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Wellness Community National Offices

NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS
919 18th St., NW, Suite 54
Washington, DC 20006
202.659.9709 • 202.659.9301 Fax
Toll-free phone: 1.888.793.WELL
help@thewellnesscommunity.org
http://www.thewellnesscommunity.org
President & CEO – Kim Thiboldeaux
Director of Patient Education & Outreach –
Zena Itani

Patient Education & Outreach Manager –
Catherine Hill

Director of Marketing & Development –
Michelle Pollak

Events & Marketing Manager – Shannon Pao
Director of Finance & Administration – Mark Meinke
Bookkeeper – Ellen Myerberg

RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
2716 Ocean Park Blvd. Suite 1040
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310.314.2565 • 310.3147586 Fax
Vice President, Research & Development –
Mitch Golant, Ph.D.

CLINICAL PROGRAMS
445 East 71st Street
Indianapolis, IN 46220
317.475.9321 • 317.475.9338 Fax
VP, Quality Assurance/Facility Relations –
Vicki Kennedy

ONLINE INITIATIVES
2126 Glenway Avenue
Covington, KY 41014
859.581.3300 • 614.413.3400 Fax
800. 701.8574
Director of Online Initiatives –Lynn Ryker

NATIONAL BOARD CHAIR
10 Cadillac Drive, Suite 200
Brentwood, TN 37027
615.372.3602 • 615.372.3599 Fax
Board Chair – Jack A. Wickens

LOCAL FACILITIES (by State)

AZ: CENTRAL ARIZONA – March 1999
360 E. Palm Lane
Phoenix, AZ 85004.1531
602.712.1006 • 602.712.1009 Fax
http://www.twccaz.org
info@twccaz.org or twccaz@twccaz.org
Acting Executive Director – Paula Hardison
Program Director – Lynn Brysacz
Board Chair – J Neill Bassett

CA: FOOTHILLS – August 1990
200 E. Del Mar, Suite 118
Pasadena, CA 91105
626.796.1083 • 626.796.0601 Fax
www.thewellnesscommunity.org/foothills/default.htm Executive Director – Bob Randall
Program Director – Douglas Ware
Board Chair – Carolyn Lee

CA: ORANGE COUNTY – September 2002
540 North Golden Circle Drive, #315
Santa Ana, CA 92705
714.543.3200 • 714.543.3327 Fax
support@wellnesscommunityoc.org
www.wellnesscommunityoc.org
Executive Director – Amy Kluth
Program Director – Gay Irons, Ph.D.
Board Chair – Jerry Risto

CA: REDONDO BEACH – April 1987
109 W. Torrance Blvd., #100
Redondo Beach, CA 90277
310.376.3550 • 310.372.2094 Fax
twcsbc@aol.com
www.wellnessandcancer.org
Executive Director – Judith K. Opdahl
Program Director – Tom May
Board Chair – Irene Guimera

CA: SAN FRANCISCO EAST BAY – Sept. 1990
3276 McNutt Avenue
Walnut Creek, CA 94597
925.933.0107 • 925.933.0249 Fax
www.twc.bayarea.org
Executive Director – Mariana Moore
Program Director – Margaret Stauffer
Board Chair –Jim Keene

CA: VALLEY/VENTURA – June 1991
530 Hampshire Road
Westlake Village, CA 91361
805.379.4777 • 805.371.6231 Fax
twcinfo@wellnesscommunityhope.org
www.wellnesscommunityhope.org
President – Suzanne Drace
Program Director – Marty Nason, RN
Board Chair – Robin Campbell

CA: WEST LOS ANGELES – June 1982
2716 Ocean Park Blvd., Suite 1040
Santa Monica, CA 90405.5211
310.314.2555 • 310.314.7586 Fax
info@twc-wla.org : www.twc-wla.org
Executive Director - Janet Galea
Program Director – Michael States, MA, MFT
Board Chair – Jim Cone

DE: DELAWARE – April 1996
4810 Lancaster Pike
Wilmington, DE 19807
302.995.2850 • 302.995.0834 Fax
www.wellnessdelaware.org
wellness@wellnessdelaware.org
Executive Director - Cynthia Dwyer
Program Director – Sean Hebbel
Board Chair – Xavier DeClaire

