Support
Groups
Support
Groups - Central Arkansas
Benton (Saline County)-Look Good...Feel
Better
Location: Saline County Memorial Hospital, #1 Medical park
Drive-Lunch
Provided
Contact: Call 501-776-6177 or 501-776-6177 to register.
Conway
(Faulkner County)-Bosom Buddies
Location:
Conway Regional Medical Center – Board Room
When:
3rd Thursday of the month at 5:30 p.m.
Contact:
Joyce Norton 501-450-2341 / jnorton@svcglobal.net
Serves:
Any person with breast cancer
Conway (Faulkner County)-Look Good...Feel
Better
Location: Conway Regional Medical Center Women's Center, 2302
College
Avenue, Conway, AR.
Contact:Trudy Hightower, 501-513-5230.
Conway
( Faulkner County) – Share Our Strength
Location:
Conway Regional Medical Center – Board Room
When:
Contact
Joyce Norton 501-450-2341 / jnorton@svcglobal.net
Damascus,
Beebe & Morganton Areas ( Faulkner County)
Location:
Masonic Lodge Hall – Damascus
When:
Meeting times vary – please call
Contact:
Barbara Bradford 501-335-7317
Serves:
Any person with cancer
Hot
Springs (Garland County) – Cancer Support Group
Location:
AMI National Park Hospital - Outpatient
When:
Contact:
Dina Wunderlin 501-321-1000
or 0004/501-620-2375
Serves:
Any person with cancer
Hot
Springs (Garland County) – Bosom Buddies
Location:
AMI National Park Hospital – Breast Center
When:
2nd or 3rd Thursday of the month
Contact:
Dana Wunderlin 501-620-2375
Serves:
Any person with Breast Cancer
Hot
Springs (Garland County) – Cancer Survivors Group
Location:
St. Joseph’s Hospital or Katherine’s Kitchen
When:
Contact:
Regina Foster 501-622-4730
Serves:
Any person with any type of cancer
Hot
Springs (Garland County)
Location:
St. Joseph’s
When:
Contact:
Sister Liz
Serves:
Benton
( Saline County) – Ladies Cancer Support Group
Location:
First Baptist Church
When:
3rd Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m.
Contact:
Pat White 501-860-7423 / Church 501-315-2270
Serves:
Any woman with cancer
Little
Rock (Pulaski County) – Just Between Friends Breast Cancer
Support Group for African American Women
Location:
5001 W. 34th Street
When:
1st Saturday of the month at 3 p.m.
Contact:
Lora Duffy 501-568-0971
Serves:
Any African American woman with Breast Cancer
Little
Rock (Pulaski County) – Dialogue Support Group
Location:
Hope Lodge at 2122 S. Broadway
When:
Wednesdays at 2:30 p.m.
Contact:
Janet Holman 501-374-5869
Serves:
Any person with cancer
Little
Rock ( Pulaski County) – Bosom Buddies
Location:
Baptist Medical Center – Hickingbotham Outpatient Center –
9500 Kanis Road – 2nd floor Women’s Resource
Center
When:
Contact:
Patsy Thurman 501-202-7386
Serves:
Any person with Breast Cancer
Little Rock (Pulaski County)- Look
Good...Feel Better
Location: Baptist Health Women's Resource Center, Higginbotham
Outpatient Center, 2nd floor, 9500 Kanis Road, Little Rock, AR.
To Register Call: 501-202-7386.
Baptist Health Medical Center, 3333 Springhill Dr, North Little
Rock, AR.
To
Register Call: 501-202-6888.
Saint Vincent Infirmary Women's Center, #2 Saint Vincent Circle,
Little Rock, AR. To Register Call: 501-660-3433.
UAMS Family Home, 4300 West Markham, Little Rock, AR. To Register
Call: 501-978-2903.
