Organizations & Support
Groups
Gone But Not Forgotten™
Mission Statement
We are a team committed to bringing ongoing support
into the lives of people who are grieving; to share
ideas and explore options that allow for their own
self expression and healing.
Sympathy Gift Shop
Visit a truly unique gift shop conveniently located
in LaGrange, Illinois. Just 2 blocks South of 47th
Street and 4 blocks North of Plainfield Rd. on LaGrange
Rd.
100's of Thoughtful Gifts and Grief Support Material,
Cremation Urns and Jewelry, Framed Verses, Angels,
Garden Statues and Dedications, Photo Ceramics, Pins,
Cemetery Decorations and Memorials and even Pet Remembrances.
We offer granite and bronze markers and monuments.
Love,
Christine Dziedzic
Founder
635 S. LaGrange Rd. * LaGrange, IL 60525 * 708-354-4440
Outside Illinois: 866-351-4440
christine@gonebutnotforgotten.us
Hours ** Tuesday - Saturday - 10am to 5pm
Alive Alone, Inc.
Kay Bevington, Editor
11115 Dull Robinson Road
Van Wert, Ohio 45891
Alive Alone, Inc. is a non-profit
corporation organized for such educational and charitable
purposes as will benefit bereaved parents, whose only
child or all children are deceased, by providing a
self- help network and publications to promote communication
and healing, to assist in resolving their grief, and
a means to reinvest their lives for a positive future.
A newsletter is published six
times a year; spring. early summer, late summer, fall,
holiday, and winter. People regularly write articles
and poetry for Alive Alone and other poems, articles,
reinvestment ideas, and suggestions for reading and
listening are always welcomed.
There is no subscription fee
for those who need to receive the newsletter. The mailing
list is reviewed twice a year and names are deleted
if we have not heard from individuals within the past
year after notification. Regular presentations are
made about bereaved parents who are now childless and
grief recovery at organizations, state, regional, and
national conferences by Kay Bevington.
Bereaved Parents of the U.S.A.
P.O. Box 95
Park Forest, Illinois 60466
Phone: (708) 748-7672
Fax: (708) 748-9184
A national support group for
bereaved parents, siblings, and grandparents. They
offer a national newsletter, referrals to local chapters,
and conferences.
The Compassionate Friends
P.O. Box 3696
Oak Brook, IL 60522
(708) 990-0010
The largest self-help organization
in the world for bereaved parents, siblings, and grandparents.
They provide more than 650 local chapters in the U.S.
and Canada, with national and regional conferences.
TCF offers national and local newsletters, books and
tapes, and other related bereavement resources.
Candlelighters Childhood Cancer
Foundation
7910 Woodmont Avenue, Suite 460
Bethesda, Maryland 20814
1-800-366-2223
This is an international organization
of parents whose children have cancer or have died
from this disease.
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
(MADD)
669 Airport Freeway, Suite 310
Hurst, TX 76053
(817) 268-6233
Victim Help Line (800) 438-MADD
A national organization dedicated
to stop drunk driving and to support victims of this
violent crime. MADD has over 500 local chapters and
offers victim support groups for the bereaved. They
also provide a newsletter, magazine, training programs,
and conferences.
The National Hospice Organization
1901 North Moore Street, Suite 901
Arlington, Virginia 22209
1-703-243-5900
Hospice is a non-profit, community-based
organization of volunteers, lay persons and professionals
who provide a specialized health care program for the
terminally ill. The aim of Hospice is to provide a
supporting environment where the terminally ill can
live their lives fully and meaningfully, and be able
to die in a hospice-support facility of at home with
the companionship of family and friends. While many
people are aware of its focus on the needs of the dying,
Hospice also offers support to the family before, during
and following the death of the terminally ill person.
Parents of Murdered Children
100 East 8th Street, B-41
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Phone: (513) 721-5683
Fax: (513) 345-4489
The largest self-help organization
in the world for parents, families, friends, and other
victims of homicide. POMC has more than 400 local chapters
and contact persons in the U.S. and abroad. They provide
newsletters and conferences.
Parents Without Partners
401 North Michigan Avenue
Chicago, Illinois 60611-4267
1-800-637-7974
This is a organization with
chapters located throughout the country, all concerned
with the welfare of single parents and their children.
Their motto is, "Sharing by Caring"
Pen-Parents, Inc.
P.O. Box 8738
Reno, Nevada 89507-8738
Phone: 702-826-7332
An international correspondence
network for bereaved parents. They match participants
by the type of death and the age of their children,
which allows them to give each other mutual support
and encouragement. Pen-Parents offers a quarterly newsletter
and other bereavement publications.
