Archie R. Vinitsky 
1911 – 1995

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This website also serves as an archive for the St. Paul Minnesota Ostomy Association. Address is shown below.

St. Paul Ostomy Assoc
"The Archie Chapter"
PO Box 75365
St. Paul, MN 55175
Phone: 651-455-6467
www.ostomy.org/ostomyo4.htm

 

 
 
 
 

UOAA List of Affiliated Support Groups

Here you can locate the UOAA support group closest to you. Select your state below, but remember, the nearest group may be in a neighboring state. Some “non-local” groups that serve the entire U.S. are in the first section of the list. Each group is listed by location, group number, contact person and contact phone number. Just click on the contact’s name to send an e-mail.

If the group’s name appears in blue, there is a website associated with the group – just click the group name. (If you belong to an affiliated group that has a website but we haven’t linked your site from this page, please let us know so we can add a link to your site.)

The number of UOAA affiliated groups is more than 250 and we hope it will continue to grow – we add them to this page as they join. If you belong to an ostomy or continent diversion support group that hasn’t joined yet, please affiliate your group with us!

NON-LOCAL
 
Alabama
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Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
District of
  Columbia
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Georgia
Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
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Maine
Maryland
Massachusetts
Michigan
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Mississippi
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North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
South Dakota
Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin
 
OUTSIDE U.S.

Note: E-mail links on this page are only for use by individuals in locating an ostomy support group. UOAA will not give, sell, or otherwise transfer addresses maintained by this website to any other party for the purposes of initiating, or enabling others to initiate, electronic mail messages. (This means that anyone who grabs e-mail addresses from this site and uses them for sending unsolicited e-mail is guilty of spamming and can be prosecuted under the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003.)