Little
Rock (Pulaski County) – New Outlook: The Women’s Cancer
Recovery Support Group
Location:
St. Vincent Health System Cancer Center
When:
Contact:
Alesa Garner 501-552-3900 / 800-446-7341 agarner@stvincenthealth.com
Serves:
Any woman with cancer
Little
Rock (Pulaski County) – Cancer Friends & Family
Location:
Pulaski Heights United Methodist Church
4823
Woodlawn Avenue
When:
Monthly – sometimes at lunch
Contact:
Michelle Mann 223-3575/Alice Smith 663-4158
Serves:
Any person with cancer & their family
Little
Rock (Pulaski County) – Women of Faith of Color
Women’s
Project
Location:
2224 S. Main
When:
no regular schedule – meets on call
Contact:
372-5113
Serves:
Any African American woman with cancer.
Little
Rock (Pulaski County) – Just Among Women
Location:
Strauss-McCaskill Room #1017 on the 10th
floor
of
Arkansas Cancer Research Center at UAMS
When:
2nd Monday of the month at 11 a.m. – 12:30
Contact:
Debbie Dean 501-686-1834
Serves:
Women with gynecological cancers
Little
Rock (Pulaski County) – Lymphedema Support Group
Location:
Strauss-McCaskill Room #1017 on the 10th
floor of
Arkansas
Cancer Research Center at UAMS
When:
3rd Tuesday of the month at 11a.m.-12:30
Contact:
Debbie Dean 501-686-1834
Serves:
Any person with Lymphedema
North
Little Rock:
Location:
Church
North
Little Rock ( Pulaski County) – Bosom Buddies
Location:
Baptist Health Medical Center, North Little Rock
3333
Springhill Drive
When:
Contact:
Becky Caruthers 501-202-6888
Serves:
Any person with Breast Cancer
Sherwood
( Pulaski County) – Breast Cancer Support Group
Location:
St. Vincent Rehabilitation Hospital
When:
Contact: Alesa Garner 501-552-3900 agarner@stvincenthealth.com
Serves:
Any person with Breast Cancer
Support
Groups - Southeast
Arkansas
Crossett
(Ashley County) – Cancer support group
Location:
When:
Starts Summer 2004
Contact:
Barbara Boyett 870-364-8920
Serves:
Any person with Breast Cancer
Stuttgart
(Arkansas County) – Breast Friends
Location:
Gossip Shop Restaurant
When:
Contact:
Lois Ann Jackson 501-975-5023 or 870-676-8395
Serves:
Any person with Breast Cancer
Pine
Bluff ( Jefferson County) – Caring Bosom Friends
Location:
303 N. Maple
When:
Meets as needed
Contact:
Dr. Josetta Wilkins 870-534-5852
Serves:
Pine
Bluff ( Jefferson County) – Bosom Buddies
Location:
Jefferson Regional
Pine
Bluff (Jefferson County) – Friends Female Cancer Support
Group
Location:
Leon’s Catfish Hwy 79 S. PineBluff
When:
2nd Monday of the month at 6:00 p.m.
Contact:
Cathy Campbell 870-535-0467
Serves:
Any woman with any type of female cancer
Forrest
City (St. Francis County) – Flying Colors Cancer Support
Group
Location: Baptist
Hospital – Baptist Hospital Conference Room
When:
4th Monday of the month at 7 p.m.
Contact: Paster Don Marston & Betty Dozier, RN
800-877-6734
Serves:
Any person with any type of cancer
Redfield
(Jefferson County) – Breast Cancer Support Group
Location:
Scott Building ( behind Methodist Church)
When:
Contact:
Alesa Garner 501-552-3900 agarner@stvincenthealth.com
Serves:
Any woman with Breast Cancer
Support
Groups - Southwest Arkansas
Hope
(County)
Location:
St. Marks Episcopal Church
Magnolia
(Columbia County) – Steel Magnolias Breast Cancer Support
Group
Location:
Usually meets at the Bancorp South building
When:
2nd Thursday of each month
Contact:
Patsy Bently 870-234-7916
pagbentley@yahoo.com
Mary
Gunnels 870-234-2141
Serves:
Any women or men with Breast Cancer
Malvern
(Hot Springs Co.) – Women’s Cancer Support Group
Location:
Hot Springs County Medical Center, Board Room
When:
2nd Thursday of the month at 6p.m.
