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The following
links are for organizations that provide Grief Support and
resources. We
hope these links provide you with useful and insightful
information that will assist you and your loved ones through the
grieving process.
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Helpful Grief Support Books |
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Online Grief Support Groups |
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Good
Grief Support Groups
Support groups designed to help
those that are grieving.
Grief
to Greatness
Find
comfort for your heart, and encouragement for your soul
with their online resources for assistance with grief
and loss.
Grief Net
GriefNet.Org is
an internet community of persons dealing with grief, death,
and major loss.
Grief Share - Grief Recovery Support Groups
GriefShare is a grief recovery support group where you can
find help and healing for the hurt of losing a loved one.
The Grief Toolbox
The grief process is very unique to
the individual. We cannot make the pain go away, nor can we
provide all the answers. What we can do is help you to find
the tools that you need to work through your grief journey and
to find hope again. The goal of The Grief Toolbox is to be one
place where multiple tools are available, a singular area
where a person can find all the tools they need to help
themselves or others with a grief that neither time nor money
can solve.
Grief
Watch
The Grief Watch mission is twofold: first, to offer spiritual,
emotional and other support to persons who are grieving, and
second, to assist organized efforts which address the systemic
injustices within our society which are the source of grief
for persons who are poor and marginalized.
It Is Ok To Cry
A
website is design to support grieving children,
adolescents, young adults as well as parents,
caregivers, educators and other that work with kids
experiencing the emotional pain of love...loss... and
grief. Yvonne Butler Clark, M.A. Founder/Director If a
child is old enough to love... they are old enough to
grieve.
Life Preservers
Life Preservers, a global grief support community, assists
people in shifting their beliefs about death from those of
fear and dread to acceptance and celebration. Through free
teleclasses, resources and a free newsletter and coaching
programs, caregivers coping with loss will find
compassionate support and guidance on the path to grief
recovery. Visit
http://lifepreserversgriefsupport.com
today.
Proven program to quickly take you from grief to joy.
The 6 expert techniques featured use the power of the mind
to transform grief. Powerful program offered for the first
time on the internet. Works for loss of dog, cat, pet,
loved ones, divorce, etc.
Online Grief Support -
Don't Grieve Alone
You'll find caring people who understand the issues you
face. We have books, counselors, information, journal
therapy, art therapy and lots of (((((virtual hugs))))).
Open To Hope
To provide an
online forum to support people who have experienced
loss: to help them cope with their pain, heal their
grief and invest in their future.
 The Good Grief Center for
Bereavement Support
To be a comprehensive bereavement resource and
referral center that builds a more compassionate
community through grief awareness, education, support
and hope; creating a safe place where all who have
experienced the pain of death may come to work through
loss and learn to manage grief.
The Far Side of the Rainbow
The Far Side of the Rainbow is an online community in
search for hope and healing in our journey of grief.
The Far Side of the Rainbow, is
an interactive journal by myself Jan Stabile and you as
well as an online community for anyone who has experienced
a loss to come together for hope and healing. I hope that
in sharing my story on this interactive journal that you,
too, will participate in sharing your story with me and
others. Our
FaceBook page is for posting prayers, quotes, letters,
poems. Some will be selected to be included on the
website.
Life Insurance.org
Lifeinsurance.org offers many
links to resources on funeral planning and grief support.
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Grief Support for Children |
Children's Grief Connection
Children's Grief Connection,
formerly known as Camp Amanda-Minnesota is a nonprofit
organization providing grief programs for children and teens in
partnership with Minnesota's funeral directors.
Foundation for Grieving Children
The Foundation
for Grieving Children, Inc. is the first national public
charity specifically designed to raise funds and provide
grants to organizations whose mission is to assist, counsel,
comfort and educate children and families following the
death of a loved one.
Mourning Star Center
The Mourning Star
Centers are dedicated to providing gentle and loving support
to children and teens that are experiencing grief, often
times resulting from the death of a parent or sibling. The
Centers provide a supportive and safe environment which
encourages the sharing of feelings to facilitate the process
of healing.
Ted E Bear Hollow
We create a safe environment for children, their loved ones
and the communities in which they live to honor and embrace
the experiences that accompany death and grief. Omaha, NE.
The National Alliance for Grieving Children
The National Alliance for Grieving Children promotes
awareness of the needs of children and teens grieving a
death and provides education and resources for anyone who
wants to support them... Because all grieving children
deserve a chance to heal.
