ThyCa News

New Jersey’s First Support Group for Thyroid Cancer Survivors Begins Meeting

02/2002

Released by: ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc. 
Web site: www.thyca.org
Media Contact: Kim or Louise Samuel 
e-mail: SouthernJersey@thyca.org 
Address: ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc. 
PO Box 1545, New York, NY 10159-1545 
Toll-Free Survivors’ Information Number: 877-588-7904 
E-mail: thyca@thyca.org

New Jersey’s first support group for thyroid cancer survivors will begin meeting in Villas, New Jersey, on March 23 at 11:30 a.m. Organized by ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors’ Association, Inc., the ThyCa Southern Jersey support group is free and open to all thyroid cancer survivors and their families and friends.

ThyCa Southern Jersey meets from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 pm. on the fourth Saturday of each month at the Cape May County Library, Villas Branch, 2600 Bayshore Road, Villas, New Jersey. For more information, contact Kim or Louise Samuel by e-mail at SouthernJersey@thyca.org

Support groups for thyroid cancer survivors are organized across the United States by ThyCa: Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Association, Inc. ThyCa is a nonprofit, volunteer organization providing person-to-person and e-mail support groups, a free low-iodine cookbook, a newsletter, and other educational services and resources to thyroid cancer survivors and their families at no charge.

Free one-day workshops for thyroid cancer survivors and families take place April 27 near Washington, D.C., and May 18 in Rhode Island. ThyCa’s 5th
International Thyroid Cancer Survivors' Conference takes place in Los Angeles, California, October 11-13.

For more information, call ThyCa toll-free 877-588-7904, write PO Box 1545, New York, NY 10159-1545, e-mail to thyca@thyca.org, or visit the web site at www.thyca.org.