An organization for education and charitable purposes to benefit bereaved parents, whose only child or all children are deceased. They provide a self-help network and publications to promote communication and healing, to assist in resolving grief, and a means to reinvest their lives for a positive future.
www.alivealone.org
www.alivealone.org
The American Academy of Bereavement (AAB), a non-profit organization founded in 1993, is a national association devoted to the education, preparation and advancement of bereavement specialists. They offer seminars and training programs on bereavement and grieving.
www.bereavementacademy.org
www.bereavementacademy.org
Compassionate Friends is a national nonprofit, self-help support organization that offers friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. Their mission is to assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age.
www.compassionatefriends.org
www.compassionatefriends.org
The mission of The Dougy Center for Grieving Children is to provide support in a safe place where children, teens and their families grieving a death can share their experiences as they move through their grief process.
www.dougy.org
www.dougy.org
Servies people of all faiths. Includes an online library of prayers, reflections, sacred texts, magazines, books and up-to-date news itiems.
www.faith.com
www.faith.com
Griefnet is an Internet community of persons dealing with grief, death, and major loss. They have almost 50 e-mail support groups that provide help to those working through loss and grief issues of many kinds.
www.griefnet.org
www.griefnet.org
Provides a place to grieve online. They have message boards, resource listings, inspirational writings and secure chat rooms hosting for those who are grieving.
www.groww.org
www.groww.org
HEARTBEAT is a peer support group offering empathy, encouragement and direction following the suicide of a loved one.
www.heartbeatsurvivorsaftersuicide.org
www.heartbeatsurvivorsaftersuicide.org
A place for kids to share and to help each other deal with grief about any of their losses. It's a place to share and deal with feelings, to show artwork and stories, to talk about pets, to meet with one's peers.
www.kidsaid.com
www.kidsaid.com
A nonprofit organization that provides a welcoming and safe place where grieving children and their families retreat, meet, and heal with the guidance of specially trained bereavement volunteer facilitators.
www.kyleskorner.com
www.kyleskorner.com
A non-profit grass roots organization with more than 400 entities nationwide. MADD's mission is to stop drunk driving, offer support to those who have lost a loved one to drunk driving, and prevent underage drinking.
www.madd.org
www.madd.org
Provides a format for online prayer requests. A place in which people from all faiths can anonymously request prayer and pray for others. Visitors can quickly create a prayer request, and can choose to be notified of the number of people that prayed for them.
http://www.onlineprayer.org/
http://www.onlineprayer.org/
Provides assistance to all survivors of homicide victims. Ongoing emotional support, education, prevention, advocacy, and awareness.
www.pomc.com
www.pomc.com
Consultation and training program that creates and distributes bereavement and guidance programs for children and teens. These services are offered to schools, adolescent-serving agencies, law enforcement and the media.
www.teenlineonline.org
www.teenlineonline.org
A non-profit organization that provides grief support following the loss of a baby, including miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth and infant death.
www.unitegriefsupport.org
www.unitegriefsupport.org
An information and self-help resource for widows and widowers. Topics covered include grief, bereavement, recovery, and other information helpful to people of all ages, religious backgrounds and sexual orientations, who have suffered the death of a spouse or life partner.
www.widownet.org
www.widownet.org
