Support Groups

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        Abuse/
        TURNING POINT OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY
        24 hour Domestic Violence Hotline
        Phone: 610-437-3369 (Lehigh County)
        Phone: 610-867-6477 (Northampton County)
        Website: www.tplv.org
 
        ABUSE SURVIVORS
        Phone: 610-435-9651
        Email: fcslv@familyanswer.org
        Website: www.familyanswers.org

        ADOPTIONS FROM THE HEART
        Phone: 610-838-9240

        AIDS OUTREACH
        112 N. Fifth St., Allentown,
        Phone:610-435-8424
        Email: g.irizarry@rcn.com

        ALCOHOLICS ANONYMOUS OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY
        If you feel you have a problem with alcohol, or if you simply want to know more about  
        AA,call our 24-hour hotline at:
        Phone: 610-882-0558
        Or go to www.aalv.org  for information on AA groups within the Allentown/ Bethlehem/ Easton
        area.
 
        Alcohol/
        CONFRONT/TREATMENT TRENDS
        Offers support group for victims of D&A
        Phone: 610-433-0148
        Email: confront@fast.net
 
        ALZHEIMER'S ASSOCIATION
        617 A Main St., Hellertown
        Phone: 610-838-2552
        Website: www.alz-delawarevalley.org
 
        ARTHRITIS FOUNDATION OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY
        Phone: 610-776-6632

        ASTHMA AND ALLERGIES ASSOCIATION
        Phone: 610-261-2944
 
        Asthma/
        LUNG ASSOCIATION OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY, - AMERICAN
        Children with asthma and their families
        Phone: 610-867-4100
        Websites: www.alapa.org  and www.lungusa.org
 
        Attention Deficit Disorder/
        C.H.A.D.D. OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY
        Children and adults with attention deficit disorder
        Phone: 610-433-9595
 
        AUTISM SOCIETY OF AMERICA/LEHIGH VALLEY CHAPTER
        Phone: 610-778-9212

        BEREAVEMENT GROUP
        Family survivors of homicide
        Phone: 610-437-6610
        Email: cvclv@enter.net
        Website: www.cvclv.org

        BEREAVEMENT GROUP-
LV HOSPICE
        Phone: 610-402-7400
        Website: www.lehighvalleyhospital.com
 
        BEREAVEMENT GROUP FOR PARENTS AND SIBLING
        The Compassionate Friends, Inc, Lehigh Valley Chapter
        Chapter Leader:  Eugene DeLong "Gene"
        Phone & Fax: 610-391-9972
        Mailing address: PO Box 1253, Bethlehem, PA 18016-1253
        Office address: First Presbyterian Church of Allentown,
3231 West Tilghman Street, Allentown
        Office hours: varies into evening and weekends
        Email: compfriends@enter.net
        Web site: www.northampton1.com/cflv
 
        BEREAVEMENT KIDS GROUP
        Phone: 610-791-5683
        Email: marnells@camelotforchildren.org
        Website: www.camelotforchildren.org
 
        Blind and Visually Impaired/
        - ASSOCAIATION FOR THE
        Phone: 610-433-6018
 
        VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND BLINDNESS SERVICES OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
        Phone: 610-866-8049
 
        Brain Injury/
        MENTOR ABI GROUP
        Rehabilitative and Support Services for Persons with Acquired Brain Injury
        Contact Person: Scott E. Patrick
        Phone: 800-864-4354
        Fax: 856-235-5506
        Email: scott.patrick@thementornetwork.com
        Website: http://nj.thementornetwork.com/state/index.asp
 
        BRAIN TUMOR SUPPORT GROUP
        St. Johns Lutheran Church, Emmaus
        Phone: 610-776-2566,
        Email: dfioriglio@enter.net
        Website: www.lvbraintumor.org
 
        BREATHING BUDDIES (CoPD)
        Phone: 610-867-4100

        Burn Survivors/
        PHOENIX SOCIETY FOR BURN SURVIVORS
        Phone: 800-888-2876
        Website: www.phoenix-society.org
 
        CANCER SOCIETY LEHIGH VALLEY UNIT, - AMERICAN
        2121 City Line Rd., Bethlehem
        Call for referrals to one of the many support groups in the Lehigh Valley.
        Phone: 610-882-4397
        Website: www.cancer.org
 
        Children Support Groups/
        CHILDREN WITH CANCER FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP
        Phone: 610-791-5683
        Website: www.camelotforchildren.org
        Email: marnells@camelotforchildren.org
 
