CALIFORNIA

Bakersfield
For more information contact:

888-4-HDSA-LA

 

Central Coast
Meets: 4th Saturday of every month 11 am - 12:30pm
Location: Carriage Vineyards
4337 South El Pomar
Templeton, CA 93465

Contact: Mike Brown
Phone: 805-295-9663
Email: mwbrown42@gmail.com


Corning

First Meeting: Friday, August 20, 2010 6:30PM-8;00PM

Meet in the Rec Room at the
Tehama Village Apartments
651 Toomes Ave
Corning, CA 96021

Please contact Support Group Peer Facilitator
Michelle Tedrick
Ph: 530 736-0484
mdtedrick@sbcglobal.net

 

East Bay HD Caregiver's Support Group
meets: 4th Tuesday of every month 7 - 8:30 pm
Location: Hillside Church, 1422 Navellier St., El Cerrito, CA 94530
Contact: Mimi

Phone: 510-236-7200
Email: huntingtonsupport@gmail.com

 

 

Fresno Support Group 

Meets: 1st Tuesday of every month, 6-7:30 pm
Location: 3845 N. Clark St., Suite 201
   Fresno, CA 93726
Participants: Anyone affected/interested
Contact: Yee Vue, MSW 
Email: yvue@valleycrc.org
Phone: 559-224-9154 Ext 14
800-541-8614
Map & Directions 

 

Mill Valley  

Meets: 3rd Thursday of each month, 7:30-9pm
Location: Westminster Presbyterian Church

  240 Tiburon Blvd., 1st floor,

Tiburon, CA
Participants: Anyone affected/interested

Contact: Andrea Zanko, MS Genetic Counselor

Email: zankoa@peds.ucsf.edu

 

 

Fountain Valley

Meets: 2nd Sunday of the month, 6:00-7:30 pm

Location: At Carmel Village

17077 San Mateo Street

Fountain Valley, CA 92708

Contact: Karin Little, MSW

Phone: 714-870-3530 ext. 2425

Email: Karin.little.@stjoe.org

Map & Directions 

 

Oakland (East Bay)
Meets: 4th Thursday of each month, 7:30-9 pm
Location: Kaiser Hospital (Fabiola Building) 
3801 Howe Street 
Oakland, CA 
4th floor, Room 445

Contact: Terry Tempkin

Phone: 916-734-6278
Note: Garage parking is $3 for 1.5 hours

Email: Teresa.tempkin@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Map & Directions 

 

Palo Alto (South Bay) 
Meets: 2nd Tuesday of each month, 7:00-8:30 pm

Location: First Baptist Church

305 N. California St.
Palo Alto, CA 94301
Participants: All associated with HD
Contact: Andrea Kwan, MS
Phone: 650-725-6571
Email: andreak@stanford.edu
Map & Directions 

 

Sacramento
Meets: 2nd Wednesday of each month, 7-8:30pm
Location: The Ellison Building/ACC Building  

4860 Y St., Sacramento, CA 95817

3rd Floor, Room 3015 A
Participants: Anyone affected/interested

Contact: Jill Olmstead, LCSW

Phone: Chapter Social Worker: 916-734-6277

Email: jillolmstead@gmail.com

Contact: Andre Zanko, MS CGC

Phone: 415-476-9320
Email: zankoa@peds.ucsf.edu (please RSVP)
Map & Directions 

San Diego 
Meets: 4th Monday of each month except December, 6-8pm
Location: Scripps Mende Well Being Center
4305 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite L-5 
La Jolla, CA
Participants: Anyone affected/interested
Contact: Southern Caregivers Resource Center
Phone: 800-827-1008
Contact: Jody Goldstein
Email: jlgoldstein@ucsd.edu
Phone: 858-622-5854
Map & Directions 

Ventura County/Semi Valley
Contact: Ed Garza

Phone: 714-508-8103
edwardgarza@yahoo.com 

 

 

Santa Cruz 
Meets: 3rd Wednesday of each month, 7-8:30pm Location: Unitarian Church
   6401 Freedom Blvd
   Santa Cruz, CA
Participants: All associated with HD
Contact: Ruth Jacobsen
Phone: 831-425-3113

Email: puthie@calcentral.com   (private)

Business Email: ruth.jacobsen@sjsu.edu
Map & Directions 

 

Santa Rosa

Meets: 2nd Monday every month, 7-8:30 pm

Location: Redwood caregiver Resource Center

141 Stony Circle, suite 200

Santa Rosa, CA

Participants: Anyone affected/interested

Contact: Dorothy Foster, MFT

Phone: 800-834-1636 or 707-542-0282

Email: dxf@redwoodcrc.org

 

 

San Diego

Northridge
Meets: 4th Sunday of each month (some exceptions), 6 - 8 PM
 Location:  Northridge, CA
Participants: Anyone affected/interested
Contact: Judy Bohlin
Phone: 818-903-1829
Contact: Ed Garza
edwardgarza@yahoo.com 
For address information please call.
Note: Inviting people from Simi Valley, East Side, Santa Clarita Valley, Antelope Valley, Greater San Fernando Valley to San Gabriel Valley and all areas between.
Map & Directions 

 

 

West Los Angeles
Meets: Last Monday of each month (some exceptions), 7-9pm
   Monday, January 28, 2008
   Monday, February 25, 2008
   Monday, March 31, 2008
Location:  Los Angeles, CA
Participants: Anyone affected/interested
Contact: Contact: Ed Garza

Phone: 714-508-8103
edwardgarza@yahoo.com 
Map & Directions 

 


The Chapter's Youth Support Group:

Northern California NYA

The Northern California

The Chapter' Youth Support Group
Part of the NYA (national Youth Alliance)

Meets: At Chapter Events

Participants: Youth, ages 9-30

Contact Sherry Roberson
Email: sherryannroberson@gmail.com
Contact: Whitney
Email:carywhitney@gmail.com
NYA Online Support Group
Note: Please RSVP, lunch provided

http://www.hdsa.org/nya/forum.html

Map & Directions 

If you are interested in starting a support group in your area, please contact Jane Kogan at jkogan@hdsa.org

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