Grief Support Resources
National and Local
July 2009
Compiled by Willette Mosby-Reynolds
Local
Resources:
Associates in Christian Counseling
8025 North Point Blvd. 336-896-0065.
Calvary
Baptist Church – Grief Share Support Group,
The Cancer Care
Coalition of Winston-Salem, North Carolina – Grief Support
Group. 336-718-8486.
Centenary
United Methodist Church - Congregational Care
Child Loss Support Group, Ronald McDonald House in
The Compassionate Friends (TCF) – Non-profit, self-help support
organization open to all bereaved parents, grandparents, and siblings. Local chapters include:
GRIEF SHARE is the program used by several churches in the
Healing Hearts support group – 3rd Wednesdays,
5:30-7:00 p.m., at Greater
Heartstrings Infant Loss Support Group
of
Hospice & Palliative
Care Center
Mother’s Group meets the 1st Tuesday of each month, 7:00-8:30
p.m. at
Shepherds
Center of Greater Winston-Salem The Shepherd's Center of Greater Winston-Salem is an interfaith
ministry that provides services for older adults, e.g. Support Groups for
grief, family caregiving, and other life transitions.
Still in Our Hearts – monthly dinner meetings for anyone suffering the loss of a baby due to stillbirth or
infant death.
Vigils for Healing
– An
interfaith community ministry that says
“No” to violence and “Yes” to life; promoting healing for everyone affected by
murder. Also, Broken Hearts, Better
Days support group. Contact: Tracey Maxwell at 336-922-5694 or
Bishop John Huntley at 336-748-4787.
We Care program at Brenner’s Children
Center. 336-716-2011.
National
Resources
ACCESS - Aircraft Casualty Emotional Support Service provides
peer grief support and resource information to those who have survived or lost
loved ones in air disasters.
AARP - American Association of Retired
People Grief and Loss program includes online articles, publications, support
groups, and discussion boards on coping with the loss of a family member.
AFSP - American Foundation for Suicide Prevention is dedicated to advancing knowledge of suicide and the ability to prevent it.
Alive Alone -
Designed to benefit bereaved parents whose only child or all children have died
by providing a self-help network and newsletter to promote communication and
healing.
BabySteps - Named after the baby steps that form the long and
difficult road to recovery from the loss of a child.
BPUSA -
Bereaved Parents of the
Center for Loss
in Multiple Births - By and for parents who have experienced the death of
one or more children during a multiple pregnancy,
at birth, and through childhood.
Compassion Connection -
Contains articles and readings for all who have suffered a loss.
Comfort Zone Camp - No charge nonprofit camp for siblings and children (age 7-17) coping with the loss of a sibling or parent.
www.godstinyangels.org - Gods Tiny Angels Support Group is a non-profit Christian organization providing
support to families that have experienced the loss of an infant child.
www.goodgriefresources.com - Good Grief Resources connects the bereaved and their caregivers
with as many bereavement support resources as possible in one efficient and
easy-to-use website directory.
GRIEFNET.ORG - Griefnet
offers e-mail support groups for the bereaved including parents, siblings, and
grandparents; also offers a comprehensive resource guide of bereavement
organizations and a sister website for bereaved children, KIDSAID.
GROWW -
Grief Recovery Online offers wide variety of grief and bereavement resources.
HEALING HEARTS
for Bereaved Parents is dedicated to providing grief support
and services to parents who are suffering as the result of the death of their
child or children. The volunteers at HEALING HEARTS are here to help. We have
known the pain that the death of a child brings. We have struggled with and
worked on our grief and finally have made peace with that sorrow. www.healingheart.net
MADD - Mothers Against Drunk Drivers
has a mission to stop drunk driving, support victims of violent crime, and
prevent underage drinking.
MISS - Mothers in Sympathy and Support provides emergency
support to families after the death of their baby or young child.
Our
Daily Bread Daily Devotional by RBC Ministries (Dave Branon, one of many awesome writers, shares
experience of losing his 17-yr-old daughter). www.rbc.org/odb
Parents Of Murdered Children - provides support and assistance to
all survivors of homicide victims while working to create a world free of
murder.
SHARE Pregnancy and Infant
Loss Support - SHARE's mission is to
serve those who are touched by the tragic death of a baby through miscarriage,
stillbirth, or newborn death.
SIDS Network - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Network offers latest
information, as well as support, for those who have been touched by the tragedy
of SIDS/OID (other infant death).
SOS - Survivors
of Suicide helps those who have lost a loved one to suicide to resolve their
grief and pain in their own personal way.
STITCHITIZE – Everyone can request a memorial ribbon to be added to a Christmas
tree. Established from
this couple’s loss of their baby at 37 weeks of pregnancy. Visit www.stichitize.com
and search on “Scott’s Tree.”
TAPS - Tragedy Assistance Program for
Survivors is made up of, and provides services to, all those who have lost
a loved one while serving the country in the Armed Forces.
TLC - National Institute for Trauma and Loss in Children
is dedicated to helping traumatized children and families restore a sense of
safety and reduce the effects of trauma; information available about trauma,
resources, and training for professionals.
Twinless
Twins - serves in support of twins (and all multiple births) who suffer from
the loss of companionship of their twin through death, estrangement or in-utero loss.