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National Organizations 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 124 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. 125 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 126 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 127 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
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