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PARENTING
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Starting Times:Breastfeeding Group
Baystate Medical Center
Springfield
413-784-5312
1st and 3rd Wednesday of the month, Noon-1 pm
Wesson Women's Nursery C
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Starting Times:La Leche League - Breastfeeding
413-533-5389
Lezlie
3rd Wednesday of the month, 7 pm
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Starting Times:La Leche League - Breastfeeding
Grace Lutheran Church
West Springfield
Jeanne, 413-739-7923
Chris, 413-736-3238
3rd Monday of the month, 7:30 pm
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Starting Times:Child & Family Service of Pioneer Valley
A variety of free parenting support groups held in Springfield
413-737-1426
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Starting Times:Concerned Fathers of Massachusetts, Inc.
Springfield
413-736-7432
1st Thursday of the month, 7:30 pm, YMCA
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Starting Times:Goodstart
Weekly groups for expectant parents and parents of infants and toddlers in Greenfield, Amherst, Northampton and Springfield
413-773-3608
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Starting Times:Grandparents As Parents
367 Pine Street
Springfield
413-737-4718
Barbara Mcintyre
Fridays, 10-11:30 am
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Starting Times:Grandparents As Parents
216 Broadway Street
Chicopee
413-534-3698
Julie
3rd Tuesday of the month, 6-7 pm
Chicopee Falls Public Library
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Starting Times:MOMS (Mothers of Miracles)
Springfield
413-782-5212
Tuesdays, 9:30-11 am
Evangelical Covenant Church
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Starting Times:Mother To Mother
Holyoke Hospital
Holuoke
413-534-2700
Ginny Thomas
Mondays, 11 am - Noon
Holyoke Hospital, Birthing Center
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Starting Times:New Mothers
Longmeadow
413-794-5515
Thursdays, 10:30 a.M - Noon
Greenwood Center
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Starting Times:Parents Anonymous
Self-help groups in Springfield, Chicopee, Westfield, Amherst, Easthampton, Greenfield
800-882-1250 for time and location
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Starting Times:Toughlove
Chicopee
413-593-1001 or 800-333-1069
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Starting Times:Toughlove
South Deerfield
413-665-0501 or or 800-333-1069
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Starting Times:Toughlove
Westfield
413-527-1393 or 800-333-1069
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Starting Times:Toughlove
Southwick
413-569-5877 or 800-333-1069
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Starting Times:Family Support Group
Vanguard Inc.
2nd Tuesday of the month, 1:30 pm
Vanguard Conference Room
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Starting Times:Young Adults Group
Vanguard Inc.
Palmer
413-594-2126
3rd Wednesday of the month, 6:30 pm
Palmer Library
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Starting Times:Parents Advisory Council
Roosevelt Avenue
Springfield
First Wednesday of the month, 7-9 pm
Central High School
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Starting Times:Parent Advisory Group
to Special Education
51 Day Avenue
Westfield MA 01085
Mary E. Rodriguez
SENIORS
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Starting Times:In Good Company
Chicopee Senior Center
7 Valley View Court
Chicopee
413-534-3698
Fridays 11:00-12:00 am
SEXUAL ABUSE
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Starting Times:Sexual, Physical, Emotional Abuse (SPEA)
Survivors of Incest, Confidential
Pristine Life Center
413-598-0688
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Starting Times:Female Survivors of Sexual Abuse and Incest
West Springfield Counseling Center
West Springfield
413-737-4718
Wednesday Evenings, West Springfield Counseling Center
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Starting Times:Survivors of Incest Anonymous
Trinity United Methodist Church
361 Sumner Avenue
Springfield
Sharyn, 413-736-6771
Lee, 413-746-5827
Fridays, 6-7:30 pm, Trinity United Methodist Church, Classroom M
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Starting Times:Adult Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
413-594-5613
Mark
Mondays, 7 pm
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Starting Times:Adult Male Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse
Men's Resource Center
Amherst
413-253-9887
Fridays, 7 pm, Men's Resource Center
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Starting Times:YWCA Abuse and Rape Crisis Hotline
Springfield
413-733-7100 (TTY) or Toll Free 800-796-8711 (TTY)
Westfield, Massachusetts
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