Events
Our goal is to educate people living with MS how to live their best life as a person, not as an MS patient.
Rockford Support Group 2
National MS Society Support Group
Please contact facilitator for location details.
Recurring Event
3rd Wednesday of EVEN months from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
Attending an MS support group makes it much easier to connect with others facing similar challenges related to MS, make new friends and build personal networks of support, and find information about MS-related resources available in your local community.
Please contact the facilitator of the group you wish to attend to learn more about the group and where it meets. If you still have questions about the Chapter’s MS Support Groups after contacting the facilitator, or need help locating a group closest to your home, please contact our Information Resource Center at 1-800-344-4867 and ask to speak with a Service Navigator.
Adams County Friendship Self-Help Group
1st & 3rd Wednesdays of the month, 5:00-6:00 p.m. October through April and 6:00-7:00 p.m. May through September.
Marianjoy Rehabilitation Hospital-Wheaton Support Group
Attending an MS support group makes it much easier to connect with others facing similar challenges related to MS, make new friends and build personal networks of support, and find information about MS-related resources available in your local community.
Please contact the facilitator of the group you wish to attend to learn more about the group and where it meets. If you still have questions about the Chapter’s MS Support Groups after contacting the facilitator, or need help locating a group closest to your home, please contact our Information Resource Center at 1-800-344-4867 and ask to speak with a Service Navigator.
Contact Support Group leader for details!
Petoskey Self-Help Group
Please contact for exact time.
Chippewa County Stanley Self-Help Group
Courage, Hope, and Faith MS Support Group
Our aim and goal is to provide information and help with resources for those who have MS and their caregivers. As a group we support each other, to lift each other emotionally, physically and spiritually. Our motto is “I have MS but MS doesn’t have me.”
If you have any questions or would like to discuss information that may be of interest to our affiliated support groups, please contact the MS Focus Support Group Program staff at (888) 673-6287, or supportgroups@msfocus.org.
Montour County, Danville: MS Connection Group
MS Connection Groups or self-help groups bring people together who share common life experiences for support, education and mutual aid. Benefits of participating in a connection group include:
- Learning new information and strategies for confronting problems.
- Finding support from others.
- The opportunity to help others.
- Feeling empowered and more self-confident in coping with challenges.
The Pennsylvania Keystone Chapter of the National MS Society MS Connection Groups focus on support, advocacy, education, and are social in nature. Some groups also serve specific populations, such as young adults, parents with MS, carepartners, or African-Americans.
Members of an MS Connection Groups share a belief that positive personal change happens through individual efforts with the support of others.
Living with Relapsing-Remitting MS
Self help groups unite people who share common life experiences for support, education, and assistance. Self-help group participants share a belief that positive personal change happens through individual efforts with the support of others.
Talk MS: Alton/River Bend, IL
Contact Information
To join this Talk MS Group, please contact group leader, Joe, at 314-706-3711.
You can also contact Katie, NMSS Programs Manager, at (314) 781-9020 or 1-800-344-4867, option 1 or email Katie at katie.maclean@nmss.org.
- Learning new information and strategies for confronting problems.
- Finding reassurance and support from others with similar life experiences.
- Developing personal insights and achieving personal growth.
- Guest speakers sharing their expertise.
- The opportunity to be helpful to others.
- Feeling less isolated.
- Learning to express feelings better and to be more sensitive to the feelings of others.
- Feeling empowered and more self-confident in coping with challenges.
- Developing a connection to a community and personal identification with a social group.