Our support groups are free and open to any and all survivors and their families and friends. In these groups, people share thyroid cancer information, their experiences with their thyroid cancer, and insights on how they are coping with thyroid cancer, and support.
- Local Support Groups
This page lists all the groups, and has links to each group’s web page with contact and meeting details. Groups meet in communities around the United States, and in other countries, plus support by telephone and email. - ThyCa-Inspire Online Support Community
12 discussion groups, plus personal profile pages and journals
- Email Support Groups
7 email groups for different thyroid cancer types and situations
- The Person-to-Person Network
One-to-one support, matched by diagnosis
Due to the rapidly evolving COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak, we are exercising
an abundance of caution for the well-being of our support group members.
As such, we are canceling all scheduled support group meetings for the
foreseeable future. Having said this, some support groups are holding a
a virtual meeting in place of their canceled meeting.
Groups holding virtual meetings are listed below with a picture of a telephone
(
).
Check those groups' web pages for details. You're welcome to participate
in any virtual group meeting, even if you don't live near where that
group meets.
Please take care of yourself. We suggest that you
follow the precautions recommended by your local health agencies and the U.S.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://www.cdc.gov/
ThyCa support groups are free and open to any and all survivors and their families, students, etc. You may contact the facilitator identified on each page by email or telephone, or you can simply show up on the identified day! Friends and family are always welcome.
If you are interested in starting a support group in your area, please contact the ThyCa Support Group Coordinator at support-coord@thyca.org. Or you can do either of the following:
- Download a Facilitator Application in Word format, complete it,
and Email it to support-coord@thyca.org.
- Print a PDF version and fill it out by hand. Contact support-coord@thyca.org for a postal address for mailing the form.
View our interactive Google® maps showing all ThyCa support groups:
| US State index: | A B C D F G H I K M N O P S T U V W |
| International Index: | The Bahamas Canada Costa Rica Greece Honduras Ireland Kenya The Philippines United Kingdom |
Please note: Our web site and free support services are for education and support. They are not for commercial use. You are welcome to contact ThyCa to learn more about thyroid cancer and to participate in our support groups and events. Please do not use ThyCa's email address links to send solicitations or marketing messages for businesses or fundraisers.
ThyCa Support Groups - State Contacts List
Note: Some groups do not hold regular meetings, but provide phone and/or email support. Their web pages also list other nearby groups, if any.
|
State/Nation
|
City or Region
|
|---|---|
| Alabama | Columbus, GA -- phone/email support Mobile -- phone/email support Opelika -- phone/email support |
| Arizona | Chandler (ThyCa East Valley -- phone/email support) Phoenix -- phone/email support Tucson (ThyCa Southern Arizona) |
| Arkansas | Benton -- phone/email support |
| The Bahamas | Freeport |
| California | Benicia (ThyCa Solano County -- phone/email support) Foster City (ThyCa Silicon Valley) Fresno -- phone/email support Los Angeles (ThyCa N. LA County)Modesto (ThyCa Central Valley -- phone/email support) Mountain View (ThyCa South Silicon Valley) Newport Beach (ThyCa Orange County) Redondo Beach (ThyCa South Bay) Sacramento (ThyCa Sacramento Valley)San Bernardino -- phone/email support San Diego -- phone/email support San Luis Obispo (ThyCa Central Coast -- phone/email support) Santa Cruz |
| Canada | Brockville, Ontario (ThyCa Ontario) |
| Colorado | Colorado Springs Denver Glenwood Springs (ThyCa Western Slopes -- phone/email support) |
| Connecticut | New Haven Stratford (ThyCa Southern Connecticut -- phone/email support) Waterbury |