Contact:
Connie Cheatham 501-332-7361
Serves:
Any woman with any type of cancer.
Camden
(Ouachita) – Second Chance
Location:
Hillside Baptist Church
When:
2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m.
Contact:
Pat Hodnett 870-836-6106(H) or 870-836-5033(W)
Serves:
El
Dorado (Union County) –
Location:
Holy Redeemer
When:
Contact:
Tina Roark
Serves:
Any person with breast cancer
Texarkana
(Miller County) – Dialogue Support Group
Location:
Christus St. Michael Hospital Cancer Center
Conference
Room A
When:
Last Tuesday of the month at 5:30 p.m.
Contact:
Penny Hardy 903-614-2111
Serves:
Any person with any type of cancer
Texarkana
(Miller County) – Breast Cancer Support Group
Location:
Christus St. Michael Hospital Cancer Center
Conference
Room A
When:
1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month at 5:30
p.m.
Contact:
Sandra Griffin 903-614-2675
Serves:
Any person with Breast Cancer
Mena
& Waldron ( Polk County) – Patient & Family Support
Location:
Meets at the VFW Hall in Waldron
When:
2nd Thursday of the month at 6:30 p.m.
Contact:
Wanda Grandstaff 479-782-6302 / 800-262-9917
Support
Groups - Northwest Arkansas
Bentonville
( Washington County) – Bosom Buddies
Location:
Bentonville Cancer Support Home, 306 HWY 72 East
When:
2nd Tuesday of the month at noon
Contact:
Megan Murphy 479-271-2257
mmurphy@wregional.com
Serves:
Any person
with Breast Cancer
Bentonville
(Washington County) – Cancer Support Group
Location:
Bentonville Cancer Support Home, 306 HWY 72 East
When:
Contact:
Megan Murphy 479-271-2257 mmurphy@wregional.com
Serves:
Any person with cancer
Booneville
( Logan County) – Patient & Family Support Group
Location:
The Meeting Place ( next to Citizen’s Bank)
When:
Mondays 6 p.m.
Contact:
Wanda Grandstaff 479-782-6302 / 800-262-9917
Serves:
Any cancer patient and their family
Fayetteville
(Washington County) – Bosom Buddies
Location:
Cancer Support Home, 1101 N. Woolsey Ave
When:
3rd Tuesday of the month at noon
Contact:
Megan Murphy 479-521-8024 mmurphy@wregional.com
Serves:
Any person with Breast Cancer
Fort
Smith (Sebastian County) –Women’s Cancer Support Group
Location:
Reynolds Cancer Support House, 3324 S. M Street
When:
Mondays at 10
a.m., 5p.m., 5:30 p.m.
Tuesdays
at 5 p.m.
Wednesdays
at 10 a.m.
Contact:
Wanda Grandstaff 479-782-6302
/ 800-262-9917
Serves:
Any woman with any type of cancer.
Fort
Smith (Sebastian County) – Hispanic
Cancer Support Group
Location:
Reynolds Cancer Support House, 3324 S. M Street
When:
Tuesdays at 6 p.m.
Contact:
Wanda Grandstaff 479-782-6302 / 800-262-9917
Serves:
Any Hispanic person with cancer
Fort
Smith ( Sebastian County) – Women’s Breast Cancer
Location:
Reynolds Cancer Support House, 3324 S. M Street
When:
Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m., Thursdays at 5:30 p.m.
Contact:
Wanda Grandstaff 479-782-6302 / 800-262-9917
Serves:
Any woman with Breast Cancer
Fort
Smith ( Sebastian County) – Life Transition Group
Location:
Reynolds Cancer Support House, 3324 S. M Street
When:
Wednesdays
Contact:
Wanda Grandstaff 479-782-6302 / 800-262-9917
Serves:
Any one transitioning their life around cancer
Fort
Smith (Sebastian County) – Cancer Patient & Family
Support Group
Location:
Reynolds Cancer Support House, 3324 S. Main Street
When:
Thursdays at 6:30
Contact:
Wanda Grandstaff 479-782-6302/ 800-262-9917
Serves:
Any cancer patient and their family
Harrison
(Boone County) - Dialogue Support Group
Location:
Meets at First Christian Church
When:
1st & 3rd Mondays of the month at 4
p.m.
