Aging Programs
Jackie Whitaker with the Area Agency on Aging at Land-of-Sky Regional Council will answer questions about aging programs in Henderson County the first Wednesday of each month at the Sammy Williams Senior Center. Lunch is provided for persons 60 and over. Call 828-692-4203 for more information.

ABC's of Alzheimers meets from noon-1pm the second Wednesday of each month at the Alzheimer's Associaion, WNC Chapter Office in Asheville. Sessions are free of charge but space is limited. Please call in advance at 828-254-7363. Bring a brown bag lunch. Drinks and cookies will be provided.

Alcoholics Anonymous
Al-Anon
The Hendersonville AA and Al-Anon meeting schedules are now on-line!

The Alzheimer's Association Caregivers & Early Diagnosed Persons meets from 10-11:30AM the second Tuesday of each month in the Carolina Baptist Assoc. building, corner of Hebron and Willow. Call Christina Jacob, LCSW, Park Ridge Home Health, 828-687-5261.

The Alzheimer's Family Support Group meets at 4PM on the third Tuesday of each month at Hendersonville UMC, 204 6th Ave. W.  

The Alzheimer's Support Group meets from 10AM-noon the second Tuesday in the Carolina Baptist Association building. Call 828-692-7071 for more information.

American Cancer Society meets at 7pm the second Wednesday of each month at Lake Pointe Landing. Call 828-685-3902 for more information.

Ask the Dietician is a monthly program designed to answer questions one-on-one about diet, nutrition, vitamins, minerals and more at Pardee Memorial Hospital, Hendersonville. For more information, call 692-4600.

Blue Ridge Al-Anon Family Group holds meetings on Mondays at 8pm at St. John in the Wilderness parish house in Flat Rock. Call 1-800-286-1326 for more information.

Bipolar and Depression Support Group meets from 7-8:30pm the first and third Tuesday every month at the Pardee Health EducationCenter, Blue Ridge Mall. Call 828-692-4600.

The Brevard-Hendersonville Parkinson Disease Support Group meets bi-monthly at 10AM at Brevard-Davidson Presbyterian Church, 300 E. Main Street, Brevard.  For more information, please call Ray Caspary at 696-8744 or Joyce Reaume at 884-7653.

Cancer Outreach Services
Mission St. Joseph's holds a variety of cancer outreach programs for people with cancer or people in recovery. Visit the website for all the meeting days and times.

Celebrate Recovery, a program designed to hep participants find freedom from a variety of addictions, meets at 6PM Thursdays at Mud Creek Baptist Church, 403 Rutledge Drive.   Call 692-1262 for more information.

Co-Dependents Anonymous meets 6PM-7:30PM Tuesdays at First Baptist Church Annex, 5th Ave. at Buncombe.  Call Bridgette Davis at 685-2834 for more information.

Compassionate Friends 
A support group for parents who have lost children, grandparents who have lost grandchildren and siblings who have lost siblings, meets at 7:00PM the first Monday of each month at All souls Episcopal Church, Biltmore. For more information, call Shirley or Chris Drake at 693-4061 or 243-5876.

DC4K - DivorceCare for Kids for children ages 5 to 12, meets 6PM Thursdays at Mud Creek Baptist Church, 403 Rutledge Drive. For more info, call 692-1262.

DivorceCare, weekly seminar and support group for those separated or divorced, meets at 6PM weekly, at Mud Creek Baptist Church, 403 Rutledge Drive. For more info, call 692-1262.

Early Bird Meeting of AA meets at 7:30am Monday mornings at the parish house of St. John in the Wilderness. Non-smoking environment and open to all. Call 828-693-5825 for more information.

Families Together is a support group for parents of children with special needs. This group meets at 10am on the third Saturday of each month at the Children and Family Resource Center. Call 828-693-4394 for more information.

Family & Consumer Education Strengthening families is the goal of the Depart of Family and Consumer Sciences at NC Sate University and this program. These programs focus on preventative education and provide knowledge needed by families to improve their quality of life through programs and education in: human development; foods nutrition and food safety; family resource management; and human environment. For more information, call 828-697-4891.

A Family Caregiver Support Group meets 1:00 to 2:30pm the first Monday of each month at the Sammy Williams' Senior Center. For more information, call 828-692-4203.

Food & Nutrition Education Program 
Participants learn topics such as food safety, choosing health foods, meal planning, and food budgeting. Participants make weekly appointments for lessons in their homes or at an extension site. Lessons last about one hour and include preparation and hands-on activities. For more information, call 828-697-4891.

