Support Groups

Due to the number of requests Carolyn Raville gets for finding a support group in other areas, we have thought for a long time about putting up a page to help in that search.  Our page is certainly not complete, but it's a start.  We will concentrate primarily on Florida groups for now, but that by no means we intend to ignore others.  If you don't see your group here, let us know about it ... no matter where in the world you are.

Submit your group to Carolyn Raville, North Central Florida Post-Polio Support Group, 7180 SW 182nd Court, Dunnellon, FL 34432 or email CarolynPPS@GMail.com. Please include your group's contact person and an email address (or phone number in the U.S.).  We'll take it from there.
  
Keep in mind that support groups, like the people in them, all have different personalities.  Some groups are more "social" while others are more "educational."  It just depends on what you are looking for in a group.  Don't be discouraged if the first one you try doesn't meet your needs; there is one out there somewhere that will.

This service will remain FREE and will be updated frequently.  We do not endorse or promote any particular support group or style over another.  --Steve McMahan

   
United States
Florida:
Boca Area Post-Polio Group  (Boca Raton area)
  Maureen Sinkule  (561) 488-4473     eMail  
Capital Polio Association  (Tallahassee area)
  Mark Ravenscraft  (850) 580-2227    eMail
First Coast Post-Polio Support Group  (Jacksonville area)
  Janice Askwith, Leader  (904) 333-3457
Florida East Coast Post-Polio Support Group  (Daytona area)
  Barbara Goldstein, Leader  (386) 676-2435     eMail 
Florida Panhandle Polio Survivors Resource  (Panhandle area)
  Connie Campbell  (850) 871-3223
Gulf Coast Post-Polio Support Group  (Largo area)
  Virginia Katramados, Facilitator  (727) 319-0648     eMail
Hillsborough County Post-Polio Support Group  (Hillsborough County area)
  Pam Vogelsang, Contact Person  (813) 642-8707     eMail
Naples Post-Polio Support Group  (Naples area)
  Edward C. Gagnon, Leader  (239) 435-0963     eMail
North Central Florida Post-Polio Support Group  (Ocala area)
  Carolyn Raville, President  (352) 489-1731     eMail
Pasco Post-Polio Support Group  (Largo area)
  Pat Morgan, President  (727) 844-7810     eMail
Post-Polio Association of South Florida  (Miami  area)
  Barbara Gratzke, President  (305) 230-0687     eMail
Post-Polio Resource Group of Central Florida  (Orlando area)
  Ann Singleton, Leader  (407) 260-9238     eMail
Post-Polio Support Group of Brevard, Inc.  (Melbourne area)
  Karen Pessaro, President  (321) 452-5414     eMail
Post-Polio Support Group of Charlotte County  (Fort Myers area)
  Kathy Suchareski, Leader  (941) 639-4337     eMail
Post-Polio Support Group of Fort Lauderdale, Inc.  (Fort Lauderdale area)
  Roy Tabicman, President  (954) 721-9779     eMail
Post-Polio Support Group of Palm Beach County  (Palm Beach area)
  Howard Mades, President  (561) 333-9088     eMail
Power Over Polio Support  (Lady Lake area)
  Jo An Suttle, Leader  (352) 259-2051     eMail 
Tampa Bay Polio Survivors Support Group  (Tampa area)
  Deann Marasco, Contact Person  (813) 985-5000
Connecticut:
Polio Outreach of Connecticut, The
  Linda Wheeler Donahue, President  
  (203) 481-5606 or (203) 639-7339     email 
Illinois:
Polio Survivors & Friends of East-Central Illinois  (Charleston area)
  Annie Barber, Leader  (217) 345-1549     eMail
New Jersey:
Ocean County Post-Polio Support Group
  Susan Payne Gato, Co-Chair     eMail
  Kevin Marie Moore, Co-Chair     eMail
  (732) 864-0998 or (732) 240-4272

Australia
Post-Polio Network (NSW), Inc.
  Gillian Thomas, President  (02) 9663 2402 or (02) 9890 0945     email

Ireland
Post Polio Support Group Ireland
  Hugh Hamilton, Chairman
  Joan Bradly, Deputy Chair
  (01) 889-8920    eMail

México
Organización Post-Polio México
  Psic. Sergio Augusto Vistrain Diaz, Presidente  eMail

South Africa
Post-Polio Network RSA c.c.
  Priscilla Webster  (0)39 973 1543     eMail

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