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Hey everyone! A couple of us have started a private Facebook group in order to coordinate regular, monthly meet-ups...our own support group, if you will! We'd love to include more sleevers from the DMV, regardless of where you're at on your sleeve journey. Please join us - we'd love to meet you!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/dmvsleevers/

We plan to get together at a public place later this month for our first meeting, then plan to rotate hosting responsibilities between members of the group. Spread the word! Right now, it looks like our group will be meeting in NoVA (Northern Virginia) and MoCo (Montgomery County, MD), and we're looking at weekend meetings (i.e. 3rd Saturday morning of every month). We'd love to have your input - join today!

P.S. A "private" Facebook group is viewable by anyone - this allows you to find our group and request to join. One of our admins will approve you, and anyone looking at the group's page will be able to see who is a member. However - only group members may see any posts, events, etc.

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Anyone in the DC/Maryland/Virginia area, please join us for our first LIVE support group:

Sunday, August 24th @ 3:00pm

Seasons 52

11414 Rockville Pike

North Bethesda, MD 20852

If you plan to come, please let me know in a private message. We want to be sure our reservation covers those who wish to come!

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Our THIRD meetup is happening on Sunday in Germantown, MD! If you'd like more information, join our Facebook group (in top post above)!

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