Rhode Island Scleroderma Support Group Events

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Our Usual Meeting Place (unless otherwise indicated) is: Roger Williams Medical Center 825 Chalkstone Avenue Providence, RI 2nd Floor, Nurses' Training Room		Our Usual Meeting Date is the fourth [4th] Wednesday of the month, except for November and December. In 2009, we met on November 18 and December 16. Check specific dates below for *variations* from this.) Time 7:00 P.M.

2009			2010

January 2010

February 2010
	NO MEETING IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY

March 2010
	Wednesday, March 24. 7:00 P.M. At our usual meeting place - 2nd Floor, Nurses Training Room, Roger Williams Medical Center, 825 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI
		Speaker: Ellen Terz, RRT
			Topic: How to Correctly Breathe Title: Just Breathe
		Refreshments as usual 16th Anniversary!
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

April 2010
	Wednesday, April 28. 7:00 P.M. At our usual meeting place - 2nd Floor, Nurses Training Room, Roger Williams Medical Center, 825 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI
		Speaker: Michele R. Smith, RD
			Topic: Nutrition and Metabolism and the Importance of Meeting your Metabolic Needs vs Dieting to Control Weight
		Refreshments as usual
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

May 2010
	Wednesday, May 26. 7:00 P.M. At our usual meeting place - 2nd Floor, Nurses Training Room, Roger Williams Medical Center, 825 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI
		Speaker: Roundtable
			Topic: Roundtable and Plans for Ice Cream Social
		Refreshments as usual
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

June 2010
	Wednesday, June 23. 7:00 P.M. At our usual meeting place - 2nd Floor, Nurses Training Room, Roger Williams Medical Center, 825 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI
		Topic: Final Plans for Those Attending the National Conference
			Event: Ice Cream Social and Evening of Fun
		Refreshments Ice Cream and All the Fixin's
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

July 2010
	Wednesday, July 28. 7:00 P.M. - LOCATION - Hometown Buffet, 1245 Bald Hill Road, Warwick, RI (next to Targets)

			Topic/Event: Annual Indoor Picnic
		Price: $12.75 per person (pay exact amount to Carole)
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

August 2010
	Wednesday, August 25. 7:00 P.M. At our usual meeting place - 2nd Floor, Nurses Training Room, Roger Williams Medical Center, 825 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI
		Speaker:
			Topic/Event:
		Refreshments
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

September 2010
	Wednesday, September 22. 7:00 P.M. At our usual meeting place - 2nd Floor, Nurses Training Room, Roger Williams Medical Center, 825 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI
		Speaker: Harrison Farber, M.D.: Doctor Farber was recently the Grand Lecturer at this year's National Scleroderma Conference in Boston, MA.
			Topic: Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Scleroderma
		Refreshments provided
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

October 2010
	Wednesday, October 27. 7:00 P.M. At our usual meeting place - 2nd Floor, Nurses Training Room, Roger Williams Medical Center, 825 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI
		Speaker:
			Topic/Event:
		Refreshments
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

November 2010
	Wednesday, November. 7:00 P.M. At our usual meeting place - 2nd Floor, Nurses Training Room, Roger Williams Medical Center, 825 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI
		Speaker:
			Topic/Event:
		Refreshments
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

December 2010
	Wednesday, December . 7:00 P.M. At our usual meeting place - 2nd Floor, Nurses Training Room, Roger Williams Medical Center, 825 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI
		Speaker:
			Topic/Event:
		Refreshments
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

January 2009
	NO MEETING IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY

February 2009
	NO MEETING IN JANUARY OR FEBRUARY

March 2009
	Wednesday, March 25. 7:00 P.M. At our usual meeting place - 2nd Floor, Nurses Training Room, Roger Williams Medical Center, 825 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI
		Speaker: James Klinger, MD, of Rhode Island Hospital - Pulmonary Disease & Critical Care Unit
			Topic: Pulmonary Care and Treatment for those with Scleroderma
		Refreshments as usual. This is our 15th Anniversary Party. Wear a blue shirt for the group photo.
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

April 2009
	Wednesday, April 22. 7:00 P.M. At our usual meeting place - 2nd Floor, Nurses Training Room, Roger Williams Medical Center, 825 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI
		Speaker: Thomas J. Raimondo, DO (Pulmonary Medicine)
			Topic: Scleroderma and Your Lungs: The Importance of Being Monitored
		Refreshments as usual
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

May 2009
	Wednesday, May 27. 7:00 P.M. At our usual meeting place - 2nd Floor, Nurses Training Room, Roger Williams Medical Center, 825 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI
		Speaker: Harold Horwitz, MD, Rheumatology Associates
			Topic: Rheumatology and Scleroderma
		Refreshments as usual
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

June 2009
	Wednesday, June 24. 7:00 P.M. At our usual meeting place - 2nd Floor, Nurses Training Room, Roger Williams Medical Center, 825 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI
		Ice Cream Social
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

July 2009
	No Meeting This Month

August 2009
	Wednesday, August 26. 7:00 P.M. At $-Hometown Buffet-$, 1245 Bald Hill Road, Warwick, RI
		Indoor Picnic
			$12.98 per person
		Pay at the Door
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

September 2009
	Wednesday, September 23. 7:00 P.M. At our usual meeting place - 2nd Floor, Nurses Training Room, Roger Williams Medical Center, 825 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI
		Speaker: Heather Jones-Stansfield, OTR/L, CHT of Hand Therapy Associates
			Topic: Why a Hand Therapist? Exercises to maintain hand dexterity
		Refreshments as usual
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

October 2009
	Wednesday, October 28. 7:00 P.M. At our usual meeting place - 2nd Floor, Nurses Training Room, Roger Williams Medical Center, 825 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI
		Speaker:
			Topic:
		Refreshments as usual
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

November 2009
	Wednesday, November 18. 7:00 P.M. At our usual meeting place - 2nd Floor, Nurses Training Room, Roger Williams Medical Center, 825 Chalkstone Ave., Providence, RI
		Speaker: Robert Lafyatis, M.D. "Scleroderma Doctor of the Year"
			Topic: Scleroderma Research Now Underway
		Refreshments as usual
			Contact Carole or Laura for further information.	To Top of Page

December 2009
	Wednesday, December 16, 7:00 P.M. (This is the third Wednesday because our normal meeting date is so close to Christmas.)
		Event: Holiday Party
			Place: Olive Garden [restaurant], 31A Universal Blvd. (just off Route 2, across from Best Buy) Warwick, RI 02886
		Information and Cost: $19.00 per person. Vegetarian and children's menus are available.
			For Reservations and More Information: Contact Linda Munroe at (401) 946-6122 for further information. Checks should be made payable and mailed to Linda Munroe	To Top of Page

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CONTACTS
	In Rhode Island, call Carole Cowell at 401-781-5013
	In Massachusetts, call Laura Geisel at 508-761-3546
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