Four Seasons Hospice offers a variety of bereavement services, which are open to the community, including regular meetings of support groups. For more information call 828-692-3931.

GriefShare, for mourning the loss of someone close, meets 6Pm Thursdays at Mud Creek Baptist Chrch, 403 Rutledge Drive. Cost for materials: $12. For more info, call 692-1262.

The Healing Place is a sexual assault response and resource center which offers support groups for adult survivors of sexual assault. The Healing Place is located at 100B Chadwick Sq. Court. All services provided by the Healing Place are at no cost to the client. For information call 828-692-0495 or 828-692-3931.

Healing Sexual Trauma support group for women meets 5:30-7PM Thursdays at the Healing Place. For more information, call Pendy at 692-0495.

Hendersonville County Multiple Sclerosis Self-Help Group meets at 7pm the third Thursday of each month at Hendersonville First United Methodist Church. Doors open at 6pm. Call 828-693-8172 for more information.

Hendersonville Strokes and Aphasia Support Group meets 10:30AM second Fridays at Pardee Educatoin Center, Blue Ridge Mall. This group features speakers and camaraderie for stroke survivors and caregivers. For more info, call69204699 or hdsp@p-f-h.org.

Herpes Support Group meets at 7pm every first Tuesday of the month at the Alcove meeting room on the second floor of MAHEC at 501 Biltmore Avenue. The meetings offer a confidential setting for sharing information, including drug suppression therapy. Call 828-258-8014 for more information.

The Henderson Count Multiple Sclerosis Self-Help Group meets at 7pm on the third Thursday of each month at Hendersonville First United Methodist Chruch. Call 828-693-8172 for more information.

Hope After Cancer, support group for those who have experienced the shock of diagnosis of cancer, meets at 6PM Thursdays at Mud Creek Baptist Church, 403 Rutledge Drive. Open to men and women regardless of diagnosis or stage of cancer. For more information, call 692-1262.

"Just Us Girls"
Weekly support group for mill school-age girls recovering from sexual trauma, meets 5:30 to 6:30pm Thursdays at the Healing Place. For more information, call 828-692-0495.

La Leche League meets at 10AM the second Wednesday of the month at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, corner of Kanuga and Price Street. Open to women interested in information and/or support in breastfeeding. Call 828-693-9899 or 828-698-9319 for more information.

Living with Cancer Support Group meets from 5:30-7pm Mondays and 10:30am-noon on Tuesdays at Pathways in Asheville. They also meet at 10am on Wednesdays at the Pardee Education Center. Call 828-252-4106 for more information.

Mountain and Upcountry Carolinas Myasthenia Gravis Support Group meets from 1-3pm on the third Wednesday of each month at Pardee Education center in the Blue Ridge Mall. Call 828-692-2324 for more information.

Mountain Help is a Herpes support group that meets at 7pm the first Tuesday of each month in the MAHEC building. Call 828-231-7812 (confidential voicemail) or email confidential@mountainhelp.com for more information.

NAMI Four Seasons (National Alliance for the Mentally Ill) holds six support meetings for friends and family members of people with mental illness from 10am-11:30am the fourth Saturday of each month. There are two meetings each month for families with an adult; 5PM the second Thursday of each month at Pardee Education Center, Blue Ridge Mall, and 10AM the fourth Saturday of each month at GRace Lutheran Church, corner of 6th Ave. W and Blythe ST. THere are also two meeting a month for families with a child; 8:30AM the first THursday of each month at Pardee Education Center, BLue Ridge Mall. A consumer/peer support meetingis held at 4:30PM the second and fourth Tuesday of each month at the Clubhouse, 746 6th Ave. W. Call 828-891-2234 or 828-697-0464 for more information.

NAMI North Carolina's Youth Families program intensively supports families of children and adolescents with severe ADHD, depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and more. Call 828-654-7143 for more information.

Natural Healing Study Group meets at 7pm the first Wednesday of each month at the First Citizens Bank Community Room at 129 Fifth Avenue West. Speakers and discussion on natural healing. Call 828-692-5197 for more information.

Open Arms Pregnancy Support Services provides friendship counseling, free pregnancy tests, maternity and baby clothes, other help and referrals. Call 828-692-7935 for more information.

