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and support. They are not for commercial use. You are welcome to contact
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These support groups are
free and open to any and all survivors and their families, students,
etc. You may contact the facilitator identified below by e-mail or
telephone, or you can simply show up on the identified day!
If you are interested in
starting a support group in your area, please contact the ThyCa Support
Group Coordinator at support_coord@thyca.org.
You can read our Thyca Support Group Manual
here.
ThyCa
Support Groups- State Contacts List (one-page list)
Alabama
ThyCa Dixie
Meets: 1:30-3:00 pm on the 2nd Saturday of each month
First Meeting: August 30, 2003
Place:
Gitti's cafe
1330 Hwy 80W
Phenix City, AL.
tel: 334-732-0170
Directions: from intersection of Hwy 80W and Hwy 280 in
Phenix City, take 80W towards Ladonia & Crawford Alabama. Directional
signs also indicate towards Montgomery, AL. At the light there is
a spectrum gas station this is Opelika Road. Immediately following
the spectrum gas station is a mini shopping complex and Gitti's Cafe
is located on the corner. Directly next to Spectrum gas station.
Contact:
Candy Stevens
e-mail: dixie-al@thyca.org
ThyCa
Huntsville
Meets:
Third Saturday of each month, 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
First meeting: Jan 15, 2005, 12:00 p.m.- 1:30 p.m.
Place: O'Charley's Restaurant
6152 University Drive
Huntsville, AL 35802
Contact: Garlet Hall
tel: 256-882-6314
email: Huntsville-AL@thyca.org
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Arizona
ThyCa Phoenix
Contact:
Gail Gundling at 480-585-5811
e-mail: ThyCa_Phoenix@thyca.org
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California
ThyCa
Orange County
Meets 10:30 am to 12:00 pm, fourth Saturday of each month
First meeting: January 22,2005
Place :Hoag Memorial Hosptial
Patty & George Hoag Cancer Center
Bldg 41, 2nd Level, Conference Room A
4000 W Pacific Coast Highway
Newport Beach, CA 92663
Contact: Jeff Klaas
tel: 949-500-7086
email: OrangeCounty_CA@thyca.org
ThyCa San Diego County
Contact:
Marilyn Sherman
Oceanside, CA
e-mail: San_Diego_County_CA@thyca.org
ThyCa
Silicon Valley
Meets: 2nd or 3rd Saturday of each month (see below), 3:00-4:30
pm
***January 15, February 19, March 12, April
16, May 14, June 18, July 9, August 20, September 10, October 8, November
12, December 10***
First Meeting: September 13, 2003
Place:
Redwood City Main Library
Small Conference Room, 2nd Floor
1044 Middlefield Rd
Redwood City, CA 94063
***(The meeting space is provided as a community
service by the City of Redwood City. The City neither sponsors or
endorses the event nor the presenting individual or organization)***
Contact: Gail Schuler
tel: 650-363-0529
e-mail: SiliconValley@thyca.org
website: www.geocities.com/thycasiliconvalley
ThyCa Southern CA
Meets: The following Saturdays at 1:00 pm: June 12, July 24,
September 11, November 20
First Met: Saturday, August 21, 1999
Place:
Sagebrush Cantina
23527 Calabasas Road
Calabasas, CA
tel: 818-222-6062
Contact: Diane Grandinetti
tel: 805-526-7044
Joel Amromin
tel: 818-718-0835
e-mail: Southern_CA@thyca.org
website: http://home.socal.rr.com/jamromin/index.htm
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Colorado
ThyCa Denver
Contact:
Tina Anders
303-678-7490
e-mail: denver-northernco@thyca.org
or
Cathy Bruce
tele: 303-972-1042
e-mail: denver-co@thyca.org
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Connecticut
ThyCa Southern Connecticut
Meets: 3rd Saturday of each month, 10:00-11:30 am
First Meeting: September 21, 2002
Place:
Nature's Way Health Food Store, 922
Barnum Avenue Cutoff, Stratford, CT 06614
Contact: Jaime Toth
tel: 203-624-7495
e-mail: Southern-CT@thyca.org
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Delaware
ThyCa
Delaware
First Meeting: January 27, 2005 6:30p.m. - 8:00p.m.