        CHILDREN'S SUPPORT GROUP
        Sexually abused/assaulted
        Phone: 610-437-6610
        Email: cvclv@enter.net
        Website: www.cvclv.org

        CHRONIC FATIGUE SYNDROME ASSOCIATION OF THE
LEHIGH VALLEY
        Phone: 610-868-8745

        COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS
        Death of a child
        The Compassionate Friends, Inc. Lehigh Valley Chapter
        Chapter Leader Eugene DeLong "Gene"
        Mailing address: PO Box 1253, Bethlehem, PA 18016-1253
        Office address: First Presbyterian Church of Allentown, 3231 West Tilghman Street, Allentown
        Office hours: varies into evening and weekends
        Phone & Fax: 610-391-9972
        Email: compfriends@enter.net
        Web site: www.northampton1.com/cflv
 
        CRIME VICTIMS COUNCIL
        Incest/Rape survivors, Adult
        Phone: 610-437-6611
        Website: www.cvclv.org
        Email: cvclv@enter.net

        CROHN'S & ULCERATIVE COLITIS SUPPORT GROUP
        Phone: 610-435-3375
 
        Crossdressers/
        LEHIGH VALLEY RENAISSANCE
        Support for crossdressers and transsexuals
        P.O. Box 157, Trexlertown
        Phone: 610-814-0530 or 610-814-0531
        Website: www.ren.org.
 
        CYSTIC FIBROSIS FAMILY SUPPORT GROUP
        Phone: 610-791-5683
        Email: marnells@camelotforchildren.org
        Website: www.camelotforchildren.org
 
        DEPRESSIVE AND MANIC DEPRESSIVE ASSOCIATION
        Phone: 800-826-3632
        Website: www.dbsalliance.org
 
        Deaf & Hard of Hearing/
        LEHIGH VALLEY PARENTS GROUP FRO HARD OF HEARING CHILDREN
        Phone: 610-865-4868
        Website: www.lvpghhc.org
 
        Diabetes/
        PARENT SUPPORT
        Children with diabetes
        Phone: 610-791-5683
        Website: www.camelotforchildren.org
 
        Domestic Violence/
        TURNING POINT OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY, 
        24 hour Domestic Violence Hotline
        Phone: 610-437-3369 (Lehigh County)
        Phone: 610-867-6477 (Northampton County)
        Website: www.tplv.org
 
        Drugs and Alcohol/
        CONFRONT/TREATMENT TRENDS INC.
        Offers support group for victims of D&A
        Phone: 610-433-0148
        Email: confront@fast.net
 
        EATING DISORDERS ANONYMOUS
        Phone: 610-317-2981 (Anna) or
        610-805-0161 (Leslie)
        Website: eatingdisordersanonymous.org
 
        EASTON HOSPITAL SUPPORT GROUPS
        Phone: 610-250-4636
        Website: www.easton-hospital.com

        EMOTIONS ANONYMOUS
        Phone: 610-797-7110
        Email: eaisc@mtn.org
        Website: www.emotionsanonymous.org
 
        EPILEPSY FOUNDATION OF SE PA
        919 Walnut, Suite 70
        Philadelphia, PA 19107
        Phone: 800-887-7165 or
        215-629-5003
        Website: www.efsepa.org

        FACE (FATHERS AND CHILDRENS EQUALITY)
        Phone: 610-770-9150

        GAMBLERS ANONYMOUS
        Phone: 610-770-9588
        Email: gm1949@yahoo.com
        Website: www.gamblersanonymous.org

        Gays/
        PARENTS, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS OF LESBIAN AND GAYS (PFLAG)
        Phone: 610-967-5219
        Website: www.eastern-pa-pflag.org
 
        GOOD SHEPHERD SUPPORT GROUPS
        Phone: 610-776-3100
        Website: www.goodshepherdrehab.org

        Head Trauma/
        LEHIGH VALLEY HEAD TRAUMA SUPPORT GROUP
        501 Saint John St., Allentown,
        Phone: 610-432-1619,
 
        HUNTINGDON DISEASE SUPPORT INFORMATION
        Phone: 610-377-5599

        HOMICIDE SURVIVORS GROUP
        Phone: 610-437-6610
        Email: cvclv@enter.net
        Website: www.cvclv.org
 
        LA-LECHE
        Breast feeding
        Phone: 610-867-8570

       
LEHIGH VALLEY HOSPITAL SUPPORT GROUPS
        Phone: 610-402-2273
        Website: www.lvh.com

