General Cancer Support Groups

Clifford Baptist Church                            Hopekeepers: Dealing with Chronic Illness
Contact: Liz Alcock                                     Contact: Daryl Pitts
434-946-5680                                             434-832-2031
                                                                       Offers Support for individuals and caregivers
                                                                       dealing with chronic illness

Look Good Feel Better                              Ostomy Support Group
Contact: Neda Dobyns                               Timberlake Mammography Center
434-200-4010                                              Contact: Betty Wooldrige
Hands on cosmetic techniques to           434-384-2717
cope with appearance related side         Programs are presented by physicians,
effects from chemotherapy and                nutritionists, equipment/supplies, providers,
radiation therapy.                                         therapists and patients

Female Support Groups

Breast Friends                                             Gynecological Support Group
Contact: Jenny 434-665-3359                   Timberlake Mammography Center
              Tamara 434-401-2505                 Contact: Brenda Young 434-200-4624
Group for young women recently              Support for women living iwth reproductive
diagnosed, going through treatment        cancer.
and discovering the "new normal"
after treatment.                                                                                       

On Eagles Wings                                         Reach to Revocery
Contact: Kara Lamb 434-200-5127          American Cancer Society
                Terri Lewis 434-200-5528          1-888-227-6333
Support for women at any stage of            Contact with a woman facing breast cancer
their breast cancer journey.                         by a breast cancer survivor.

Women of Hope
Timberlake United Methodist Church
Contact: Tiffany Howell 434-239-1348
Provides support, meals, and prayer for
women undergoing cancer treatment.

Male Support Group

Man to Man
Alan B. Pearson Regional Cancer Center
Contact Amanda Darling-Thompson
434-845-0973
Provides support and education for those
affected by prostate cancer and their partners

Grief Support Groups

Branch of Hope                                           College Hill Baptist
Grief Issues                                                  Bereavement and Grief Services
434-237-1572                                              434-845-6095

Compassionate Friends                            Kids Haven
Peakland United Methodist Church         434-845-4072
434-384-7291                                               Support for children 3-18 who are 
                                                                         grieving the death of a loved one

On Line Support Services

www.cancercare.org                                     www.cancer.gov

www.cancer.org                                             www.lungcancer.org

www.thewellnesscommunity.org

Site specifically for breast cancer

http://apps.komen.org/forums                    www.y-me.org