United States Atlantic Command Chesapeake Norfolk Phone: 421-8266 Phone: 444-5124 Military Child Development Centers Military Child Care Centers Air Force Air Force Langley AFB Langley AFB Hampton Hampton Phone: (757) 764-3585 Phone: (757) 764-3585 Army
Army Fort Eustis Newport News Fort Eustis Phone: 878-5978 Newport News Phone: 878-5978 Navy
Fort Story Naval Base, Norfolk Virginia Beach Norfolk Phone: 422-7413 Phone: 444-3379
Navy Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek Norfolk Dam Neck Annex Phone: 462-7868 Norfolk Phone: 492-8685 Norfolk Naval Shipyard Portsmouth Little Creek, NAB Phone: 396-5863 Norfolk Phone: 462-7868 Naval Weapons Station Yorktown Norfolk Naval Base Phone: (757) 820-0884 Norfolk Phone: 444-3239 NATIONAL NAS Oceana Virginia Beach ORGANIZATIONS Phone: 433-3164 Action/Pride, The National Resource Norfolk Naval Shipyard Center Portsmouth 3610 Dekalb Tech. Pkwy, Suite 105 Phone: 396-5863 Atlantic, GA 30340 Phone: (770) 458-9900 Northwest, NSGA
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Serves all ages. Hours are 8:30am- schizophrenia, major depression, and 5:00pm, Monday-Friday. Provides bipolar disorder & anxiety disorders. literature and other educational materials upon request. American Cancer Society Portsmouth/Chesapeake Unit African American Healthlink, The 2730 Ellsmere Avenue P. O. Box 704 Norfolk, VA 23513 Occoquan, VA 22125-9998 Phone: 853-6638 or 1-800-227-2345 Fax: (703) 590-5207 Fax: 853-7006 Website: www.cancer.org The African American Healthlink provides access to communicate health Serves all ages. Hours are 8:00am- management solutions that contribute to 5:00pm, Monday-Friday. Offers services improving the health of African to cancer patients, including Americans. rehabilitation services, support services and educational services; also provides Alliance for the Mentally Ill public health education, speaker’s P. O. Box 1903 bureau, equipment loan, health literature Richmond, VA 23218 and exhibits; promotes research by Phone: (804) 255-8264 providing money. 1-800-486-8264 Fax: (804) 643-3632 American Civil Liberties Union of Email: [email protected] Virginia 6 N. Sixth Street, Suite 400 Serves the community. The Virginia Richmond, VA 23219 Alliance for the Mentally Ill is a tax- Phone: (804) 644-8022 exempt, non-profit organization Fax: (804) 649-2733 dedicated to improving the quality of life Website: www.acluva.org of people with serious mental illnesses and their families through support, Serves all ages. Hours vary. Protects education, and advocacy. VAMI has 26 civil liberties of all citizens through affiliates across the Commonwealth and litigation and education, information and is affiliated with the National Alliance referral services. The civil liberties we for the Mentally Ill. seek to protect include: Freedom of Expression and Association; Freedom of 281 Independence Blvd, Suite 414 Religion; Equality under the Law; Due Virginia Beach, VA 23462-2977 Process of Law; and the Right to Phone: 499-2041 Privacy.
Serves those with mental illness. Hours American Diabetes Association are 10:00am-4:00pm, Monday-Friday. Phone: 1-800-232-3472 Provides information, support, Website: www.diabetes.org educational & advocacy services for individuals & families affected by Provides information on health serious mental illness, incl. education and referrals to support group assistance.
