Bridgeport Manor S.E.A. Peer Community Room Ruthanne Donalson 1 Gould Park Rd., Bridgeport 1-888-213-4452, ext. 215 BELMONT COSHOCTON COSHOCTON GUERNSEY GUERNSEY GUERNSEY HARRISON HARRISON HARRISON HOLMES (primarily brain injury) Echoing Hills Brain Injury Caregivers Guernsey County Advocacy Group Disabled Persons Support & Resource Group Caregivers S.E.A. Peer for Parents of Children with Disabilities Caregivers Cadiz Brain Injury Scenic Pointe In-house Peer Tuesday May 11 th 2:30 p.m. Thursday May 20 th 10:30 11:30 a.m. [3 rd Thursday] Tuesday May 5 th & Tuesday June 2 nd 5:00 7:00 p.m. [1 st Wednesday] Monday May 3 rd & Monday June 7 th 2:00 3:00 p.m. [1 st Monday] Thursday May 6 th & Thursday June 3 rd 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. [1 st Thursday] Wednesday May 12 th [2 nd Wednesday] Monday May 17 th 10:00 a.m. [3 rd Monday] Echoing Hills Residential Center 36272 Co. Rd. 79, Warsaw Coshocton Public Library 655 Main St., Coshocton Salvation Army 221 Dewey Ave.,Cambridge Southeastern Ohio Regional Medical Center Morrison Room 1341 Clark St., Cambridge Guernsey County District Library, Crossroads Branch, 63500 Byesville Rd., Cambridge Tri-County Help Center 109 W. Warren St., Cadiz Harrison Community Hospital 951 E. Market St., Cadiz Puskarich Library 200 E. Market St. Cadiz Scenic Pointe Nursing & Rehab Facility 8067 Twp. Rd. 334 Millersburg Frances Gundrum 1-888-213-4452, ext. 219 Pat Lake, RN Heather Heid 1-888-213-4452 Betty Parry, BSN, RNBC 740-439-8197 (day) 740-432-2103 (evening) Pat Lake, RN Bobbie Houy 1-888-213-4452, ext. 224 Pat Lake, RN Chris Curtiss Contacts: Cindy Asche, LSW 330-674-0015 Chris Curtiss 3
HOLMES Oak Pointe In-house Peer Support Tuesday May 4 th & Tuesday June 1 st Oak Pointe Nursing & Rehab Center Ruthanne Donalson Group 2:00 p.m. 130 Buena Vista St., Baltic 1-888-213-4452, ext. 215 JEFFERSON MUSKINGUM NOBLE STARK SUMMIT S.E.A. Peer Zanesville Brain Injury Brain Injury Stark County Brain Injury Heads Up, No Boundaries [1 st Tuesday] Tuesday May 25 th 1:00 p.m. [4 th Tuesday] Monday May 17 th 6:00 p.m. [3 rd Monday] Tuesday May 11 th 6:30 8:00 p.m. Please contact Lyla Kepler for meeting dates & times. [normally the 2 nd Thursday] Every Friday 1:00 2:30 p.m. Open to survivors, family members, friends Gaylord Towers 707 Market St. Steubenville Genesis Health Care System Adair Ave. Campus Good Samaritan Hospital Rooms 1 & 2 Zanesville Noble County Health Dept. Conference Room 44069 Marietta Rd., Caldwell [Conference Room is downstairs. Use outside entrance, rear of building.] Canton Baptist Temple 515 Whipple Ave. NW Canton [Use door G, rear of building, or door H for more accessibility.] Edwin Shaw Hospital 330 Broadway St. East Cuyahoga Falls Heather Heid 1-888-213-4452, ext. 217 Facilitator: Brenda Verhey, LSW, LPCC Rehab Social Services Psychology Counselor 740-450-6338 Phyllis Bishop 740-454-4324 1-800-225-7957 Jenny Rucker Area 12 Office, BIAOH 740-732-4958 jrucker@biaoh.org Contacts: Lyla Kepler, 330-455-7969 Lkbisg1250@aol.com Chris Curtiss Nancy Brown 330-673-8347 cell 330-606-2327 mkbrown4@aol.com We do ourselves and others a disservice when we make old age something to be feared. Life is not a resource to be used up, so that the older we get, the less life we have left. Life is the accumulation of wisdom, love and experience of people encountered and obstacles overcome. The longer we live, the more life we possess. -- Harold Kushner 4
Thursday May 20 th 6:30 p.m. Community Clubhouse ********************* SUMMIT for Brain Injury [3 rd Contacts: Thursday] Betty Bacalu, Director ********************* (A program of the Speaker: 330-703-1113 (Serving Stark, Community Health Center) Dr. Roswell Dorsett Community Clubhouse Dawna Tenney Summit, Portage & Neurologist for Brain Injury 330-802-6177 Medina Counties) Clubhouse Hours: Topic: Summit Terrace Apartments Clubhouse Phone: Monday through Friday Brain Injury Overview 697 E. Waterloo Rd. Office 330-724-4000 8:00 a.m. 4:30 p.m. ********************* Akron, OH 44306 Fax: 330-724-9211 Closed Sat. & Sun. Bible Study Each Tuesday 1:00 p.m. E-mail: tbi@commclubhouse.org ******************** Web Site: for www.commclubhouse.org Survivors Only Each Wednesday 1:00 p.m. TRUMBULL Insight Brain Injury S.E.A. Peer Caregivers Tuscarawas County Brain Injury Thursday May 27 th 6:30 p.m. [4 th Thursday] Monday May 10 th 12:00 1:30 p.m. [2 nd Monday] Tuesday May 11 th 7:00 9:00 p.m. Speaker: Martha E. Banks, Ph.D. Research Neuropsychologist Topic: Neuropsychological Research Victims of Family Violence Hillside Rehab Hospital, Board Room, 8747 Squires Lane NE Warren S.E.A. Conference Room 1458 Fifth St. NW New Philadelphia Tuscarawas Senior Center 425 Prospect St. Dover Hennis Care & Assisted Living Centre Main Dining Room, Wing 1 1720 Cross St., Dover You have become a mature person when keeping a secret gives you more satisfaction than passing it along. Laura Blanco 330-841-3757 Bobbie Houy 1-888-213-4452, ext. 224 Pat Lake, RN Chris Curtiss -- Unknown 5
