5.06 What national organizations are there?
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This article is from the Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS) FAQ, by cfs-news@cais.com (Roger Burns) with numerous contributions by others.
5.06 What national organizations are there?
=== USA ===
CFIDS Association of America, PO Box 220398, Charlotte, NC 28222-0398
tel. 800-442-3437 or 1-704-362-2343, fax 1-704-365-9755
e-mail: cfids@cfids.org, dues $35/yr
RESCIND, 9812 Falls Road, Suite 114-270, Potomac, MD 20854
fax: (after 6pm ET) 1-301-983-5644, e-mail RESCINDinc@aol.com.
Medical Professionals With CFIDS, c/o Gail Dahlen, 50 Cecil Ave.,
Indianapolis, IN 46219, e-mail LClovis428@aol.com
National CFS & Fibromyalgia Association, P.O. Box 18426
Kansas City, MO 64133, tel. 1-816-313-2000, dues $15/yr
Fibromyalgia Network, 5700 Stockdale Hwy, Suite 100 Bakersfield, CA 93309
info: 1-805-631-1950 from 10am-2pm Pacific, dues $15 USA, $17 Canada
National Gulf War Resource Center, 3100 Main St. Suite 207, Kansas City, MO
64111, tel 1-816-960-0991, fax 1-816-960-0993, e-mail ngwrc@gulfweb.org
MCS Referral and Resources, 508 Westgate Road, Baltimore, MD 21229-2343
tel. 1-410-362-6400, fax: 1-410-448-3317, e-mail: donnaya@rtk.net
Human Ecology Action League, P.O. Box 49126, Atlanta, GA 30359
tel. 1-404-248-1898, publishes The Human Ecologist (quarterly)
National Center for Environmental Health Strategies, 1100 Rural Avenue
Voorhees, NJ 08043, tel. 1-609-429-5358, dues $15
American Academy of Environmental Medicine, PO Box 16106 Denver, CO 80216
tel. 1-303-622-9755
Chemical Injury Information Network, PO Box 301, White Sulphur Springs, MT
59645, contact: Cynthia Wilson, tel. 1-406-547-2255
National Foundation of Chemical Hypersensitivities and Allergies, PO Box
222, Ophelia, VA 22530, tel. 1-804-453-7538
=== CANADA ===
M.E. Association, 246 Queen Street, Suite 400, Ottawa, Ontario K1P 5E4
tel. 1-613-563-1565, fax: 1-613-567-0614, e-mail info@mecan.ca Dues $35
Nightingale Research Foundation, 383 Danforth Avenue, Ottawa, Ontario
K2A 0E1, tel. 1-613-728-9643, fax: 1-613-729-0825. Dues $35
National ME/FM Action Network, 3836 Carling Ave., Hwy 17B, Nepean, ON
K2H 7V2. Dues $20.
=== UK ===
M.E. Association, Box 8, Stanford-le-Hope, Essex SS17 8EX,
tel. 44-0375-642466 advice line, 1-4pm: 44-0375-361013
fax: 44-0375-360256. Dues 12 pounds
Action for M.E., P.O Box 1302, Wells, Somerset BA5 2WE, dues 12.50 pounds
tel. 01749 670779, fax 01749 672561, e-mail: info@afme.org.uk
Association of Youth with M.E (AYME), 5 Medland, Woughton Park, Milton
Keynes MK6 3BH, tel/fax: 01908 691635, e-mail: ayme@btinternet.com,
free membership to under 25's in the UK, bi-monthly newsletter and free
pen-pal service
=== AUSTRALIA ===
ME/CFS Society of New South Wales, PO Box 449, Crows Nest, NSW 2065
tel. 61-2-439-6026 fax: 906-7892 e-mail: mesoc@zip.com.au dues $25
ME/CFS Society of Victoria, 23 Livingstone Close, Burwood, Victoria 3125
tel. 61-3-888-8798, e-mail cfs_society@3dis.com.au
ME/CFS Society of South Australia, PO Box 383, GPO, Adelaide, South
Australia 5001. tel. 61-8-373-2110
ME/CFS Syndrome Society of Queensland, PO Box 938, Fortitude Valley,
Qld 4006, tel. 61-7-3832-9744 e-mail: qporter@gil.com.au
ACT ME/CFS Society, PO Box 717, Mawson, ACT 2607, tel. 61-6-290-1984,
fax 286-4475
CFS Society of Western Australia, 92 Powell Street, Joondanna, Perth
Western Australia 6060. tel. 61-09-483-6667
=== NEW ZEALAND ===
A.N.Z.M.E. Society, PO Box 35-429, Browns Bay, Auckland 10
=== NETHERLANDS ===
ME Fonds c/o Hanneke Los, Pres. Kennedylaan 745, 1079 MR Amsterdam
Tel: 31 020 6445566 Fax: 31 020 6445440 Email: mef@xs4all.nl
ME Lobby c/o Marc Fluks, de Bosch Kemperpad 136, 1054 PM Amsterdam
Tel: 31 020 6189095 Email: melobby@dds.nl
ME Stichting, Robert Scottsstraat 4, 1056 AX Amsterdam, Fax: 31 020-6188578
Tel: 31 (0)20-6895162 (maandag, woensdag, vrijdag 10-12 uur)
=== BELGIUM ===
Ms. Alice Vertomme, Dorp 7, 3221 Nieuw Rode, Tel: 32 16 570983
=== DENMARK ===
Danish ME/CFS Association, ME/CFS Foreningen, Raadhustorvet 1
2.sal DK-3520 Farum. Tel: 45 4495 9700 Mon, Wed, Thu 10:00-14:00
and Thursday also 16:00-18:00. FAX: 45 4495 9774
=== NORWAY ===
Norges M.E. Forening, Eikveien 96A, 1345 Osteras, tel. & fax: 47-2-249879
dues 45 krona
=== SWEDEN ===
Riksf=F6reningen f=F6r ME-patienter (Swedish Assn of ME patients), Box 1326
251 13 HELSINGBORG. tel: 46 42-18-22-67. Quarterly newsletter.
annual dues: 150 kronor
=== GERMANY ===
Selbsthilfegruppe CFS-Syndrom - Immundysfunktion, c/o Birke Steinitz
An St. Swidbert 52, D-40489 Duesseldorf. tel: 49-211-404376
=== ITALY ===
C.F.S. Associazione Italia, Segreteria: Via Moimacco 20, 33100, Udine
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