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 * Atlantic County
 * Bergen County
 * Burlington County
 * Cumberland County
 * Essex County
 * Glouster County
 * Hunterdon County
 * Mercer County
 * Middlesex County
 * Monmouth County
 * Morris County
 * Ocean County
 * Passic County
 * Somerset County
 * Sussex County
 * Union County


 * Atlantic County

    ABSECON
    American Cancer Society, Atlantic County Unit
    626 N. Shore Road, Absecon, NJ 08204
    Meets 2nd Tuesday, 7:00 PM
    Contact: Lynn Morgan (856) 546-1600 FAX: (856) 546-7058 email: lmorgan@cancer.org
    Facilitator: Burnett Watson (609) 641-7907
    No meetings in June, July or August




 * Bergen County
    HACKENSACK
    Hackensack University Medical Center
    NNJTPC, 20 Prospect Avenue, Suite 400, Hackensack, NJ 07601
    Meets 3rd Wednesday 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
    Contact/Facilitator: Joe Cavalli (201) 288-8223, email: JoeCavalli@Juno.com, Harry Kessel (201) 432-0169, email: HKessel@verizon.net
    Partners Support Group
    Contact: Kathy Sonnabend (201) 996-5836
    Meets 1st Wednesday/every other month 10:00 AM - 12 Noon

    RIDGEWOOD
    Valley Hospital
    Luckow Pavillion
    223 North Van Dien Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450
    Meets 3rd Friday 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
    Contact/Facilitator: Janet Carlsen (201) 634-5358 FAX: (201) 634-5780. email: jcarlsen@valleyhealth.com

    RIDGEWOOD
    Cancer Alternatives Research Exchange
    PO Box 513, Park Ridge, NJ 07656
    Meets 2nd Thursday 7:30 PM
    Contact/Facilitator: Ed Van Overloop (201) 391-5931FAX: (201) 391-5931, email: edvo31@bellatlantic.net
    Not just prostate cancer (no meetings July/August)

    WESTWOOD
    Pascack Valley Hospital
    250 Old Hook Road, Westwood, NJ 07675
    Meets 2nd Wednesday, 7:00 - 9:00 pm
    Contact/Facilitator Lou Roppolo (201) 391-6368 FAX: (201) 391-7983, email: lroppolo@aol.com, Hospital (201) 538-6000




 * Burlington County
    MOUNT HOLLY
    Virtua Health Memorial Hospital
    175 Madison Avenue, Mount Holly, NJ 08060
    2nd Floor, Conference Room A
    Meets 3rd Tuesday 7:00 - 8:30 PM
   Contact: Lynn Morgan (856) 546-1600 FAX: (856) 546-7058 email: lmorgan@cancer.org
    Facilitators: John Moyer (856) 424-2532, Don Stanton (856) 829-5381 email: dsta964110@aol.com




 * Cumberland County
    MILLVILLE
    South Jersey Hospital
    Cancer Treatment Center, 2nd Floor
    1200 North High Street, Millville, NJ 08332
Meets 4th Wednesday 7:00 - 9:00 PM
    Contact: Lynn Morgan (856) 546-1600 FAX: (856) 546-7058 email: lmorgan@cancer.org
    Facilitator: Ed Schultz (856) 691-7296, FAX: (856) 691-7714, email: edschu@phd-computers.com




 * Essex County
   EAST ORANGE
    V.A. Medical Center
    Tremont Avenue, East Orange, NJ 07019
    3rd Floor Auditorium
    Meets 4th Monday, 2:00 - 4:00 PM
   Contact/Facilitator: Odenka Mechnycz-Vincent (973) 676-1000 X2221, FAX: (973) 672-7411

   LIVINGSTON
    St. Barnabas Medical Center
    94 Old Short Hills Road, Livingston, NJ 07039
   Meets 2nd Tuesday 7:30 - 9:00 PM
   Contact/Facilitator: Angela McCabe (973) 322-2668 FAX: (973) 322-5648 email: amccabe@sbhcs.com

    MONTCLAIR
    The Mountainside Hospital
    1 Bay Highland Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07042
    Meets 1st Thursday, 7:00 PM
   Contact/Facilitator: Florence McAlvanah (973) 429-6905, FAX: (973) 429-6749 email: florence.mcalvanah@ahsys.org




 * Glouster County
    SEWELL
    New Seasons Assisted Living Center Community (2nd Floor)
    Washington Township
    600 Medical Center Drive, Sewell, NJ 08080
    Meets 1st Wednesday 7:00 - 8:30 PM
    Contact: Lynn Morgan (856) 546-1600 FAX: (856) 546-7058 email: lmorgan@cancer.org
    Facilitator: Jim DeForrest (856) 478-4477 FAX: (215) 238-4934 email: deforest@snip.net
    No meetings in July/August




 * Hunterdon County
    FLEMINGTON
    Hunterdon Regional Cancer Center
    2100 Wescott Drive, Flemington, NJ 08822
    Cancer Conference Room, 2nd Thursday, 6:30 - 8:00 PM
    Contacts: Lynn Arnold (908) 782-7412, FAX (908) 782-3995 email: larnold@cancer.org, John Ditirolio (908) 735-8557




 * Mercer County
    PRINCETON
    NJPAACT (Patient Advocates for Advanced Cancer Treatment)
    25 Morton Court, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
    Meeting Location - Princeton Medical Center, Mtg. Rm A, 253 Witherspoon St. Princeton, NJ
    Meets 4th Wednesday 7:30 - 9:30 PM (no meetings July/August)
    Contact/Facilitator: John Vaccaro (609) 896-2516 FAX: (609) 716-0584