FL: GREATER MIAMI – March 2002
8609 South Dixie Highway
Miami, FL 33143
305.668.5900 • 305.668.0048 Fax
www.twcmiami.com
President – Pam Zakheim
Program Director – Peggy Rios, Ph.D.
Board Chair –Deborah Schottenstein

FL: SOUTHWEST FLORIDA – April 1996
3900 Clark Road, Bldg. P.3
Sarasota, FL 34233
941.921.5539 • 941.921.5061 Fax
www.wellness-swfl.org: hope@wellness-swfl.org
Executive Director – Jay Lockaby
Program Director – John Kleinbaum, Ph.D.
Board Chair – David Shaver

GA: ATLANTA – November 1997
5775 Peachtree Dunwoody Road, Suite C-225
Atlanta, GA 30342
404.843.1880 • 404.843.1780 Fax
www.thewellnesscommunity.atlanta.org
wellnesscom@mindspring.com
Executive Director – Perry Roberts
Program Director – Carolyn Helmer
Board Chair – Paul McKeon

IN: CENTRAL INDIANA – June 1995
8465 Keystone Crossing, #145
Indianapolis, IN 46240
317.257.1505 • 317.254.4534 Fax
www.twc-indy.org
Executive Director – James Giessler
Program Director – Karen Thompson, LCSW
Board Chair – Patricia O'Neal

MA: GREATER BOSTON – September 1993
1039 Chestnut St.
Newton, MA 02464
617.332.1919 • 617.332.2727 Fax
www.wellnesscommunity.org
Executive Director – Cherry Muse
Program Director – Harriet Berman, Ph.D.
Board Chair – Cindy Gruber
978.287.4894 Fax

MD: DELMARVA – January 2001
1506 S. Salisbury Blvd
Salisbury, MD 21801
410.546.1200 • 410.546.2542 Fax
www.cancersupport-delmarva.org
twc@cancersupport-delmarva.org
Executive Director – Joan Herbert Mulvanny
Program Director – Penny LeCates
Board Chair – Robert Caldwell

MO: GREATER ST. LOUIS – June 1993
1058 Old Des Peres Road
St. Louis, MO 63131
314.238.2000 • 314.909.9900 Fax
www.wellnesscommunitystl.org
info@wellnesscommunitystl.org
President – Amy Ondr
Program Director – Amy Eilers
Board Chair – Ann Plunkett

NJ: CENTRAL NEW JERSEY – Nov 2004
3 Crossroads Drive
Bedminster, NJ 08844
908.658.5400• Fax: 908.658.5404
centralnj@thewellnesscommunity.org
www.thewellnesscommunity.org/cnj/index.html
Executive Director - Eunice Jadlocki
Program Director – Pamela Pitchell
Board Chair – Marc D. Geller

OH: GREATER CINCINNATI-NORTHERN KENTUCKY - November 1990
4918 Cooper Road
Cincinnati, OH 45242
513.791.4060 • Fax: 513.791.8239
www.cancer-support.org
info@cancer-support.org
Executive Director - Rick Bryan
Program Director – Bonnie Crawford, MSW
Board Chair – Joe Desch

OH: GREATER COLUMBUS – July 1998
5500 Franz Road, Suite 115
Dublin, OH 43017
614.791.9510 •
www.wellnesscolumbus.org
columbus@thewellnesscommunity.org
Executive Director -
Program Director – Christine Brooks
Board Chair – Skip Weiler

PA: GREATER LEHIGH VALLEY – April 2004
3400 Bath Pike
Bethlehem, PA 18017
610.861.7555 • 610.861.9177 Fax
www.wellnesscommunityglv.org
Executive Director - Denise Kaplan
Program Director – Patricia McGettigan
Board Co-Chair - Claire Rij

PA: PHILADELPHIA – June 1993
The Suzanne Morgan Center at Ridgeland
Chamounix Dr., West Fairmount Park
Philadelphia, PA 19131
215.879.7733 • 215.879.6575 Fax
www.twcp.org: info@twcp.org
Executive Director – Kimerly Hinkelman
Program Director – Kathleen Coyne, LSW
Board Chair - Jill Durovsik

TN: EAST TENNESSEE – January 1990
702 Lindsay Place
Knoxville, TN 37919
865.546.4661 • 865.766.8422 Fax
info@wellnesscommunitytn.org
www.wellnesscommunitytn.org
Executive Director – Zane Hagy
Program Director - Debra Sullivan, Ph.D.
Board Chair – John Sheridan