***Note: Regular meeting schedule will be posted
after first meeting***
Place: The Helen F Graham Cancer Center
4755 Ogletown-Stanton Road
Newark, DE 19713
Contact: Sharon Ruth
tel: 302-454-1987
Hospital Contact: Cindy Waddington
tel: 302-733-1000
e-mail: Delaware@thyca.org
Florida
ThyCa Suncoast
Meets: 3rd Saturday of each month, 10:30-noon
First Meeting: September 1999
Place: **Note New Location effective 9/18/04***
HealthPark
Lee Memorial Health System
9981 S HealthPark Dr (off Bass Road & Summerlin)
Fort Myers, FL 33908
Directions: Summerlin Blvd to Bass Road. Turn in the HealthPark
entrance off Bass Road. (easy to find)
Contact: Jan Scheuerman
tel: 239-560-8495
or
Sally Fontaine
beeper: 239-890-8127
e-mail: suncoast@thyca.org
website: http://www.wa2yl.com/ThyCaSuncoast/index.html
ThyCa Space Coast of Florida
Meets: 2nd Saturday of each month, 10:00-11:30 am
First Meeting: January 8, 2000
Place:
(as of March 8, 2003)
Wuesthoff Medical Center-Melbourne
Class Room (near cafeteria)
250 N. Wickham Road
Melbourne FL 32904
321-752-1699
Contact: Leah Guljord
tel: 321-733-0846
e-mail: Space_Coast@thyca.org
website: http://www.geocities.com/thyca_spacecoast/home.html
ThyCa South Florida
Meets: The last Saturday of each month, 10:00-11:30 am
First Meeting: December 28, 2002
Place:
Weston Regional Health Park
Room 102A
2300 North Commerce Parkway
Weston, FL 33326
954-217-5000
Contact: Marla Friedman
tel: 954-648-9724
or
Joan Axthelm
tel: 954-349-1373
e-mail: South-FL@thyca.org
ThyCa Tampa
Meets: 10:30 am to noon, second Saturday of each month
First Meeting: Jan 8, 2005
Place: Perkins Restaurant and Bakery
612 N. Dale Mabry
Tampa, Florida 33609
Contact: Cherry Brown
tel: 863-687-3821
e-mail: Tampa-FL@thyca.org
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Georgia
ThyCa Atlanta
Meets: 7 to 8:30 p.m. on the 4th Tuesday of each month
First Met: February 26, 2002
Place:
The Zaban Tower
Main Floor, Room 129
3156 Howell Mill Road NW
Atlanta, GA 30327
Contact: Cori Sackin
tel: 404-351-2355
e-mail: Atlanta-GA@thyca.org
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Hawaii
ThyCa Maui, Hawaii
First Met: The Cameron Center on Saturday,
May 22, 1999
Contact: Nina Geiger
Makawao, HI 96768
(808) 572-4826
e-mail: Maui_HI@thyca.org
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Idaho
ThyCa
Idaho Falls
Meets: 10:30 to noon on the 3rd Saturday of each month
First Meeting: February 21, 2004
Place:
Idaho Falls Cancer Center
(corner of Channing Way and Sunnyside)
Eastern Idaho Regional Cancer Center
3245 Channing Way
Idaho Falls, ID 83404
Contact: Alyssa Dodd
tel: 208-589-4756
e-mail:idahofalls-id@thyca.org
Illinois
ThyCa Chicago
Meets: 3rd Tues. of each month, 7-9 p.m.
First Meeting: February 20, 2001
Place
Lutheran General Hospital -Main Hospital
Room 1042 (take main elevators to 10th floor to classroom 1042)
1775 Dempster Street
Park Ridge, IL 60068
Contact: Allison Hoffman
847-826-9984
or
Jennifer Ton
tel: 847-776-2756
email: Chicago_IL@thyca.org
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Iowa
ThyCa Des Moines
Contact: Glenda Dykstra
Des Moines, IA
tel: 515-989-3908
e-mail:DesMoines-IA@thyca.org
NOTE: Regular support group cancelled
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Kansas
ThyCa
Kansas City
Meets: Last Monday of each month, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
First Meeting: January 26, 2004
Place:
North Kansas City Hospital
in the Antioch Room of the Pavillion.
2800 Clay Edwards Drive
North Kansas City, MO
Contact: Debbie Parnacott
tel: 816-580-7728
email: kc-mo@thyca.org
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Kentucky
ThyCa Lexington
First Meeting: Will begin meeting in February 2001.
