Telephone Support
Our Patti Robinson Kaufmann First Connection Program is one-on-one support from a volunteer survivor or caregiver. To request a match, please contact the Information Resource Center at 800-955-4572.
To attend a group listed below, please register online at www.lls.org/greater-bay-area, the EVENTS NEAR YOU calendar.
East Bay
- Berkeley/Oakland
First Monday of every month at 7:30 p.m.
Gail Splaver, LCSW, (510) 527-3871
Nancee Hirano, RN, MS, ANP 510-823-7286
- Walnut Creek
First Thursday of every month at 7 p.m.
Alan Brast, Ph.D., (925) 277-7524
Sarah Leonard, R.N., B.S.N., O.C.N., (510) 301-1296
North Bay
- Greenbrae
Second Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m.
Fran Haghighi, R.N., (415) 925-7922
Judith Sheridan, O.C.N., (415) 750-2202
Fred Silverman, L.C.S.W., (415) 990-2704
Peninsula
- San Jose
Second Wednesday of every month at 6 p.m.Barbara Balc, RN
Faustine Comstock, LCSW
- Palo Alto
Second Tuesday of every month at 6:30 p.m.
Elizabeth Kerr, MSW (650) 308-6274
- MDS Group in Palo Alto
First Wednesday of every month at 11:00 a.m.
Lenn Fechter, R.N., (650) 725-0744
Andrea Linder, R.N.
San Francisco
- UCSF Medical Center
Second Tuesday of every month at 3 p.m.
Nina Balsamo, M.S.S., LCSW, (415) 353-2965
Central Coast
- Santa Cruz
First and Third Tuesday of every month at 5:30 p.m.
Anne Lindberg, R.N., (831) 462-7770
Allison Brookes, M.S.W.
- Santa Cruz Caregivers
Second Tuesday of every month at 5:30 p.m.
Allison Brookes, M.S.W.
Children & Parents
- San Jose Spanish-Speaking Parents
Fourth Monday of every month at 6 p.m.
Rich Ramos, R.N., (408) 314-8394
Jennifer Ramos, R.N., M.S.N., PH