that their feelings are
normal, etc. in a safe, non-judgmental environment. There will also be outside professional
speakers at some of the meetings. Call Jenny
Eastin, LMSW @ 232- 8439 for more information.
Evening
Groups:
2. “Uplift”– Meets at Westminster
Presbyterian Church (2310 Augusta
Rd., Greenville SC
29605) @ 5:30 on the
first Monday of each month, except in September when it meets on the Tuesday
that follows Labor Day. Speakers will be
featured September to May, with sharing sessions in the summer months. A Christmas Holiday party will be in
December. For more information call Melissa
Stone @ American Cancer Society @ 864- 627-1903.
3. “Young
at Heart” – for women of all ages – meets on the 1st Tuesday
of each month from 6:00 to 7:30 @ Taylors First Baptist Church (200 W. Main
Street, Taylors, SC) in the Family Life Center, Room F113. For more information call Sarah Ann’s Undercover
World @ 968-1699. There will be special
programs with speakers from Sept. to May, with sharing sessions during the
summer months.
Information for Brain Tumors
This is a Greenville based Website with access to a vast amount of information regarding brain tumors. www.braintumorawareness.org
For other South Carolina Non-profit Websites
Go to the South Carolina Information Highway website and look under "Organizations", "Nonprofits" and the county you are interested in. www.sciway.net |