Place: Markey Cancer Center, Lexington, KY
Contact: Susan Clay
email: Lexington_KY@thyca.org
ThyCa Louisville
Meets: monthly; contact Pamela Pringle for
dates and times
First met: Louisville Free Public Library on
Saturday, May 8, 1999
Place:
Norton Audubon Hospital
One Audubon Plaza
Louisville, Kentucky
Contact:
Pamela Pringle
tel: 502-394-0354
e-mail: Louisville_KY@thyca.org
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Louisiana
ThyCa
New Orleans
Meets: 10:30 to noon on the second Saturday of each month
First Meeting: September 11, 2004
Place:
Ochsner Foundation Hospital
1516 Jefferson Highway
Jefferson, LA 70121
Contact:
Kathy Bailey
tel: 504-347-8870
e-mail: NewOrleans-LA@thyca.org
Maryland
ThyCa Baltimore
Meets: 2nd Saturday of each month, 10:30am-noon
First Meeting: March 9, 2002
Place:
The Cancer Institute at Sinai Hospital
2401 West Belvedere Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
Contact: Marion Hammond
e-mail: Baltimore-MD@thyca.org
ThyCa NIH
Meets: 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month, 7:00
to 8:30 pm (must pre-register)
First Meeting: National Institutes of Health on October
12, 1999
Place:
National Institutes of Health
Social Work Conference Room 1N248
Building 10, Clinical Center
Bethesda, MD 20814
[Wisconsin Avenue South exit off 495; Medical
Center Station
Contact: Margaret Sarris
tel: 301-496-6020
e-mail: ThyCa_NIH@thyca.org
ThyCa Washington,
DC
Meets: 3rd Saturday of each month, 10:30 a.m. to
noon
First Met: Holy Cross Hospital on April 17,
1999
Place:
Holy Cross Hospital
1500 Forest Glen Road
Physicians Dining Room, 2nd Floor of the main hospital in the cafeteria
Silver Spring, MD 20910
[Georgia Avenue North exit off 495; Forest Glen Metro Station]
Contact: Gary Bloom
tel: 301-260-0975
fax: 630-604-6078
e-mail: Washington_DC@thyca.org
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Massachusetts
ThyCa Boston
Meets: 10:30 a.m. to noon on the 3rd Saturday of each month*
First Meeting; September 16, 2000
Place:
Wellman Conference Room
Wellman Building
Massachusetts General Hospital
55 Fruit Street
Boston, MA
Contact:
Jessica Jones at 781-721-7799
Judy Kaplan at 781-488-3135
e-mail: Boston_MA@thyca.org
ThyCa Merrimack (Merrimack
Valley Region of Massachusetts)
First met: Greater Lawrence Family Health Center
on 9 November 1996;
February 2003 (Holy Family Hospital and Medical
Center)
Contact:
e-mail: Lawrence_MA@thyca.org
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Michigan
ThyCa SE Michigan
Contact:
Mary Rose Weckerle
Ann Arbor, MI
tel: 734-397-2801
or
Bob Maier
tel: 248-559-7625
e-mail: se_mi@thyca.org
ThyCa
Southwest Michigan
Meets: 3rd Thursday of each month, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
Place:
Gilda's Club
1806 Bridge St NW
Grand Rapids, MI
Contact:
Mary Van Diepenbos
616-457-92*58
e-mail: sw-mi@thyca.org
ThyCa Troy
Meets: 4th Wednesday of each month, 7:00-8:30 pm
First Meeting: April 2002
Place:
850 Stephenson Hwy
Suite 402 (ATI)
Troy, MI 48083
Contact:
Gwynne Bambach
tel: 248-740-9759
e-mail: Troy-MI@thyca.org
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Minnesota
ThyCa Twin Cities
Meets: 10:00-11:30 am on the 3rd Saturday of each month
First Meeting: March 30, 2002
Place:
Edina Community Library
5280 Grandview Square, Edina, MN 55436
952-847-5425
Contact:
Janelle Waslaski
e-mail: TwinCities@thyca.org
website: http://www.geocities.com/thyca_twincities/home.html
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Missouri
ThyCa
Kansas City
Meets: Last Monday of each month, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
First Meeting: January 26, 2004
Place:
North Kansas City Hospital
in the Antioch Room of the Pavillion.
2800 Clay Edwards Drive
North Kansas City, MO
Contact: Debbie Parnacott
tel: 816-580-7728
email: kc-mo@thyca.org
ThyCa St. Louis
Meets: 3rd Saturday of each month, 10:00 am - 11:30 am
First Meeting: March 16, 2002
Place:
St John's Mercy Cancer Center
615 S New Ballas Rd
St Louis MO 63123
Contact: Theresa Missey
tel: (573) 438-4433
or
Saundra Triplett
tel: 314-991-1422
email: StLouis-MO@thyca.org
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Nebraska
ThyCa Lincoln
Meets: 1st Saturday of each month, 10 - 11:30 a.m.