Contact:
Cloten Cowan 870-741-9560
Serves:
Any person with cancer of any kind
Mountain
Home (Baxter County) – Coping with Cancer
Location:
Meets at Peitz Cancer Support House, 315 Powers Street
When:
Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m.
Contact:
Jan Heine 870-508-1771
Serves:
Any person with cancer of any kind
Mountain
Home (Baxter County) – Gynecologic Cancer Support
Location:
Meets at Peitz Cancer Support House, 315 Powers Street
When:
Contact
Jan Heine 870-508-2273
Serves:
Any woman with gynecological cancer
Mountain
Home (Baxter County) – Breast Cancer Survivors
Location:
Meets at Peitz Cancer Support House, 315 Powers Street
When:
Contact:
Jan Heine 870-508-2273
Serves:
Any woman with Breast Cancer
Ozark
(Franklin County) – Patient and Family Support Group
Location:
107 N. 9th Street ( Dr. Westbrook’s Clinic )
When:
2nd Thursday of the month at 5 p.m.
Contact:
Wanda Grandstaff 479-782-6302 / 800- 262-9917
Serves:
All cancer patients and their families
Russellville
(Pope County) – Bosom Buddies
Location:
Meets at St. Mary’s Regional Medical Cancer Center
When:
2nd Thursday of the month at 7:00 p.m.
Contact:
Marion Eckert 479-641-2902
Serves:
Any person with breast cancer
Springdale
( Washington County) – Cancer Support Group
Location:
1215 S. Thompson
When:
Contact:
Julie Allen 479-756-9172
Serves:
Springdale
(Washington County) – Cancer Support Group
Location:
First Baptist Church -
1709 Johnson Road
When:
Contact:
Becky Seaman ( Pastor’s wife) 479-751-4523
Serves:
Support Groups –
Northeast Arkansas
NorthEast Arkansas-All Sessions are held on Mondays from 10:00
am until noon. Call 1-800-ACS 2345 for session location and to
register.
Jonesboro (Craighead County)-Look Good...Feel Better
Location: St. Bernards and NEA Hospital
Paragould (Greene County)
Blytheville (Mississippi County)
Forrest City (St. Francis County)
Helena (Phillips County)
Support Program: Reach to Recovery
A
peer support program for women diagnosed with breast cancer.
Location: Available in Central, Southwest, Southeast, Northwest,
Northeast Arkansas
Contact: Call 1-800-ACS-2345 for a Reach Visitor in your area and
for additional
program information.
Blytheville
(Mississippi County) – Flying Colors
Location:
Baptist Hospital – Baptist Cancer Institute
When:
4th Thursday of the month at 7 p.m.
Contact:
Pastor Don Marston & Betty Dozier, RN 800-877-6734
Serves:
Any person with cancer
Jonesboro
(Craighead County) –Breast Cancer Support Group
Location:
St Bernard’s Medical Center
When:
Contact:
Mary Katherine Berry, RN
870-935-3196
Serves:
Any person with Breast Cancer
Jonesboro
(Craighead County) – Family Affair
Location:
NEA Clinic -311 East Matthews Ave.-1st floor
When:
4th Tuesday from
6p.m. – 7p.m.
Contact:
Serves:
Cancer patients and their families
Paragould
(Greene County) – Woman to Woman
Location:
Arkansas Methodist Medical Center Campus
Professional
Office Building Auditorium
When:
3rd Monday of the month
6:30 p.m.
Contact:
Kim Woodhouse 870-239-7094
Carrie Rowland 870-239-7826
Serves:
Any woman with cancer.
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