Find support groups near you. Cancer support groups are listed by Pennsylvania county.
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Support Groups by County, Central PA:
ADAMS COUNTY
Adult Grief & Loss Support Group
Encore Breast Cancer Support Group
Smoking Cessation Support Group
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CUMBERLAND COUNTY
All Breast Cancer Survivors ABC'S Support Group
Bereaved Parents Support Group (stillbirth through adult children)
Drew's Hope (7-session grief support program for children, teens and their families that have lost a loved one)
Celebrating Hope in Cancer Survivors (CHICS) (breast cancer/gynecologic cancers)
Colorectal Cancer Education
Cumberland-Perry Drug and Alcholol Comission
Cumberland Valley Breast Care Alliance
Ovarian and Prostate Cancer Education
Sadler Tobacco Education and Cessation Services
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DAUPHIN COUNTY
Bosom Buddy (provides you with a mammogram “buddy”)
Cancer Support Group (cancer patients, their family members and friends)
The Central PA Coalition United to Fight Cancer: CATALYST (support for minority community)
Colorectal Cancer Education
Look Good...Feel Better (sessions with area cosmetologists for assistance with make up and hair styling)
Penn State Milton S. Hershey Breast Cancer Support Group
Reach to Recovery (contact with a woman facing a diagnosis of breast cancer by a breast cancer survivor)
Smoking Cessation classes , free at Penn State Hershey Medical Center
Social Services (social services staff help you cope with the non-medical effects of cancer)
Support Group for Bone Marrow and Stem Cell Cancer, (717) 652-6520
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FRANKLIN COUNTY
BCA-CV Waynesboro Breast Cancer Support Group
Bereaved Parents Support Group (stillbirth through adult children)
Drew's Hope (7-session grief support program for children, teens and their families that have lost a loved one)
Look Good...Feel Better (sessions with area cosmetologists for assistance with make up and hair styling)
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LANCASTER COUNTY
Camp Chimaqua (grief camp for children coping with the death of a loved one)
Coping Kids Family Support (children and teens (ages 4–18) grieving a significant loss)
Brain Tumor Community Group (support and education for anyone who has been diagnosed with a brain tumor or has been affected by a love one's experience with brain cancer)
Breast Cancer Support Group at Ephrata Community Hospital (for women facing breast cancer, breast cancer survivors and supporters)
Breast Self Exam (The Lancaster General Health Breast Care Center offers FREE breast self-exam classes to help you learn all you can about recognizing breast changes)
Freedom from Smoking (American Lung Association , free program is a group clinic that has helped thousands of smokers quit for good)
Healthy Shopping Tours
Healthy Weight Management
Healthy Woman Program (FREE clinical breast exams, mammograms, pelvic exams and Pap tests to women, ages 40-64)
Individual Tobacco Cessation Counseling (free, weekly 30-minute, one-on-one consultations with a tobacco cessation counselor)
The Iris Connection (This group is for all breast cancer survivors)
Journaling for Healing (informal gathering will introduce inspirational prose to help you tap into your creative spirit and aid the healing process)
L.E.A.R.N. Adult Weight Management Program (L.E.A.R.N. stands for lifestyle, exercise, attitude, relationships and nutrition)
Leukemia, Lymphoma Support Group (for families and friends who have been touched by a diagnosis of leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma or myelodysplastic syndrome)
Look Good, Feel Better (sessions with area cosmetologists for assistance with make up and hair styling)
The PATHways Center for Grief & Loss (support for adults coping with the serious illness or death of a loved one)
Us Too! Prostate Cancer Community Network
Women's Cancer Courage of Lancaster, PA (run by and for women with metastatic (Stage IV) breast cancer (BC mets))
Walking Club (brief periods of walking, strength training and tai chi)
Women's Cancer Support Group (general women's cancer support group)
Women's Cancer Courage of Lancaster, PA (support group for women with advanced cancers)
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LEBANON COUNTY
Colorectal Cancer Education
Look Good...Feel Better (sessions with area cosmetologists for assistance with make up and hair styling)
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PERRY COUNTY
Cumberland-Perry Drug and Alcholol Commission
Colorectal Cancer Education
Tobacco Education and Cessation Services
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YORK COUNTY
Annual Cancer Survivor Day (A celebration day for cancer patients and families)
Annual Memorial Service (a service held every January for families and friends of cancer patients who died during the previous year)
Bereavement Class (counseling is available upon request)
Bereavement Support Group
Camp Mend A Heart (one day camp is designed to support grieving children who have experienced a death of a loved one )
Cancer Prayer Support Group (Emotional and spiritual support for cancer patients and their caregivers. Meets 1st Tuesdays, 7 p.m. at Christ's American Baptist Church, Spring Grove and 3rd Tuesdays, 10 a.m. at Hillside Medical Center, Hanover. Contact Lynn Eib at 717-633-5992 for more info.)
Cancer Support Group
Coping With Chronic Cancer (support group for cancer patients who are dealing with their cancer as a chronic or recurring condition)
Coping With GYN Cancer (support group for cancer patients who are dealing with gynecologic cancer)
Hanover Area Breast Cancer Support Group
HOPE Support Group (Help for Oncology Problems & Emotional Support) (support and educational group organized for southern York County)
Kids Under Construction (support group for children who have loved ones with cancer)
Laryngectomy Support Group (White Rose New Voice Club)
Leukemia & Lymphoma Support (family support group program for patients and families who would like to meet others coping with leukemia, lymphoma, multiple myeloma or Hodgkin's Disease)
Look Good, Feel Better (sessions with area cosmetologists for assistance with make up and hair styling)
Man To Man Prostate Cancer Support Group (support and educational group for prostate cancer patients and their significant others)
Olivia's House (a grief and loss center for children)
Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Support Network (support and educational group for oral and head & neck cancer patients)
OSTOMY Club (support group for OSTOMY patients, not exclusive to cancer)
P.I.N.K. Partners (provides education and support for breast cancer survivors)
Reach to Recovery: (one-on-one support matches a breast cancer survivor with a newly diagnosed breast cancer patient)
R.O.A.R. (Responsible Ovarian Awareness Required) (educates women to recognize the signs and symptoms of ovarian cancer)
White Rose Bereavement (support group for men and women who have lost a loved one)
Windows Through Grief
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ONLINE SUPPORT GROUPS
Find support groups near you, American Cancer Society
Online Leukemia, Lymphoma Support Group
Iris Connection Breast Cancer & Lymphedema Support Group
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