Meeting Recap: September

At the September meeting, we learned that Tom will be able to get speakers for our group through his involvement with Leadership Against Pain. He is on the executive committee of this group, which is sponsored by the NFA (National Fibromyalgia Association). Tom is also planning on starting separate small groups which will meet on a different day, maybe every 2 weeks. In these small groups, people will be able to share more about how their lives have changed because of this illness. Confidentiality agreements will be signed. We also learned that we have a sister group starting up in Green Bay. If you know anyone who lives around there and has Fibromyalgia, let them know! Email Tom for more details. Also, some late-breaking exciting news: The Post-Crescent newspaper is planning on featuring our group in an article! 

Speaker at the October Meeting: Acupuncturist

We will have a speaker at the October 28th meeting. Mike Buyze from East Wind Acupuncture will tell us about acupuncture, from 7PM-8PM. You can read about Mike on his website, AcupunctureAppleton.com.

Next Meeting: October 28

Our next meeting will be October 28 (we always meet the last Tuesday of the month). 6PM-8PM at Zion Lutheran Church in Appleton, WI. The church is on Oneida Street at Winnebago Street. See you there!

Mapquest Online Map of Meeting Place

-> CLICK HERE <- to see a Mapquest online map of our meeting place, Zion Lutheran Church in Appleton, WI. The red star is the location. It's on the corner of Oneida St. and Winnebago St. which is in between Wisconsin and College Avenues. We meet in one of the conference rooms in the building attached to the church. Park in the lot behind the church, enter the building and go up one set of stairs. Turn right and the room is about halfway down the hall, on your right.

Next Meeting: September 30

Our next meeting will be on Tuesday, September 30th. At Zion Lutheran Church in Appleton. From 6PM - 8PM. 

Meeting Recap: August

A couple of new members joined us for the August meeting! Our support group is now featured on the community events scroll page on Channel 4, and on the Affinity hospital care website as well as their Nurse Direct info number. We are working to get it listed in the Post Crescent newspaper each month. Tom, the group facilitator, told us about his 3-day workshop in Washington, D.C. which was put on by NFA, the National Fibromyalgia Association. It featured speakers and attendees from all over the world! He learned skills to help promote Fibro awareness locally, like how to do good interviews with local media outlets. We did a new thing, which was to break into 4 small groups and spend half the meeting time this way, so we can learn more about each other and get to know each other better. 

Next Meeting: August 26

The August meeting will be Tuesday, August 26th at Zion Lutheran Church in Appleton. It starts at 6PM and runs until 8PM.