Hopeful Hearts I A.C.E. Every Wednesday Group Facilitator: NAMI Connection Peer 1:30 3:00 p.m. A.C.E. Clubhouse Karen Nicholson Recovery 115 3rd St. SW Karen Nicholson [NAMI of Tuscarawas & (Group limited to mental New Philadelphia 330-308-5742 Carroll Counties] health consumers only) [A.C.E. Clubhouse] (mental health issues) (mental health issues) (mental health issues) (ALS Lou Gehrig s Disease) (military issues) CMH NAMI Connection Peer Recovery [NAMI of Tuscarawas & Carroll Counties] NAMI Family [NAMI of Tuscarawas & Carroll Counties] ALS Family Support Group of Ohio, Inc. Tuscarawas County Circle of Friends (No group meetings) Every Thursday (Group limited to mental health consumers only) Every Tuesday [Open to individuals & families affected by mental health issues] Thursday May 20 th 7:00 8:30 p.m. [3 rd Thursday] Speaker: Representative of Personal & Family Counseling Services For family & friends of individuals serving in any branch of the Armed Forces. Community Mental Health 201 Hospital Drive, Dover (behind Union Hospital) 246 N. Walnut St. (former video store) Union Hospital Reeves Auditorium 659 Boulevard Dover Telephone & e-mail support only. TuscCircleOfFriends@gmail. com Group Facilitator & Lisa Houk 330-458-0846 bigskygirl_44656@yahoo.com Group Facilitator & Matt Leonard 740-492-0023 Phyllis Van Horn 330-343-2690 werehere4u@roadrunner.com web site: www.alsfamilysupportgroup. com Contacts: Ann Marino 330-364-6018 Cindy Lorenz 330-364-6040 If you wish to be removed from this mailing list, would like more information about support groups or other services, or if you prefer to receive this newsletter by e-mail, please contact: Chris Curtiss, Coordinator, Area 8 Office, Community Support Network, Brain Injury Association of Ohio, c/o Society for Equal Access, Independent Living Center, 1458 Fifth St. NW, New Philadelphia, OH 44663, 330-343-9292,,. Services provided by the Area 8 Office are made possible with support from grants awarded through the Brain Injury Advisory Committee of the Ohio Rehabilitation Services Commission, with state & federal funding from Vocational Rehabilitation Programs, U. S. Dept. of Education. Brain Injury Association of Ohio, 855 Grandview Avenue, Suite 225, Columbus, OH 43215 State Office Helpline: 1-866-644-6242 6
May 2010 (Brain injury-specific groups are marked accordingly) Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 2:00 3:00 p.m. Caregivers Cambridge 2:00 p.m. Oak Pointe Baltic (SEA) NAMI 1:30 3:00 p.m. Hopeful Hearts I ACE, New Phila. 5:00 7:00 p.m. SE OH Med Ctr. Cambridge 11:00 a.m. 12:00 p.m. Caregivers, Cadiz National Day of Prayer 1:00 2:30p.m. Heads Up, Akron 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Mother s Day 12:00 1:30 p.m. Caregivers Dover 2:30 p.m. Echoing Hills Warsaw (SEA) NAMI 6:30 8:00 p.m. Caldwell 1:30 3:00 p.m. Hopeful Hearts I ACE, New Phila. Cadiz 1:00 2:30p.m. Heads Up, Akron Armed Forces Day 7:00 9:00 p.m. Dover You may encounter many defeats, but you must not be defeated. One s philosophy is not best expressed in words; it s expressed In fact, the encountering may be the very experience which in the choices one makes. In the long run we shape our lives creates the vitality and the power to endure. -- Maya Angelou and we shape ourselves. The process never ends until we die. Devote today to something so daring And the choices we make are ultimately our responsibility. even you can t believe you re doing it. -- Oprah Winfrey -- Eleanor Roosevelt 7
May 2010 (Brain injury-specific groups are marked accordingly) Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 16 17 18 19 20 21 22. 1:30 3:00 p.m. 10:30 11:30 a.m. 1:00 2:30p.m. NAMI Hopeful Hearts I Caregivers, Coshocton Heads Up, Akron ACE, New Phila. 10:00 a.m. Scenic Pointe Millersburg 6:00 p.m. Zanesville /Good Samaritan Hospital Senior Citizens Day 6:30 p.m. Community Clubhouse Akron 7:00 8:30 p.m. ALS, Dover 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 1:00 p.m. Steubenville (SEA) 1:30 3:00 p.m. Hopeful Hearts I ACE, New Phila. 1:00 2:30p.m. Heads Up, Akron NAMI 6:30 p.m. Insight Group Warren 30 31 Memorial Day In the middle of every difficulty lies opportunity. -- Einstein Man s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished. -- Nelson Mandela Some of the roads most used lead nowhere. -- Jewish Proverb There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it. -- Edith Wharton 8