Other
Helpful Resources
Camp Amanda, Minnesota
Bringing Hope to Minnesota's Grieving Children. www.campamandaminn.com
The Dougy Center
The first center in the US to provide peer
support groups for grieving children. We'd like to share with
you what we have learned from over 13,500 children, teens and
families we've served since 1982. The Dougy Center is a non-profit
organization which is totally privately supported and does
not charge a fee for services. www.dougy.org
Schools Responding to Crisis
Dr. Scott Poland is President
of NASP and a member of the National Emergency Assistance Team
for NASP. He led the NOVA national crisis teams in Paducah,
Kentucky and Jonesboro, Arkansas following school shootings.
He is the author or co-author of numerous books, chapters and
articles on crisis intervention, including three NASP Best Practices
chapters. He recently published School Violence: Lessons Learned
(1998, Sopris West). PolandNASP@aol.com
A PLACE TO REMEMBER
www.aplacetoremember.com -
- Resource list of organizations available by phone or mail.
ALIVE
ALONE
www.alivealone.org -
- An organization for educational and charitable purposes,
to benefit bereaved parents whose only child or all children
are deceased by providing a self-help network and publications
to promote communication and healing.
CARING BRIDGE
www.caringbridge.org -
is a nonprofit organization providing the oldest, most widely
used free online service connecting patients to friends and
families for web communication when your loved one is sick.
Children's
Bereavement Center
www.cbcst.org -
of South Texas at 736-HUGS (4847). A grief support center
for children and their families who have experienced a death.
Children's
Memorial and Gardens
www.childrensmemorialandgarden.org - 10
Question SURVEY for grieving parents, grandparents, siblings.
Help Us Help Others When No Words Will Do - Pass
this information on to your friends. Click Funding to see how
else you might support our work. E-Mail us at: memorial4kids@att.net.
The COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS
www.compassionatefriends.org -
is a non-profit, self-help support organization for families
who are grieving the death of a child of any age, from any
cause.
GILI'S PLACE
www.gilisplace.com -
welcomes the recently bereaved as well as those for whom grief
is an 'old companion.' It provides a safe haven for grieving
individuals - adults and children, families, and communities,
who have suffered losses mainly due to death. It is a place
of contemplation, solace and comfort.
GOOD GRIEF RESOURCES
www.goodgriefresources.com -
has developed a well-organized, one-stop-shopping, internet
directory that will make finding YOUR website much easier. No
more lost referrals because of the maze of confusion on the
web! 317-845-5220
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Good Grief Resources is an
informational site only, offered as a free service to the
bereaved and their caregivers. |
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Your information is always current
and easy to find on our website. Your customers order
directly from you, and if your information changes, we will
update your listing at no cost. |
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The Good Grief Resources website
is being provided to funeral homes, hospitals, hospices,
support groups, churches and libraries all over the country
as a support service they can recommend. |
BRUDERHOF
GRIEF COMPANION
www.griefcompanion.org -
Bruderhof Grief Companion is a resource for the grieving and
bereaved. The site features writings from a variety of classic
and contemporary writers that grieving people have found helpful
and comforting. This includes five full-length books which
can be freely downloaded and a "Sharing Board" to
share your loss and grief with others.
Hospice Foundation of America
www.hospicefoundation.org --
HOSPICE Foundation of America learn about hospice care and
programs, read excerpts from hospice publications, order
books and videos and learn about the annual bereavement teleconference
which is co-sponsored by the Hospice Foundation of America
and The Compassionate Friends.
MADD
www.maddmn.org -- We
Care. We may be able to help. For information on victim rights,
financial assistance for crime victims through the Minnesota
Crime Victims Reparation Program or other free and confidential
help through MADD Victim Services 800-487-6233.
My Forever Child
Loss Keepsakes
www.myforeverchild.com/store/Default.asp --
I am a bereaved mother; my son was stillborn three years ago.
As a result of my grief and healing, I have created my
own collection of handcrafted and personalized Child Loss Keepsakes
- it is for anyone touched by the loss of a child, from pregnancy
to adult child.
National SIDS Resource Center
www.sidscenter.org --
National SIDS Resource Center - provides information services
and technical assistance on sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS)
and related topics.
YELLOW RIBBON
www.yellowribbon.org --
YELLOW RIBBON is a program for the prevention of teen suicide.