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Serves all ages. Hours are 9:00am- South Hampton Roads Chapter 5:00pm, Monday-Friday. Operates a toll 6340 Center Drive Bldg #7 Suite 129 free hotline; educational books for Norfolk, VA 23502 children; wellness packets; Foundation Phone: 455-6335 supports research. Fax: 455-6742 American Lung Association Hours are 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. 5349 E. Princess Anne Road Monday – Friday. Provides information Norfolk, VA 23502 and referral; diabetes screening, Phone: 855-3059 education, mutual support for those with Fax: 855-3591 diabetes and other related disorders. Website: www.lungusa.org/virginia Works to cure and prevent diabetes and to improve the lives of those affected by 1740 Broadway diabetes by supporting research and New York, NY 10019-4373 providing diabetes education. Phone: 1-800-LUNG-USA
American Heart Association Hours are 8:30am-4:30pm, Monday- Hampton Roads Area Friday. Provides information services 500 Plume Street, East, Suite 110 and counseling for patients diagnosed Norfolk, VA 23510 with respiratory disease. Provides public Phone: 623-2075 health education, stop smoking clinics, Fax: 623-2453 asthma support group, family support Website: www.americanheart.org and counseling. The Christmas Seal People fight lung disease such as Hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. asthma, emphysema, lung cancer, and its Monday – Friday. Serves the causes through research, public community to reduce disability and education, and community-based death from cardiovascular diseases and programs. stroke. Provides information and referral, CPR training, Speaker’s American Paralysis Association Bureau, educational programs designed Phone: 1-800-225-0292 to increase awareness, monitoring and prevention of high blood pressure. Also Funds research seeking to find a cure for invests locally in cardiovascular research paralysis. and community education programs to help prevent disability and death from American Parkinson Disease heart disease and stoke. Association Inc., The 1250 Hylan Blvd Suite 4B American Liver Foundation Staten Island, NY 10305-1946 1425 Pompton Avenue Phone: 1-800-223-2732 Cedar Grove, NJ 07009-9990 Fax: (718) 981-4399 Phone: 1-800-465-4837 Website: www.apda.parkinson.org Fax: (212) 483-8179 Website: www.liverfoundation.org Serves all ages. Hours are 9:00am- 5:00pm, Monday-Friday. Ease Parkinson
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patient and family problems via therapy, victims of natural disasters, health and access to medical experts, support of nursing services, swimming instruction, cure research, access to technical library and AIDS education. Red Cross also and chronic disease adaptability training. operates a 24 hour telephone line in response to emergencies for military American Red Cross of Southeastern families and natural disasters. Also Virgnia provides community service 611 W. Brambleton Avenue opportunities to seniors through the P.O.Box 1836 Retired Senior Volunteer Program Norfolk, VA 23510 (RSVP), Portsmouth Chapter. Phone: 446-7700 446-7747 American SIDS Institute Phone: 1-800-232-7437 Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth Fax: (770) 426-1369 620 John Paul Jones Circle Website: www.sids.org Portsmouth, VA 23708 Phone: 953-5435 American Social Health Association- Fax: 953-7811 VD National Hotline 260 Sheridan Avenue Portsmouth Chapter Palo Alto, CA 94302 700 London Blvd Phone: 1-800-227-8922 Portsmouth, VA 23704 Phone: 393-1031 Serves all ages. Provides information and referral about venereal diseases and Suffolk Chapter their treatment. 1009 W. Washington Street P. O. Box 129 Arthritis Foundation Suffolk, VA 23439 Virginia Chapter Phone: 539-6645 900 Commonwealth Place, Suite 101 Fax: 539-0851 Virginia Beach, VA 23464 Phone: 420-4638 or 1-800-456-4687 Virginia Beach Chapter 1-800-283-7800 (referral center) Naval Air Station, Oceana Fax: 420-5078 Virginia Beach, VA 23460 Website: www.arthritis.org Phone: 440-1111 Fax: 423-3324 Serves people with arthritis and their families. Hours are 9:00am-5:00pm, Serves all ages. Hours are 8:30am- Monday-Friday. Offers education, 4:30pm, Monday-Friday. Offers a information and referral; free physician variety of services to Armed Forces and referrals to Virginia arthritis specialists; veterans and to the general public, such Speaker’s Bureau; health fairs and as: a blood bank, a language bank, public forums; juvenile arthritis counseling and financial aid services to activities; professional education; members and families of the Armed support groups; water exercise programs Services, safety and disaster services, held in all the cities of Hampton Roads; emergency medical care, medical care to equipment loan program; contributes to