Still thinking of e-mailing all our support group contacts to circulate a commercial message? There’s another way.
VIRTUAL (NON-LOCAL) GROUPS
Continent Diversion Network #032 Lynne Kramer 215-637-2409
GLO Network #105 Fred Shulak 773-286-4005
Pull-thru Network #060 Bonnie McElroy 205-978-2930
Teen Network #012 Jude Ebbinghaus 860-445-8224
Thirty Plus Network #018 Kathy DiPonio 586-219-1876
Young Ostomate & Diversion
Alliance of America (YODAA)
#043 Cheryl Ebbinghaus 860-705-0631
Friends of Ostomates Worldwide–USA #239 Ival Secrest 847-375-0169
Osto Group, LLC #178 Robert Pleski 530-432-9607
Mason Lindley Miracle Foundation #027 Chuck Lindley 336-229-9346
Quality Life Association #246 Velma S. Bragg 478-982-2340
ALABAMA
Birmingham #125 Lyn Hayes 205-907-3406
Huntsville #052 William Whatley 256-881-3111
Montgomery #226 Paul Williamson 334-271-3563
Tuscaloosa #149 Sandra Lammon 205-759-7358
ARIZONA
Bullhead City (Colorado River) #254 Shaunda Goss 928-704-0123
Mesa-East Valley #099 Sheila Kollenberg 480-451-3815
Phoenix #144 Marilyn Studer 602-678-4441
Southeast AZ #073 Billy Shelton 520-378-2487
Tucson #086 Sandra Rogers 520-731-3460
ARKANSAS
Central Arkansas #039 Jim Moore 501-985-1327
Hot Springs #081 Sandy Berg 501-922-0284
River Valley #173 Donald Ditlevson 479-484-5618
Twin Lakes #215 Evelyn G. Osborn 870-424-3059
CALIFORNIA
Antelope Valley #062 Ann T. Wright 661-269-9509
Chico area #129 Bob Eicher 530-342-6873
Contra Costa #001 Harry Tse 925-682-1303
Hemet-San Jacinto #133 Bob Parish 951-659-5229
Inland Empire #109 Sandee Green 951-789-0811
Jefferson - Southern OR/Northern CA #076 Charlene McCreight 541-488-9159
Long Beach #101 Kim Secura 562-728-8133
Los Angeles #148 Bob Hamburg 818-337-8416
Monterey (Community Hosp) #222 Alex Cruz-Tokar, RN 831-622-2613
Napa Valley #072 Paul Woodworth 707-224-6872
Nevada County #177 Sam Eustice 530-432-2389
North San Diego County #010 Demi Cotrupe 760-941-7367
Orange County #069 Dixie Bullington 562-698-8039
Palm Springs #187 Grace Powell 760-770-8696
Placerville #059 Sherron West 530-823-9677
Sacramento #038 James McGee 916-362-7275
Saddleback Valley #102 Phil Trask 949-837-6645
San Diego #200 Marilyn Deitrich 619-223-2966
San Francisco (Golden Gate) #098 Francis Lundy 415-388-6374
San Gabriel Valley #103 Shirley Chadwick 626-332-4216
Santa Barbara #094 Fern Halperin 805-964-4118
Silicon Valley #126 Peggy Martinez 408-532-0440
Solano #082 Rochelle Stacey 707-447-0384
Sonoma County #023 Richard Brady 707-546-1326
Southern Alameda County #201 Fred L. Hodsoll 510-656-0468
Visalia-Tulare #110 Beverly Rudd 559-624-0557
COLORADO
Denver Metro #106 Rosy Probst 303-986-2394
Grand Valley #186 Edgar A. Schneider 970-434-9880
Northern Colorado #085 Jim Parker 970-353-4879
Pikes Peak #160 Marilyn Thiel 719-338-6218
CONNECTICUT
Central CT #037 Gail Smuda 860-628-8291
Hartford #016 Mary Babbitt 860-568-8173
Meriden-Middlesex #048 Helen Coty 203-265-0278
New London County #182 Ruth Connelly 860-445-0826
Southern Fairfield County #119 Patricia Childs 203-762-8836
Waterbury Area #024 Bob Baker 860-868-2311
DELAWARE
Delmarva Friends #166 Lynda Dunham 302-644-8899
Wilmington #170 Frank Hough 302-239-5907
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Metropolitan Washington #029 Anastasia Johnson 301-218-7559
FLORIDA
Aventura Hospital #184 G. Shelly deMarco, RN 305-682-7989
Broward County #019 Wendy Lueder 954-537-0662
Charlotte County #155 Roger Wilson 941-743-7285
Citrus County #055 Frank Yetner 352-341-0005
Clearwater #004 Joan Chambers 727-595-9656
Collier County (Naples) #112 Donna Rae Malone 239-263-3493
Gainesville #100 Nelson Griffiths 352-376-8703
