PROJECT INSIGHT TRAINING MANUAL - SUPPORT GROUPS AND SENIOR AGENCIES


SUPPORT GROUPS

Against All Odds
Fort Lauderdale/Broward County
Dr. Marc Jay Gannon
Low Vision Institute
5333 N Dixie Highway
Suite 101
Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33334
Phone: (954) 776-9454
Website: www.lowvisioninstitute.com

Boynton Beach/West Palm Area
THE MACULAR DISEASE ASSOCIATION OF BOYNTON BEACH meets the third Friday of each month at 3 PM at Bethesda BETHESDA HEALTH CITY. They service people who are visually impaired from Deerfield Beach to Jupiter and can be reached by phone at (561) 375-8956 or E-mail jeractor@aol.com.

NABS: Student list (nabs-l) moderated by Mr. Keith Wessel, a student at UIUC. Should anyone want to join that list, the list address is listserv@postoffice.cso.uiuc.edu, with the customary subscribe nabs-l name (yours) as the subscription request.

NAPVI: National Association of Parents of Children with Vision Impairments
P.O. Box 317
Watertown MA 02471
Phone: 1-800-562-6265
NAPVI has chapters throughout the country.

Project Vision
Phone: (561) 878-7818
Support groups Tuesday and Thursday, 10:30-12:00
Treasure Coast, Martin and St. Lucie counties

St. Augustine Support Group
Main concentration: Macular Degeneration
St. Augustine, Florida V.I.P. Group meets once a month on the 3rd Thursday at Trinity Episcopal Church at 2 PM
Jim Donnelly, (904) 829-2150
Marilyn Wright, (904) 797-3387

Tampa Support Group
Jan Dalrymple, (813) 689-6377

RP Support Group
It is the plan to have monthly meetings on the last Saturday of each month, 2-4 PM, at the Miami Lighthouse,
601 SW 8 Ave.
Miami, FL 33130
Please join if you want to meet others with RP, to talk, socialize, get encouragement, and meet great mentors. If you have any questions, please call Sylvia Perez at (305) 856-2288 ext. 265.

Visually Impaired Persons of West Volusia, Inc.
Wendy Wilson
(386) 738-1020
E-mail: eaglehrt@bellsouth.net

Working Group of the Partially Sighted (WGPS)
Online support group for those with low vision or friends and family members or anyone with a low vision interest.
E-mail: WGPS@yahoogroups.com


SENIOR AGENCIES

Elder Affairs Help Line
1-866-467-4624 or 1-800-963-5337
Local Phone: (850) 487-8926

Holiday Retirement Corporation
PO Box 1411
Salem, OR

New Hope of Highlands
Service agency for seniors
Phone: (941) 382-2134

National Institute on Aging (NIA) and the National Library of Medicine (NLM)
http://nihseniorhealth.gov

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