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research programs. Also funds local Boys Scouts of America research. Colonial Virginia Council 11721 Jefferson Ave. Asthma and Allergy Foundation of Newport News, VA 23606 America Information Phone: 595-3356 Clearinghouse Fax: 877-8611 Phone: 1-800-727-8462 Website: www.cvcboyscouts.org Fax: (202) 466-8940 Email: [email protected] Website: www.aafa.org Hours are 9:00am-5:00pm, Monday- Provides general information, Friday. An educational program publications, referrals and videos to designed to build character, citizenship, physicians. mental and physical fitness in preparing youth for their adult lives. Emphasis is Autism Society of America on out-of-doors, leadership 7910 Woodmont Ave. Suite 300 development, home and community Bethesda, MD 20814 involvement, career and job awareness. Phone: (301) 657-0881 Fax: (301) 657-0869 Boys and Girls Club of South Website: www.autism-society.org Hampton Roads Administrative Office Hours are 9:00am-5:00pm, Monday – 3415 Azalea Garden Road Friday. Provides information and referral Norfolk, VA 23513 to parents, relatives, teachers, doctors Phone: 853-5632 and other professionals seeking state-of- Fax: 855-4811 the-art knowledge on education, Website: www.bgcseva.org research, programs, laws, and family support issues concerning autism. Hours are 8:30am-5:00pm, Monday- Friday. Big Brothers/Big Sisters of South Hampton Roads Colonial Unit 929 Ventures Way Suite 108 446 Virginia Avenue Chesapeake, VA 23320 Norfolk, VA 23508 Phone: 549-7437 Phone: 0193 Fax: 549-7646 Fax: 855-4811 Website: www.bgcseva.org Hours are 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday – Friday. Offers Virginia Beach Unit companionship services to children ages 2686 Lishelle Place 7-13 who live in single parent families. Virginia Beach, VA 23452 Provides intervention services to high- Phone: 468-2255 risk children whose Fax: 855-4811 emotional/behavioral/recreational needs Website: www.bgcseva.org necessitate the support of a stable, responsible adult mentor. W. Willis Houston Memorial Unit 3401 Azalea Garden Road
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Norfolk, VA 23513 Phone: 855-8908 Hours are 9:00am-5:00pm, Monday- Fax: 855-4811 Friday. Devotes contributions to Website: www.bgcseva.org research, and supports vital education and support programs for families, individuals, and physicians to benefit the two million Americans with Crohn’s Serves boys and girls ages 7-17 years. disease and ulcerative colitis. Hours vary- call for information. Offers guidance, recreation and instruction. Cystic Fibrosis Foundation Provides a broad range of services with Phone: 1-800-344-4823 an educational and recreational base. Fax: (301) 951-6378 Emphasis is on character building and Website: www.cff.org development guidance. Responds to patient and family Children’s Tumor Foundation questions. Provides literature and Phone: 1-800-323-7938 referrals to clinics. Fax: (212) 747-0004 Website: www.ctf.org Virginia Chapter 2727 Enterprise Parkway Suite 201 Responds to inquiries from health Richmond, VA 23294 professionals, patients and their families. Phone: (804) 527-1500 or Referrals to physicians on clinical 1-888-233-4682 toll free advisory board. Fax: (804) 527-0016
Cooley’s Anemia Foundation Serves cystic fibrosis patients and their Phone: 1-800-552-7222 families. Offers support, information, Fax: (718) 321-3340 education and referral. Promotes public Website: www.thalassemia.org education, recruits and utilizes volunteers in promotion and fundraising; Provides research, fund raising, support actively supports medical research and groups and research grants. Also advocacy. provides referrals to local chapters. Disabled American Veterans Cornelia DeLange Syndrome Foundation Truck Pick-Up Service Phone:1-800-223-8355 5517 Virginia Beach Blvd Fax: (860) 676-8337 Virginia Beach, VA 23462 Website: www.cdlsusa.org Phone: 473-1987
Provides materials to families, friends Serves all ages. Hours are 10:00am- and professionals 6:00pm, Monday-Saturday. Accepts donations to sell in outlet store. Proceeds Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of help Disabled American Veterans. America Phone: 1-800-932-2423 Dougy Center for Grieving Children, Website: www.ccfa.org The
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3909 S. E. 52nd Avenue Website: www.bcbshsi.com P. O. Box 86852 Portland, OR 97286 Serves clients with epilepsy. Hour vary. Phone: (503) 775-5683 Offers information and referral; patient services; medication management; Hours are 9:00am-5:00pm, Monday- public and professional education Friday. The Dougy Center extends programs and a support group. supportive services nationally to the Antiepileptic drug (AED) Pregnancy family, caregivers, schools, and the Registry. The AED pregnancy registry community through educational serves to compile information on materials and seminars. pregnant women who are taking AED’s, old and new, monotherapy or Epilepsy Association of Tidewater polytherapy. The site is the Genetics and C/o Dr. Stephen Tonelson Teratology Unit at Massachusetts Department of Child Study/Special General Hospital. Any woman or her Education doctor can call 1-888-233-2334 (toll Old Dominion University free). All information will be kept Norfolk, VA 23529 confidential. Phone: 683-3343 Website: www.odu.edu Epilepsy Foundation of America, The 435 Garden City Drive Serves all ages. Hours are 9:00am- Landover, MD 20785 5:00pm, Monday-Friday. Provides Phone: 1-800-332-1000 supportive advice, advocacy assistance, Website: www.epilepsyfoundation.org information and referral.
