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Support Groups in Our Area |
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Provided as a service to members of
our community, we have compiled this list of groups and
organizations offering help, information and support. The listing is
by no means complete, and while we have tried to make it as accurate
as possible, we cannot be responsible for errors. Links to web sites
are noted as a convenience, and Maine Coast Memorial Hospital can in
no way be held responsible for information posted beyond our own web
site.
If you have not been able to find
help for your particular issue in this listing, please feel free to
E-mail us and we will
try to locate an organization for you.
If you are aware of an organization
that provides help, information or resources to those in need of
medical or social assistance, please submit appropriate information
here, by
E-mail. |
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alphabetical listing
listing by category |
| Al-Anon: |
Thursdays, Noon - 1
p.m., St. Joseph Catholic Church, Ellsworth |
| Alcoholics
Anonymous: |
24-hour instate hot
line: 1-800-737-6237. |
| Alateen:
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Wednesdays, 4 p.m.,
St. Joseph Catholic Church, Ellsworth. |
| Alzheimer's: |
4th Monday, 6:30
p.m., St. Joseph Parish Hall, Ellsworth,
667-9336; 4th Tuesday, 4:00-5:30 p.m., Courtland Rehab and
Living Center,
Ellsworth, 667-9036 or 1-800-309-9036. Alzheimer's Association -
Maine
Chapter: 1-800-660-2871. |
| American Cancer
Society: |
Resources,
information, support groups serving Hancock County,
1-800-ACS-2345. |
| Brain Injury: |
3RD Wednesday, 6:30
p.m., The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints, Ellsworth, 667-8680. |
| Cardiac: |
4th Wednesday, 5-6
p.m., MCMH Suite 2600, 664-5434. |
| Caregivers: |
4TH Friday, 10-11
a.m., Ellsworth Respite Center, 1-800-432-7812, ext. 125. |
| Co-Dependents
Anonymous (CODA): |
Every Thursday, 7
p.m., Your Place, Ellsworth Falls, 667-3997. |
| Diabetes: |
2nd Wednesday,
7:00-8:30 p.m., MCMH medical office board room, Ellsworth,
664-5475. |
| Downeast Aids
Network: |
HIV positive
people, 2nd Wed., 6 p.m., 25 Pine Street, Suite A, Ellsworth,
667-3506. |
| Downeast
Outright: |
Gay, lesbian,
bisexual, transgender, questioning youth, 1st and 3rd Friday,
Ellsworth. 664-2527. |
| Downeast Sexual
Assault: |
For women survivors
of sexual assault/incest, Tuesdays, 6-8 p.m., Downeast Sexual
Assault Services, 667-5304. |
| Ellsworth Food
Addicts Anonymous: |
Mondays, 6 p.m.,
Riverview Apts, 667-8903, 667-0621, 667-7544. |
| Encoreplus
Breast Cancer: |
For women with
breast cancer. Every 2nd Thursday, Noon-1:30 p.m. YMCA,
664-5472; every 3rd Thursday, 5 p.m., MCMH Classroom, 664-5598. |
| Family:
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2nd Tuesday,
4:00-5:30 p.m., Courtland Rehab and Living Center, Ellsworth,
667-9036 or 1-800-309-9036. |
| Family Planning
Clinic: |
Low cost/no cost
women's health care and birth control. STD testing and treatment
for men and women. *Free pregnancy testing. *Mon.-Thurs. 8
am-4:30 pm; Evening appointments available on Thursdays.
667-5304, 1-800-492-5550. |
| Fibromyalgia: |
Health South, 12
Stillwater Ave. Bangor. 945-2946. Every 4th Wednesday evening
7p.m. (occasionally 6 p.m.) |
| Friends and
Families of Prisoners and Probationers: |
2nd and 4th
Wednesdays, St. Joseph's Church basement, 374-2437. |
| GEAR:
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Last Sunday, 3:30 -
5 p.m., Special Children's Friends, Ellsworth, 1-800-264-9224. |
| Home School:
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Monthly in
Ellsworth, 422-3452. |
| Hospice of
Hancock County: |
1-888-266-8035,
667-2531. |
| Lymphedema: |
The last Tuesday of
each month at the Beth C. Wright Cancer Center on High Street in
Ellsworth. Meeting runs from 6:00-7:30p.m. 667-9662. |
| Maine Tobacco
Helpline: |
1-800-207-1230 |
| Meals for Me: |
Monday through
Friday, 11:30 a.m., Meadowview Apartments, Ellsworth, 667-9039. |
| Multiple
Sclerosis: |
Last Thursday each
month, 7 p.m., Unitarian Church, Ellsworth. Helen Kazura
667-9460. |
| NAMI (National
Alliance of the Mentally Ill): |
Mondays, 6:30 p.m.,
St. Joseph Catholic Church (old rectory), Ellsworth, 422-2011. |
| Narcotics
Anonymous (NA): |
Mondays, 7:30 p.m.
Union Congregational Church, Ellsworth Falls; Tuesdays, Fridays
and Sundays, 7 p.m., Your Place, Inc., Old Mill Road, behind
Sunrise Glass, Ellsworth Falls, 1-800-974-0062. |
| Next Step:
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Domestic violence
project of Hancock County, 24-hour hotline: 667-4606,
1-800-315-5579. |
| OCD:
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Stress and anxiety
disorders, place and time: 667-1320. |
| Overeaters
Anonymous: |
Tuesdays, 7 p.m.,
St. Joseph Catholic Church basement, Ellsworth, Gina 667-5399;
Thursdays, 5:30 p.m., Your Place, Inc., Ellsworth Falls, Lass
664-0063; Saturdays, 8 a.m., Your Place, Inc., Ellsworth Falls,
Gretchen 667-3643. |
| Parents of
Adopted Children who present behavioral and emotional
challenges: |
Mondays, 7 p.m.,
Unitarian Universalist Church, Ellsworth. 973-2491. |
| PFLAG (Parents,
Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays): |
Thursdays, 6:30
p.m., Winkumpaugh Road, Ellsworth, 667-5621 or 244-0079. |
| Suicide
Survivors: |
4th Tuesday, 6:30
p.m., United Baptist Church, 244-5577, 667-4087, 667-5708. |
| Talking
Positive: |
HIV+ lunch,
Wednesdays, 12 Noon, DEAN, 114 State Street, Ellsworth,
667-3506. |
| TOPS (Take Off
Pounds Sensibly): |
Tuesdays, weigh in
5:45 - 6:45 p.m., meeting weekly at 7 p.m., Family Bible Church,
Bar Harbor Road, Ellsworth, 667-7660. |
| Weight Watchers:
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Tuesdays, 5:30
p.m., Wednesdays, 9:00 a.m., 1-800-640-0146. Location Church of
Life and Praise, 321 State Street, Ellsworth. |
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WOMENHEART... |
The National Coalition for
Women with Heart Disease
for women
with heart disease on the first Thursday of each month in the
Boardroom at MCMH 664-5434 or at 359-8414 |
| Women Living
with HIV: |
3rd Saturday, 12
Noon, DEAN, 1-800-669-0893, 667-3506. |
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