The first meeting of this support group was held on August 10, 2002.  Dicy Cary-Cowart is the driving force behind the formation of the group.  Twenty two persons, patients and support persons, attended this first meeting.

 

Officers of the group are:

Chairperson -- Michael Comeau

Vice Chair --- Dicy Cary-Cowart

Secretary ---- Ruthie Wright

Treasurer ---- Dicy Cary-Cowart

 

Board of Directors:

Michael Comeau, Dicy Cary-Cowart, Matha Lou Wormington, Frances Goben, Ruthie Wright and Marcus Patillo.

 

The following committees were established:

Fund Raising ----- Lou Wormington and Qiana Brown

Communication -- Lora Willis, Ruthie Wright and Qiana Brown

Benevolent ------- Frances Goben

 

When membership forms are submitted to Slidell, all members of the Shreveport group will be eligible for the free newsletter "INSIGHT" published monthly by the Slidell Support Group. 

The support group met on  Saturday Sept. 14 2002 at 1:00 P.M. in Room A-1-2 on the 1st Floor of the LSU Medical Center on Kings Highway.

Dr. Samina Hyatt, coordinating investigator of the Scleroderma Consortium at LSU Medical Center, spoke to the group about scleroderma.

 

The upcoming garage sale was discussed.  For details see the "OCTOBER NEWS" page on this site.

 

We would like you to know that those of you who could not attend this meeting were missed and we hope that everything is going well.  Please let us know if there is anything we can do for you.