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Resources & Support

Support Groups for People with Low Vision in Oregon & SW Washington

In addition to the resources listed below, OHSU Casey Eye Institute has a Vision Rehabilitation Clinic. The staff performs comprehensive low vision evaluations and provides counseling on how best to adapt to visual problems.

Location Address Day & Time Contact
Corvallis Senior Center 2601 NW Tyler Ave., Cline Room, Corvallis 3rd Monday of month - 2 p.m. Bre Huffman: 541 754-1724
Eugene/Springfield
  

 

 		 No support group at this time. Contact the Eugene office of the Oregon Commission for the Blind for information on resources at 541 686-7990.
Lake Oswego Adult Community Center 505 G Ave., Lake Oswego 4th Monday of month - 1 to 2:30 p.m. (No meetings in July and December) Dana Tassos: 503 675-6425 or 503 635-3758
Gresham Senior Center 600 NE 8th St, Gresham 3rd Tuesday of month - 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. YWCA Advisor Donna Kinzig: 503 988-3840
King City Low Vision Support Group
  King City Town Hall - 15245 SW 116th Ave., King City 2nd Tuesday of month - 1:30 to 3 p.m.
 Velma Hunt:  503-636-7865
Portland - Terwilliger Plaza 2545 SW Terwilliger Blvd, Portland 4th Tuesday of month - 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Sandy Kurth: 503 808-7951
Portland - Westmoreland Union Manor 6404 SE 23rd Ave, Portland 1st Monday of month - 2 p.m. in Hobby Room Nora Allred:  503-232-8085
Portland - Rose Villa 13505 SE Riner Rd, Portland 1st Monday of month - 2 to 3 p.m. Rachel Rushing: 503 652-3044
Salem - Blindskills, Inc. 680 State St. #110, Salem  97301
 3rd Wednesday of month - 2 to 3:30 p.m. BT Imbrough: 503 581-4224
Vancouver, WA - Cascade Inn 11613 SE 7th St, Vancouver Last Thursday of month in afternoon Lynnie Miller: 360 254-3555
Willamette View 12705 SE River Rd, Portland, OR 97222 First Wednesday of month - 1 p.m. (Call first) Elizabeth Della Santina: 503 652-6639
Woodburn
 Country Meadows Village,

155 S. Evergreen, Woodburn, OR

 2nd Tuesday of the month

10 a.m. (No meetings June, July and August)

 Rachel Wolfe-Petersen: 503-873-1647

Please call the contact person listed above before attending a meeting, as times and locations may change.  This list was compiled by the Macular Degeneration Center at OHSU Casey Eye Institute. Updated April 2012.