Support Groups

Indiana Support Groups
          Hope Cancer Resource Center, Evansville - 812-485-5725 or
                    1-877-580-3833

          Ribbon Chicks - Young Survivor Support Group, Evansville - 812-431-3981 or 812-473-5772
                    -Group is comprised of young women diagnosed before the age of 45. Meetings are the 3rd Monday of each month.

          Woman to Woman Support Group, Evansville - 812-853-8010
                    -Meetings the second Tuesday of each month and are for any person who has been diagnosed or has had breast cancer. Meetings are at McCollough Branch Library on Washington Avenue.

           Memorial Baptist Church Cancer Support Group, 605 Canal Street, Evansville
                    -Meetings are held the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6pm

           Jasper, Indiana Support Group - 812-254-8851

Illinois Support Groups
          Peer Support Group, Carmi - 618-273-3326 ext. 2227

Kentucky Support Groups
          Dream With Faith II, Henderson - 270-860-2704
                    -Meetings are held at Zion Baptist Church in Henderson on the 3rd Monday of each month at 6:00pm. 
                    Call Brenda Knight at the number above or email her at brenda.knight@kctcs.edu for more information.

National Support Groups
          Metastatic Support Group Call - 2nd TUESDAY OF THE MONTH!
               2012 call dates:
                     May 8, June 12, July 10, August 14, September 11, October 9, November 13, December 11
                     8:00 - 9:30 pm (ET) / 5:00 - 6:30 pm (PT)

          Join other young women with metastatic breast cancer for our telephone networking and support session - a support group without leaving home!

          These interactive sessions are designed to address your specific concerns. Topics include - but are not limited to - hopes & fears, work, children, communicating with friends and family and living with ongoing and changing treatment. These calls are facilitated by Susan Glaser, MSW, Evelyn Lauder Breast Center at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center and are open to new and previous participants. A Demographic Questionnaire is preferred for participation. If you have not completed this form within the last six months, if there are changes to your previous submission or if you have never completed this questionnaire, please click here to complete it using our online form preferably prior to the call.

          For more information please email khughett@youngsurvival.org .

          National call-in number: (800) 804-6968
          International call-in number: (647) 723-7260
          Access Code: 0284559

Online Support Forums
          Living Beyond Breast Cancer - www.lbbc.org

          Young Survivor Coalition - www.youngsurvival.org

          Cancer Care - www.cancercare.org

          FORCE - Facing Our Risk of Cancer Empowered - www.facingourrisk.org

          Susan G. Komen for the Cure Message Board - www.komen.org

Online Blogging Website
          CaringBridge - www.caringbridge.org 
                   -This blog is used to keep family and friends updated during the course of a treatment or illness. It is donor funded but not required and donations can be made to a hospital of choice.

Our support group list is compiled from ones we have heard about going on in our service area. If you have information on another group, please email info@komenevansville.org so we can include it in this listing.

Other websites that can help:

I Had Cancer Survivor Social Network
I Had Cancer is a social support network with the mission of helping people deal more effectively with life before, during and after cancer. I Had Cancer allows cancer survivors, fighters and those newly diagnosed and their supporters, the friends & families of those affected to connect with one another and share their stories and experience of dealing with the deadly disease. Because every 23 seconds someone in the US is diagnosed with cancer and for these people and their loved ones that feeling of isolation isn’t going to go away on its own. Share your story today.