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Client Programs: Self Help Groups

 

SELF HELP GROUPS

The Arkansas Division offers Self Help Groups around the state. If you have questions about a group please call the leader or the National MS Society at 1-800-344-4867.

Don’t see a group close to you? Call Brooke @ 1-800-344-4867 to volunteer to be a leader.

All groups are welcome to those newly diagnosed or those who have been living with MS for a while. The National MS Society groups are open to spouses, family and friends and typically meet once a month. All National MS Society groups are comprised of people with MS, led by trained peer facilitators, who meet to:

  • Discuss issues
  • Share information and feelings
  •  Provide mutual support
  • Socialize
  • Listen to educational presentations by professionals 

BATESVILLE  AREA

Day                            2nd Saturday

Time                         10:00 am

Location                  DJs Restaurant in Drasco

Located about ? a mile on the left past the 5/25 intersection at Wolf Bayou on top of a hill (it used to be called Hilltop)

Facilitators            Jamie Bridgers    870-834-3604

CONWAY  AREA

Day                           1st Tuesday

Time                         6:30 pm

Location                 Village Park
                                    1622 Scott St.
                                    Conway, AR         

Facilitators            Mandy Henderson         501-339-8986

                                    Jennifer Bannon             501-472-5027     

HOT SPRINGS AREA

Day                           3rd Tuesday

Time                         7:00 pm

Location                  National Park Medical Center, Kass Room 
                                     Malvern Ave

Facilitators             Charles and Teresa Culpepper 
                                     501-624-6033

 LITTLE ROCK AREA (2 GROUPS)

Group Name         Fu Lin’s Group - MS Self Help Group of
                                                                      Greater Little Rock

Day                           2nd Tuesday

Time                         6:00 pm

Location                  Fu Lin’s

Facilitators           Stuart Mathews  501-835-6776

                                   Merten Jabben    501-223-8427     

Group Name        Southwest Branch Library

Day                            Call for information

Time                         6:30 pm

Location                  Southwest Little Rock Branch Library
                                     Conference Room

Facilitators            Eloise Green          501-565-4758

MOUNTAIN HOME OVERCOMERS

Day                           Currently not meeting regularly

Time                        

Location                  Call for current location

Facilitators             Juanita Coy           870-424-4173

 NORTHEAST ARKANSAS

Day                           1st Thursday

Time                         6:30 pm

Location                  Hardee’s restaurant on HWY 49 
                                     in Paragould

Facilitators             Susan Coy              870-239-2561

Important Info.    This group meets September - June 

NORTHWEST ARKANSAS AREA

Day                           2nd Wednesday

Time                         6:00 pm

Location                 Jones Center 
                                    Room 113
                                    Springdale, AR

Facilitators            Hilde Olson 

                                    479-445-6776   

ROGERS GROUP

Day                           2nd Thursday

Time                         6:30 pm

Location                 Rogers United Methodist Church, 
                                    Room 206
                                    2535 W. New Hope Rd.
                                    Rogers, AR  72758

Facilitators            Susie Zamastil     479-885-0383    
                                    szamastil1@aol.com

                                    Sandra Novak      479-621-8915     
                                    nulife1001@aol.com

 

Important Info.    There is an accessible entrance for all who enter the building at the side door facing 26th St.  

PINE BLUFF AREA PAMS (PEOPLE AGAINST MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS)

Day                           4th Thursday

Time                         6:30 pm

Location                 Delta Resource Office

                                    3131 West 28th St.

                                    Pine Bluff, AR  71603

Facilitators            Angela Burris-Piear       
                                    870-671-4440 or 870-872-9783

                                    MyKenya Fletcher                      870-592-0055 

TEXARKANA AREA PATHFINDERS

Day                           3rd Tuesday

Time                         5:30 pm

Location                Literacy Council of Bowie and 
                                  Miller Counties, Inc. 
                                  600 Walnut St.; Texarkana, AR  71854

Facilitators            Brooke Teeter
                                    501-663-6767; 1-800-344-4867
                                    

Stay at Home Self Help Group will meet the third Wednesday of each month at 9AM ET.  Whether it's the heat, a rural town, or simply not wanting to leave the house, this is a time for YOU!  The NEW call in number is 888 346-3659, passcode 46852#
No registration is required.
2009 Dates
February 18 March 18
Daylight Savings Time		 April 15
May 20 June 17 July 15
August 19 September 16 October 21
November 18 December 16

Please call the National MS Society for any more information on Self Help Groups at 1-800-344-4867.