Survivor Support Groups
Augusta
Trinity Hospice Community Bereavement Center
2803 Wrightsboro, Rd
Augusta Georgia 30909
Group Name: SOS - Augusta
Contact Person: Al or Laraine Yarbrough
(706) 863-6785
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 4th Sundays at 3:00 PM
Charge: NO
Newsletter: NO
Columbia
Westminster Presbyterian Church
1715 Broad River Road
Columbia, SC 29210
Group Name: Columbia Survivors of Suicide
Contact Person: Judy Raphael Kletter
(803) 345-1236
jkletter@bellsouth.net
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 1st Tuesday each month, 7 to 8:30 PM
Charge: No
Newsletter: No
Additional Information: Serves Lexington, Richland, Newberry, Sumter, Orangeburg and Florence counties.
Florence
Mcleod Hospice House
1203 East Cheves Street
Florence, SC 29506
Group Name: Survivors of Suicide
Contact Person: Debbie Atkinson
dlee@clarendon3.org
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month:3rd Monday, 6:30pm-8:00pm
Charge: No
Greenville
Mental Health America of Greenville County
429 North Main St. Suite 2
Greenville, SC 29601
Group Name: Survivors of Suicide
Contact Person: Michelle Morton
(864) 271-8888
sos@mhagc.org
www.mhagc.org
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 2
Charge: No
Newsletter: Yes
Greenwood
Lowell Street United Methodist Church
300 Lowell Ave.
Greenwood, SC 29646
Group Name: Crossroads
Contact person: Cathy Smith
(864) 543-3436
mailto:chaneys@nctv.com
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month, 2nd Monday
Charge: No
Newsletter: No
HiltonHead Island
Hilton Head Island / Bluffton
119 Palmetto Way
PO Box 3827
Bluffton, SC 29910
Group Name: Survivors of Suicide
Contact Person: Ms. Renee Woodruff, Bereavement Services Coordinator
(843) 342-8919
rwoodruff@hospicecare.lc.org
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: usually 3rd or 4th Monday
Additional Information: serving Beaufort and Jasper counties
Horry County
Murrell’s Inlet Mall/ Meeting Hall
12125 Highway 17 Byp
Murrells Inlet, SC 29576
Group Name: Survivors of Suicide
Contact person: Ms. Pat Dofer
(843) 357-6848
pmdorfer@peoplepc.com
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 1st Wednesday, 6 pm
Charge: No
Newsletter: No
North Charleston
211 Hotline
P.O. Box 63305
N. Charleston, SC 29419
Group Name: Survivors of Suicide
Contact Person: Charlotte Anderson
(843) 747-3007
(843) 744-4357
211director@tuw.org
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 2
Charge: No
Newsletter: No
Spartanburg
Morningside Baptist Church
897 South Pine Street
Spartanburg, SC 29302
Contact Person: Dr. Wayne Hyatt
mailto:wfhyatt@bellsouth.net
(864) 585-5457
Leadership Type: Peer
Meetings/Month: 2nd Monday each month
Morningside Baptist Church
Charge: No
Newsletter: No
Sumter
St. Johns Methodist Church
136 Poinsett Drive
Sumter, SC 29150
Group Name: Sumter Survivors of Suicide (SOS)
Contact Person: Ramelle Coker
cokerrt@dhec.sc.gov
(803) 983-9106
Leadership Type: P/P
Meetings/Month: 1 - 1st Thursday, 7 PM
Charge: No
Newsletter: No
Charge: No
Newsletter: No
E-MAIL SUPPORT GROUPS AND DISCUSSION BOARDS
• “Friends and Families of Suicide” e-mail support group. For information, send an e-mail to arlynsmom@cs.com
• www.griefnet.org (Internet community of people dealing with death, and loss. Sponsors 47 e-mail support groups, organized by type of loss (including suicide) and relationship.)
• www.grohol.com/helpme.htm (E-mail support groups based on relationship [including groups for children, which are moderated by adults] and special interest.)
• www.groww.org/Branches/sos.htm (E-mail support group)
• www.healingthehurt.com (E-mail support group)
• “Parents of Suicides” e-mail support group exclusively for parents who’ve lost a child to suicide. For information, send an e-mail to arlynsmom@cs.com
• www.pbs.org/weblab/living (Created by a survivor to provide a space for survivors to share their stories)
• www.compassionatefriends.org (Sponsors on-line chat groups for those who’ve lost a child or sibling [not specific to suicide])