Epilepsy Association of Virginia Serves all ages. Hours are 8:00am- C/o Highlands 5:00pm, Monday Friday. Provides P. O. Box BRH community education, supportive University of Virginia Medical College advice, advocacy assistance and Charlottesville, VA 22908 information and referral to epileptics. Phone: (757) 924-5401 Website: www.bcbshsi.com Ex-Partners of Servicemen and Women for Equality (EX-POSE) Serves all ages. Hours are 9:00am- P.O. Box 11191 5:00pm, Monday-Friday. Provides Alexandria, VA 22312 community education, supportive Phone: (703) 941-5844 advice, advocacy assistance and Fax: (703) 212-6951 information and referral to epileptics. Website: www.expose.org
Epilepsy Association of Virginia Serves adults. Provides support, Mary Immaculate Hospital education and advice for military 2 Bernadine Drive spouses going through divorce, as to Newport News, VA 23602 their rights. Phone: 886-6000 Fax: 886-6083 Girl Scout Council of Colonial Coast
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912 Cedar Road Fax: 499-5792 Chesapeake, VA 23320 Phone: 547-4405 Hours: 6:30am-6:00pm, Monday-Friday. Fax: 547-1872 Website: www.gsccc.com 3172 Azalea Garden Road Norfolk, VA 23513 Serves girls ages 5-17. Hours are Phone: 855-5680 8:30am-4:30pm, Monday-Friday. Offers camping, troop activities and numerous Hours: 6:30am-6:00pm, Monday-Friday other activities for girls. Today’s Colonial Coast Girl Scouts have fun in a 3166 Azalea Garden Road challenging, value-based, contemporary Norfolk, VA 23513 program and building self-esteem and Phone: 855-7436 leadership skills necessary for competent resourceful decision-making. Hours: 6:30am-6:00pm, Monday-Friday
Girls, Inc. Center for Youth of 1701 Rokeby Avenue Southwest Hampton Roads (Corner of Providence) Website: www.centerforyouthswhr.com Chesapeake, VA 23320 Phone: 424-1105 5905 Portsmouth Blvd Portsmouth, VA 23701 Hours: vary Phone: 465-3896 Fax: 465-4071 Serves community. Committed to offering quality programming for youth Hours are 7:00am-6:00pm. Before and on a daily basis, with a professional staff after school programs for children ages 5 presenting educational/recreational and older. Cost varies per school. skills.
