Informed Chapters

YOU can make a difference by becoming INFORMED™

WF Foundation: Empowering Communities

Build an INFORMED™ Chapter!

Email pampopper@msn.com to start an INFORMED™ Chapter.

An INFORMED™ Chapter is a group of 2-100 people who meet regularly, and in person, at least once per month. One of the key objectives of the Chapter is to restore local community and connection, which are key to human surviving and thriving. Local connectedness used to be a cornerstone of American life, but started deteriorating many years ago due to factors including social media, polarizing politics, and of course the lockdowns during the COVID debacle.

The local INFORMED™ Chapter offers many benefits,

which include the opportunity to bring people together, to develop new friendships, rebuild social connections, be of service to one another, and restore community AND…

Learn about issues of the day which include but are not limited to finance, food security, education, health and healthcare and more!
Take field trips to local farms, plant community gardens, screen educational films, attend lectures or other events together
Invite guest speakers from the local community, and discuss issues of concern that are related to our core mission
Offer support to elderly members and others in the Chapter who may need assistance from time to time
Create buying groups for food and other necessities
Local exchange, which can include helping members to find new jobs, new doctors, new housing and other resources, and organized patronage for local businesses who support our community
Organizing consortiums/patient groups that can assist health professionals in transitioning from institutional employment to private practice
Fundraising for litigation
Members helping one another with everything and anything!

And more!

It’s easy to start a Chapter, and we will help you do it. We offer training and support, and provide meeting templates and ideas for discussion. We will give you interesting and fun ways to raise money to support our litigation. And you’ll be part of a national movement that is committed to restoring accountability in medicine, government and other institutions that have gone astray.

The Central Ohio INFORMED™ Chapter was the first to organize in 2020

Here are just a few of the things that members have done for one another and, in some cases, for the group since then:

A member has donated the space for regular meetings without rent charge – for over 5 years.
A new member who relocated from out-of-state needed a car, and a fellow member gave her one to use.
A Chapter member offered rent-free housing to a person who needed a place to stay for a while.
During the time when COVID vaccines were mandated for healthcare workers, Chapter members helped those faced with the “vax or be terminated” ultimatum to find new jobs with employers who did not mandate vaccines.
Members have provided transportation for elderly or injured members to meetings – and other places.
A member donated the ground for the group’s community garden.
Many members have found new and better jobs with other members who manage or own businesses.
Members who are handy have helped financially distressed members with minor repairs for their houses. In fact, members with skills routinely offer discounted or free services if needed to others in the group.
Members have visited one another in the hospital, driven each other to medical appointments, helped with reviewing legal documents, assisted with moving from one house to another, offered comfort to one another in times of stress – almost anything and everything that has been needed for over 6 years now!

In short, Chapter members are the best friends most of us will ever have!

Important note: The Wellness Forum Foundation is a 501c3. There are numerous restrictions on political activities and violations can result in revocation of our 501c3 status. We are NOT a Republican or Democrat organization – we invite any and all who are interested in our ideas and support our activism and litigation. Chapters are not permitted to invite candidates to speak to groups, and members who are running for office cannot solicit signatures and conduct other campaigning at Chapter meetings.

(1) www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/surgeon-general-social-connection-advisory.pdf

Find an INFORMED™ Chapter!

(or start one if there isn’t one near you!) email pampopper@msn.com

Arizona

Chino Valley
Meets every other month (email for next meeting)
Healthy Essentials Store 2235 AZ-89 Chino Valley AZ 86323
Contact person: Gary Stuart
Email: Gary@Chifield.com

Prescott Valley
Meets in leaders’ home
Contact persons: Diane and Kevin Brown
Email: dianelbrown4444@gmail.com
949 885-6126

Sedona
Meets on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays in a members’ home
Contact person: Karen Truskowski
Email: lcornellmindspring@gmail.com
928-554-4169 (landline, no texts please)

Tucson
Meets Saturday 2PM (call or email for next scheduled meeting)
Natural Grocers at 3016 East Broadway Blvd., Tucson, Arizona 85716 (at Broadway and
Country Club)
Contact persons: Henry and Nancy
Email: informed@hdssystems.com
520-325-3004

California

San Francisco Bay area
Meets 1-2 times per month, locations vary – contact meeting leader for details
Contact person: Sebastian Steinbach California
Email: sebastiansteinbachsf@gmail.com
650-533 0981