    TRENTON
    Capital Health System at Mercer
    446 Bellvue Avenue, Trenton, NJ 08607
    2nd Thursday, 6:00 - 7:30 PM, 5th Floor Community Room
    Contact /Facilitator: Karen Yatcilla (609) 394-4255 FAX: (609) 394-4583 email: kyatcilla@chsnj.org




 * Middlesex County
    NEW BRUNSWICK
    The Cancer Institute of New Jersey
    195 Little Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
    4th Monday 7:00 - 9:00 PM
    Contact/Facilitator: Ellen Levine (732) 235-6781 FAX: (732) 235-8091 email: levineel@umdnj.edu




 * Monmouth County
    FREEHOLD
    CentraState Healthcare System
    901 W. Main Street, Freehold, NJ 07728
    4th Monday 7:00 PM
F    acilitator: Karen Scott (732) 308-0570
    Contacts: Chris Papa (732) 946-2694, John Dobrowski (732) 946-0495

    LONG BRANCH
    The Cancer Center at Monmouth Medical Center
    300 Second Avenue, Long Branch, NJ 07740
    1st Thursday 7:30 - 9:00 PM , Steinam-Housman 114
    Contact: Victoria Cece (732) 291-3188 FAX: (732) 923-6966 email: vcece@sbhcs.com
    Facilitator Jeff Ozimek (732) 542-6335 email: anjoz@aol.com

    NEPTUNE
    Jersey Shore Cancer Center
    1945 Highway 33, Neptune, NJ 07753
    Meeting Location - USTOO Housing Authority, Community Room
    19 Davis Avenue, Neptune, NJ 07753
    3rd Thursday 7:00 - 9:00 PM
    Contacts/Facilitators: Dot Tonks (732) 776-2345 FAX: (732) 776-4987 email: dtonks@meridanhealth.com
    Frank Reedy (732) 741-6751 email: fvor@juno.com
    Marc Gordon (732) 774-3683 email: tbgorfam@aol.com

    RED BANK
    Riverview Hospital
    1 Riverview Plaza, Red Bank, NJ 07701
    Meeting Location - Booker Health Center, 1st Fl, Cancer Center Conference Room
    2nd Thursday 3:00 - 4:30 PM
    Contact/Facilitator: Joan Toole (732) 530-2468 FAX: (732) 345-2010




 * Morris County
    DENVILLE
    St. Clare's Hospital, 25 Pocono Road,Denville, NJ 07834
    2nd Tuesday 7:00 - 8:30 PM
    Contact/Facilitator: David Malcom (973) 361-3805

    MORRISTOWN
    Morristown Memorial Hospital
    Madison Avenue (Old Route 24), Morristown, NJ 07960
    Meeting Location - Carol G. Simon Cancer Center
    1st Tuesday 7:30 - 9:30 PM
    Contact: Norene Benjamin (973) 971-6175
   Facilitator: Bill Grassmyer (973) 895-2135




 * Ocean County
   TOMS RIVER
    American Cancer Society, Ocean Unit Office
    1035 Hooper Avenue, Toms River, NJ 08753
    1st Thursday, 7:30 PM
    Contact: Kim Kinner (732) 914-1000 FAX: (732) 914-1004 email: kkinner@cancer.org
    Facilitator: Dick Muller (732) 240-5717 email: ramuller@adelphia.com

    TOMS RIVER
    Community Medical Center
    The Lighthouse Network, 599 Highway 37 West, Toms River, NJ 08755
    3rd Thursday 2:00 - 3:30 PM
    Facilitator: John Wiuff (732) 905-3717 email: Johnewiuff@aol.com
    Contact: Andrea Brandness 732-557-3262 FAX: (732) 557-3209 email: abrandness@sbhcs.com




 * Passic County
    WAYNE
    Packanack Lake Area
    Meeting Location - members homes
    Periodic evening meetings, one-on-one visits
    Contact/Facilitator Bruce Curry, 158 Lake Drive East, Wayne, NJ 07470 Phone/FAX: (732) 696-6483 email: bribruce@aol.com




 * Somerset County
   SOMERVILLE
    Somerset Medical Center
    Oncology Care Management, 100 Rehill Avenue, Somerville, NJ 08876
    2nd Thursday 7:00 - 8:30 PM
    Contact: Donna Moss (908) 243-8654 FAX: (908) 685-2898 email: dmoss@somerset.healthcare.com




 * Sussex County
    NEWTON
    Newton Memorial Hospital
    175 High Street, Newton, NJ 07860
    Conference Room A&B
    3rd Tuesday, 6:30 - 8;30 PM
    Contact: Michelle Capossela (973) 331-3794 FAX: (973) 331-9444 email: mcaposela@cancer.org




 * Union County
    ELIZABETH
    Trinitas Hospital
    925 East Jersey Street, Elizabeth, NJ 07201
    1st Wednesday 7:00 - 8:00 PM
    Contact/Facilitator: Yrma DeCardenas-Leo (908) 994-5136 FAX: (908) 629-8215

    PLAINFIELD
    Muhlenberg Regional Medical Center
    Park Avenue and Randolph Road, Plainfield, NJ 07061
    3rd Thursday 7:00 PM Bi-monthly, no summer meetings    Contact/Facilitator: Diane Applebaum (908) 668-2388 FAX: (908) 226-4527 email: dapplebaum@hotmail.com

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