925 Poplar Avenue Histiocytosis Association Chesapeake, VA 23323 Phone: 1 -800-548-2758 Phone: 487-1814 Fax: 485-3984 Offers patient and family support, newsletter, brochures, information, Serves school age children (both girls patient directory, and regional meetings and boys) before and after school. Hours are 6:30am-8:30am and 11:00am- Leukemia Society of America 6:00pm. Offer field trips, arts, crafts, Virginia Chapter safety, nature study, and much more. 2101 Executive Drive (Summer day camp is offered during Executive Tower Building, Box 21 June, July and August). Hampton, VA 23666 Phone: (757) 838-9351 Girls, Incorporated of Tidewater Fax: (757) 827-7337 420 Woodway Lane Website: www.lls.org Virginia Beach, VA 23462 Phone: 490-6037 Serves all ages. Hours are 9:00am- 5:00pm, Monday-Friday. The Leukemia
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Society’s mission is to find a cure for to improve the health of babies by leukemia and related cancers-lymphoma, preventing birth defects and infant and Hodgkin’s disease and improve the mortality through programs of research, quality of life for patients and their community services, and advocacy. families. Services include financial Involved in research and sponsorship of assistance to those with leukemia or birth defect centers. Agency’s current related diseases, professional and public objective is to lessen the number of education and educational material infants born with low birth weight and available, support groups, referrals and the reduction of teenage pregnancies. research updates. Also working to increase the number of registrants in the Mended Hearts Inc., The National Marrow Donor Program Sentara Norfolk General Hospital Register. First floor 6025 Newport Ave. Lupus Foundation of America, The Norfolk, VA 23505 Phone: 1-800-558-0121 Phone: 440-2432 Fax: (202) 349-1156 Website: www.mendedhearts.org Website: www.lupus.org Email: [email protected]
Eastern Virginia Chapter National Office 281 Independence Blvd 7272 Greenville Avenue Virginia Beach, VA 23462 Dallas, TX 75231-4596 Phone: 490-2793 Phone: 1-888-432-7899 Fax: 214-706-5245 Serves all ages. Hours are 10:00am- 2:00pm, Monday-Friday. Provides moral Provides support, hope and support for persons with Lupus encouragement to patients who are faced Erythematosus and their families and with heart surgery as well as lending friends. It also works to promote public support to their families. awareness and understanding of the disease and to contribute to medical Mental Health Association in South research. Provides information, referrals, Hampton Roads education and crisis intervention. 1513 E. Sewell’s Point Road Norfolk, VA 23502 March of Dimes Foundation Phone: 853-2606 Tidewater Chapter Fax: 566-2013 860 Greenbrier Circle, Suite 502 Email: [email protected] Chesapeake, VA 23320 Phone: 361-0000 Offers referral services. Hours vary Fax: 361-0149 Website: www.marchofdimes.org Minority Health Professionals Foundation Serves all ages. Hours are 9:00am- 100 Edgewood Avenue, Suite 1020 5:00pm, Monday-Friday. Provides Atlantic, GA 30303 health education films, literature for Phone: (678) 904-4217 public, speaker’s bureau. Our mission is Fax: (678) 904-4518
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Website: www.minorityhealth.org helping people with this autoimmune neuro-muscular disease through support Multiple Sclerosis Association of groups, patient and family education, America literature, newsletters, meetings and Phone: 1-800-532-7667 limited financial aid. Fax: (856) 661-9797 Website: www.msaa.com National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Provides information regarding multiple (NAACP) sclerosis. 2604 Lake Ridge Crossing Chesapeake, VA 23323 Muscular Dystrophy Association, Phone: 485-8916 Virginia Chapter Website: www.naacp.org 11 Koger Executive Center, Suite 232 Norfolk, VA 23502 Serves all ages. Hours and meeting times Phone: 461-0177 vary. Promotes civil rights of minorities Fax: 461-0177 in areas of job discrimination, housing Website: www.mdausa.org discrimination and legal discrimination. Also provides information and referral Serves all ages. Hours are 9:00am- services. 5:00pm, Monday-Friday. Provides supportive services to persons with National Black Alcohol and muscular dystrophy and related neuro- Addictions Council muscular disorders (40 different ones), 1629 K Street NW, Suite 802 including outpatient physical therapy Washington, DC 20006 and medical care, medical Phone: 1-877-622-2674 supplies/equipment loan, counseling and Fax: 407-532-2815 recreational services. Also provides Website: www.nbacinc.org public education through films, literature Email: [email protected] and speakers. Diagnostic services and follow-up care at local clinics, including National Center and Caucus on Black help with wheelchairs, therapeutic care Aged, Inc. support groups, summer camp, and 1220 L Street, NW, Suite 800 research and public health education. Washington, DC 20005 Phone: 202-637-8400 Myasthenia Gravis Foundation Website: www.ncba-aged.org Virginia Chapter Email: [email protected] 2304 Angus Road Charlottesville, VA 22901 National Down Syndrome’s Congress Phone: 1-800-728-4405 Phone: 1-800-232-6372 Fax: (434) 295-1909 Website: www.myasthenia-va.org Answers questions about Down’s syndrome. Makes referrals to local Serves anyone who has myasthenia organizations. gravis. Phones are answered 24 hours a day. Patient oriented organization National Easter Seal Society
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Phone: 1-800-221-6827 Describes symptoms of depression and Fax: (312) 726-1494 offers suffers information and physician Website: www.hoovers.com referrals.