When
Families Grieve on PBS with Katie Couric
When Families Grieve presents
families' personal stories about coping with the death of
a parent, as well as strategies that have helped these
families move forward.
http://www.sesameworkshop.org/grief
- -How children grieve differently than adults
- -What to say and do to help grieving children of
different ages
- -Where to find additional resources to help you and
the child
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for Loss of a Child |
The Compassionate Friends
The mission of
The Compassionate Friends is to assist families toward the
positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of
any age and to provide information to help others be supportive.
The
Cope Foundation
COPE (Connecting Our
Paths Eternally) is a non-profit grief and healing
organization dedicated to helping parents and families
living with the loss of a child.
In addition to assisting local
families on Long Island, our COPEline
(grief hotline) and COPE website have
enabled us to also provide grieving individuals outside of
Long Island with immediate support and resources and
referrals. By providing help and support, COPE
enables individuals grieving the death of a child to find
strength from within to face the difficult journey that lies
ahead.
Bereaved Parents of the USA
Bereaved Parents of the USA (BP/USA) is a national
non-profit self-help group that offers support,
understanding, compassion and hope especially to the
newly bereaved be they bereaved parents, grandparents or
siblings struggling to rebuild their lives after the death
of their children, grandchildren or siblings.
The Broken Angels Grief Support Group
For Mothers Who Have Lost a Child Due to Substance
Misuse, Drug Overdose, Drug or Alcohol Related Suicide or
Related Health Issues.
Serving South
Florida: Northwest Broward and South Palm Beach Counties.
For location, dates and times contact :
Janet 954-815-3661 or Laura 954-646-3376 -
www.thebrokenangels.com
In this ebook, Roe Ziccarello conveys a sense of hope for others
who are grieving a loved one. Her supportive tips and
suggestions on coping with grief come from her own painful loss
of a child, but anyone in mourning will be greatly comforted by
her words. Roe shares her journey through her warm writing
style, her poetry and her songwriting. She writes about
surviving the loneliness, pain and heartache. She reveals her
experience with the denial, shock, numbness, anger and
helplessness. She explains how she desperately needs the grief
support from family and friends but actually craves to just be
alone. Roe Ziccarello is an unwitting authority on bereavement,
grief, suffering and sorrow — she’s lost her sister, two best
friends, two brothers, mother, father, brother in law, and her
son.
Grieving Dads Project Website
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Grieving Dads Project
Blog
This project is designed to reach out
to all grieving dads
and to provide a conduit to share their stories. One of my
goals is to bring awareness to the impacts that child loss has
on fathers and to let society know that it’s okay for a father
to grieve the loss of a child. A father shouldn’t have to hide
his pain or feel ashamed to show his emotions.
From
Grieving Dads Project blog: “I
Will Not Abandon You” - An amazing story of love
and friendship every person that is looking for ways to support
a grieving friend should read.
M.I.S.S. FoundationaThe
MISS Foundation is a 501 (c) 3, volunteer based organization
committed to providing crisis support and long term aid to
families after the death of a child from any cause. MISS also
participates in legislative and advocacy issues, community
engagement and volunteerism, and culturally competent,
multidisciplinary, education opportunities.
National
Organization of Parents of
Murdered Children, Inc.
POMC makes the
difference through
on-going emotional
support, education,
prevention, advocacy, and
awareness.
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Baby due to Miscarriage, Stillbirth and Infant Loss |
Baby Loss and Healing
BabyLossandHealing.com is dedicated to bringing support
and information to families going through the loss of a baby,
whether through chemical pregnancy, miscarriage, stillbirth or
infant death in a positive and healing atmosphere. Includes a
forum area, live chat room and regularly updated information on
statistics, procedures, medications and facts about baby loss.
Forget Me Not
The Forget Me Not Foundation
is dedicated to supporting families who have lost babies during
pregnancy, birth or shortly after birth and educating the
medical community about the emotional needs of such families.
HopeXchange.com
Information, articles, resources, a free, monthly
newsletter and encouragement for those coping with miscarriage,
stillbirth, or infant death.
Pregnancy Journeys After Loss
"The birth of a baby isn`t always a nine-month process."
Journeys: Stories of Pregnancy After Loss, edited by Amy L.
Abbey and published by WovenWord Press, is a book of comfort and
companionship during a pregnancy following a loss. Stories by
bereaved parents coupled with stories of birthing live children
are detailed so the reader has a helping hand coping through a
subsequent pregnancy.
