Support Groups
•Adult Children of Alcoholics: 12:15 p.m. Wednesday, 6:30 p.m. Thursday at YANA Club, Hilton Head Island. Sheila 290-6953.
• Agape Hospice: Comfort in the Journey grief support group, 6:30 p.m. third Thursdays, Ridgeland Baptist Church, 1448 Gray’s Hwy. 645-2290.
• Aging Gracefully: For families dealing with aging loved ones. 3rd Wednesday, 1 p.m. Life Care Center of Hilton Head. Kyndra Jones 681-6006.
• Alcoholics Anonymous: For meeting information and locations call 785-2921 or (888) 534-0192 or en Espanol 247-2713. www.area62.org.
• Al-Anon: Bluffton United Methodist Church at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday.
• Alzheimer’s Caregivers Support Group: 2nd Tues., 4th Fri. 2-4 p.m. Bluffton-Okatie Outpatient Center. Sandra Brown, 705-2113.
• Bereavement Group: Thursdays 11:30 a.m. Tidewater Hospice, at Bluffton Library, 120 Palmetto Way in Bluffton Village on Hwy. 46. 757-9388
• Breast Cancer Support Group: First Thursday at 10 a.m. Bluffton-Okatie Outpatient Center. Pat Southworth, 705-5607
• Cancer Support Group: 3rd Tuesday, 3:30 p.m., Bluffton-Okatie Outpatient Center. 815-4090.
• Caregiver Support: Last Wednesdays, 7 p.m. Tidewater Hospice, at Hawthorne Inn, 15 Main Street, Hilton Head. 342-6565.
• Citizens Opposed to Domestic Abuse (CODA): For domestic violence victims. 5:30-7 p.m. Wed. in Bluffton/Hilton Head and 6-7 p.m. Tues. in Beaufort. Childcare provided. 770-1070.
• Crossroads Unemployment Support: Tuesdays, 8:30-10 a.m., Boys & Girls Club of Bluffton. 379-5040.
• Divorced/Separated Care Group: Wednesdays, 7 p.m., Lowcountry Community Church. Call or text Brad 816-7722 or Carol 422-0797. email: divorcecarelcc@hargray.com
• Gamblers Anonymous: 7 p.m. Friday at Bluffton-Okatie Outpatient Center, Room A. Call (800) 313-0170.
• Hearing Loss Association of America Lowcountry: Third Tuesday, 2 p.m., except July, Aug. & Dec. Bluffton-Okatie Outpatient Ctr. Laurette Del Pozzo 705-3088 or Jerry Shirley 705-3020.
• HIV/AIDS Support: Free, confidential HIV testing, counseling. Call 379-5600.
• Hospice Care of the Lowcountry Bereavement Support Groups: New Beginnings, 2:30-4 pm first and third Wednesdays, Lowcountry Presbyterian, Simmonsville Rd. 706-2296.
• Literacy Volunteers of the Lowcountry: Provides free adult basic literacy tutoring and English language instruction. 686-6655.
• Many Faces of Dementia: For families and caregivers of those with dementia. 2nd Monday, 10 a.m. Riverside at Belfair, 60 Oak Forest Rd., Bluffton. 815-5350.
• Memory Matters: Support group for caregivers of those with dementia, 10-11:30 a.m. Wednesdays. 117 Wm. Hilton Pkwy. 842-6688. www.memory-matters.org
• Mental Health Association of Beaufort-Jasper Counties Rendezvous Club: 1st and 3rd Wednesday, 6 p.m. on Hilton Head. Social club for adults recovering from mental disorders. 682-2900.
• MS Lowcountry Support Group: Dotty Kriebel 705-6233 or Elaine Sales 843-548-0697.
• National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) Connection Recovery Support Group: Wed., 6:30 p.m., Bluffton-Okatie Outpatient Center; 2nd Tues., 6 p.m., Christ Lutheran Church, Hilton Head; 2nd Thurs. 6:30 p.m., Beaufort Medical Plaza, Rm. 350. 681-2200.
• Narcotics Anonymous: Just for Today Group: Monday/Tuesday/Thursday, 6:15 p.m., First Baptist, Wednesay, 6:15 pm., Bluffton Library, Friday/Saturday 9 p.m., First Baptist.
• Overeaters Anonymous: 1 p.m. Tuesday, St. Luke’s Church Fellowship Hall, Hwy. 170 south of 278. Lynne 271-2114; 6:30 p.m. Thursday,YANA, 107 Mathews Dr. HHI, Cheryl 706-3606; 10:30 a.m. Friday, YANA, Barbara 842-2172.
• Parkinson’s Disease Support Groups: 3rd Thursday, 2-4 p.m. Memory Matters, 117 Wm. Hilton Pkwy. Glenn/Mary Ann Burgeson, 757-3776. 4th Thursday, 1-3 p.m., Okatie Outpatient Ctr. Betty Eberle, 705-6578 or Muriel Coleman, 987-3505.
• Reemployment Support Group: St. Andrew By-The-Sea United Methodist Church, 785-4711 or hhiumc.com.
• SC Chapter of the Scleroderma Foundation support group. Joanna, 785-9109.
• Survivors of Suicide Support Group: 2nd Tuesday, 6 p.m. USCB New River campus. Call for specifics. Pat John, 540-1841. patjohn@uscb.edu