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North Shore - Boston Chapter

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The North Shore / Boston Chapter website is sponsored this month in loving memory of:

Our sons and brothers, Christopher, on the 14th anniversary of his death, and Tom, on the 11th anniversary of his death.

Our lives keep changing, but our love for you is constant.  You are forever in our hearts.

Love,
Mom, Dad, Kelly, Dave

Resources:     Web Site Links to Other Support Organizations
For web site reading materials, recommended reading list and our chapter library, please visit our Library Page.


Local Resources
The Center for Grief & Healing
A Program of Hospice of the North Shore

The Center for Grief & Healing is dedicated to helping others learn how to support and comfort loved ones and friends who are grieving.If you’ve lost a loved one, friend or colleague, we can help.
Click for The Center for Grief & Healing of Hospice of the North Shore
The Center for Grief & Healing
Hospice of the North Shore

The HOPE Group

The HOPE Group is a peer support group for parents who have suffered the loss of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death.
Click for The HOPE Group Web Site
The Hope Group

Infant and Pregnancy Loss Support Group

This group is for parents who have lost an infant at any time during pregnancy through early infancy. Meetings are held on the fourth Tuesday of each month from 7-9 PM in the Kauders Conference Room. Pre-registration is not required and there is no fee for this program. It is not necessary to have been a patient at Beverly Hospital in order to participate.
Call or Email Tina Ketchopulos at:
(978) 236-1650
TKETCHOP@nhs-healthlink.org

Beverly Hospital
85 Herrick Street
Beverly, MA 01915

The Children's Room

The Children's Room is a center for bereaved children and teenagers and the adults who are part of their lives. It provides a caring and safe environment in which bereaved families can learn from each other to deal with their grief and find ways to heal.
Click for The Children's Room Web Site
www.childrensroom.org
Arlington Location
1210 Massachusetts Ave.
Arlington, MA 02476
Phone: (781) 641-4741
Framingham Location
39 Edwards Street
Framingham, MA 01701
Phone: (781) 641-4741

G.R.A.S.P.
Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing

GRASP (Grief Recovery After a Substance Passing) was created to help provide sources of help, compassion and most of all, understanding, for families or individuals who have had a loved one die as a result of drugs
Click for the GRASP Nashua, NH Web Site
www.graspnh.com

Erin Crail
Phone: (603) 589-2575
E-mail: ErinCrail@gmail.com


Project Linus

Project Linus provides homemade blankets to help comfort children in need.
Click for the Project Linus Web Site
www.projectlinus.org

The Garden of Peace

The Garden of Peace is a beautiful and contemplative urban refuge that was created to memorialize homicide victims with ties to Massachusetts.

Boston Location
Upper Plaza at
100 Cambridge Street
Boston, MA
Click for The Garden of Peace Web Site
www.gardenofpeacememorial.org

Parents Of Murdered Children & Other Survivors Of Homicide Victims

POMC
Massachusetts Chapter

Parents of Murdered Children is an organization which provides support and assistance to all survivors of homicide victims while working to create a world free of murder.

For Meeting Information Please Click Here:    Click PMOC Meetings
Click for the Parents Of Murdered Children Site
POMC
www.pomc.org


Arnie & Alice Muscovitz
Phone: (978) 452-5858
E-mail: amuscovitz@comcast.net

Bill Belanger
Phone: (603) 233-3461


F.O.C.U.S.
Finding Options for Change, Understanding & Safety
A Program of the Mental Health Association of Greater Lowell
** FREE **
Individual /Group/Family Counseling
Crisis Intervention
Case Management
Advocacy
Assessment
Referrals
Call or Email Janise Rosario
Bilingual Advocate/Outreach Worker
(978) 458-6262
jrosario@mhalowell.org

For web site reading materials, recommended reading list and our chapter library, please visit our Library Page.

Recursos Españoles
(Spanish Resources)
Bandera Española
Folletos
(Brochures)
Comprender la congoja . . . cuando su hijo muere
(Understanding Grief . . . When Your Child Dies)
La muerte repentina de un hijo
(The Sudden Death of a Child)
Nacidos muertos,abortos naturales y muertes infantiles…entendiendo la congoja
(Stillbirth, Miscarriage, and Infant Death... Understanding the Grief)
El cuidado de los hijos supervivientes
(Caring for Surviving Children)
Cuando muere un hermano o hermana
(When a Brother or Sister Dies)

Libros Españoles y Videos
(Spanish Books and Videos)
La Compasión Reserva Sitio Del Web
(Compassion Books Web Site)


Other Resources
The Compassionate Friends Grief Resources

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.
Click for Resource Information from the TCF National Web Site
Grief Resources

For web site reading materials, recommended reading list and our chapter library, please visit our Library Page.

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