• We provide an opportunity to share concerns with other group members who are facing similar issues.

• We provide support groups for stroke survivors and for caregivers. Both groups are led by a qualified facilitator.

• We encourage stroke survivors and their families to discover and develop skills that allow them to cope with their new roles in the family and community.

• We provide information to the stroke survivors and their families about current stroke innovations and available resources.

• We provide support groups, education, entertainment, and field trips.

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• Jeannine Foote, President
  Helen Uitermark, Treasurer and Accountant
  Elise Monroe, Secretary and HR
  Elaine McAllister, Member
  Dr. Sue Johnson, Member
  Bonnie Singleton, Member
  Marsha Mason, Member
  

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The After Stroke Program was founded in 1973 after Dr. Herbert Johnson, then medical director at Casa Colina Hospital for Rehabilitative Medicine in Pomona, conducted a survey of stroke victims who had been discharged in recent years. Many of those interviewed had become socially isolated and had regressed in their rehabilitation.

The Glendora After Stroke Center has been in operation since 1973 as a result of Dr. Johnson's findings.

The purpose of the Center was and is:

1. To encourage the post-stroke individual to re-develop his role in the family and community through a variety of resocialization programs.
2. To provide the environment and expertise for re-education of the stroke survivor so that what was lost might be regained, strengthened, and re-learned.
3. To offer support and guidance to the family.
4. To foster educational programs for better family and community understanding of stroke, its effects, and the needs of individuals involved.
5. To offer this program as a FREE nonprofit program.

We are funded in part by the City of Glendora, and the rest entirely by donations! Throughout the years, we have partnered with Citrus College, Casa Colina, and other community groups. We've also been fortunate to attract the most wonderful volunteers during our 50+ years. Donations from members and our extended family have bolstered us during tough times. This has meant that we have always been able to provide our meetings at no cost!

Field trips, dancing, plays, sing-alongs, BBQs, animal visits, crafts, current event discussions, music classes ... these are just a small sampling of the smorgasbord of offerings over the years.

Members and visitors have had small and large transformations as they attend our weekly sessions. Friendships grow. Progress is celebrated. Hardships are shared, as are strategies for surviving and thriving. Since the Nixon era and the disco days, Glendora After Stroke Center has been a constant source of fun and friendship in the lives of Stroke Survivors and Caregivers!

"I like the companionship of fellow stroke survivors and helping people with similar problems." — Jim

"We are family and no one cares like family. Affords me caregiver sanity." — Elinore

"It helps me keep my sanity by meeting new people that I can relate to. It keeps me informed." — Vickie

"I like the socialization with friends and the activities." — Ron

"I look forward to spending time with my stroke family each Wednesday." — Ernie

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