National Sudden Infant Death
Syndrome
1314 Bedford Avenue, Suite 210
Baltimore, Maryland 21208
1-800-221-SIDS
The foundation and its many
community chapters provide information, literature
and support to parents who have lost children to SIDS
(crib death) or SIDS-related symptoms. The national
organization also provides support materials and a
parent-to-parent contact referral service.
The Samaritans
500 Commonwealth Avenue
Boston, Massachusetts 02215
1-617-247-5220 (Hot Line)
1-617-536-2450 (Business Line)
This is a group of volunteers
who are interested in the welfare of both individuals
considering suicide themselves or persons who have
lost a friend or relative to suicide. The Samaritans
also operate a 24-hour telephone service. Specially
trained volunteers listen to the caller's concerns
and attempt to be as helpful and supportive as possible.
The THEOS Foundation
322 Boulevard of the Allies, Suite 155
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15222
1-412-471-7779
THEOS (They Help Each Other
Spiritually) offers mutual self-help assistance to
young and middle-aged widowed persons. Brochures and
a monthly magazine are available.
The Widowed Persons Service
601 "E" Street NW
Washington, DC 20048
1-202-434-2260
This organization was jointly
formed by the National Retired Teachers Association,
the American Association of Retired Teachers and Action
for Independent Maturity. It offers support for those
living through bereavement in the form of individual
and group-oriented outreach programs, telephone referral
services, public education programs for family adjustment,
and financial and legal counseling services.
Wellspring Bereavement Center
Douglas P. Lawson, Jr.
P.O. Box 870675
Stone Mountain, Ga. 30087
"AfterLife"! Grief
Recovery Seminar
This Center has developed a
complete AfterCare Program for Hospice, Church, and
Training of Caretakers of those who suffer from long-term
illness. They are available for speaking engagements
as well as materials and newsletter. They offer spiritually
based counseling and renewal priciples for those who
have expeirenced loss. Their format ranges from Week-End
Seminars and conferences to a Seven week Conference
which is hosted by Funeral Homes and Cemataries. The
format is one night a week for two hours a night for
seven weeks held on a quartlerly basis. They can be
contacted at their offices in Atlanta for information
at 770-449-8777 or e-mail at overflow@wellspring.atlanta.ga.us
or lawsondesign@mindspring.com
Brochures
The following
organizations provide brochures on grief & bereavement
for a nominal charge and in some cases no charge
at all..
AARP Widowed Persons Service
1909 K Street Northwest
Washington, DC 20049
(202) 434-2260
Widowed Persons Service provides
free brochures and handbooks for widows and widowers.
Abbey Press/Care Notes
One Caring Place
St. Meinrad, IN 47577
(800) 325-2511
Abbey Press has a variety of
brochures on bereavement; some with spiritual overtones.
AfterLoss
210 Greenwell Drive, Drawer 599
Summerland, CA 93067
(800) 423-8811
AfterLoss provides a wide variety
of brochures.
American Cancer Society
1599 Clifton Road NE
Atlanta, GA 30329
(404) 320-3333
The American Cancer Society
provides, at no charge, a general bereavement brochure.
American SIDS Institute
6065 Roswell Rd., Suite 876
Atlanta, GA 30328
(800) 232-SIDS
The institute provides a brochure
on coping with the loss of an infant.
Center for Death Education & Bioethics
Department of Sociology/Archaeology
University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
La Crosse, WI 54601-3742
Phone: 608-785-6781
The Center provides grief brochures and a brochure specifically for
teens dealing with loss.
Center for Loss and Life Transition
3735 Broken Bow Road
Fort Collins, CO 80526
(303) 226-6050
The Center provides a variety
of brochures on grief written by Dr. Alan Wolfelt.
The Compassionate Friends, Inc.
P0 Box 3696
Oak Brook, IL 60522-3696
(708) 990-0010
Compassionate Friends offers
a variety of free brochures for those suffering the
loss of a child.
.IFDA Lending Library
2400 86th Street, Unit 22
Des Moines, IA 50322-4306
(515) 270-0130 or (800) 982-6561
IFDA has a variety of grief
brochures.
NFDA Learning Resource Center
11121 West Oklahoma Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53227-4096
(800) 228-6332
NFDA offers a wide array of
grief brochures.
Pregnancy and Infant Loss Center
1421 East Wayzata Boulevard, #40
Wayzata, MN 55391
(612)473-9372
The Center offers brochures
for those suffering infant loss.
SHARE
St. Joseph Health Center
300 First Capitol Drive
St. Charles, MO 63301-2893 (314) 947-6164
SHARE offers helpful information
to those grieving the loss of a pregnancy.
TLC Group
Publications for Transition, Loss, and Change
TLC Group publishes books on Transition, Loss, and Change sold only
through direct mail and selected Internet outlets. Additionally, TLC
offers consulting, seminars, and workshops on Grief Recognition and
Resolution, Change Management, and Peer Support Group Setup.
The Enhantrix Group, Inc.