North Carolina Chapter Care and Support Support Groups

Triangle Area HDSA Support Group

When: Every other month on Thursdays

Where: Duke Raleigh Hospital, Cancer Center Classroom (located downstairs), 3400 Wake Forest Road, Raleigh, NC 27609

Contact: Sarah Dawson (sdawson@nc-cchd.org or 919-803-8128)

                   Upcoming support group meeting: 

Date:       Thursday, January 26th, 2012

Location:  Duke Center for Drug Discovery (Dr. Don Lo’s lab)

               4321 Medical Park Drive

               Durham, NC 27704

Time:       7:00 P.M.

Agenda:   Come and see for yourself what a Center for Drug Discovery looks like as the Center's Director, Dr. Don Lo, and his associates and students give you a personal tour of the facility, including live demonstrations of fluorescence microscopes, biotechnology robots, and the "gene gun."  Dr. Lo's lab is hard at work researching drugs that may one day be approved for the treatment of HD. Plenty of free parking; come inside the building which is shared with Duke Homecare and Hospice and take the elevator or stairs up to the 2nd floor landing. 


 

Charlotte Area Support Group

Where: Sharon United Methodist Church, Room A-1

Contact: Chris Young at christopher.g.young@bankofamercia.com

                Upcoming support group meeting:

When:  January 26th, 2012 at 7 pm

      Where:  Sharon United Methodist Church  (in South Park)

                      4411 Sharon Road

                      Charlotte, NC  28211

     We have a special guest speaker, Mitzi Kincaid, an attorney who specializes in employment issues and estate planning. We have asked her to speak to the group about employment issuesto be aware of as it pertains to a Huntington's Disease diagnosis and/or being at risk of having Huntington's Disease.    Her agenda will include:          

  •  --Employment/Employer Considerations
     

  •   --Disability Benefits for the affected person /Caregivers

  •  -- Basic Estate Planning Documents / Considerations

  • --  Questions and Answers

  • ·This is a special opportunity to speak to an attorney and ask any specific questions you may have.  I hope you will come.  Please RSVP by emailing Martha Lentz at phcs@carolina.rr.com or by calling her at 704-906-0547 . 


***UPDATE: Brand New Wilmington NC Support Group!! We will be having our first group meeting for Huntington's on Monday Jan 7 from 2:00-3:30 PM. It will be held at the Northeast Regional Library here in Wilmington. The address is 1241 Military Cutoff Road Wilmington NC and the library phone number is (910) 798-6371. If you have any questions please give Lisa Boudreau a call at (910) 386-6386.***