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| Atlanta Gluten Free Dinner Club Group - Meetup.com |
| This is a group of celiacs in the Atlanta area that meets once a month for dinner. They go to dinner and trade information. No formal meeting is held. The group meets at a restaurant in the metro Atlanta area. Contact Tiffany to suggest a restaurant to meet at. To join this group, go to the website listed below and join. The website will give the details. You have to be a member to get the details of where the meeting is going to be. It is a good group to meet with. There is no formal meeting, just going to dinner and having discussions with the others who share the same difficulties you have when eating out. The number of people at a meeting ranges from 6 to 50. To sign up go to their website, http://www.meetup.com/atlantagfdinnerclub/ |
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| Gluten Free Support Group - Marietta |
| This group is facilitated by Nisla Whetstone. It meets monthly at Dr. Joe Esposito's office to share information. No membership fees are charged. For more information about this group, contact Nisla at magickhand@gmail.com |
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| Emory University Gluten Free Eagles |
| A support and info-sharing group for Emory University faculty, staff, students and even alumni who are gluten-free or who care about people who are gluten-free. Their first meeting is on Tuesday, December 8th 5:00 to 7:00 pm, 1599 Clifton Road, Room 6.125, Free covered parking at 1599 Clifton Road or take Cliff Shuttle. Yummy gluten?free treats will be served. For more information or to RSVP, please contact Sam Marie Engle at sengle@emory.edu. |
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| Georgia R.O.C.K. (Raising Our Celiac Kids) |
| This is a support group for parents, families and friends of children with celiac disease and gluten intolerance. They have a membership of over 200 families. While metro Atlanta and surrounding areas is the where the majority of the membership lives, they have members from all over the state (they come to the camps, etc.). The R.O.C.K. group does not have a set meeting schedule, but does do social events as well as family and summer camps. Email Susan Wagner, President of the Georgia Chapter of R.O.C.K. at SWagner@dixon-hughes.com or go to their website http://georgiarock.org/ for details on the camps and social events.
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| Middle Georgia GIG - Warner Robbins |
| Middle Georgia GIG - is located in Warner Robbins and is also a branch of the Gluten Intolerance Group of North America (GIG). Their Mission is to provide support to persons with gluten intolerances, including celiac disease, dermatitis herpetiformis and gluten sensitivities so they may live healthier lives. Whether you have recently been diagnosed or have been living the gluten free lifestyle for many years, you are invited to attend our monthly support group meetings. $25 annual membership dues; meeting schedule on website. For more information go to their website, http://middlegeorgia.gigbranches.org |
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| Gluten Free Support Group - Augusta |
| This group is facilitated by Rose Cruickshank, RN, Branch Manager. Phone: 706-738-8253, email: roseforhealth@aol.com . |
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| Gluten Free Support Group - Columbus |
| Celiac Support Group of the Greater Chattahoochee Area - Columbus - contact Mona Nelson (706) 569-1053 – dane192667@aol.com for more information . |
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| Gluten Free Support Group - Jasper |
| This group is facilitated by Jan Austin. They meet at Natural Market Place after the monthly gluten-free cooking class taught by David Gerhardt. No membership fees are charged. They gather to help each other in an informal sharing environment. If you would like more information, please contact Jan Austin at jgaustin@ellijay.com. They publish their meeting notices in the Pickens Progress, Mountain Peaks and via an email from Natural Market Place. |
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| Gluten Free Support Group - Savannah |
| contact GIG@gluten.net for more information |
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| National Support Groups: |
Gluten Intolerance Group (GIG) of North America |
| Celiac Disease Foundation www.celiac.org 818-990-2354 |
| Celiac Sprue Association www.csaceliacs.org 1-877-272-4272 |
National Foundation of Celiac Awareness |
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| Online Support Groups- Celiac Internet Forums: |
| Celiac Internet Forums |
Forums are message boards for a particular topic, there are a number of forums for celiacs. A forum can have single or multiple message areas (folders or topic areas). A message and the responses to it are called a thread. Most forums have files that can be downloaded. The celiac forums cover many topics, but almost always have discussions about food, symptoms, recipes,and restaurant menus. You will often discussions on areas of being a celiac you never thought about. To post a message or inquiry, you have to join that forum. Most of the forums will allow you to see posts, download files or perform searches without joining, some require you to join to do these things. If you join, a copy of all messages posted will usually be emailed to you, however not having those emails sent is usually an option. Each forum has it’s strengths, weaknesses and quirks, find the one(s) that suit your needs. Most of these forums are like having a discussion about being a celiac with your friends, only everybody is a celiac. You will quickly learn that while every celiac is unique, the challenges we face are not unique. It is particularly good to log on, when the challenges of being a celiac in a non-celiac world have gotten you down. |
| Silly Yaks Internet Forum http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/SillyYaks/ |
You have to join Yahoo Groups and the Silly Yaks forum to see/post messsages or download files. There is no cost to do so. Once you have joined Yahoo Groups, you will need to send a short message to the forum moderator to join the Silly Yaks forum. It is easy to do. All the messages are in a single message area. |
| Delphi Celiac Internet Forum http://forums.delphiforums.com/celiac |
You do not have to join to see messsages or download files. You do have to join to post messages. There are a dozen folders or message areas. Most unique download file(s) - Product lists of mainstream gluten free products. |
| Celiac Listserv http://listserv.icors.org/archives/celiac.html |
This is the grand daddy of celiac forums. You do not have to join to view or search. You do have to join to post messages. There is no cost to join. When you post a message or request, answers will be sent to your email address.You are expected to summarize and post a summary. The information that gets presented and the questions that get asked cover every topic a celiac can think of and many you would not have thought of. If it is happening in the celiac world it ends up on this web site. It is easy to search the archives of this site to find if the answer to your question is already available. |
| Glutenfree Forum http://www.glutenfreeforum.com |
This forum is part of the www.celiac.com website. You do not have to join to view or search. You do have to join to post messages.There are a number of different folders or message areas. There is also a lot of information on the www.celiac.com website. |
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