Inland Empire (Riverside/San Bernardino and Surrounding Areas)

This group meets the 3rd Saturday of every month from 11:00 am - 1:00 pm at Riverside Community Hospital's Health Education Center, 4445 Magnolia Ave., Riverside, CA. For more information, please contact Tom Courbat at 951-677-6451 or by E-Mail at tom68-69Korea@thecourbats.com or Valerie Stevenson at 909-797-7716 or by E-Mail at valstevenson2005@yahoo.com. All patients, caregivers, family, friends and healthcare providers are welcome.

Inland Valley

The Cornelius Hardy Multiple Myeloma Support Group meets the 4th Saturday of each month at 9:00 a.m. at the George Gibson Senior Center, 250 North 3rd Street, Upland, CA. For more information, please contact Mary Ming-Mosley at 909-622-6616 or by E-Mail at mingmosley@yahoo.com or Patricia Hardy at 909-463-3127 or by E-Mail at hardy.p@verizon.net.

Los Angeles

This group meets the 3rd Saturday of the month—except May and October which are the 2nd Saturday of the month, and we have no meeting in December—from 10:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. at the Joslyn Center, located at 339 Sheldon St. in El Segundo. For more information please contact Barbara Campbell at 818-566-1573 or by E-Mail at barbmeg@earthlink.net.

Los Angeles - Neuropathy Support Group

The IMF has learned of a local support group for neuropathy patients. The group meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 1pm-3pm at the UCLA Medical Center, Neurology Bldg. #300, 3rd Floor. Meetings feature a guest speaker, followed by group discussion. For more information, please call Cathy at (310) 286-7442.

Los Angeles - Spanish Language

This newly formed multiple myeloma group is held in Spanish and is for interested patients, family members, and friends. The next meeting will be Saturday, July 10, 2010 from 12:00 ? 2:00 p.m. in the Conference Room of the International Myeloma Foundation, 12650 Riverside Dr., Suite 206, North Hollywood, CA 91607.?For more information, please contact Betty Arevalo, Spanish Support Group Coordinator at 800-452-2873 or by email at marevalo@myeloma.org or Kelly Cox, IMF Director of Support Groups Outreach at 800-452-2873 or by email at kcox@myeloma.org.

Napa Valley/Sonoma Area

The Myeloma Stompers meet the 2nd Saturday of each month at 10:30 a.m. at the local Lion?s Club building, 86 La Plaza in Cotati (behind the Cotati Fire Station). For more information, please contact Caethe Goetz at 707-280-8724 or by email at MyelomaStompers@gmail.com

Orange County

Meetings are held on the first Thursday of every month at the UC Irvine Medical Center, Psych Building 3, 101 The City Drive South, Orange, CA 92868-3298. Phone: 714-456-7890. For more information, please contact Seymore and Rita Reinstein at 714-231-1793, email: reinstein35@gmail.com or Ebbe Skov at 949-351-5707 email: hetagon@aol.com or the IMF for additional information.

Getting there:

5 FREEWAY
From the North:
Take 5 South > Exit State College/The City Drive> Right on State College > Left on Dawn Way > Left into Visitor Parking Structure

From the South:
Take 5 North > Exit Chapman Avenue > Left on Chapman Avenue > Left on The City Drive > Left on Dawn Way > Left into Visitor Parking Structure


405 FREEWAY
From the North:
Take 405 South > Take 22 East > Exit on The City Drive > Left on The City Drive > Right on Dawn Way > Left into Visitor Parking Structure

From the South:
Take 405 North> Take 55 North> Take 5 North> Exit Chapman Avenue> Left on Chapman Avenue> Left on The City Drive> Left on Dawn Way> Left into Visitor Parking Structure


91 FREEWAY (FROM THE INLAND EMPIRE)
Take 91 West> Take 57 South> Exit Chapman Ave> Right on Chapman> Left on The City Drive> Left on Dawn Way> Left into Visitor Parking Structure


57 FREEWAY (FROM NORTH ORANGE COUNTY)
Take 57 South> Exit Chapman Ave (South of Angel Stadium)> Right on Chapman> Left on The City Drive> Left on Dawn Way> Left into Visitor Parking Structure

Rancho Mirage

Rancho Mirage ? The Coachella Valley Area MM Support Group meets the 3rd Thursday of each month from 3:00 ? 5:00 p.m. at the Lucy Curci Cancer Center, 39000 Bob Hope Drive, Rancho Mirage, CA 92270. For more information, please contact Tom Reilly at 760-360-5165 or by E-Mail at myelomadata@hotmail.com.

San Diego

This group meets the 2nd Monday of every month from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the UTC area of La Jolla. For details and exact location please contact Elliot Recht at 858-273-5008 or by E-Mail at ElliotRecht@san.rr.com. Anyone interested in assisting Elliot as co-leader of this support group is highly encouraged to do so and should contact Elliot directly. Group website: www.multiplemyelomasandiego.org.

San Francisco/Greater Bay Area

This group meets the 3rd Saturday of each month from 10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at varying locations including: Summit Hospital in Oakland, Stanford Hospital at Palo Alto and the Wellness Center in Walnut Creek.? For meeting details, speakers, locations, maps, resources, and more, please see our support group's website at http://www.sfbayareamyelomasupport.org.?For more information, please contact Jack Aiello at jackaiello@comcast.net, or Neil Collier at nacollier@pacbell.net, or Bob Viener at bobv@well.com.

San Luis Obispo County

A new support meeting sponsored by the new Wellness Community in Paso Robles, CA meets on the first Wednesday of every month from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m. The meetings are held in San Luis Obispo, at the community meeting room at Cuesta Title, 715 Tank Farm Road, Suite 120, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401. For more information or directions, please call the Wellness Center at 805-238-0611 or contact Debby Schobel by Email at schobeld3@comcast.net.

Santa Barbara County

The Marian Cancer Center, Santa Maria, CA, sponsors a support group on the third Thursday of every month at 1:00 ? 3:00 p.m. located at 210 South Palisade Drive, Santa Maria, CA. All myeloma patients and their families are welcome. For more information or directions, please call the center at 805-739-3780 or contact Debby Schobel by Email at schobeld@earthlink.net.

Shasta County Area

This group meets on the 1st Saturday of the month at 10:00 a.m. at Yak?s Coffee Shop Conference Room, 3274 Bechelli Lane, Redding, CA. For more information, please contact Kati Rosten at 530-365-0651 or by email at shastamyelomasupport@gmail.com

Ventura

This group meets on the 2nd Saturday of the month from 11:30 a.m. ? 1:30 p.m. at The Wellness Community, 530 Hampshire Road, Westlake Village, CA 91361. For more information, please contact Theresa Frank at 805-375-0709 or by email at Redheelgirl@yahoo.com.