SMG Support Groups By State

The following is a list of SMG support groups, organized by state.

Some State Coordinators organize in-person support groups in their area. Others wish to start them via phone, email or in-person when there is enough interest. If your state or area is not listed, and you are interested in starting a support group in your area, please contact Lynn Taylor.

City	Contact Person	Contact Information	Location	Meeting Times
Arizona
Scotsdale	Diane Smith	dms_az@cox.net	varies	once per month
California
Reseda	Megan Ross	meganross@gmail.com	Starbucks (Reseda & Vanowen)	4pm, select Sundays
Iowa
Dubuque	Dorothy Klein	kleinselmut@yahoo.com	Panera Bread (3425 Kennedy Circle)	7pm, first Wednesday of each month
Kansas
Kansas City	Gretchen Aerni	smgks@mac.com	varies	6 times/year
New Hampshire
Dover	Joleen Fernald	JFerlandSLP@comcast.net	varies	once per month (except summer)
New Jersey
Oakland	Gail Kervatt	kervatt@optonline.net	Manito School (111 Manito Avenue)	12:45pm, 4th Monday of each month
New York
Long Island	Pam Newman	martidon@aol.com	Commack	Every other month
Texas
Houston	Julie Nicodemus	nicodemusjulie@yahoo.com	to be determined	to be determined
Virginia
Midlothian	Patti Huggins	huggins411@juno.com	varies	varies

The following State Coordinators would LIKE TO start a support group in their area, but are waiting for enough willing participants:

City	Contact Person	Contact Information
Alabama
Mobile	Tabita Olzinsk	onecal@aol.com
California
San Diego	Stephanie Fimbres	sfimbres@prusd.com
Solano Beach	Randi Hock	randikh@sbcglobal.net
Roseville	Sandie Gonzalez	gonzalesphm@surewest.net
Illinois
Carol Stream	Karen Anagnostopoulos	karengus99@aol.com
Indiana
McCordsville	Lana Harves	lharves@att.net
Ohio
Chesterland	Marci Laubacher	marcilaub@aol.com
Oregon
Portland	Gail Schroeder	gms_717@msn.com
Rhode Island
Warren	Todd Penoyer	t.pennoyr@cox.net
Wisconsin
Appleton	Lynn Romenesko	tltkm@new.rr.com