Celiac Support Groups in California, USA

A celiac's lifestyle is considerably easier with the help of a local support group. To assist in the process of finding local support, we have provided a series of files listing all of the celiac support groups that we are aware of. For each group one or more addresses and/or phone numbers are listed. When possible, e-mail addresses are also listed.

A very lax definition of support groups is used in these listings; any group that meets regularly for mutual support in handling celiac disease and the gluten-free diet is included in these listings. When a formal group is not available but someone is willing to function as a focal point, he/she is included as a "Resource Unit".

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California Contacts

Resource Unit
City: Bakersfield

 
Contacts:   
        Gigi Sorenson      805-325-2339
Internet:   
        Gigi Sorenson, VLSorenson@AOL.com
Updated: 20 Feb 1997

Resource Unit
City: Barstow

 
Contacts:   
        Kathleen Hemingway      
        25914 West Highway 58      
        Barstow, CA  92311      
        760-253-7764
Updated: 10 Mar 2001

Raising Our Celiac Kids (R.O.C.K.) - Canyon Country Chapter
City: Canyon County

 
Contacts:   
        Helaina Taylor      
        661-251-6884
Internet:   
       Helaina Taylor, helaina@directvinternet.com
Updated: 21 Dec 2003

Raising Our Celiac Kids (R.O.C.K.) - Danville Chapter
City: Danville

 
Contacts:   
        Dana Doscher      
        661-251-6884
Internet:   
       Dana Doscher, ddoscher11@aol.com
Updated: 21 Dec 2003

Raising Our Celiac Kids (R.O.C.K.) - Sacramento Chapter
City: El Dorado Hills

 
Contacts:   
        Beth Kassis      
        1800 Barcelona Court      
        El Dorado Hills, CA 95762      
        916-933-5327
Internet:   
       Beth Kassis, bethyk@pacbell.net
Updated: 21 Dec 2003

Resource Unit
City: Eureka

 
Contacts:   
        Leslie Fishell      
        707-822-6781
Internet:   
        Leslie Fishell, wilmik@aol.com
Updated: 20 May 1998

Raising Our Celiac Kids (R.O.C.K.) - Irvine Chapter
City: Irvine

 
Contacts:   
        Evelyn Tribole
        20 Mahogany
        Irvine, CA 92620-1224
Internet:
       Evelyn Tribole, ETzzzzzzzz@aol.com
Updated: 21 Dec 2003

Raising Our Celiac Kids (R.O.C.K.) - La Mesa Chapter
City: La Mesa

 
Contacts:
        Amy Unger-Weiss
        4168 Charles Street
       La Mesa, CA 91941
       619-463-0427
Internet:   Amy Unger-Weiss, Unger-Weiss@worldnet.att.net 
Updated: 21 Dec 2003

Group: Celiac Disease Foundation
City: Los Angeles

 
Office:
      13251 Ventura Blvd Ste 1
      Studio City, CA  91604-1838
      818-990-2354   
      818-990-2379 (fax)
Internet:
     group, cdf@celiac.org   
     WWW, http://www.celiac.org/index.html
     Bob Cable, Tvcable@AOL.COM
     Miles Perlmutter, thinker@earthlink.net
     Vi Orloff, mamacatt@earthlink.net
     Don Baisch dwb@starquest.net
Updated: 7 Mar 2001

Resource Unit
City: Merced

 
Contacts:
        Gary L. Brackney Sr.
        3596 Hagen Court
        Merced, CA  95348
        209-722-7760
Internet:
       Gary L. Brackney Sr., outsider@elite.net
Updated: 14 Aug 1997

Group: Central Valley
City: Modesto

 
Contacts:
        Karen Cadiz
        Manteca, CA 95337
        209-823-3211
Internet:   
       Karen Cadiz, centralvalleyceliacs@comcast.net
Updated: 10 Aug 09

Raising Our Celiac Kids (R.O.C.K.) - Moreno Valley Chapter
City: Moreno Valley

 
Contacts:
        Kellee Shearer
        10034 Snipe Circle
        Moreno Valley, CA 92557
        909-242-8448
Internet:
        Kellee Shearer, Treshearer@aol.com
Updated: 21 Ddec 2003

Group: Sprue Group of the SF Bay Area
City: Oakland

 
Contacts:
       Melissa Batavia
             1102 Warfield St, 
             Piedmont, CA  94611
             510-655-2555   
       Ellen Eagan
             632 Miller Ave.
             South San Francisco, CA  94080
             415-583-6413
       Cindy Breeden
             510-895-9590
       Elysse Paige
             2401 Bowditch Street
             Berkeley, CA  94702-2272
             510-643-6701      
             510-643-8943 (fax)
Internet:
      Melissa Batavia, melbatavia@comcast.net
      Ellen Eagan, eagan@pangloss.ucsf.EDU
      Cindy Breeden, cbreeden@worldnet.att.net
      Elysse Paige, epaige@berkeley.edu
Updated: 23 Jan 2010

Resource Unit
City: Oceanside

 
Contacts:
        Glorian Beeson
        1460 Salem Court
        Oceanside, CA  92057
        760-721-1791
Updated: 10 Mar 2001

Orange - Support Group
City: Orange

 
Contacts:
        Carolyn Weske
        3323 E. Romelle
        Orange, CA 92869
        714-771-0680
Internet:
       Carolyn Weske, cweske@hotmail.com
Updated: 21 Dec 2003

