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Support groups in Mecklenburg County (NC) |
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Support groups in Mecklenburg County (NC) |
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Scoliosis
Association, Piedmont Carolinas Chapter (119,812)
This group for those with kyphosis or scoliosis, their families, and friends, meets at various times and places to have social and educational events. For details, check out their web site or call their delightful leader at 704/654-1641 any time any day. Meetings for 2008 include a trip to Carowinds (June 17), a fashionista event (no joke--it's fun) at Nordstrom's (September 13), and annual cookie bake (December 6). |
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United Way 2-1-1 (Information
and Referral Services) (138,
all)
This service provides comprehensive data and referral assistance for nonprofit and government resources in the NC counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, and Anson counties and in or near the city of Mooresville, NC. If you are calling on a landline or residential phone in one of those counties, dial 2-1-1. If that fails, if you are calling on a cell phone, or if you are calling from anywhere else in NC, call 866/744-7778. For calls from out of NC, use their local number of 704/377-1100. Although they are open 24 hours a day, you may wish to call weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for non-emergency questions. The Health Library of Presbyterian Hospital Matthews The friendly staff at this full service library can help you research any medical topic using their up-to-date computers, databases, journals and books. No previous research experience or medical knowledge is required. Click here for details or call them at 704-384-6393. |
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This service of the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health is one of the better one-stop shops for beginning your search on the internet for medical information. For those of you who live in Mecklenburg and Union counties in NC, we recommend that you contact the Health Library for more personal assistance from the experts there in searching for reliable medical information. Click here for their details. Click to link to any of these lists of national groups:  The
Self-Help Sourcebook OnLine Index
The
Genetic Alliance
NORD
(National Organization for Rare Diseases) DatabaseList of toll-free numbers Click
here to branch to the American Self-Help Clearinghouse listing
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