Indian River County #234 Joan Shorkey 772-567-4311x4302
Jupiter #245 Phyllis Hunt 561-746-1252
Ocala/Marion County #151 Ray McBride 352-854-1357
Orlando/Central FL #040 Shelley Dittmer 407-332-4922
Palm Beach #250 Richard Norman 561-784-4496
Polk County #008 Bill Schmidt 863-858-7583
SaraTee (Sarasota) #132 Isabella Mallon 941-921-3817
South Bay Hosp (near Tampa) #188 Sara O’Neal 813-634-3301x1733
South Brevard County #169 Nancy Walle 321-254-3976
South Palm Beach County #113 Irwin Goldman 561-733-7594
St Petersburg (Continent Ostomy) #251 Frances Russell 727-825-1495
Venice #021 Robert Cohen 941-484-0607
GEORGIA
Atlanta #142 Bobbie Brewer 770-952-4906
Macon (Middle Georgia) #233 Sam Wilson 478-477-8337
HAWAII
Hawaii Island #214 Linda Dusek Ravenell 808-982-9510
IDAHO
Boise Area #068 Earl Silverstein 208-939-7292
Lewiston ID / Clarkston WA #134 Mary Summers 208-743-8119
ILLINOIS
Aurora #157 Joe Rundle 630-879-5295
Bloomington-Normal #089 Sandra Snyder 309-828-3836
Carbondale (SIH Memorial Hosp) #231 Debra Newbolds 618-549-0721x65616
Chicago Area #093 Jane Michnik 847-287-4599
Chicago SW Suburban #224 Edna Wooding 708-423-5641
DuPage County #091 Bret Cromer 630-499-9528
Granite City (Gateway Med Ctr) #209 April Kuhlman,RN,CWOCN 618-288-7474
Kankakee #022 Charlie Grotevant 815-949-1551
  • Joliet (Outreach Grp) #022 Nora Needy 815-838-1929
  • Morris (Outreach Grp) #022 Norma Arnsdorff 815-942-4229
Lake County #150 Barb Canter 847-394-1586
Peoria Area #141 Sharon Mollenhour 309-699-9448
Quad City #046 Mary Gloeckner 309-779-2803
Quincy Area #257 Ronald Daniels 217-833-2165
Salem (Township Hosp) #229 Kaytie Torango 618-526-9626
Sterling Area #135 John Ordean 815-625-7971
West Central IL #147 Carrie Carls 217-479-5769
Wheaton (Great Diversions) #240 Anthony Giordano 630-462-1749
INDIANA
Central Indiana #058 Gene Alvarez 317-889-5636
Elkhart Area #183 Bob Peters 574-534-7494
Lake County #061 Carolyn Gabor 219-738-4938
Lutheran Hosp (Ft Wayne) #051 Michelle Witte 260-435-7430
Valparaiso #225 Sarah Grcich, WOCN 219-263-7092
IOWA
Cedar Rapids/Iowa City #171 Carol Haack 319-337-6749
Central IA #255 Nancy RaeAnn Miller 641-868-2120
Des Moines (Heart of IA) #219 Jim Johnson 515-277-5309
Fort Madison (Community Hosp) #223 Jill Smith 319-376-2223
Keokuk #057 Rita Hickey 319-463-7047
Sioux City (Siouxland) #248 Richard Lindblom 712-251-2453
Spencer #247 Deb Theesfeld 712-426-4771
KANSAS
Fort Scott #015 Gareth D. Reed 620-223-0246
Hutchinson #042 Patsy Studt 620-662-5705
Kansas City #031 Elaine Granberg 913-236-4577
KENTUCKY
Lexington (Bluegrass Chapter) #181 Phyliss Roll 859-219-1701
Louisville Area #107 John Mikkalsen 502-339-7568
Owensboro Area #096 Lisa Mayfield 270-233-4278
Paducah #079 Glenda Dye 270-554-8348
LOUISIANA
Rapides Parish #137 Michael O'Brien 318-640-8833
Shreveport-Bossier #066 Duane Ebarb 318-688-4830
MAINE
Portland #064 Paul Brady 207-934-4055
Waterville #084 Susan Gurney 207-861-3350
MARYLAND
Anne Arundel County #095 Paul Rossi 410-647-6171
Baltimore #145 Tillie Horak 410-687-9941
Chesapeake Potomac Home Health #108 Amber Fowler 800-656-4343x227
Cecil County #235 James Rea 410-398-0170
MASSACHUSETTS
Boston area #208 Beth Meltzer-Abelow 508-270-4656
  • Attleboro #208 Debbie Florio 508-286-4155
  • Continent Procedures #208 Donna Loehner, RNET 781-273-5100
  • Framingham #208 Pat Ebberling, RN/ET 508-383-1238
  • Gay & Lesbian #208 Bill Bonomi 617-734-1193
  • Newcomers/Peer Support #208 Beth Abelow 617-522-0920
  • North Shore #208 Lisa Scanzillo 978-538-1964
  • Northwest #208 Donna Loehner, RNET 781-273-5100
  • Ostomy Adventure Group #208 Shaughn Thomas