INTERNATIONAL

TEL AVIV – November 2000
The Wellness Community - Tel Aviv
(Beit Mati)
7 Revivim Street
Givatayim 53103 Israel
972.3.731.5097 • 972.3.571.9578 Fax
www.cancer.org.il
Executive Director – Sharon Kolnik
Co-Program Directors –
Riva Zipperstein and Dafna Sade Tasa

TOKYO – May 2001
The Japan Wellness Community
Akasaka Village 701
6-4-20, Akasaka, Minato.Ku
Tokyo, JAPAN 1070052
81.3.5545.1805 • 81.3.5545.1806 Fax
www.japanwellness.jp: info@japanwellness.jp
Executive Director – Dr. Fumiyoshi Takenaka
Program Director –Ken-ichi Oi

FACILITIES IN DEVELOPMENT

DC: WASHINGTON, DC
3420 Greentree Drive
Falls Church, VA 22041
703.820.8603 • 703.820.8604 Fax
Executive Director - Paula Rothenberg

Board Chair – Bernie Kogod

OH: DAYTON, OH
Chartered
West Medical Plaza
1 Elizabeth Place, #110
Dayton, OH 45408-9901
937.223.4117 • 937.223.4118 fax
President – Jean Farkas
Board Chair – Reed Madden

MI: SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN
Chartered
1316 Culver St.
Ann Arbor, MI 48103
734.663.4039 •
President – Katie Pelz-Davis
734.663.4039

NJ: NORTHERN JERSEY SHORES
Chartered
580 Patten Avenue #52
Long Branch, NJ 07740
732.263.0444
President – Ilene Winters

OH: DAYTON
Chartered
West Medical Plaza
1 Elizabeth Place, #110
Dayton, OH 45408-9901
937.223.4117 • 937.223.4118 fax
President – Jean Farkas
Board Chair – Reed Madden


Visit our Resource Library

Cancer Resource Links

General Information

American Cancer Society

National Cancer Institute

Cancer Help Online

Cancer House of Hope - Free cancer support services in Western, MA

Innisfree Cancer Help - A community service of NH Oncology-Hematology, PA

Chemocare.com - Care during chemotherapy and beyond

Entering a Clinical Trial: Is it Right for You?
(Video & information from DanaFarber Cancer Institute)

Lotsa Helping Hands - Helping to organize the support of friends, family and neighbors into a community of volunteers.

New England Coalition for Cancer Survivorship

Sheila Wolfson, M.Ed.,C.N.S. -Nutrition and Health Counselor, (508) 875-3735

Susan Love, MD

WebMD

Diagnosis Specific

ALCASE - Alliance for Lung Cancer Advocacy, Support, Education

Brain Tumor Society

Ellie Fund: A non-profit organization that aids families in the fight against breast cancer by providing services, products and therapies that would not ordinarily be available.

The ExCel Research Study will determine if the aromatase inhibitor exemestane (Aromasin®) provides a preventive benefit for women at increased risk for the disease. Click the link or call 1-800-4-CANCER.

Hurricane Voices - a breast cancer foundation

Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Lung Cancer Online

Lymphoma Research Foundation of America

Mass. Melanoma Foundation

Mass. Prostate Cancer Coalition
S
usan Gaybert, 617-482-3044

Mesothelioma Information & Resource Group

Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation

NABCO - National Alliance of Breast Cancer Organizations

National Ovarian Cancer Coalition

NCCRA - National Colorectal Cancer Research Alliance

Children & Teens

The Children's Room - Center for Grieving Children & Teenagers, Inc.

Teens Living with Cancer

Group Loop - Where teens with cancer and their families can find support:

Young Adults

Sam Fund - For Young Survivors

The Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults
410-964-0202

Young Survivor's Coalition (YSC)

Wellness Community Resources

Faces of Wellness - Photography Exhibit

Virtual Wellness Community - Free online support for people with cancer and their loved ones.

PARTNERS & SPONSORS

Providing discounted clothing & equipment to our "Return to Wellness" program for breast cancer survivors and our Strides for Hope Marathon Team.

Donating healthy snacks to our Wellness Community participants living with cancer.