Saturday, July 10, Time to be determined Parkinson’s Daisies Support Group for Women with PD or Women CarePartners of People with PD

Outing at the Detroit Zoo for a day of fun
For more information, contact Patty Meehan at (248)420-6342.

New Groups Affiliating with MPF

Please note that we now have an overall listing of support group meeting dates on our website calendar as well as on the Support Group link. Use these pages to find a support group in your area.

We are pleased to announce the affiliation of the following support groups with the Michigan Parkinson Foundation:

Grosse Pointe Farms: Giving & Sharing
Meets the last Friday of the month at 9:30 am
Grosse Pointe United Methodist Church
211 Moross Road, Grosse Pointe Farms MI 48236
Contact: Karen Leigh (313)884-6686 or
Betty Durkin (313)884-6131

Hillsdale: To begin Thursday, January 7, 2009
Meetings will be held the first Thursday of each month at 3:30 pm
Location: Hillsdale Senior Center, Lower Level
320 W. Bacon, Hillsdale, MI 49242
Contact: Helen Bordner (517)849-9164

Frenchtown (Monroe): Meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 1:00 pm
Location: Frenchtown Senior Center
2786 Vivian Road, Monroe MI 48162
Facilitator: Becky Brittenham (734)770-5112

Escanaba: Meets 2nd Tuesday of each month at 3:00 pm
Location: Bay de Noc Community College, M-Tec Center, Rm. 220
Escanaba MI 49729
Contact: Michael Oxford (906)428-2549

West Bloomfield: Meets the first Wednesday of each month at 7:00 pm
Location: Jewish Family Service, Administration Entrance
6555 W. Maple Road, West Bloomfield MI 48322
Contact: Erella Reichman, MSW (248) 592-2657

New Location for Downriver Support Group: (meets the 4th Tuesday at 7:00 pm)
The Downriver Support Group is moving to: Westfield Activity Center
2700 Westfield, Trenton MI 48183
Contact: Morley Juby (734)671-0020

Dearborn Support Group: (meets the second Tuesday at 6:00 pm)
Contact:  Emily Buzas at (313)982-5604
Oakwood Learning Center
Conference Room B
18501 Rotunda Drive
Dearborn, MI 48124

We also wish to thank Kara LaMarre for her years as Facilitator of the Alpena Parkinson’s Support Group. Donna Precord and Georgene Anderson will be interim leaders along with others.

Use Facebook to Spread the New's About Parkinson's

Tips provided by Board Member, Anne Hansen

To find the Michigan Parkinson Foundation of Facebook, simply type “Michigan Parkinson Foundation”  into the search bar.  The MPF fan page should be the first result.  There is a link to the right that says “Become a Fan.”  Just click on that and you’re there!  Or you can click on the MPF logo and become a fan from there.

Michigan Parkinson Foundation’s Facebook page can be used to spread the word to family and friends about the May 22 and May 23 I Gave My Sole to Parkinson’s Walk-a-thon and 5K Runs.  Here are directions:

1. Go to the MPF Facebook fan page through your Facebook account.
2. Click on the link on the upper left of the page “Suggest to Friends.”  It’s right under the MPF logo.
3. Click on which friends you’d like to invite.
4. Click on “Send Invitations.

A message will be sent to your selected friends asking them to become a fan.