Group: O.C.R.O.C.K. (Raising Our Celiac Kids)
City: Orange County

 
Contacts:
        Christie Scales
             609 Bayside Dr.
             Seal Beach, CA 90740
             562 799-2060
        Jennifer Marcoly
             714 921-9924
Internet:
      Christie Scales, scalinni@earthlink.net
      Jennifer Marcoly, jmarcoly@hotmail.com
Updated: 25 July 2005

Group: Celiac Support Group at Stanford University
City: Palo Alto

 
Contacts:
       Kelly Rohlfs
       327 Bonair Siding
       Stanford, CA  94305-7270
       650-725-4771
Internet:
      Kelly Rohlfs, kellyr@bonair.stanford.edu
Updated: 3 Dec 2000

Raising Our Celiac Kids (R.O.C.K.) Palo Alto - Support Group
City: Palo Alto

 
Contacts:
        Autumn Katz
        650-328-5365
Internet:
       Autumn Katz, koolcatinacan@yahoo.com
Updated: 21 Dec 2003

Resource Unit
City: Pomona

 
Contacts:
       Patricia West
       1434 Willow Ave.
       La Puente, CA  91746
       626-337-6469
Updated: 10 Mar 2001

Resource Unit
City: Redding

 
Contacts:
        Karen Foss
        795 Flower Ash Lane
        Redding, CA  96003
       916-222-1605
Updated: 10 Mar 1998

Group: Sprue and You: Sacramento
City: Sacramento

 
Contacts:
        Diane Craig
        PO Box 2873
        Carmichael, CA  95608
        916-483-8546
Internet:
        Diane Craig, dcraig101@hotmail.com
Updated: 18 Sep 2009

Group: Redlands Area Celiac Sprue Support Group
City: San Bernardino

Contacts:
       Kathy Weller
           160 Chisholm Trail
           Redlands, CA  92373
           909-792-1764
       Roxie Smith
           730 Coronado
           Redlands, CA  92374
           909-792-0392
Internet:
       Lynda Swink, iampixilated@MINDSPRING.COM
       Robert V. Breunig, bbreunig@mail.ucr.edu
Updated: 10 Mar 2001

Group: San Diego
City: San Diego

 
Contacts:
       Jan Pruitt   Kimberly Duvall
Internet:
       Jan Pruitt jepsquirt@juno.com
       Kimberly Duvall 
   Group, info@glutenfreeinsd.com
   WWW, http://glutenfreeinsd.com/
Updated: 2 Sept 2009

Group: R.O.C.K. (Raising Our Celiac Kids)--San Diego
City: San Diego

 
Contacts:
        Danna Korn
        3527 Fortuna Ranch Road
        Encinitas, CA  92024
        858-756-8144
Internet:
       Danna Korn, danna@CELIACKIDS.COM
Updated: 20 Feb 2001

Group: Santa Cruz Celiac Support Group
City: Santa Cruz

 
Contacts:
        Pam Newbury
        543 Ice Cream Grade
        Santa Cruz, CA  95060
        831-423-6904
Internet:
       Pam Newbury, pknewbury@earthlink.net
Updated: 3 Oct 2001

Raising Our Celiac Kids (R.O.C.K.) - San Francisco Chapter
City: San Francisco

Contacts:
        Jackie Corley
        530 12th Avenue
        San Francisco, CA 94118
        415-387-2969
Internet:   Jackie Corley, Jacqueline_Scott_Corley@cand.uscourts.gov
Updated: 21 Dec 2003

Group: San Jose Celiacs
City: San Jose

 
Contacts:
        Maureen Vier
        1159 Dermott Dr
        San Jose, CA  95129
        650-725-6326
Internet:
   Maureen Vier, maureenv@bonair.stanford.edu
Updated: 3 Dec 2000

Resource Unit
City: Gluten Intolerance Group® of Marin County (San Rafael)

 
Contacts:
        Sheila Wagner, Co-Branch Manager 
        phone: 415-924-1700
        Alison St. Sure, Co-Branch Manager
        phone: 415-785-4990
Internet:
	glutenfreemarin@yahoo.com
Updated: 27 Dec 2009

Group: Orange County
City: Santa Ana

 
Contacts:
        Cecile Weed
            13471 Marty Lane
            Garden Grove, CA  92843
            714-750-9543
       Judy Sarver
            416 South California
            Orange, CA  92866
            714-532-2672
       Debbie Lee
            24392 Zandra
            Mission Viejo, CA  92866
            949-830-1891
      Jenny View
            5775 Southview Drive
           Yorba Linda, CA  92887
           714-777-5714
      Barbara Langan 
           10162 Beverly Drive
           Huntington Beach, CA  92646
          714-963-4213
Internet:
        Janna Anderson, Janna14@aol.com
Updated: 10 Mar 2001

Resource Unit
City: Santa Barbara

 
Contacts:
        Millie Van Eerde
        7154 Tuolumne Drive
        Goleta, CA  93117
        805-685-5746
Internet:
       Millie Van Eerde, zebra@SERVER1.SBCEO.K12.CA.US
Updated: 12 Jun 1998

Group: Sonoma County
City: Santa Rosa

 
Contacts:
        Rosemary Yates
        129 Greenvillia Drive
        Petaluma, CA  94952
        707-766-8606
Updated: 10 Mar 2001

Raising Our Celiac Kids - R.O.C.K. Visalia (Central) - Support Group
City: Visalia

 
Contacts:
        Shannon Williams
        559-741-1671
Internet:
        Shannon Williams, Rock_Visalia@webtv.net
Updated: 21 Dec 2003

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