Easter Seal Society of Virginia, Inc. National Health Information 6319 Castle Place Suite A Clearinghouse Falls Church, VA 22044 P. O. Box 1133 Phone: (703) 583-4480 Washington, DC 20013 Website: www.va.easter-seals.org Phone: 1-800-336-4797 Website: www.health.gov/nhic Serves all ages. Provides direct Email: [email protected] rehabilitation services to children and adults with all types of handicaps whose Hours are 9:00am-5:00pm. (est.), needs are not being met through other Monday-Friday. Assistance to public in sources. Offers speech and physical locating health information through therapy, camping and recreation, citizen identification of health information advocacy, equipment loan and purchase, resources. Referrals and limited health education, information related literature provided. Fee. National Health Information Clearinghouse can National Federation of the Blind be reached through Internet or email and 1800 Johnson Street information can be obtained from the Baltimore, MD 21230 public library or by writing a letter to the Phone: 410-659-9314 above address. Fax: 410-685-5653 Website: www.nfb.org National Hemophilia Foundation United Serves all ages. Hours vary. Provides Virginia Chapter public education and support for blind 9801 Husting Terrace persons and their families. Chesterfield, VA 23832 Phone: 1-800-266-8438 National Fire Protection Association 804-748-7896 (private phone) Phone: 1-800-344-355 Fax: 804-796-9043 (private fax) Fax: 1-800-593-6372 Website: www.hemophilia.org Website: www.nfpa.org Email: [email protected]
Develops fire protection codes and National Headquarters: standards and provides information on 110 Greens Street, Suite 303 fire prevention, firefighting procedures New York, NY 10012 and fire safety. Phone: 1-888-INFO-NHF (toll free)
National Foundation for Depressive Provides full array of services including Illness clinic lunches, camperships, Phone: 1-800-248-4344 scholarships, patient assistance, support Website: www.depression.org groups for men, women and youth; education about Hemophilia and HIV/AIDS.
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1515 N. Military Hwy National Highway Traffic Safety Chesapeake, VA 23323 Administration Phone: 858-8781 U. S. Department of Transportation, Website: www.kidneyva.org NES-11 HL 400 7th Street, SW Serve renal patients all over Hampton Washington, DC 20590 Roads. Hours are 9:00am-5:00pm, Phone: 1-800-424-9393 (auto hotline) Monday- Friday. Primary voluntary health agency in Virginia concerned Serves all ages. Hours are 8:00am- with kidney and urological diseases. 10:00pm, Monday Friday. Provides Funds research, public and professional ways to reduce highway traffic deaths health education, extensive patient and injuries. Publishes a variety of safety services, organ donation advocacy. information brochures, conducts public education programs that promote the use National Lymphedema Network of safety belts and child safety seats, and Phone: 1-800-541-3259 informs the public of the hazards of Fax; (510) 208-3110 drunk driving, Maintains a toll-free Website: www.lymphnet.org hotline for consumer complaints on auto safety and child safety seats and requests Provides information about lymph for information on safety manufacturing edema and other types of vein disorders. flaws and recalls by specific year, make Also provides referrals to treatment and model. Complaint forms will be centers specializing in these disorders. mailed upon request. National Mental Health Association, National Institute of Mental Health The Office of Communication Phone: 1-800-969-6642 6001 Executive Blvd Fax: (703) 684-5968 Room 8184, MSC 9663 Website: www.nmha.org Bethesda, MD 20892-9663 Phone: 301-443-4513 Provides referrals to mental health Fax: 301-443-4513 groups, information and warning signs Website: www.nimh.nih.gov of illnesses. Email: [email protected] National Mental Health Services Serves all ages. Hours are 8:30am- Knowledge Exchange Network 4:30pm, Monday-Friday. Distributes (KEN) Institute publications and provides P. O. Box 42490 referral to mental health facilities. Washington, DC 20015 Phone: 1-800-789-2647 National Kidney Foundation Fax: (301) 984-8796 Phone: 1-800-622-9010 Website: www.mentalhealth.org Fax: (212) 689-9261 Website: www.kidney.org KEN provides linkages and referrals to consumer and family advocacy Virginia Chapter organizations; federal, state and local mental health agencies; mental health
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organizations and associations; national community. Provides Hispanic culture clearinghouses and information centers; outreach and awareness. Offers bilingual CMHS technical assistance centers; and resources such as employment listing, online resources about mental health. translation for special public services, and educational information. National Multiple Sclerosis Society Hampton Roads Chapter National Organization for Women 405 S. Parliament Drive, Ste #105 Tidewater Chapter Virginia Beach, VA 23462 P. O. Box 446 Phone: 490-9627 Norfolk, VA 23501 627-5433 (crisis line) Phone: 456-1509 583-0414 (after hours) Serves all ages. Hours are 9:00am- 5:00pm, Monday-Friday. Offers No office hours; telephone contact only. individual and family counseling for Provides a special interest, mutual persons with MS and/or family support organization geared toward members; support groups, information equal rights and fair opportunities for all. and referral services, aquatics and Business meetings are held the 3rd exercise therapy, medical equipment Tuesday of each month at 7:00pm at the loan, health education and information. YWCA, Colley Avenue, Norfolk, VA.