| Costa Rica | San Jose -- phone/email support |
| Dist. of Columbia | Washington (ThyCa Silver Spring, MD) |
| Florida | Cocoa (ThyCa Space Coast Central -- phone/email support) Fort Myers (ThyCa Suncoast) Hollywood (ThyCa S. Broward County -- phone/email support) Melbourne (ThyCa Space Coast South -- phone/email support) Miami (Spanish and English -- phone/email support) North Miami Beach (ThyCa North Miami Dade -- phone/email support) Orlando -- phone/email support Sarasota-Manatee -- phone/email support TampaTitusville (ThyCa Space Coast North -- phone/email support) South Florida (ThyCa Tri-counties) |
| Georgia | Atlanta Columbus -- phone/email support Opelika, AL -- phone/email support |
| Greece | Athens -- phone/email support Patras -- phone/email support |
| Hawaii | Wailuku (ThyCa Maui -- email support only) |
| Honduras | Tegucigalpa (ThyCa AHCAT Honduras) |
| Idaho | Boise Hayden (Northern Idaho & Spokane-- phone/email support) |
| Illinois | Chicago |
| Indiana | Evansville -- phone/email support Lawrenceburg (ThyCa Eastern Indiana -- phone/email support) South Bend -- phone/email support |
| Iowa | Cedar Rapids Corridor -- phone/email support Des Moines (ThyCa Central Iowa -- phone/email support) Waterloo -- phone/email support |
| Ireland | Dublin (ThyCa Ireland -- phone/email support) |
| Kansas | Coffeyville -- (ThyCa Southeast Kansas -- phone/email support) Kansas City, MO (ThyCa KANMO) North Kansas City, MO |
| Kentucky | Latonia (ThyCa Northern Kentucky -- phone/email support) Lexington -- phone/email support Louisville -- email support Pikeville -- phone/email support |
| Kenya | Nairobi |
| Maine | Falmouth -- phone/email support Scarborough -- phone/email/Skype support |
| Maryland | Baltimore Silver Spring (Washington, DC) |
| Massachusetts | Boston Brockton -- phone/email/text message support New Bedford (ThyCa Southeast Massachusetts) |
| Michigan | Ann Arbor (ThyCa SE Michigan -- phone/email support) Charlevoix -- phone/email support Troy |
| Minnesota | St. Paul (ThyCa Twin Cities) |
| Mississippi | Tupelo |
| Missouri | Kansas City (ThyCa KANMO) North Kansas City St. Louis |
| Nebraska | Lincoln |
| Nevada | Reno -- phone/email support |
| New Hampshire | Nashua |
| New Jersey | Neptune (ThyCa Jersey Shore University Medical Center) Trenton (ThyCa Central Jersey -- phone/email support) Vineland (ThyCa Southern Jersey)Wood-Ridge (ThyCa Bergen County) |
| New York | Bronx -- email support only Buffalo (ThyCa Western New York) Latham (ThyCa Hudson-Mohawk) Liverpool (ThyCa Syracuse) Manhasset (ThyCa Long Island) ManhattanRochester -- phone/email support Troy (ThyCa Otsego County -- phone/email support) |
| North Carolina | Concord -- phone/email support Greensboro (ThyCa Piedmont -- email support) RaleighWilmington -- phone/email support |
| Ohio | Canton -- phone/email support Cincinnati -- phone/email support Strongsville (ThyCa Cleveland)Columbus Toledo |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma City Tulsa -- phone/email support |
| Oregon | Bend Portland -- phone/email support |
| Pennsylvania | Bethlehem (ThyCa Greater Lehigh Valley) Hershey NW Philadelphia (ThyCa NW Philly) Pittsburgh Southampton (ThyCa Bucks County) |
| Philippines | Cebu City |
| South Carolina | Myrtle Beach -- phone/email support |
| Tennessee | Memphis -- email support only Nashville -- phone/email support |
| Texas | Brownsville (ThyCa Cameron County) Dallas Houston -- email support only |
| United Kingdom | Brentwood (ThyCa Essex -- phone/email support) |
| Utah | Salt Lake City -- phone/email support |
| Vermont | Northern Vermont -- phone/email support |
| Virginia | Arlington (ThyCa Northern Virginia -- phone/email support) Norfolk Richmond -- phone/email support Roanoke -- phone/email support |
| Washington | Hayden, ID (Northern Idaho & Spokane -- phone/email support) Seattle Vancouver |
| Wisconsin | Fox Cities -- phone/email support Madison Manitowoc Milwaukee -- phone/email support |
| US State index: | A B C D F G H I K M N O P S T U V W |
| International Index: | The Bahamas Canada Costa Rica Greece Honduras Ireland Kenya The Philippines United Kingdom |
This page was updated on March 1, 2021.