Meetings for ostomates, family members & caregivers in the Greater Lewiston, Idaho / Clarkston, WA area are held:

- monthly on the second Monday January - November, 12:30 - 1:30 pm.

- at Canyon'sChurch, 717 - 15th St., Clarkston, WA.  

Please contact Adrian Wilson (see contact info below) if you have any questions about the Lewis-Clark Ostomy Support Group or meetings.  A brief History of the L-C Ostomy Support Group is also shown below.

All are welcome to join us!

Lewis-Clark United Ostomy Association, Lewiston, ID:

  • Meetings: Held the second Monday of January through November, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
    now at Canyon's Church, 717 - 15th St., in Clarston, WA
  • Contact:
    • Adrian Wilson, President
      • Telephone: 509-243-4010

Tri-State Memorial Hospital:

Wound Healing Center - Tri-State Memorial Hospital, Clarkston, WA 9940

  • Telephone: 509-758-1119, ext. 3876

See Support Group Photos Below

Lewiston-Clarkston Ostomy Support Group meeting - May 8, 2017

 

History of Lewis-Clark United Ostomy Support Group:
The Lewiston-Clarkston Chapter of UOAA was started in the 1970s by two ostomates and a surgeon.  The two women were recruited by the surgeon as support for his patients with ostomies.  They grew the group over the years.  There was not an ostomy nurse in the area at that time, and the group helped send one of the local nurses, Jeannie Laws, to what was then called Enterostomal Therapy School.  She practiced at St. Joseph Regional Medical Center and supported the group for over 20 years. 

The LC Chapter focuses on support of potential and new Ostomates with one to one visits before and after surgery, supporting other Ostomates at meetings, and education to community and medical staff.  They have continued their generous support of nurses with a scholarship for WOC school and nursing school for nurses who have a passion for ostomy care.