Place:
Bryan Medical Plaza, 1500 S. 48th St., Classroom 1, Lincoln, Nebraska
Contact:
Nancy Newman or Bill Snyder
tel: 402-466-6464
email: Lincoln_NE@thyca.org
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New
Hampshire
ThyCa
Concord
Meets: 10:30 am to noon Third Saturday of each month
First Meeting: January 15th, 2005
Place: Concord Hospital
Payson Center for Cancer Care
Conference Room
250 Pleasant Street
Concord, NH 03301
Contact: Carlene Ruesenberg
tel:603-224-9923
email: Concord-NH@thyca.org
ThyCa Nashua
Meets: 10:30 a.m. to noon on the first Saturday of each month
First met: January 6, 2001
Place: conference room A on the fifth floor of St. Joseph
Hospital, Nashua, NH
Contact: Beth Moksu / 603-465-2900 or 603-465-7509
e-mail: Nashua_NH@thyca.org
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Jersey
ThyCa Southern Jersey
Meets: 4th Saturday of each month, 11:00am-1:00 pm
First Meeting: March 23, 2002
Place:
The Center for Health & Fitness
Sherman Ave & Orchard Rd
Vineland, NJ
Contact: Kim or Louise Samuel
e-mail: SouthernJersey@thyca.org
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New
York
ThyCa Albany
Meets: Third Thursday of each month, 6:30-8:00 pm
First Meeting: June 20, 2002
Place:
St. Peters Hospital
Cancer Care Center
(Please park in Cancer Care lot)
317 S. Manning Blvd
Albany, NY 12208
Contact: Leah Giordano
e-mail: Albany-NY@thyca.org
ThyCa Buffalo (also
includes all of western New York)
Meets: 10:30 am - noon on the 1st Saturday of each month
***January meeting will be January 15.***
First Meeting: February 16, 2002
Place:
Sisters Hospital
5th Floor Conference Room
2157 Main Street
Buffalo, NY
Contact:
Al Braunstein
tel: 716-636-0091
e-mail: buffalo-ny@thyca.org
ThyCa Long Island
Meets: 1:00-3:00 pm on the 2nd Sunday of each month
First Meeting: October 14, 2001
Place:
North Shore University Hospital
Boas-Marks Biomedical Research Building
300 Community Drive
Manhasset NY
Contact:
Abby Melendez
tel: 516-608-5113
email: longisland@thyca.org
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North
Carolina
ThyCa Charlotte
Contact:
Karen Ferguson
Charlotte, NC
e-mail: Charlotte_NC@thyca.org
ThyCa
Raleigh
Meets: 10:30 am to noon, 4th Saturday of each month
Place:
Rex Medical Center
Conference Room
4420 Lake Boone Trail
Raleigh, NC 27607
Contact:
Kathryn Wall
tel: 919-848-8694
or
Ann Maddox at
tel: 910-484-0890 or E
e -mail: Raleigh-NC@thyca.org
ThyCa Wilmington
Contact:
Lee Bard
Wilmington, NC
tel: 910-270-2394
e-mail: WilmingtonNC@thyca.org
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Ohio
ThyCa Canton
Meets: 10:30 a.m. to noon
on the 2nd Saturday of each month
First Meeting: November
10, 2001
Heritage House
Downstairs Party Room
200 High Ave. S.W.
Canton, OH 44707
Contact:
Linda Donaldson
tel: 330-575-3828
e-mail: canton-oh@thyca.org
ThyCa Cleveland
***Regular group cancelled***
First Meeting: February
9, 2003
Contact:
Caryn Avante
tel: 216-496-3079
or
Debbie Whitmore
tel: 440-353-1654.
email: Cleveland_OH@thyca.org
ThyCa
Columbus
Meets: 10:30 am to noon, second Saturday of each month
First meeting: January 8, 2005
Place: Victorian Village Health Center
Boardroom, 1st floor
1132 Hunter Avenue
Columbus, Ohio 43201
Contacts: Erin and Ed Kagel
E-mail: columbus-oh@thyca.org
Tel: 614- 436-5411
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Pennsylvania
ThyCa Central PA
Meets: 1st Sunday of every month, 1-3 p.m.
Place:
East Shore Area Library
4501 Ethel Street
Harrisburg, PA 17109
Contact:
Georgy Stevens
tel: 717-732-2285.
or
Sylvia Emspon
tel: 717-657-9793
e-mail: Central_PA@thyca.org
ThyCa Philly (also includes
southern New Jersey and Delaware)
Meets: 2nd Saturday of each month, 10:30 am
- 12:00 pm
First Met: Sat., August 14, 1999, 10:30 a.m.