Overeaters Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who share their struggles and offer support, experience, strength, and hope. Through working a spiritually-based 12-step program, participants overcome the compulsion to overeat/undereat. Meets 6:30-7:30PM Mondays at Balfour UMC, 2567 Asheville Highway. For more info, call Lisa at 687-1187.

Out For Lunch is a goods and nutrition program that teaches income eligible participants how to stretch their food dollars, plan nutritious and health meals for their families and food preparation skills. Participants attend four weekly classes from 10:00am to 2:00pm and earn a certificate upon completing of the classes. For more information, call 828-697-4891.

Parenting Classes series of classes for pregnant women and their families; and new parents. Topics include minor discomforts of pregnancy and labor, labor and delivery, nutrition in pregnancy, newborn care, breastfeeding, infant development, etc. Attendees that complete the series receive a layette item such as humidifier. For more information, call 828-692-4223.

Parkinsons Support Group meets at 10:30 a.m. the third Wednesday of each month at Thoms Rehab in Asheville. For more information, call 828-692-7623.

PFLAG - Parents , Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays meets first Monday of each month at 7:30PM. For more information, call 828-696-8250.

Parents without Partners meets at 7pm the first Monday of the month in the Community Room of First Citizens Bank. Educational and professional, speakers and activities for parents and children. Call 828-891-7454 for more information.

Post-Abortion Recovery meets at 6PM Thursdays at Mud Creek Baptist Church, 403 Rutledge Drive. For more info, call 692-1262.

Post-Polio Support Group meets quarterly, January, April, July, and October from 1-2:30pm on the third Saturday of the month at Pardee Educational Center. Call 828-749-1294 for more information.

Prostate Cancer Support Group meets at 6:30pm the third Thursday of each month, except December, at Pardee Health Center, Blue Ridge Mall. For more information, call 828-692-3722.

S-Anon is a 12-step recovery program for partners, family and friends of sexaholics. We share our experience, strength and hope to helps solve our common problems. Call confidential voice mail in Asheville for more information at 828-681-9250.

School Health Program, BRCHS school-based health clinic, provides immunizations, well and sick care, nutritional and mental health counseling in Hendersonville. For more information, call 828-692-6755.

Self-Help for the Hard of Hearing meets at 9:30am the second Wednesday of the month at the Pardee Education Center. Programs deal with heling the hard-of-hearing. Public is invited. Call 828-693-4485 for more information.

Sexaholics Anonymous Women Only Meeting 
SA is a 12-step fellowship for recovery from compulsive patterns of lust, romance, destructive relationships, sexual thoughts or sexual behavior. Call 828-681-9250 for more information.

Silent Grief, a support group for those who have experienced the loss of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, or early infant death, meets at 6PM the first and third Thursday of each month at Mud Creek Baptist Church, 403 Rutledge Drive, 692-1262.

Sjogren's Syndrome Support Group meet 11:00AM the second Wednesday of each month at MAHEC, 501 Biltmore Ave., Asheville, second floor classrooms. For more information, call 828-687-2821 or 828-692-5489.

T.H.E. Center (Treatment, Healing, and Education Center) for Disorder Eating is a non-profit community organization offering support, education, info, and referrals for disordered eating.
Support groups:
7-8:30PM Wednesday, Women's Resource Center, Annex Building, 50 Doctors Drive, Asheville.
4-5:30PM Thursdays, UNCA Counseling Center
For more information, call 337-4685 or email THECenterNC@hotmail.com.

• TOPS No. 185 meets from 5:15PM Tuesdays at E. Flat Rock UMC, Spartanbur Highway.  For more information, call 692-2071.
• TOPS No. 186 meets at 8:30AM Wednesdays at Covenant Presbyterian Church, 2010 Kanuga Road, Hendersonville.  Call 698-8054 for more information.

Widowed Persons Service Social Club meets at 2:30pm the second Friday of each month at Carolina Baptist Association building at the corner of Willow and Hebron Streets. Call 828-696-1168 for more information.

WIC Program is a federal program that provides nutrition education, supplemental foods, breastfeeding promotion and support and referrals to health car. For more information, call 828-692-4223.

What is Pathways orientation meeting is at noon on Thursdays at Pathways. Call 828-252-4106 for more information.

WNC Families CAN supports families whose children have serious emotional and behavioral issues. Monthly support meetings, Supportive Connections, resources, and a library. Helping families with birth, adopted, and foster children who may suffer from bipolar, post traumatic stress, ADHD, autism, or other issues. For more information, call 828-687-1157.