Community resources

Bereavement

• As I Lay Me Down To Sleep www.nowilaymedowntosleep.org
  -volunteer photograghers to photograph the baby/family
• M.I.S.S. Foundation www.misschildren.org
• SHARE Organization (National) - 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 - 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 www.unitegriefsupport.org
  A non-profit organization in Philadelphia that provides grief support services to families suffering from miscarriage, stillborn, ectopic and neonatal loss.
• Sidelines National Support Network - www.sidelines.org
  A network of support groups around the U.S. for women with complicated and "high risk" pregnancies.
• LAMBs - www.public.iastate.edu/lambs
  Loss of all in Multiple Birth Support. This site is for families experiencing the loss of all their babies in a multiple pregnancy -- offers online support.
• CLIMB - www.climb-support.org
  Center for Loss in Multiple Birth
• Mealbaby - www.mealbaby.com
  Meal registry
• Center for Loss in Multiple Support - www.climb-support.org
  CLMS offers online support for those who have had the loss of one or more of their babies in a multiple pregnancy.
• Missing GRACE Foundation - www.missingGRACE.org
  Missing GRACE provides resources and support for families that have experienced pregnancy loss, infant loss, or adoption and to advocate for comprehensive, patient-focused prenatal care for all women.
• M.E.N.D. (Mommies Enduring Neonatal Death) www.mend.org
  MEND is a Christian, non-profit organization that reaches out to families who have suffered the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, or early infant death. They have a variety of support groups in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex—also have Chapters in NW Arkansas, Kansas, Nacogdoches, Houston, Texarkana, and Georgia.
• Earth Mama Angel Baby (Baby loss kit) - www.earthmamaangelbaby.com
• Motheroots Counseling www.motherootscounseling.com
• Compassionate Friends www.compassionatefriends.org (support for loss of a child) and www.portlandtcf.org (locally)
• Brief Encounters www.briefencounters.org (Portland, Oregon) - 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.
• Lots of Helping Hands - www.lotsahelpinghands.com
  Create a free of charge, private, web-based community to organize family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues - a family's circles of community - during times of need.
• Compassionate Friends - www.compassionatefriends.org
  P.O. Box 3696, Oak Brook, IL 60522, 877-969-0010
• Preterm Labor - www.newwaychildbirth.com
  Preterm labor management, 864-244-4331
  

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