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Grief Support Groups for Military Widows & Families |
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American Widow Project
The American Widow Project is a non-profit organization
dedicated to the new generation of those who have lost the
heroes of yesterday, today and tomorrow, with an emphasis on
healing through sharing stories, tears and
laughter………Military Widow to Military Widow.
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Bubba's Belly Run
Bubba’s Run is a 5K run in honor and
memory of Captain Brian "Bubba" Bunting’s race to grow his
family and for the benefit of his children’s education.
All proceeds generated from this race will be used to support
Bubba’s children’s education, The Fisher House™, American Widow
Project, and Flat Daddies.
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| Grief Support
for Widows, Widowers & Loss of a Life Partner |
Camp Widow
Camp Widow™ is a weekend long
gathering of widows from across the country, and around the
world. We come together to create a community of people who
understand the life altering experience of widowhood. Camp
Widow™ provides practical tools, valuable resources, and
peer-based encouragement for rebuilding your life in the
aftermath of the death of a spouse.
Crash Course Widow
A mother, a writer, a widow, a
homeowner, a photographer...and a whole lot else--something
I'm relearning as I pick up the pieces of my life after my
husband died in July 2005 when we were both far too young,
at ages 28 and 27.
Fresh Widow
One Life out of Two, One Widow out of
millions. I am here to share my story and vision: We
are not a charity we are a force.
Lost
and Found
Lighting the
way to help you find renewal from personal loss. Practical
and spiritual support from a widow who has taken her own
grief journey.
Ellen Gerst,
Relationship Coach
Pittsburgh Better Times
Pittsburgh Better Times is a
lifestyle publication and website serving the nearly one
half-million individuals* in
Pittsburgh
and surrounding counties who are divorced, widowed, and
separated.
Soaring Spirits
Loss Foundation
Welcome to the community at the
Soaring Spirits Loss Foundation. We work hard to provide a
national network of support for anyone grieving the loss of
someone they love--with a special emphasis on those who have
been widowed. SSLF offers a variety of programs intended to
connect our members for the two-fold purpose of providing
peer based support opportunities, and connecting the many
wonderful organizations that provide services offering
comfort for those traveling the difficult journey of grief.
The
Unwedded Widow
I am an unmarried widow telling my
story and reaching out to others in this situation-married
and unmarried, male and female, with children or childless.
theWiddahood.com
A free social support network
dedicated to anyone who has suffered the loss of a
significant other.
WidowChick
Grief management through humor
and coping using the power of positive thinking.
Widows
to Young
Helping
widows under 50 continue to live.
Widows Wear Stilettos
We are pleased to announce that we
have formed
Widows Wear Stilettos in-person
support groups throughout the United States. There are
NO CHARGES, FEES OR
MEMBERSHIP DUES REQUIRED
in order to attend any Widows Wear
Stilettos in-person support group.
Widows Wear Stilettos
is delighted to announce the formation of the
"First Month" Foundation;
a non-profit foundation that will be dedicated to providing
specific financial assistance to the widowed.
Young WidowOur
mission is to provide a forum for young widows and widowers to
connect online. Through these connections, young widows and
widowers find understanding and validation of their feelings so
that they are able to recover their joy for life, reclaim their
identities and rebuild their futures.
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The easiest
way to find a community-based victim assistance program is to
call the National Crime Victim Information and Referral Hotline,
operated by the National Organization for Victim Assistance. The
toll-free number is 800-879-6682 (voice 24 hours a day; TTY
Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time).
Compassionate Families
Compassionate Families, Inc. (CFI),
is dedicated to serving the needs of homicide survivors, free of
charge, regardless of race, religion, creed or financial
standing. Serving the needs of all
Homicide Survivors in Northeast Florida with immediate and
long-term support, grief recovery assistance, and life
rebuilding skills founded on a unique peer support and
counseling program.
The Good Grief Center for
Bereavement Support -
If you are a
victim or survivor of
violent crime or you
know someone in need
of assistance, please
call us. The aftermath
of a violent crime can
be overwhelming. Most
often we don’t know
what to do or where to
turn for help or for
answers. The
iCAN foundation is
here to help.
National Center for
Victims Crime
The
National Center for
Victims of Crime
is the nation's leading
resource and advocacy
organization for crime
victims and those who
serve them. Since its
inception in 1985, the
National Center has worked
with grassroots
organizations and criminal
justice agencies
throughout the United
States serving millions of
crime victims.
NCVC Get Help
Series
The
Get
Help
Series provide basic
information on a wide
range of crime victim
topics to increase
awareness of the
consequences of
victimization and the
options and resources
available to help victims.
