Support Groups

Spartanburg Area Connections

 

**New Evening Support Group:  Join us for an organizational meeting on September 20 at 6:30 pm at the Family Connection office, 11 Doctor's Park Drive, Suite 200, Spartanburg and help us plan this new group.  We are interested in your feedback on meeting times, dates, topics, etc.  Please contact Paula at 864-237-9135 or Mary at 864-439-8703 for more information.  We apologize but no childcare is available for this meeting.
 
Parents Helping Parents - General Support. Meets the 3rd Thursday of each month at 12:00 Noon at Son Rise Baptist Church 316 Pathway Court, Spartanburg SC 29307. Contact Angela Wilborn at (864) 978-2396 for more information and to reserve childcare. *Note new address
 

Autism Connection - Meets the 2nd Monday of each month at 11:30am at Son Rise Baptist Church, 316 Pathway Court , Spartanburg S29307C. Bring your lunch!  Call Jessie Walker at (864) 577-0706 for more information and to reserve childcare. *Note new address

NICU Family Night - Meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center from 6:30 – 8:00 PM at Tower 4 Classroom.  This group is for parents/grandparents who have a child/children in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit or have a NICU graduate.  Come share, learn or listen. Contact Marsha Edens at (864) 592-2757 for more information.

Parents Of Adult Exceptional Children -  Please contact Paula White at (864) 439-8703 for more information of dates and times.

Spanish Connection - Meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month from 10:00 – 11:30 PM at Westgate Mall Food Court, Spartanburg SC. Children welcome. Contact Carolina Jara at (864) 801-1410.
 
Especially Ours - General Support Group meeting at Union County DSN. Contact Lauri English at (864) 427-7700 ext. 303 for more information.
 
SEEYA (Social Events for Exceptional Young Adults) - Ages 15 years and up meet the 2nd Saturday of each month at New Beginnings United Methodist Church on Rainbow Lake Road in Boiling Springs (on the right past Wal-Mart). Please call Cindy Varner at 864-472-8592 for more information and to register for this event. cvarner@windstream.net  
 
Spectrum Playgroup:  Happy Hollow Park, Converse Heights neighborhood, each Monday from 3:30-5pm, weather permitting. 

 
Please call our Spartanburg Office at (864) 585-5462 for more information or to register for the support group unless another number was given.

This web-site was developed with funding from the Health Resources and Services Administration(HRSA)/Maternal and Child Health Bureau(MCHB)/Division of Services for Children with Special Health Needs (DSCSHN), through the Family Professional Partnership/CSHCN grant H84MC12895.