        Lesbians/
        LEHIGH VALLEY LESBIANS
        Phone: 610-954-7775
  
        PARENTS, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS OF LESBIAN AND GAYS (PFLAG)
        Phone: 610-967-5219
        Website: www.eastern-pa-pflag.org
 
        LIVER FOUNDATION, - American
        Lehigh Valley Faith UCC Church
        25th and Livingston Sts., Allentown,
        Phone: 610-432-2481 or 610-776-5470

        LUNG ASSOCIATION OF THE
LEHIGH VALLEY, - AMERICAN
        Children with asthma and their families
        Phone: 610-867-4100
        Websites: www.alapa.org  and www.lungusa.org
 
        LYME DISEASE SUPPORT GROUP
        Phone: 610-767-7964
 
        MASTECTOMY ENCORE
        Post-mastectomy
        YMCA of Allentown
        Phone: 610-434-9333  
     
        Mental Health/
        ANXIETY DISORDERS ASSOC. OF AMERICA
        8730 Georgia Avenue, Suite 600
        Silver Springs, MD  20910
        Phone: 240-485-1001
        Website: www.adaa.org
 
        DEPRESSION BIPOLAR SUPPORT ASSOCIATION
        At conference center 1st & 3rd Thurs. of month, 3-5 PM
        Sacred Heart Hospital
        421 Chew Street
        Allentown, PA  18102
        Phone: 610-776-4766  
     
        DEPRESSION PROGRAM FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
        Given by St. Luke's Hospital
        Age Well Center
        Westgate Mall
        Schoenersville Road
        Bethlehem, PA  18017
        Phone: 610-954-7900    
 
        LOVING, CARING, SHARING DROP-IN CENTER FOR
        MENTAL HEALTH CONSUMERS
        Phone: 610-437-7919
 
        MADISON INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
        Comprehensive source of information about lithium and alternative
        treatments for Bipolar and Obsessive Compulsive Disorders
        7617 Mineral Point Road, Suite 300
        Madison, WI  53717
        Phone: 608-827-2470
        Email: mim@miminc.org
        Website: www.miminc.org
 
        MENTAL HEALTH SOCIETY OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY
        419 Walnut Street
        Allentown, PA 18012
        Phone: 610-821-3962(Verizon message service)
        Email: mpease@enter.net
       
        NAMI PA LEHIGH VALLEY SUPPORT GROUPS -
        NATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR THE MENTALLY ILL   
        802 West Broad Street
        Bethlehem, PA 
        Phone: 610-882-2102
        Fax: 610-882-0440
        Email: info@namipalehighvalley.org
        Website: www.namipalehighvalley.org  
       
        MADD (MOTHERS AGAINST DRUNK DRIVERS)
        Phone: 800-848-6233
        Email: MADD@PAonline.com
        Website: www.MADDPA.org
 
        MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION
        Phone: 610-391-1977
        Email: allentownservices@mdausa.org  
        Website: www.mdausa.org
 
        NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS ABE AREA
        Phone: 610-439-1998   
        NARANON
        Support for parents/loved ones of those struggling with a substance abuse
        610-778-2100
        Eastern Pa –1-800-678-7989
        NATIONAL MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS SOCIETY
        Phone: 800-548-4611
       
        NEW CHOICES/NEW OPTIONS
        Phone: 610-861-5350

        OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS
        2136 Liberty
        Allentown, PA 18104
        Phone: 610-435-2736
        Website: www.oa.org
       
        PA FAMILIES INC, STATEWIDE FAMILY NETWORK
        1-800-947-4941
        pafamilies@alltel.net .
Parents/
HELPING HANDS PARENTS NETWORKING GROUP
Support group for parents of children with any kind of disability
Lynn Woolf-Tange
832 Radclyffe St
Bethlehem Pa 18017
610-974-9067
        PARENT ANONYMOUS
        phone: 610-433-6556
 
        PARENTS WITHOUT PARTNERS
        Phone: 610-398-3875

        PARKINSONS OF THE
LEHIGH VALLEY
        Phone: 610-435-1852
        Email: eidonaconlay@aol.com

       
PENNSYLVANIA STATE ASSOC. OF MENTAL HEALTH
        Phone: 215-751-1800
 
        PENNSYLVANIA DEPT. OF MENTAL HEALTH
        Joan L. Erney, Dept, Secretary
        Dept. of Public Welfare
        Harrisburg, PA  17105
        Phone: 717-787-6643
        Fax: 717-787-0500
 