National
Organization for Victims
Assistance
Promoting rights and
services for victims of
crime and crisis
everywhere.
Where to Find
Help
- There are crime victim
assistance programs
throughout the United
States. Finding the most
appropriate program may
involve calling several
different numbers. It is
important not to give up
easily. NOVA maintains a
list of phone numbers,
websites, and resources
available here,
of various assistance
organizations.
National
Organization of Parents of
Murdered Children, Inc.
POMC makes the
difference through
on-going emotional
support, education,
prevention, advocacy, and
awareness.
Murder Victims
Far too often, the
victims are forgotten and
the focus is placed on the
perpetrator. Here we
will come back to place
focus on the victims of
the most violent of
crimes, murder.
Victim survivors can come
here to find help, ask
questions, give and get
advice.
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for Suicide Survivors |
Alliance of Hope for Suicide
Survivors
The
Alliance of Hope for Suicide Survivors
provides high-quality, healing support for people coping
with the shock, excruciating grief and complex emotions that
accompany the loss of a loved one to suicide.
The Broken Angels Grief Support Group
For Mothers Who Have Lost a Child Due to Substance
Misuse, Drug Overdose, Drug or Alcohol Related Suicide
or Related Health Issues.
Serving South
Florida: Northwest Broward and South Palm Beach
Counties. For location, dates and
times contact : Janet 954-815-3661 or Laura 954-646-3376
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www.thebrokenangels.com
Friends for Survival
Friends For Survival, Inc. is a
national non-profit outreach organization open to those who
have lost family or friends by suicide, and also to
professionals who work with those who have been touched by a
suicide tragedy.
The Good Grief Center for
Bereavement Support
Heartbeat
HEARTBEAT is peer support offering empathy,
encouragement and direction following the suicide of a
loved one.
Suicide Prevention Resources
1.800.SUICIDE (1.800.784.2433)
American
Foundation for Suicide Prevention
The
American Foundation for Suicide
Prevention (AFSP)
is the leading national not-for-profit organization exclusively
dedicated to understanding and preventing suicide through
research, education and advocacy, and to reaching out to people
with mental disorders and those impacted by suicide.
Hopeline -
1.800.SUICIDE (1.800.784.2433)
The Kristin Brooks Hope Center was
created to help those in crisis find help and hope immediately.
The site and her story gives you a raw, personal glimpse into
depression, and how it affects those around you. In addition,
you will find the only clear, step-by-step path for you to
follow out of the darkness. There is hope and you can feel happy
again! If you need to speak with someone right now call:
1.800.SUICIDE (1.800.784.2433)
SAVE - Suicide
Awareness Voices of Education
Each year SAVE educates thousands of
youth and parents on depression and suicide prevention.
Suicide Prevention Lifeline
Are you feeling
desperate, alone or hopeless? Call the National Suicide
Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255),
a free, 24-hour hotline available to anyone in suicidal crisis
or emotional distress. Your call will be routed to the nearest
crisis center to you.
Suicide.org
If you are suicidal, have attempted suicide, or are a
suicide survivor, you will find help, hope, comfort,
understanding, support, love, and extensive resources here.
Suicide Prevention Lines: 1-800-SUICIDE (1-800-784-2433)
Teen
Suicide
Teen Suicide .us is presented for adults
and teens. We offer articles, facts, and information on teenage
suicide prevention, adolescent suicide statistics/rates, and
related issues.
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Grief Support for the Loss of a Pet |
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How To Emotionally Cope With The Death Or Loss Of A Pet.
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Hospice Directories -
Most Hospice Centers offer end of life
care and grief support groups for family members.
Hospice Directory - North America
HospiceDirectory.org is the most comprehensive and
user-friendly North American directory of hospices, their phone
numbers and locations, and complete information about their
services. HospiceDirectory.org connects consumers and
communities to hospices.
National Hospice & Palliative Care Organization Database
The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
(NHPCO) is the largest nonprofit membership organization
representing hospice and palliative care programs and
professionals in the United States.
Help the Hospices - UK Directory
UK hospice and palliative
care services directory.
California
Pathways - San Diego - CA
Pathways.....a community-based Volunteer
Hospice, began as a community outreach program in 1985,
developed by Lakewood Regional Medical Center. Since
1987, we have operated as a separate entity, incorporated in the
State of California as a 501c (3) agency. Dedicated to
providing compassionate care to the terminally ill and their
bereaved families, our hospice program is designed to enhance
the quality of life for the dying patient.
