LAREDO STROKE SUPPORT GROUP INC

What they do

COMMUNITY OUTREACH LSSG BEGAN BY MAKING HOSPITAL VISITS IN ORDER to SPREAD THE WORD ABOUT LIFE AFTER STROKE. AT THE VISIT, LSSG PROVIDES A "CARE PACKAGE" WITH SOME EXAMPLES of HEALTHY EATING, INFORMATION ABOUT OUR GROUP and MEETINGS, A PLACE to WRITE DOWN APPOINTMENTS, and A CASUAL INVITATION to JOIN THE GROUP. SINCE WE STARTED THE HOSPITAL and REHAB VISITS, WE HAVE MET and INTEGRATED ABOUT 30 SURVIVORS and AT LEAST 50 OTHER COMMUNITY MEMBERS, and GAINED MORE INSIGHT INTO THE LOCAL STROKE COMMUNITYS NEEDS. A "FELLOWSHIP" HAS DEVELOPED WHEREIN THE SURVIVORS FEEL COMFORTABLE SHARING WITH ONE ANOTHER and HAVE TAUGHT EACH OTHER to BECOME MORE INDEPENDENT INDIVIDUALS THROUGH THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES. AT OUR MEETINGS, WE PROVIDE SMART MENU CHOICES, INFORMATIVE SPEAKERS, PRIVATE SESSIONS to TALK to OTHERS THAT ARE LIVING THROUGH SIMILAR STRUGGLES, ETC. WITH OVER 200 CURRENT STROKE SURVIVORS IN LAREDO, WE CONTINUE to LOOK for NEW AVENUES to GET SURVIVORS OUT of THEIR HOUSES, LESS DEPENDENT ON OTH