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Support Groups: Asthma and COPD

National Jewish Health is a proud sponsor of the American Lung Association's Better Breathers Club. The Better Breathers Club is a support group dedicated to helping people learn to live better lives with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other lung diseases. Do you have questions about traveling with oxygen or pulmonary rehabilitation? Visit the American Lung Association's website to search for Better Breathers Club locations across the country.

You can also find support online at sites such as COPD-Alert.

Groups in Colorado

If you live in the Colorado, get answers to all of your lung disease questions at one of the support groups below.

Where in Colorado?	When?	Who?
Denver Rocky Mountain Better Breathers National Jewish Health Rm L111, in the cafeteria	3rd Thursday of the month 2:30 to 4 pm	Sherri Michaelis 303.398.1397
Denver Alpha Beaters - The Alpha 1 Support Group National Jewish Health	3rd Wednesday of the month	Bill Dawkins 720.870.4204
Denver Spalding Breathing Support Group Spalding Rehab Hospital, 900 Potomac St.	1st Tuesday of the month 10 to 11 am	Melanie Trent 303.364.3509
Denver Catch Your Breath Saint Joseph Hospital (1835 Franklin Street, 80218-1191)	3rd Thursday of the month 11to 12:30 pm (potluck lunch)	Tammy 303.837.7759
Denver (Wheat Ridge) Living With Lung Disease Exempla Rehabilitation Center Conference Room (9830 I-70 Frontage Road S., 80033)	1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month 1:00 to 2 pm	Brenda Crow 303.467.4122
Boulder / Longmont Easy Breathers Longmont United Hospital	2ndWednesday of the month 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm (potluck dinner)	Barbara Jensen 303.772.3329
Colorado Springs Better Breathers Health and Learning Center (1644 Medical Center Point - Union and Fillmore)	3rd Tuesday of Feb., May, Aug., and Nov. 1:30 to 3 pm	Patti Shelter 719.776.4717
Colorado Springs Lung Disease Support Group Senior Center (1514 N. Hancock - Uintah and Hancock)	3rd Thursday of the month, 5:30 to 7 pm (light dinner provided)	Elaine Wozniak 719.365.2223
Colorado Springs Southern Colorado Pulmonary Hypertension Group First Lutheran Church (1515 N Cascade - call for directions)	3rd Sunday of the month 1:00 pm	Pat Patterson phpatt@earthlink.net 719.637.1244
Grand Junction Grand Junction Life Center (1100 Patterson Mt. Garfield Room, 2nd floor)	1st Wednesday of the month Sept through May 1:30 to 3 pm	Candy with St. Mary's Pulmonary Rehabilitation Dept. 970.244.6056
Loveland Better Breathers Wellness Center at McKee Medical Center (attached to the hospital)	3rd Tuesday of the month 1 to 3 pm	Diane Lemon 970.635.4025
Pueblo Asthma Education Parkview Medical Center	Call for details.	Jana Misiaszek 719.584.4760
Pueblo Better Breathers AARP Office, 1117 S Prairie, 81005	3rd Tuesday of every month 1:00 to 2:30 pm	719.948.9848

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