Florida

Ellenton

(30 minutes north of Sarasota, 50 minutes south of Tampa, 35 minutes east of St. Pete)
Meets last Thursday of each month at 6:30PM at 6202 34 th Ct E
Contact person: Amy J. Hamm
Email: Chemmachen@aol.com
(941)545-7237

Kansas

Overland Park

(Kansas City metropolitan area)
Meets second Thursday of each month (call for meeting location)
Contact person: Christine White
Email: christineparkwhite@outlook.com
816.805.7191

Massachusetts

Boxford

(north shore of Massachusetts)
Meets occasionally at Family Life Center at First Church
4 Georgetown Road
Contact person: David Valzania
Email: dvalzania@yahoo.com
(978) 907-3556

Chelmsford

(near Lowell, MA and Nashua, NH)
Meets once per month on Weds at 7PM (call or email for next meeting date)
Contact person: Joni Lavoie
Email: joninate@comcast.net
978-941-7018

Lanesborough

(near Pittsfield, Cheshire, Dalton, New Ashford, Hancock)
Meets 1st and 3rd Fridays at Greylock Physical Therapy at noon, 31 Williamstown Road,
Lanesborough, MA
Contact person: Lisa Baumgart
Email: ljb@greylockpt.com
413-442-7007

Newton

Meets 2nd Tuesday of the month (call for next meeting and location)
Contact person: Karina Demurchyan
Email: KarinaDemurchyan@protonmail.com
617-549-5503

Nebraska

Papillion

(suburb of Omaha)
Meets first Monday of each month at 10:30AM (call or email for directions)
Contact person: Loan Eby
Email: loan.eby@gmail.com
402-740-8953

New Mexico

Santa Fe
Meets quarterly on Sunday (call or email for next meeting date)
Contact person: Candace Toner
cande@dancingturtlestudios.com
(505) 310-3571

New York

Little Neck

(northeastern Queens/border of Long Island)
Meets Tuesday 6:30PM
Contact person: Laura Tujak
Email: ltujak@yahoo.com
917 202-2072

North Carolina

Southeast Durham

(near Raleigh)
Meets 3 rd Sunday of every month (call or email for time and address)
Contact person: Sharyn Fuller
Email: sharynfuller@gmail.com
919-435-7000

Raleigh
Meets first Sunday at 6:30PM (call or email for address)
Contact persons: Philip & Carol Isaac
Email: cbradley1010@proton.me or mkj@massagetherapy.com
315-398-0309

Ohio

Fairfield

(northern suburb of Cincinnati)
Meets first Thursday at 6PM
Contact person: Sarah Romaker
Email: sebaird09@gmail.com
513-885-1580

Strongsville area
Meets every other month – call or email for details
Contact person: Kristin Kemper
Email: kristinkwr@protonmail.com
216-337-1407

Worthington

(northern suburb of Columbus)
Meets weekly on Thursday at 6:30PM
510 East Wilson Bridge Road Suite G 43085
Contact person: Pam Popper
Email: pampopper@msn.com
614 841 7700

Tennessee

Crossville
Meets on Saturday; email for upcoming meeting dates
Contact person: Lynn Pahl
Email: linakpahl@gmail.com
847-877-5141

Nashville
Meets first Tuesday at 7PM
Contact person: Mark Prentice
Email: markprentice@comcast.net
615-481-9091

Texas

Austin

(central/south)
Contact person: Jeneen S.
Email: jeneen.s+p@gmail.com
614 841 7700
Meets late afternoon on the first Sunday of each month in a members’ home

Groups The Want to Restart or Start

Florida
Babcock Ranch (15 miles NE of downtown Ft. Myers)
Contact person: Jessalyn Rose
Email: jessalynau@gmail.com
239-771-9004

Indiana

Chesterton (northwest Indiana about an hour from Chicago, Illinois)
Contact person: Cindy Laurel
Email: cindyearth@proton.me
978-958-0772
Took a brief break but will be meeting again soon
Oklahoma

Tulsa
Contact person: Steven King
Email: steve.dev@icloud.com
918-399-9311

South Carolina
York (near Rock Hill and 27 miles from Charlotte NC)
Contact person: Sephanie Bogner
Email: stephanie.bogner53@gmail.com
440-251-0174

Texas
San Antonio (central, near the airport)
Contact person: Paul DuBay
Email: pauldubay1@sbcglobal.net
210-834-7311