Atlantic/Cape May
Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation
61 W. Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ 08240-0723
Contact: Nutan Ravani, 856-589-5797
Meets the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.

Bergen
Pascack Valley Hospital
Conference Rooms 1 & 2, Old Hook Road, Westwood, NJ
Contact: Beth Millstein Wish, 845-358-4815 (weekdays)
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Burlington/Camden
Bancroft Rehabilitation Services
Hopkins Lane, Haddonfield, NJ 08033
Contact: Bill Janson, 609-877-8464
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month at 7 p.m.

Burlington/Camden
Marlton Rehabilitation Hospital
92 Brick Road, Marlton, NJ 08053
Contact: Mark Rader, 856-988-4124
Meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month at 7 p.m.
Mild/Moderate TBI Support Group

Cumberland
Rehabilitation Hospital of South Jersey
1237 West Sherman Avenue, Vineland, NJ 08360
Contact: Dr. Chris Wolf, 856-696-7100, ext. 224
Meets the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.

Essex
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation
240 Central Avenue, East Orange, NJ 07018
Contact: Betty Collins, 973-414-4743
Spanish Group Contact: Dr. Juan Arango, 973-324-3558
Meets the last Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Gloucester
Moss Rehab/Drucker Brain Injury Center
135 South Broad Street, Woodbury, NJ 08096
Contact: Cynthia Abbott-Gaffney, 856-853-9900, ext. 102
Meets the 4th Monday of each month at 6 p.m.

Hunterdon/Warren
Warren Hospital/Health Ed. Dept.
185 Roseberry Street, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
Contact: Evelyn Dart, 908-782-5344 (weekdays)
Meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m.

Mercer
St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Hospital
2381 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Contact: David Searles, 609-896-9500, ext. 2244
Meets the 1st Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Middlesex
JFK Johnson Rehab Center for Head Injuries
JFK Hartwyck at Oak Tree, 2048 Oak Tree Rd., Edison, NJ 08820-2012
Contact: David DiPaolo, 732-906-2640 ex. 42885
Meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m.

Monmouth
Dorbrook Park Recreation Area
Route 537, Colts Neck, NJ, 07722
Contact: Peggy DiTommaso, 609-538-8464
Meets the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.

Morris
Kessler Institute for Rehab/Welkind Facility
Pleasant Hill Road, Chester, NJ 07930
Contact: Denise Holderied, 973-252-6375
Meets the 1st Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m.

Ocean
Community Medical Center
99 Highway 37 West, Toms River, NJ 08755
Contacts: Phone: 732-557-8000, Pam Lightfoot, ext. 11547, and Vicky Hardy, ext. 10226
Meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m.

Ocean and Monmouth
Office Plus at Ideal Plaza
2226 Hwy 9 South, Suite 21, Howell, NJ 07731
Contact: Olivia Williams, 732-408-9666
Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m.
A faith-based support group

Passaic
Rehabilitation Specialists
401 Haledon Ave., Haledon, NJ 07508
Family Contact: Cindy Clawson, 973-427-2600, ext. 19
Voices That County (Survivors)
Contact: Heidi Lewis, 973-427-2600, ext. 25
Both groups meet the 4th Thursday of each month at 6 p.m.

Somerset/Hunterdon
Neurobehavioral Institute of NJ
626 North Thompson Street, Raritan, NJ 08876
Contact: Mary Liz McNamara, 908-725-8877
Meets the 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Sussex
Redeemer Lutheran Church
37 Newton Sparta Road, Newton, NJ 07860
Contact: Angel McLaughlin, 732-627-9890, ext. 202
Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 8 p.m.
(Business meeting held at 7 p.m.)

Union
Mountainside Rescue Squad
1385 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
Contact: BIANJ Office, 732-738-1002
Meets the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.

Unaffiliated Brain Injury Support Groups

Camden City
Camden OEO Office
538 Broadway
Camden, NJ 08103
Contact: Susan Quick, 856-596-2538
Meetings: Every second Tuesday, 3-5 p.m.

Mercer County
Capital Health System Stroke Support Group
Mercer Campus, 446 Bellevue Avenue
Conference Room A
Trenton, NJ
Contact: LouAnn McGinty, RN, MSN, Neuroscience Nurse Coordinator
(609) 394-6000, or
Rev. Berlinda Love, Coordinator
(609) 882-1378 for information/to register.
Meetings: Second Saturday of each month at 10 a.m.
For stroke patients and caretakers.

Hunterdon County
Hunterdon Medical Center
2100 Wescott Drive
Flemington, NJ 08822
Meeting: 2nd Thursday of every month at 7 p.m.
Contact: Gwenn Bartlett-Palmer, 908-238-9714

Middlesex County
Central New Jersey Brain Tumor Support & Resource Center
300 Clinton Ave.
North Plainfield, NJ 07060
Meetings: 1st Thursday of every month from 7-8:30 p.m.
Contact: Patty Anthony, 732-321-7000, ext. 62874

Monmouth and Ocean County
Brain Tumor Support Group
Wall Township Branch of Monmouth County Library
2700 Allaire Road, Wall, NJ 07719
Meetings: First Friday of month 3-4:45 p.m., except in summer.
During summer (July and August) meets second Thursday of month, 7-8:30 p.m.
Contact: Illene and David Lewis, 732-615-9220

South Jersey
Apostles’ Lutheran Church
4401 Black Horse Pike (Route 42)
Turnersville, NJ 08012
(Directions: 609-629-4228)
Contact: Theresa May, 856-629-8487
Meetings: Every Wednesday night
Note: This is a “clubhouse” model group for recreation/networking.

Northeast/Central Jersey
Opportunity Project
90 Millburn Avenue, 2nd Floor
Millburn, NJ 07041
Contact: Bob Marlin, 973-887-0818
Meetings are held one evening a month, from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Please call for specific meeting dates.
Note: This is a young men’s brain injury support group, ages ranging from 19-49.

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