Oregon
Support Groups
Portland Oregon and surrounding areas:
 The
Compassionate Friends - Portland Chapter - http://www.portlandtcf.org
The Mission of the Compassionate Friends is to assist families in the
positive resolution of grief following the death of a child and to
provide information to help others be supportive.
Oregon Infant loss Groups
Brief Encounters (Portland, Oregon) - http://www.briefencounters.org
Parents of infant Loss, Pregnancy Loss and Early
Pregnancy Loss. All Meetings are held at the Peace House
(the location of our Grief Watch Office) 2116 NE 18th Ave, Portland. For more information or directions
please call (503) 699-8006 or (503) 284-7426. Please visit the
Brief
Encounters web site for more information and meeting times.
Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support Group of
Eugene (Eugene, Oregon) - http://www.oregonshare.org
SHARE Pregnancy and Infant Loss Support of Eugene/Springfield is there to serve the bereaved parents who have
experienced the death of their unborn or newborn child. Please
visit their website for more information and meeting times.
Steps
To Healing Support Group (Medford, Oregon) -
Steps To
Healing is a support group for parents who have experienced the loss of
their unborn or newborn child. The group meets on the first
Thursday of every month at 7:30 pm in the Smullin Center on the campus
of Rogue Valley Medical Center. For more information about this
group please contact Cheryl Lewis at (541) 608-4218.
OTHER STATES
Arizona
Footprints Support Group. (Tucson, Arizona.)
A support group for for parents who have lost a baby to miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or newborn death.
We meet the second and fourth Monday nights of each month from 7:30 to 9:00 pm.
Location: Carondelet Villa Annex, 6627 E. Carondelet Dr.
For information call: 520.873.6590 or 520.873.3588
California
Hinds Hospice-Angel Babies in Fresno California offers perinatal hospice and
bereavement services to families who have experienced any type of pregnancy
or infant loss. We offer a variety of supportive services to include
support groups. For more information please contact Kathy Cromwell at (559)
226-5683 or email Kathy@hindshospice.com
M.I.S.S http://lotz.homedns.org/missmerced-
Merced, CA
Mothers In Sympathy & Support Merced Chapter offers grief support to those enduring the death of a baby due to miscarriage, stillbirth, neo-natal death, and SIDS. For more info please contact Kim Lotz at 209-725-9241 .
Iowa
The Parents With Empty Arms Support Group meets the third Monday of every month at 7:30 p.m. Meetings are held in The Resource Center, St. Luke's Hospital, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The group is for those who have experienced any type of pregnancy or infant loss (babies up to two years of age). For more information, please contact Susan Fletcher at (319) 365-9844.
Minnesota
Missing GRACE Foundation Local Support Groups - www.MissingGRACE.org
GRACE Support Groups are facilitated by and made available for individuals and couples who have journeyed through infant and pregnancy loss, infertility and adoption.
Coon Rapids GRACE Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support Group
Dates: The first and third Mondays of every month
Meets from: 6:30 to 8:30pm
Location: Faith Lutheran Church Lounge
11115 Hanson Blvd. Coon Rapids, MN 55443
Church phone 763-755-3530
Third Monday of each month the group does an activity that is helpful for the grieving process. (Examples are: Scrap booking, crafts, having a guest speaker, candle light memorial service, etc.) The activity is decided by the group at the first Monday meeting in each month.
Room location is not held in the Lounge on the third Monday meeting (second meeting of the month). Please check the evening’s schedule posted at the entrance of the church which has the room name/number listed for each activity.
For more information about the Coon Rapids group contact:
Darlene M. Weber, RNC. RTSTC Mercy-Unity Hospital 763-757-4452 Or
Candy McVicar, Founder and Executive Director, Missing GRACE Foundation
763-497-0709
Maple Grove GRACE Support Group
Dates: The second and fourth Tuesdays of each month
Meets from: 6:30pm to 8:30pm
Location: Maple Grove Covenant Church
9350 Upland Lane, Maple Grove, MN 55369 - 763-494-3233
We meet in class room 7 on left side of building. Enter at front doors, go left down hallway.
Light refreshments provided
The second Tuesday of each month the group does an activity that is helpful for the grieving process. (Examples are: Scrap booking, crafts, having a guest speaker, candle light memorial service, etc.)
Longville Area GRACE Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support Group
Dates: The second and fourth Thursdays of each month
Meets from: 7:30pm to 9pm
Location: St Edwards Catholic Church- 4905 State Highway 84, Longville, MN 56655
Phone: 218-363-2400
Please enter through the back entrance into the church hall
Facilitators: Melissa and Jason Gemmell
Montana
Healing Hearts for Moms - A support group for mothers who have a child die in Missoula, Mt. This group seeks to help Moms through the grief process and to move on with life.
Group meets the third Monday of each month. Contact Phyllis Tag (406)549-4333 or Judy Peterson (406)549-8482
for more info.
Texas
Glory Babies - http://www.childrenareagift.com/glorybabies/index.htm
Based in Tyler, TX the Glory Babies support group and website is the
ministry work of the Children are a Gift Foundation. Site
includes support group info, helpful links, newsletter and memorials.
The support group is open to anyone who has experienced or been touched
by a loss. The group meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at the Grace
Women's Center, 235 S. Broadway (just north of Front St. and adjacent to
the Expert Tire) from 6:30 to 8:30 pm, in Tyler, Texas. Childcare can be
arranged with advance notice. Please call Jennifer at 903-939-1597
or email glorybabies@childrenareagift.com
for more information.
National Support Groups and Agencies
The Compassionate Friends - http://www.compassionatefriends.org/
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.
SHARE Organization (National) - http://www.nationalshareoffice.com
The services provided by SHARE are available, free of charge, to
bereaved parents as well as to their family and friends. SHARE is
a tax-deductible, non-profit group. Services include bi-monthly
newsletters, and support groups. Web site has listings and links
for local SHARE groups in your area.
MISS Foundation - http://www.misschildren.org/
A non-profit 501(c)3 international organization providing immediate
and ongoing support to grieving families, helping them to empower
themselves by proactive community involvement and volunteerism, and
reducing infant and toddler death through research and education.
UNITE http://www.unite.freeservers.com
A non-profit organization in Philadelphia that provides grief support
services to families suffering from miscarriage, stillborn, ectopic and
neonatal loss.
Online Support Groups
Grief & Healing Discussion Page - http://www.webhealing.com/cgi-bin/main.pl
An interactive web site with online grief discussion chat and helpful
resources.
Sidelines National Support Network - http://www.sidelines.org/
A network of support groups around the U.S. for women with
complicated and "high risk" pregnancies.
The Compassionate Friends Parent Chat Network - http://www.compassionatefriends.org/
A network of chat rooms specifically for bereaved
parents, siblings and family members. A
schedule of chat times can be found on the main web site.
A direct link to the chat rooms is: http://www.compassionatefriends.org/Chat/chat_entrances.shtml
Prayer Wave for After-Death Communication
http://www.geocities.com/adcfriends/
Is a grief support and prayer website to receive a direct after-death sign from your loved one through group prayer. Contains a comforting message board to discuss afterlife experiences.
|
