Telephone Support Group Adult – 1st Wednesday of each month 7 p.m. – 8 p.m. Get the latest information, as well as support, without leaving your home. All you need is a telephone. To receive your call-in instructions, contact the Pittsburgh Branch at 412-261-5886 or toll-free at 1-800-800-5776

Support group meetings are available throughout the state to help lupus patients and their families understand the many aspects of lupus. Please select a branch location to find a support group in your area.
Erie Harrisburg Northeast Pittsburgh

Erie

Crawford
Perkins
Rt 322, Meadville
Second Thursday each month 6:00 - 8:00 pm
Contact Janie Lippincott RN 724-962-0386 or 866 292-1472

Erie
St. Vincent's Health Center, 1 East Conference Room
232 West 25th Street, Erie
Fourth Thursday each month 6:00-7:30 pm
Contact Janie Lippincott RN 724-962-0386 or 866 292-1472

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Harrisburg

Chambersburg
Summit Health Center
757 Norland Avenue, Chambersburg
(2nd floor conference room)
4th Monday of each month at 7 p.m.
Contact Kathleen Rollins at 717-264-7099

Danville
Geisinger Medical Center
For meeting schedule contact Cindy Matzko, RN, MSN, at 570-271-6831

Hanover
Hanover Comunity Health and Education Building, Classroom 2
Second Monday each month from 1:30 - 3:30 pm.
Contact Leslie Kiger at 717-624-3379

Harrisburg
New Hope Church
584 Colonial Club Drive, Harrisburg PA 17112
1st Monday of each month at 7:00 pm
Contact Lucy Blascovitch at 717-545-6565

Lancaster
Lancaster General Health Campus
3rd Sunday of each month from 4:30 - 6:00 pm
Contact Tom Spaeder at 717-394-8989

Lebanon
Lebanon VA Medical Center, Building 22
2nd Floor - Room 219
Second Monday each month, 7 p.m.
Contact Jackie Brubaker 717-450-3336

Sunbury
Sunbury Community Hospital
For meeting schedule contact Nancy Stuckey at (570) 473-1210

Teen Lupus Support Group
visit www.chp.edu/theumatology
under clinical services, click on "Ask the Pediatric Rheumatologist."
Dr. Paul Rosen, Clinical Director of the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh will answer email questions from teens and/or their caregivers.

Telephone Support Groups
1st Wednesday of each month 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.
To receive your call-in instructions, call 1-800-800-5776

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Northeast

Allentown Area
Contact the Foundation at 1-888-995-8787


Hazleton Area
Bowl Arena
190 Susquehanna Blvd., W. Hazleton
2nd Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. (unless otherwise noted in listing)
Contact Cynthia Donlan at 570-454-1706

Lyme Disease Support Group
Tunkhannock
2nd Thursday at 2 p.m.
888-995-8787 for information


Mount Pocono Area
St. Mary of the Mount Church
27 Fairview Avenue, Mount Pocono
3rd Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.
Contact Betty Kruk at 570-214-9369


Scranton Support Group
Pocono/NE branch office
615 Jefferson Avenue, Scranton, PA
Successful Living with Chronic Illness
3rd Thursday of each month at 12:00 p.m.
Facilitator: Joy Tetlak-Adelstein, MBA, RD, LDN, Patient Services Director
Contact the Foundation at 1-888-995-8787


Teen Lupus Support Group
visit www.chp.edu/theumatology
under clinical services, click on "Ask the Pediatric Rheumatologist."
Dr. Paul Rosen, Clinical Director of the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh will answer email questions from teens and/or their caregivers.

Telephone Support Group
1st Wednesday of each month 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.
To receive your call-in instructions, call 1-800-800-5776

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Pittsburgh

African-American Support Group - Circle L
Laketon Heights United Methodist Church, Penn Hills
2nd Wednesday of each month 6 p.m.
Contact Mattie Faye Hines at 412-243-3119

Beaver County
St John's Lutheran Church
4th Tuesday of each month 6 p.m.
Contact Sheila Drevna at 724-891-2884

Butler
Hill United Presbyterian Church
501 Second Street
3rd Tuesday of each month 7 p.m.
Contact Rose Hinch at 724-283-8811

Johnstown
Memorial Medical Center
Second Wednesday each month 6 p.m.
Contact Cathy Ringler, RN
814-242-9787

Monongahela Valley Hospital
Healthy Directions
2nd Tuesday of each month at 1 p.m.
724-348-6699

UPMC Passavant Hospital
3rd Tuesday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Contact Valarie Brown, RN at 412-527-3335

West Mifflin
Holy Spirit Roman Catholic Church
3rd Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.
Contact Diane Collins, RN at 412-469-2079

Teen Lupus Support Group
visit www.chp.edu/theumatology
under clinical services, click on "Ask the Pediatric Rheumatologist."
Dr. Paul Rosen, Clinical Director of the Division of Pediatric Rheumatology at Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh will answer email questions from teens and/or their caregivers.

Telephone Support Group
1st Wednesday of each month 7 p.m. – 8 p.m.
To receive your call-in instructions, call 1-800-800-5776

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