Welcome to Eastern-PA-PFLAGParents, Families and Friends of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex PeopleWe serve Berks, Lehigh, Northampton, Monroe, Bucks, and surrounding counties. We are not geographically limited by these areas. All are Welcome!Our Mission:
P.O. Box 403, Macungie, PA 18062 Helplines: 610-967-5219, 570-620-1234 Fax: 610-967-6468 by easternpapflag@ptd.net Monthly Meetings: Please check the latest Newsletter (in the menu above) or call the number indicated below to confirm that a meeting is being held. ALLENTOWN MEETINGS are no longer being held monthly. Our next meeting will be October 5, 2010. The location is the Allentown First Presbyterian Church - 3231 West Tilghman Street, Allentown PA 18104 (Cedar Crest Blvd. and Tilghman St.). The meetings will be in Room 215. If you would like to talk with or meet personally with someone from Allentown PFLAG please contact us at 610-967-5219 or by easternpapflag@ptd.net Directions to the Allentown First Presbyterian Church: · Get to Route 78/309 and from route 309 take the "Tilghman Street East" exit. · Turn toward Allentown (east) (Cedar Crest Blvd. is about 1.5 miles from the Route 309/78 exit and is at the fourth traffic light.) · At Cedar Crest Blvd. turn left (north) · As you approach Cedar Crest, the church will be on your left before the intersection Northwest Corner) and a park on the right. · After the intersection on the left is a gas station and a mall on the right. · After turning onto Cedar Crest, turn left again into the church parking lot. (After you turn left on to Cedar Crest, McDonalds and the Mobile Gas Station will be on your right and the entrance to the church parking lot will be on the left. It is the first left turn and is across from the Mobil Gas station.) · The building will be on your left as you enter the parking lot. The first entrance north (end Right end as you face the building) of the building is the Presbytery Mission Center and is not the one we want. · The Second entrance going south (or left as you face the building) in the middle entrance you want to use. There is a Handicap Parking space directly in front of the entrance. · Room 115 is on the left after entering the building. If this date coincides with a major holiday please check the local paper or find out by easternpapflag@ptd.net or through the helpline at 610-967-5219. See you there. We usually have a program after which we break into smaller groups for discussion of what may be on your mind. MONROE COUNTY MEETINGS Meetings for 2009 will be held on Tuesdays (except for the June meeting which is on Wednesday) once a month at the Hughes Library, 1002 North 9th Street, in Stroudsburg from 7:00PM - 9:00PM in the boardroom.The specific date for each month is listed below. For more info call 570-620-1234. July 13 August 13 (For August we will also have our "picnic" on the first Saturday) September 14 October 12 November 9 December 14 I hope this isn't too inconvenient - if it is, you know that we could always have a private meeting if anyone has an emergency and can't make it to the meetings! READING We are no longer holding regularly scheduled monthly meetings in Reading. If you would like to talk with or meet personally with someone from Reading PFLAG please contact us. For more info call 610-858-9278 , email berkspflag@aol.com, or call the helpline at 610-967-5219. NEW! TEEN SAFE HAVEN MEETINGS - Spectrum - are held every Wednesday from 5:30 – 7:30PM at Planned Parenthood, 48 South 4th Street, 2nd Floor, Reading (use the Franklin Street entrance). Meetings will offer positive role models, peer support, education and recreation for LGBTQA youth and their allies ages 14-18. For more information, call Amber Brown at 610-376-0137 or e-mail abrown@PlanItPA.org OTHER PFLAG CHAPTER MEETINGS: CHESTER COUNTY MEETINGS are held the first Tuesday of each month starting at 7PM in the lower level of the Unitarian Fellowship Church, 501 S. High Street, West Chester (across from Burger King). For more info call 484-354-2448 or e-mail Lynda895@aol.com. Bucks County PFLAG meets the first Tuesday of the month at Penns Park United Methodist Church, 2394 2nd Street Pike (Rte 232), Penns Park, PA (between Rte. 413 and Penns Park Road) and on the third Thursday at BuxMont UU Fellowship, 2040 Street Road (near Rte. 611), Warrington, PA. Both meetings are at 7:30 PM. email: BucksCountyPFLAG@gmail.com Helpline: 215-348-9976 Penns Park UMC has LGBTQA pot luck dinners the fourth Sunday of the month at 6:00 PM. These dinners are not part of Bucks County PFLAG but a number of folks in PFLAG come to the dinners. PHILADELPHIA MEETINGS are usually held on the 3rd Sunday of each month from 2 - 5PM at the Gay and Lesbian Center at the University of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia PFLAG Chapter POTTSVILLE MEETINGS are held the third Thursday of each month starting at 6:30PM at the Terrence Reiley Community Building, 216 N. 12th Street, Pottsville. For more info call the Helpline number 570-624-3151 or e-mailpflagpottsville@hotmail.com There is a PFLAG organization serving the capital region of Central Pennsylvania. The Helpline is 717-728-8800. Email is pflagcenpa@yahoo.com. Meeting place is Mechanicsburg Presbyterian Church, 300 East Simpson Street, Mechanicsburg, PA. Central PA Website What do we do? We LISTEN in confidentiality to family members who are troubled by a loved one's coming out, and who don't know how to cope. We SHARE our stories and our concerns. We talk with people who have "been there" and who might help others on their journey to loving and accepting a gay member or friend. We LEARN from speakers who come to our meetings and teach us skills we can use to help ourselves and others understand sexual diversity. We ACT on any issue that touches on the support of our gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered loved ones. Our Helpline: Helplines: 610-967-5219, 570-620-1234 Fax: 610-967-6468 PLEASE go to PA Diversity Website to find out about other local and national resources that may be helpful to you! Membership: If you support the above mission, please contact us by e-mail, or let us know at a monthly meeting. We would love to have you join. The membership dues are $35 for individual or household (including $15 National dues) or $10 for Newsletter only (postal mailed) per year. Students and non-profits are no charge. We will also gladly accept a contribution. Please make checks payable to Eastern-PA-PFLAG and mail to: PFLAG Treasurer P.O. Box 403 Macungie, PA 18062 Youth Groups: The UUCLV started HAVEN, a youth group for glbt and questioning youth and their allies ages 14-20 who meets every Wednesday from 7-9 pm rain or shine. The meetings take place at the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Lehigh Valley at 424 Center Street in Historic Bethlehem. The meetings are free and confidential. You can check out their web site at http://www.uuclvpa.org/haven. For more information you can call 610-868-2153. The Planned Parenthood Association of Bucks County is in their fifth year of providing Bucks County's only center for LGBTQA youth ages 14-21. Meetings include recreation, education, and advocacy. Wednesdays 6-8pm at the Planned Parenthood office in Doylestown. Plus a new Youth Theatre/Peer Education Troupe focused on LGBTQ issues! Email: rainbowroom@ppbucks.org Directions and info at http://www.ppbucks.org/rainbowRoom.htm NEW! TEEN SAFE HAVEN MEETINGS - Spectrum - are held every Wednesday from 5:30 – 7:30PM at Planned Parenthood, 48 South 4th Street, 2nd Floor, Reading (use the Franklin Street entrance). Meetings will offer positive role models, peer support, education and recreation for LGBTQA youth and their allies ages 14-18. For more information, call Amber Brown at 610-376-0137 or e-mail amber.brown@ppfa.org. Contact: E-mail: for helpline and receiving newsletter information or for general Eastern-PA-PFLAG information easternpapflag@ptd.net Fax: (610) 967-6468 Mail: P.O. Box 403 Macungie, PA 18062 Webweaver: Melinda Kohn Updated: April 2010 © 2006 Melinda Kohn |