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SUPPORT GROUPS:

(Updated 5/25/2010)

New Location!! Spartanburg-Lyman Brain Injury Support Group

Meeting Place:  Bryant Center
SC Vocational Rehabilitation Department
180 Groce Road
Lyman, SC
Meeting Time:  2nd Tuesday of each month, 6:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Contact Person:  Tanya Lambert
Phone:  864-249-8048 or 864-249-8030
Contact person: Joyce Davis
Phone:  877-TBI-FACT
 
Beaufort Brain Injury Support Group

Meeting Place:  Baptist Church of Beaufort
600 Charles Street, Green Room Entrance, Rm. 101A
Beaufort, SC 29902
Meeting Time:  3rd Thursday of each month, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Contact Person:  Robert Easter
Phone:  843-441-6219
 
Greenwood Area Brain Injury Support Group

Meeting Place:  Burton Center
2605 Hwy. 72/221 East
Greenwood, SC  29649
Meeting Time:  3rd Thursday of each month, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Contact Person:  Kristy Lawson
Phone:  864-942-7124
 
Rock Hill Brain Injury Support Group

Meeting Place:  HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital
1795 Frank Gaston Blvd.
Rock Hill, SC
Meeting Time:  4th Thursday of each month, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Contact Person:  Kelli Schoen
Phone:  803-517-9813
 
Columbia Brain Injury Support Group

Meeting Place: HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital
2935 Colonial Drive
Columbia, SC
Meeting Time: 1st Thursday of each month, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Contact Person:  Rafe Ellisor
Phone:  803-401-1365
 
Upstate Brain Injury Support Group (Greenville)

Meeting Place: HASCI (Head and Spinal Cord Injury) Resource Center
Greenville County Disabilities and Special Needs Board
McAlister Square
225 S. Pleasantburg Drive
Greenville, S.C.
Meeting Time: 1st Tuesday of most months, 7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Contact Person:  Anne and Gary Medlock
Phone:  864-230-7821 and 864-230-7820
 
 
Hartsville Brain Injury Support Group

Meeting Place: Hartsville Memorial Library
147 W. College Avenue
Hartsville, SC
Meeting Time: 2nd Tuesday of each month, 2:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Contact Person:  Danny Weaver
Phone:  843-383-5585
 
Brain Injury Support Group of the Grand Strand (Myrtle Beach)

Meeting Place:  HASCI (Head and Spinal Cord Injury) New Horizon Center
1021 3rd Avenue
Conway, SC
Meeting Time:  3rd Thursday of each month, 12 noon (pot luck lunch & meeting)
Contact Person:  Ellen Leftwich
Phone:  843-488-1309
 
Trident Head Injury Support Group (Charleston)

Meeting Place:  HASCI Community Opportunities Drop-in Center
Westwood Plaza, 1812 Sam Rittenberg Blvd., Suite 6
Charleston, SC
Meeting Time:  1st Tuesday of each month, 7:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
Contact:  Marsha Mikell
Phone:  843-881-1214
Contact Person:  Colin DiResta
Phone:  843-852-5550

Aiken: Central Savannah River Area Support Group

Website: www.csradreamcatchers.com
Meeting Place #1:  Walton Options for Independent Living (WOIL)
325 Georgia Avenue
North Augusta, SC
Meeting Time: 1st Monday of each month, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Contact Person:  Les Paul Morgan
Phone:  866-793-3407 or 803-279-9611
 
Meeting Place #2:  Walton West

1355 Independence Drive
Augusta, GA
Meeting Time:  2nd Thursday of each month, 6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Contact Person:  Les Paul Morgan
Phone:  866-492-5866
 
Anderson, Oconee, Pickens (AOP) Brain Injury Support Group

Meeting Place:  Anderson County Disabilities and Special Needs Board
212 McGee Road
Anderson, SC
Meeting time:  2nd Monday of each month, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Contact Person:  Liz Willis
Phone:  864-375-0996

Dorn VA Medical Center TBI Support Group

(for veterans with TBI and their family members)
Meeting Place:  Veterans Administration Medical Center
Building 106 
2nd Floor Room A201
6439 Garners Ferry Road
Columbia, SC
Meeting time:  4th Wednesday of each month, 10:00 a.m. – Noon
Contact Person:  Tasha DavisPhone:  803-776-4000 ext.5724

Why Attend a Support Group Meeting?

The purpose of a support group is to learn more about brain injury and available services by meeting with others who are facing or have faced similar challenges. The essential elements of a support group are:

  • Gather information
  • Share common needs and strengths
  • Provide a place to meet new friends and find new connections in the community
  • Provide a safe place to find courage and take risks
  • Provide an opportunity to socialize
  • Provide and environment where positive and negative views can be expressed without being judged

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The Brain Injury Association of South Carolina
800 Dutch Square Blvd. Suite B-225  Columbia, SC 29210
Mailing Address: P. O. Box 21523  Columbia, SC 29221-1523
Phone: 803-731-9823  Toll Free: 1-877-TBI-FACT (in-state)
Fax: 803-731-4804
E-mail:
scbraininjury@bellsouth.net