support group
AIDS Support Group
Every Wednesday,
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
The Mission, 180 E. Central Avenue
Winter Haven Call (863) 299-2348
Alzheimers
• Alterra Sterling House
Second Thursday, 2:00 PM
6110 Cypress Gardens Boulevard,
SE, Winter Haven (863) 318-8416
Free Daycare Provided
• Life Care Center
First and Third Saturday, 9:30 AM
1510 Cypress Gardens Boulevard,
Winter Haven (863) 318-8646
• The Meadows at
Garden Grove

Third Friday, 10:00 AM
5890 Cypress Gardens Boulevard, SE, Winter Haven (863) 324-7300
Free Daycare Provided
St. Joseph Catholic Church
Fourth Saturday, 10:00 AM
Family Life Center, Doorway #2
(across from school)
532 Avenue M, NW, Winter Haven
(863) 294-5513

Amputee Support Group
Last Wednesday of each month, 6:00 PM
Gill Jones Outpatient Rehab
Conference Room
3425 Lake Alfred Road, Winter Haven
Call (863) 292-4060 Ext. 4922
Aphasia and Stroke
Support Group

First Thursday, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Winter Haven Hospital
Education Classrooms
Call (863) 293-1121, Ext. 2726
For more information. Please call in advance for possible schedule changes.
Bariatric Surgery & Gastric By-Pass Support Group
2nd Thursday of every month in Education at 7 p.m.
Winter Haven Hospital Education Classroom
Call (863) 291-6705
Brain Injury Support Group
Fourth Tuesday, 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Grace Lutheran Church
327 Avenue C, SE, Winter Haven
Call (863) 292-4061, Ext. 4941
Cancer Support Group
Second and Fourth Wednesday
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM
Winter Haven Hospital
Street 4 Dayroom
Call (863) 297-1877 or
(863) 291-6705
Caregivers Support Group
First Monday
1:00 PM
Winter Haven Hospital Center for Psychiatry Conference Room
Call (863) 291-6060
Diabetes Information
and Support Group

Second Tuesday, 4:00PM
Winter Haven Hospital
Education Classrooms
Call (863) 297-1706
Domestic Violence
Support Group

Every Tuesday, 4:00 PM
Resource Center For Women
711 6th Street, NW, Winter Haven
Call (863) 294-5318 for more information.
Shoulder To Lean On
Every Tuesday, 12:00 Noon - 1:00 PM
Polk Works One Stop
Call (863) 294-5318
Epilepsy Support Group
Second Tuesday, 2:00 PM
Winter Haven Hospital, Classroom C
Call (863) 686-5880
Esteem Graduate Support Group
First Monday, 12:00 Noon
Ryan’s  Restaurant, Winter Haven
(Lunch is optional)
Call (863) 292-4061, Ext. 4939
First Months Club for Parents
(Birth to 12 months)
Every Wednesday, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM
Regency Medical Center, Winter Haven
Call (863) 294-7020
First Steps Club for Parents
(Babies 12 - 24 months)
Every Monday, 10:30 AM - 12:00 Noon
Regency Medical Center, Winter Haven
Call (863) 294-7020
Grief Support Group
First and Third Tuesday,
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
Regency Medical Center
Winter Haven
Call (863) 297-1877
Grief Support -
A Place for Grace Project

For families suffering the loss of an infant or child.
Third Monday of each month
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Lakeland Highlands Church of Nazarene Fireside Room
Call (863) 294-8845
Grief Center of
Good Shepherd Hospice

•    Basic 6 week Grief Support Group
    Call 297-1880 for dates and times
• Grief Support for Survivors of Suicide: Anyone who has had a loved one suicide and is interested in attending a support group,
please call: (863) 297-1880.
For more information about these groups or for special needs call:

• East Polk area, (863) 297-1880

• Lakeland area (863) 802-0313

• Highlands (863) 471-3700
Heart to Heart
Cardiac Support Group

For those with heart disease and
those who have loved ones
with heart disease.
Second Wednesday
3:00 PM
Call (863) 293-1121, Ext. 1227 for location
Insulin Pump Support Group
Third Thursday of each month
6:30 PM
Winter Haven Hospital Education Classrooms
Call (863) 297-1706
Leukemia & Lymphoma
Support Group

Second and Fourth Monday,
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM
Trinity Congregational Church’s
Parish House, 1011 SR540 West
Winter Haven
Call (863) 293-1121, Ext. 1877
Lifelink Donor Awareness
and Support Group

Second Monday, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Winter Haven Hospital
Call (863) 439-5347
Lupus Information &
Support Group

Lupus Foundation/
Polk County Branch
Call (863) 956-3904
for more information.
Prostate Cancer
Support Group

Second and Fourth Tuesday,
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Winter Haven Hospital
Street 4 Dayroom
Call (863) 292-1121, Ext. 1877
NAMI
(National Alliance for the Mentally Ill)
Support group for those with
mentally ill relatives.
• First Tuesday, 7:00 PM
Sweet Center
1201 First Street, South,
Winter Haven
(863) 616-9642
• And First Tuesday, 7:00 PM
Lakeland Volunteer In Medicine Building, Craft Room,
1021 Lakeland Hills Boulevard, Lakeland.  Call (863) 616-9642
Ostomy Club
Second Tuesday
October through April
10:00 AM
Winter Haven Hospital
Education Classrooms
Call (863) 293-1121, Ext. 1511
Woman to Woman
(Breast Cancer Support Group)
Second Monday
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Regency Medical Center, Winter Haven
Call (863) 291-6705
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