Below is a list of helpful organizations by category, along with phone numbers, addresses and web sites, if applicable.
| SUPPORT GROUP At our Vintage Lane location our group meets once a month. Please call our office for details of the next scheduled meeting. This group is geared towards widows and widowers, but anyone is welcome to attend. |
DEATH OF A CHILD OR INFANT
SHARE 300 First Capitol Drive St. Charles, MO 63301-2893 (800)821-6819
Offers support to families who have had a miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant death. Provides a newsletter, network of support groups, literature and referrals.
The Compassionate Friends, Inc.
National Headquarters
PO Box 3696
Oak Brook, IL 60522-3696
(630)990-0010
A self-help support organization which offers friendship and understanding to families who are grieving the death of a child of any age, from any cause. Newsletter available.
SIDS Alliance (800) 221-SIDS
On-Line
http://compassionatefriends.org
http://sids-network.org
www.hygeia.org – An online journal for pregnancy and neonatal loss.
www.aplacetoremember.com
TEEN-AGE GRIEF
Fernside
2303 Indian Mound Ave. Cincinnati, OH 45212 (513)841-1012
For grieving children and their families. Offers a newsletter.
On-Line
www.fernside.org
www.smartlink.net/~tag
DEATH OF A SPOUSE
AARP Widowed Persons Service (AARP WPS)
601 E Street,
NW, Washington, DC 20049
(202)434-2260
email: griefandloss@aarp.org
AARP WPS is an outreach program in which trained widowed volunteers offer support to newly widowed persons of all ages.
THEOS Foundation, Inc. (They Help Each Other Spiritually)
1301 Clark Building
717 Liberty Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15222
(412)471-7779
Publishes THEOS magazine, books and organizational materials for widowed men and women and the professionals who work with them.
On-Line
www.aarp.org/griefandloss
www.widownet.org - An information and self-help resource for and by widows and widowers.
SUICIDE
American Association of Suicidology
4201 Connecticut Ave NW
Suite 310
Washington, DC 20008
(202)237-2280
email: berm101@ix.netcom.com
After Suicide (Rochester Area Support Group)
Nancy Theis 265-0449
Mitty Tuchrello 442-2409
John & Lucille Ventura 663-8960
On-Line
www.suicidology.org
AIDS
National AIDS Network
1012 14th Street
Washington DC 20009
(202)347-0390
GENERAL
www.groww.com
A non-profit internet site offering a wide variety of grief and bereavement resources.
www.griefnet.org
A collection of resources of value to those experiencing loss and grief. Resources include numerous online support and discussion groups, a variety of articles and manuscripts, a bookstore, a memorial garden, and much more.
www.growthhouse.org
Links to hospice and home care, bereavement, death with dignity, AIDS, and related topics in life-threatening illness.
www.mentalhelp.net/poc/center_index.php?id=58
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