National Organization for Rare National Osteoporosis Foundation Disorders 1232 22nd Street, NW Phone: 1-800-999-6673 Washington, DC 20037 Fax: (203) 798-2291 Phone: 202-223-2226 Website: www.rarediseases.org Website: www.nof.org
Provides information on symptoms, Serves all ages. Hours are 8:30am- standard and experimental therapies, 5:0pm, Monday-Friday. Provides statistics and voluntary agencies for all information. rare disorders. Offers information on networking programs and provides National Parkinson Foundation referrals to other organizations for Phone: 1-800-327-4545 disorders. Fax: (305) 243-5595 Website: www.parkinson.org National Organization for the Advancement of Hispanics Offers nurses that answers questions 2217 Princess Anne Street Suite 205-1 about the disease. Provides information, Fredericksburg, VA 22401 materials and physician referrals. Phone: (540) 372-3437 Website: www.noah-va.org National Psoriasis Foundation Email: [email protected] 6600 92nd Avenue, SW, Suite 935 Portland, OR 97223-7195 A non-for- profit organization dedicated Phone: 1-800-723-9166 to providing assistance to the area with a 503-244-7404 focus to the Spanish speaking Fax: 503-245-0626
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Website: www.psoriasis.org Email: [email protected] National Spinal Cord Injury Association Hours are 8:00am-5:00pm, Monday- Phone: 1-800-962-9629 Friday. Psoriasis is a non-contagious, Fax: (301) 881-9817 chronic skin disorder that is seen as Website: www.spinalcord.org scaly plaques on the skin. It affects two percent of population of the U. S. Provides information on research, Foundation offers the following services; referrals to local chapters and other counseling on telephone; physician organizations. Also mails out new referrals; correspondence network and injury and general information packets. support groups. Any one calling receives an information packet. National Tuberous Sclerosis Association National Rehabilitation Information Phone: 1-800-225-6872 Center Fax: (301) 562-9870 8455 Coleville Road, Suite 935 Website: www.tsalliance.org Silver Spring, MD 20910 Phone: 1-800-346-2742 Answers questions and makes patent-to- parent contact referrals to help families Serves all ages. Hours are 9:00am- of children with this disease. Literature 5:00pm, Monday Friday. Excluding for families and medical professionals. Federal Holidays. Provides information on disability-related research, resources, Pilot Club of Chesapeake and products for independent living. 913 Northwood Drive Prepares fact sheets, resources Chesapeake, VA 23322 directories on disability-related and Phone: 482-3600 (private phone) rehabilitation research. Hours vary. Provides an international National Reye’s Syndrome service organization whose purpose is to Phone: 1-800-233-7393 work within communities of the local Fax: (419) 636-9897 clubs. Projects cover a wide spectrum Website: www.reyesyndrome.org but an emphasis is placed on brain disorders. Provides awareness materials to the public and the medical community and Pilot Club of Portsmouth offers guidance and counseling to 5736 Brookmere Lane Reye’s patients Portsmouth, VA 23703 Phone: 484-5035 (private phone) National Safety Council Phone: 1-800-621-7619 Provides a service organization for Fax: (630) 285-1315 professional women. These women Website: www.nsc.org provide contributions to several organizations in Portsmouth. Provides posters, brochures and video on safety and accident prevention. Prevent Blindness Virginia
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9840 Midlothian Turnpike, Suite R programs in Social/Personal Richmond, VA 23235 Development, Personal Involvement, Phone: (804) 330-3195 or Family Life, Informal Education and 1-888-790-2020 (toll free) Participatory Recreation.