        PEDIATRIC ONCOLOGY SUPPORT GROUP
        Phone: 610-791-5683

       
PHOEBE HOME SANDWICHED GENERATION
        Phone: 610-435-9037
 
        RAPE CRISIS HOTLINE
        Phone: 610-437-6611
 
        R.I.S.K.
        Relationship Improvement Skills
        Phone: 610-770-8800

        Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy/
        LEHIGH VALLEY CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF
        RSD/COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME (CRPS)
        Phone: 610-776-5992
 
        SACRED HEART HOSPITAL SUPPORT GROUPS
        Phone: 610-776-7300

        SCOLIOSIS ASSOCIATION OF THE
LEHIGH VALLEY
        Phone: 610-866-6196

        SEX AND LOVE ADDICTS ANONYMOUS
        Phone: 610-820-8585

        SEXAHOLICS ANONYMOUS
        Offering 12-step based recovery program for those suffering from sexual addiction
        PO Box 21571
        Lehigh valley, PA 18002-1571
        Phone: 610-682-9622
        Email: easternpassa@yahoo.com
        www.orgsites.com/pa/sa
 
        SEXUAL ABUSE AND ASSAULT AUGUST SURVIVORS CENTER
        Phone: 610-791-5683
 
        Sexually Abused Children/
        CONFRONT/TREATMENT TRENDS, INC.
        Offers parenting group for parents with sexually abused children
        Phone: 610-433-0148
        Email: confront@fast.net
 
        SHARE OF THE LEHIGH VALLEY
        For parents suffering loss through miscarriage, early infant death or stillbirth
        Phone: 610-285-4252
 
        Sickle Cell Anemia/
        LEHIGH VALLEY SICKLE CELL ANEMIA SUPPORT GROUP
        Phone: 610-706-0636
        Email: lvsicklecell@lycos.com
 
        SMOKE-FREE VALLEY, COALITION FOR A
        17th and Chew Sts., Allentown
        Phone: 610-402-4855
        Fax: 610-402-4856
        Website: www.smokefreevalley.org
        Special Education/
        LOCAL RIGHT TO EDUCATION TASK FORCE #20
        This group meets to address issues regarding students receiving special education services.
        6 Danforth Drive
        Easton Pa 18045-7899
        www.ciu20.org
        Look under special programs
 
        RIGHT TO EDUCATION TASK FORCE
        Robyn Oplinger, Jack Houser- co-chair
        This group meets monthly during the school year to address issues that affect students receiving special education services.
        Carbon Lehigh Intermediate Unit #21
        4750 Orchard Road
        Schnecksville, Pa 18078
        610-769-4111
        PARK
        Supportive Parental Assistance Raising Kids
        Phone: 610-559-1004

       
ST. LUKES HOSPITAL SUPPORT GROUPS
        Phone:  610-770-8300

        SUPPORT OF THE
LEHIGH VALLEY
        Parents/grandparents
        Phone: 610-559-1004

        TAKE OFF POUNDS SENSIBLY
        Phone: 610-434-3689

        Transplant/
        LEHIGH VALLEY TRANSPLANT SUPPORT GROUP
        Phone: 610-402-8506
 
        TRANSSEXUALS/LEHIGH VALLEY RENAISSANCE
        Support for crossdressers and transsexuals
        P.O. Box 157, Trexlertown
        Phone: 610-814-0530 or 610-814-0531,
        Website: www.ren.org.
 
        TUBEROUS SCLEROSIS ALLIANCE
        Director: Cindy Richards
        Asst. Director: Shelly Richards
        Contact person: Cindy Richards
        5771 Railroad Road
        Germansville PA
        Phone: 610-760-2504
        Email: LuvsDogs70@msn.com
        Website: www.tsalliance.org
 
        TWINS/LEHIGH VALLEY MOTHERS OF TWINS
        Phone: 610-838-8592
 
        VISUAL IMPAIRMENT AND BLINDNESS SERVICES OF NORTHAMPTON COUNTY
        Phone: 610-866-8049

        WARMLINE
        Someone to listen; Someone who cares
        Phone: 610-820-8451
        Phone: 610-820-8549
        Phone: 800-644-8549
       
        WIDOWED OF ALLENTOWN, READING, AND POTTSVILLE
        Phone: 610-435-7111

        VALLEY WIDE HELP INFORMATION ON OTHER SUPPORT GROUPS,
        ORGANIZATIONS, AND HOTLINES
        Allentown: 610-435-7111
        Bethlehem:610-691-8711
        Easton: 610-252-4357
        Slate Belt: 610-588-5512
 
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