San
Diego Hospice - San Diego - CA
San Diego Hospice and The Institute for
Palliative Medicine is one of the 10 largest community owned,
not-for-profit hospice programs in the nation, caring for 1,000
patients daily in their homes or other facilities in San Diego
County. We have more palliative care specialists on staff than
any other hospice and we do more to support the training of
hospice and palliative care professionals. Everything we know,
practice and teach about the science of palliative medicine is
focused on the patient as an individual and as part of a family.
We've been doing it that way for more than 30 years.
Florida
Hospice of Citrus County
- Florida
Hospice of Citrus County, Inc. & Hospice of
the Nature Coast a non-profit, charity organization provides
support and care for persons in the last phases of incurable
disease so that they may live as fully and comfortably as
possible.
Arrow Hospice - Naples - Florida
Avow Hospice delivers the promise of hospice
by providing all residents of Collier County with comfort, care,
pain relief and dignity at the end of life. But our promise to
patients, their loved ones and physicians goes beyond health
care and control of symptoms.
Illinois
Horizon - Chicago - Illinois
Chicago's first
hospice, Horizon's mission is to
provide comfort for the dying and to preserve dignity at the end
of life.
Maryland
Hospice Cup
- Annapolis - Maryland
Hospice Cup's
mission is to raise funds for and awareness of hospice care for
our participating hospices. Whether you choose to spend
the whole day or just parts, your participation and
contributions help Hospice Cup realize its mission of raising
funds and awareness for hospice care.
Missouri
Kansas City Hospice
- Missouri
Kansas City Hospice & Palliative Care has a
range of programs that may be helpful to you or a loved one.
Simply answer these eight questions and let us show how Kansas
City Hospice & Palliative Care can help.
New York
Hospice Care Network - Nassau, Suffolk and Queens
Counties - NY
Hospice Care Network believes in making every
day count for the patient diagnosed with advanced illness. The
focus is on caring, not curing, to allow patient to live in
peace and dignity, surrounded by their friends and family in the
environment they are most comfortable. Special care is taken to
support the family throughout the advanced illness experience.
Hospice Care Network care for patients of all ages, religions,
races and illnesses in Nassau, Suffolk and Queens Counties.
North Carolina
Hospice & Palliative CareCenter - North Carolina
Since 1979, Hospice & Palliative CareCenter
has been privileged to provide compassionate care to individuals
in our community who are facing the challenges of living with
serious illness. As the first hospice and palliative care
provider in North Carolina, we remain at the forefront of
end-of-life care, expanding our programs and services to meet
the needs of our patients and families.
North Dakota
Hospice
of Red
River Valley- Fargo - North Dakota
We see every terminally ill person having the
opportunity to receive our care and people being enriched by our
services.
We envision a highly motivated, empowered staff whose efforts
make Hospice of the Red River Valley excellent.
Ohio
Hospice of Dayton - Dayton - Ohio
Hospice of Dayton and Hospice of Butler &
Warren Counties have helped generations of Miami Valley families
facing life-limiting illnesses. Serving patients in a variety of
settings we provide specialists in hospice and palliative care
including physicians, registered nurses, Advance Practice
nurses, respiratory therapists, social workers, home health
aides, chaplains, pharmacists and more to focus on quality of
life.
Heartland Hospice
- Toledo - Ohio
Heartland Hospice provides specialized care
that meets the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of
patients and loved ones facing the challenges of an advanced
illness. The quality of life for those we serve is enhanced by
encouraging personal choices, supporting meaningful experiences
and preserving dignity.
Hospice of Morrow County
- Ohio
Hospice of Morrow County is here for you
whether you live locally or in surrounding communities. We help
people manage the final phases of life and live each day fully,
with dignity and comfort.
Hospice
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Mount Vernon - Ohio
Providing compassionate, dignified care to
persons and their loved ones throughout the dying and grieving
process.
Pennsylvania
Saint John's Hospice - Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
Saint John's
Hospice seeks to be a community grounded in faith and service
where homeless
persons find dignity, respect, nourishment, and opportunities
for new beginnings.
Texas
Hospice Care of the Southwest
The mission of Hospice Care of the
Southwest is to make a positive difference in the lives of our
patients,
their families and our community by providing
quality Hospice Care with Compassion and Experience.
HCSW remains with the family for 13 months after the death, if
they like, to help through grief and the many adjustments that
follow the loss of a loved one or friend.
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