Hours are 8:30am-4:30pm, Monday- Spina Bifida Association of Friday. The Sight-Saving People. America Fighting for the sight of all Virginians Phone: 1-800-621-3141 through direct children’s and adult’s Website: www.sbaa.org vision screenings, vision information education, eye safety and research. Provides information to consumers and health professionals and also makes Sickle Cell Disease Association of referrals to local association chapters America and treatment clinics. Phone: 1-800-421-8453 Fax: (410) 528-1495 Sturge-Weber Foundation Website: www.sicklecelldisease.org Phone: 1-800-627-5482 Fax: (973) 895-4846 Provides genetic counseling and an Website: www.sturge-weber.com information packet. Provides list of publications, long- Society for the Aid of Sickle Cell distance support groups and referrals for Anemia, Inc. (SASCA) family, friends and professionals. 7861 Glenrock Rd. Suite 120 Norfolk, VA 23502 Stuttering Foundation of America Phone: 466-0332 (Formerly Speech Foundation of Fax: 466-0988 America) Email: [email protected] 3100 Walnut Grove Road, Suite 603 P. O. Box 11749 Serves all ages. Hours are 8:30 a.m.-4:30 Memphis, TN 38111-0749 a.m., Monday-Friday. Offers counseling Phone: 1-800-992-9392 and support services to persons with Fax: (901) 452-3931 sickle cells trait or with sickle cell Website: www.stutteringhelp.org anemia, including sickle cell testing, health fairs and referral to other Serves anyone who stutters. Offers community services. information and referral. Hours are 8:00am-4:00pm, Monday-Thursday; Southside Boys and Girls Club 8:00am-3:00pm, Friday. 701 E. Berkley Avenue Norfolk, VA 23523 Tourette’s Syndrome Association Phone: 545-5963 Phone: 1-800-237-0717 Fax: 545-6210 Fax: (718) 224-9596 Website: www.tsa-usa.org Serves boys and girls, ages 5-16. Hours are 2:30pm-9:00pm, Tuesday-Friday; 24-hr recording to request information 9:30am-4:00pm, Saturday. Provides core and obtain referrals to local physicians.
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To speak directly with a staff member, call 1-718-224-2999. Hours are 8:30am-5:00pm, Monday- Friday. A federation of local charities United Cerebral Palsy Association providing a variety of needed human Phone: 1-800-872-5827 services, including day care, family Fax: (202) 776-0414 counseling, shelter for the homeless, and Website: www.ucp.org programs for children at risk.
Answers questions and provides literature about cerebral palsy; including PARENTING/FAMILY living with the illness, support groups and referrals to doctors and treatment RESOURCES centers. Barry Robinson Center, The Southeastern Virginia Chapter 443 Kempsville Road 5825 Arrowhead Drive Norfolk, VA 23502 Virginia Beach, VA 23462 Phone: 455-6100 Phone: 497-7474 Fax: 497-0868 Provides parenting workshops. Website: www.cerebralpalsyofvirginia.org Catholic Charities of Eastern Virginia, Inc. Hours are 9:00am-5:30pm, Monday- 4855 Princess Anne Road Friday. Strives to improve the quality of Virginia Beach, VA 23462 life for persons with cerebral palsy, other Phone: 467-7707 similar disabilities, and their families, Fax: 495-3206 through educational, therapeutic and Website: www.cceva.org residential programs and services. Email: [email protected]
United Scleroderma Foundation Provides effective parenting classes Phone: 1-800-722-4673 (intact or single); parenting issues Fax: (978) 463-5809 presentations; family-centered sexuality Website: www.scleroderma.org education (mothers-daughters, father- sons); stress and children. Provides list of publications, chapters in United States and general information Chesapeake Family Resources Center 306 Cedar Road United Way of South Hampton Roads Chesapeake, VA 23320 2515 Walmer Avenue Phone: 382-6925 Norfolk, VA 23513-2604 Fax: 382-6372 Phone: 853-8500 TDD: 382-8214 Fax: 853-3900 Promotes healthy family systems in the Mailing Address City of Chesapeake. Hours are 8:00am- P. O. Box 2896 5:15pm, Monday-Friday. The Center Norfolk, VA 23501-2896 provides a centralized information and
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