LOCAL GRIEF SUPPORT GROUPS

  • Finding Pathways Through Grief
    Contact Information: White Emerson Mortuary - (562) 698-0304
    Details: Open door format - 1st and 3rd Monday of each month, year round
    Time: 7:00 P.M. - 8:30 P.M.
    Location: American Red Cross Center
    6706 S. Friends Ave.
    Whittier, CA 90601
  • Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital
    Contact Information: PIH Chaplains - (562) 698-0811 Ext. 2500
    Details: Structured format - 6 week course (Approximately 1 - 2 weeks between courses)
    Time: Wednesdays 10:00 A.M. - 11:30 A.M.
    Location: Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital
    Flo & Frank Scott Conference Center
    12401 Washington Boulevard
    Whittier, CA 90602
  • St. Bruno's Bereavement Support Group
    Contact Information: JoAnn Welsh - (562) 943-3590
    Details: Structured format - 8 week course
    Time: Contact Ms. Welsh for more information
    Location: St. Bruno's Church
    15740 Citrustree Rd.
    Whittier, CA 90602

NATIONAL GRIEF SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS

  • Air Crash Support Network
    1595 York Ave., Box 22
    New York, NY 10028
    (877) ACSN-HELP
  • Alliance of Grandparents
    PO Box 17281
    Phoenix, AZ 85011-0281
    (888) 774-7437
  • American SIDS Institute*
    2480 Windy Hill Rd. Suite 380
    Marietta, GA 30067
    (800) 232-SIDS
  • Bereaved Parents of the USA
    P.O. Box 95
    Park Forest, IL 60466
    (630) 971-3490
  • Center for Loss in Multiple Birth (CLIMB) Inc.*
    P.O. Box 91377
    Anchorage, AK 99509
    (907) 222-5321
  • The Compassionate Friends*
    P.O. Box 3696
    Oak Brook, IL 60522-3696
    (630) 990-0010
    (Supports families who have experienced the death of a child - LOCAL BRANCHES)
  • Grief Magazine
    1941 Bishop Lane, Suite 202
    Louisville, KY 40219-1927
    (800) 346-3087
  • In Loving Memory*
    1416 Green Run Lane
    Reston, VA 20090
    (703) 435-0608
    (Dedicated to helping parents cope with the loss of their only child or all of their children.)
  • Mothers Against Drunk Driving
    Victim Assistance Program
    511 E John Carpenter Freeway
    Suite 700
    Irving, TX 75062
    (800) GET-MADD
  • Parents of Murdered Children Inc.
    (POMC)
    100 E. Eighth St., B41
    Cincinnati, OH 45202
    (513) 721-5683
    (888) 818-POMC
  • Pen-Parents Inc.
    PO Box 8738
    Reno, NV 89507
    (702) 826-7332
    (Support network designed for grieving parents and grandparents providing a pen-pal type service.)
  • Ray of Hope
    PO Box 2323
    Iowa City, IA 52244
    (319) 337-9890
    (For survivors of those who died from suicide.)
  • SHARE Pregnancy & Infant Loss
    Support Inc.
    St. Joseph's Health Center
    300 1st Capitol Dr.
    St. Charles, MO 63001
    (800) 821-6819
    (For families who have experienced the death of a baby due to miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death.)
  • SIDS Alliance*
    1314 Bedford Ave., Suite 210
    Baltimore, MD 21208
    (800) 221-7437
    (410) 653-8226
  • Society of Military Widows
    5535 Hempstead Way
    Springfield, VA 22151
    (703) 750-1342
  • Wings of Lights Inc.
    16845 N. 29th Ave., Ste 1
    Phoenix, AZ 85053
    (800) 613-8531
    (Support and information network for aircraft accident survivors and others directly affected by aviation accidents.)