- 12:00 p.m
Place:
Wellness Community of Philadelphia
The Suzanne Morgan Center at Ridgeland
Chamouix Dr West
Fairmount Park Philadelphia, PA
215-879-7733
Contact:
Evelyn Gross
e-mail: Philly@thyca.org
ThyCa Pittsburgh
Meets: 3rd Monday 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm
First Meeting: October 29, 2001
Place:
Alleghany General Hospital
Nuclear Medicine Conference Room
320 East North Ave.
Pittsburgh
Contact:
Arlene Kroll
Tel: 724-929-7582
or
Linda Abbott
Tel: 724-326-8342
email: pittsburgh-pa@thyca.org
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Rhode
Island
ThyCa Rhode Island
***Regular group cancelled***
Contact:
Sherri Eccleston
tele: 401-826-0189
e-mail: ThyCa-RI@thyca.org
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South
Carolina
ThyCa
Spartanburg
***Regular group cancelled***
Contact: Dr. Donna Smith
tel: 864-583-6673
email: Spartanburg-SC@thyca.org
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Tennessee
ThyCa
Midsouth
Meets: 11:00 am to 12:30 pm, second Saturday of each month
First meeting: November 13, 2004
Place:
Baptist Memorial Hospital
6019 Walnut Grove Road, Room #2
Memphis, TN 38120
Contact: Sheila Becker
Email: midsouth@thyca.org
Phone:901-301-2377
Texas
ThyCa Austin
Meets: 3rd Thursday of the month, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
First meeting: November
16, 2004, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
Place:
North Austin Medical Center
Private Dining Room 2 (1st floor)
12221 North Mopac Expwy
(1/2 mi south of Parmer Ln exit)
Austin, TX 78758
Contacts: Dr. Scumpia
Phone: 512-873-7374 or
Vanessa Huffman
Phone: 512-249-7765
Email: Austin-TX@thyca.org
ThyCa Dallas
Meets: 3rd Saturday of each month, 10:30 am-noon
First Meeting: November 17, 2001
Place:
Presbyterian Hospital of Allen
Conference Room 150
1105 Central Expressway North (75) at Exchange Parkway West
Allen, TX
Contact: Peggy Melton
Phone: 972-384-1866
e-mail: Dallas_TX@thyca.org
ThyCa Houston
Meets: 3rd Wednesday of each month, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
First Meeting: September 18, 2002
Place:
Place of Wellness
University of Texas
MD Anderson Cancer Center
1515 Holcombe Blvd
Houston, TX
Please present your parking ticket for validation
Contact:
Michele Smith, RN, BS
tel: 713-745-0499
e-mail: Houston-TX@thyca.org
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Vermont
ThyCa Northern Vermont
***Regular
group cancelled***
Contact:
e-mail: Northern-VT@thyca.org
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Virginia
ThyCa Northern VA
Meets: 10:30 to noon on the 1st Saturday of each month
***January meeting will be on January 8***
First Meeting: October 7,
2000
Place:
Inova Health System's Life With Cancer Family Center
2832 Juniper Street
Merriefield, VA
Contact: Sara Gorrell Brenner
tel: 703-801-1680
Sally Snyder
tel: 703-536-5342
e-mail: ThyCa_Northern_VA@thyca.org
ThyCa Roanoke
Meets: 10:30 to noon on the first Saturday of each month (except
holiday weekends)
First Meeting: March 6, 2004
Place:
Lewis-Gale Medical Center Oncology Center
Reception Area near the cafeteria
1900 Electric Rd.
Salem, VA 24153
Contact:
Patrick Alberti
tel: 434-258-7717
e-mail: Roanoke-VA@thyca.org
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Washington
ThyCa Seattle
Meets: 3rd Saturday of each
month, 10:00 am - 11:30 am..
Place:
Cancer Lifeline
6522 Fremont Ave. N
Seattle, Washington
Contact:
Roselle Kovitz
email: Seattle-WA@thyca.org
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Wisconsin
ThyCa Milwaukee
Lisa Mendez
Milwaukee, WI
tel: 414-545-2735
email: Milwaukee_WI@thyca.org
ThyCa Manitowoc/Two Rivers
Meets: 2nd Wednesday of each month, 6:30-8:00 pm
First Meeting: February 12, 2003
Place:
American Red Cross building
(small classroom)
205 N 8th St.
Manitowoc, WI
Contact:
Tina Chappell
tel: 920-794-8142 or
Sharon Clement
tel: 920-686-8429
e-mail: Manitowoc-WI@thyca.org
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