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Gf Free In The Rgv (or Wayyy South Texas)


yllehs91

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I'm 13 and new to this whole gluten-free thing. I'm from SOUTH SOUTH SOUTH TEXAS! (2 hours below corpus...right above mexico) and the closest group i've been able to find is corpus. the problem: their meetings are on the 3rd mon. of each month and i have school! so does anyone know of any that are in the RGV or somewhere closer to me? (maybe Kingsville??) please help! I need a support group! (one thing is that i saw where celiac disease is more commonly in Caucasian people and where i live it's greatly populated w/ Hispanics.) but plz help if you can! THANKS!!


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Here are the support groups listed on this site. I am not sure if one is close to you but if not I am sure if you called one of these groups they may be able to direct you to another group, maybe new ones have formed recently.

Texas

Austin - Support Group

Austin Celiac Support Association

Contact 1: Frances Kelley, Chair

Tel: (512) 301-2224

E-mail: fkelley@austin.rr.com

Contact 2: Cindy Herndon, Vice Chair/Programs

Tel: (512) 338-4806

E-mail: herndons@austin.rr.com

Austin - Support Group

Contact: Kay Stence

Austin Gluten-Free Friends

2304 Forest Bend

Austin, TX, 78704

Tel: (512) 442-4008

E-mail: kstence@austin.rr.com

Beaumont - Resource:

Contact: Kathleen Shipley

1750 Rikisha

Beaumont, TX 77706

Tel: (409) 892-2068

E-mail: keshipl@ibm.net

Brazoria County Texas Celiac Support Group

Contact: Cecilia McNeil

Tel: (979) 265 0819

E-mail: clmcneil@academicplanet.com

Bryan - Resource:

Contact: Cindy Fisher

1017 Water St.

Navasota, TX 77868

Tel: (409) 825-2355

E-mail: fisher@myriad.net

Corpus Christi - Support Group

Gluten-Free Gatherings

Contact 1: Lari Jo Wallace-Johnston, Chair

5433 Fresno Drive

Corpus Christi TX 78411-6044

Tel: (361)852-3934

E-mail: larijo@earthlink.net

Contact 2: Susan M. Revier, Secretary

217 Alta Plaza

Corpus Christi TX 78411-1413

Tel: (361)855-6810

E-mail: jandsrevier@msn.com

Dallas/Fort Worth - Support Group

Contact 1: Betty Barfield, President

Lone Star Celiac Support Group

6821 Nob Hill Drive

North Richland Hills, TX 76180

Tel: (817) 967-2804 or (817) 577-0212

E-mail: betty.barfield@aa.com

Contact 2: Pamela Rodgers

Tel: (972) 690-3507

E-mail: pamela.rodgers@sbcglobal.net

Dallas/Fort Worth - Support Group

Contact 1: David Kline, Manager

North Texas Gluten Intolerance Group

115 Derek Drive

Weatherford, TX 76087

Tel: (817) 596-8491

e-mail: northtexasgig@juno.com

Contact 2: Diane McConnell, Contact

Tel: (817) 849-8646

e-mail: dimcc@swbell.net

Eastland - Resource:

Contact: Jill Hollywood

P.O. Box 938

Eastland, TX 76448-0938

Tel: (254) 629-1299

El Paso - Resource:

Contact: Crystal Foley

3355-A Townsley St.

El Paso TX 79904-4244

Tel: (915) 564-4012

E-mail: crystalfoley@juno.com

Houston - Support Group

Houston Celiac Sprue Association

Janet Y. Rinehart, Chairman

13722 Ashley Run

Houston, TX 77077

Tel: (281) 679-7608

E-mail: txjanet@swbell.net

Chapter web site: Open Original Shared Link

Lubbock - Support Group

Contact: Rebecca Holland

Lubbock Celiac Support Group

E-mail: allamer@WINDMILL.NET

Internet:- Open Original Shared Link

Midland - Support Group

Contact 1: Pat Gatlin

West Texas gluten-free Awareness Group

11809 W. County Road, #54

Midland, TX 79707

Tel: (915) 563-4847

Contact 2: Lois Newbold

Tel: (915) 684-4671

Contact 3: Linda Blanchard

E-mail: linda@ccgs.com

Nacogdoches - Resource:

Contact: Jim Hardy

1508 Terracewood

Nacogdoches, Texas 75961

Tel: (409) 560-0555 or (409) 468-3806

E-mail: f_hardyjc@titan.sfasu.edu

San Antonio - Support Group

San Antonio Celiac Support Group

Contact 1: Anne Barfield, Chair

606 Jackson Keller

San Antonio TX 78216-7121

Tel: (210)340-0648

E-mail: AnneBarfield@satx.rr.com

Contact 2: Lynn Rainwater, Secretary

1023 Cloverbrook

San Antonio TX 78245-1604

Tel: (210)673-3041

E-mail: txlynnr@swbell.net

Texarkana - Resource:

Contact: Marie Freeman

Rt 6, Box 465-F

Texarkana, TX 75501

Tel: (903) 793-1392

Waco - Resource:

Steve O'Connor

2624 Lake Oaks Road

Waco, TX 76710

Tel: (254) 772-8213

E-mail: S88oconnor@aol.com

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tiffjake Enthusiast

Hey! Thanks! I live in Killeen Texas and I have been trying to find a support group!!!! thanks for the help!

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