SUPPORT GROUPS

The Compassionate Friends

The Tears Foundation

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HELPFUL SITES

 

• Buzzy's Bees: Supporting families through the unexpected loss of a child. 

• AJ's Place: A Foundation of Hope provides support, resources, and connection for families navigating the grief of pregnancy, infant, and child loss. Through compassionate programs and community outreach, AJ’s Place helps families find comfort, healing, and hope during their journey.

• Footprints of Fight: Providing free support services to families in Washington State who have a child undergoing pediatric cancer treatment. Their services - including house cleaning, grocery and gas cards, and other practical assistance - help reduce everyday stress so families can focus on their child’s care and healing.

• While We're Waiting: While We’re Waiting provides faith-based support and retreats for parents grieving the loss of a child. Through free retreats and support groups, the organization creates a compassionate community where bereaved parents can connect, share their experiences, and find hope and healing.

• Modern Loss: Articles of candid conversation about grief. "Beginners welcome."​

• My Second Half Self: A space born from the ache of grief and the quiet strength of survival. 

• Perinatal Support Washington: Offers compassionate resources and peer support for families experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth, and infant loss. Their services include one-on-one peer support, support groups, a Warm Line, and connections to additional grief and mental health resources.

• Reflections Grief & Wellness Care: Illuminating the path of hope & healing after child loss.​

• National Alliance for Children's Grief: A group committed to raising awareness about the needs of grieving children, teens, and their families.

• Mesothelioma of Hope: A cancer diagnosis affects the whole family, especially children. To help during these difficult times, we’ve created a resource to guide adults in talking with children about a loved one’s cancer  and in supporting them after a loss.

• Michelle Dubarry: Modern Loss articles of candid conversation and community on the long arc of loss and resilience. "Beginners welcome."​

• Walk In Sunshine: "Walk In Sunshine’s mission is to provide assistance to families who have lost a young child in the New Jersey area in addition to providing online resources for families all around the world."​

• MISSFoundation: "The MISS Foundation, established in 1996 by Dr. Joanne Cacciatore, is an international 501(c)3, volunteer based organization providing C.A.R.E. [counseling, advocacy, research, and education] services to families experiencing the death of a child."​

• Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep: "To introduce remembrance photography to parents experiencing the loss of a baby with a free gift of professional portraiture."​

• First Candle:  "First Candle is committed to the elimination of SIDS and other sleep-related infant deaths through education, while providing support for grieving families who have suffered a loss."​

• Imani’s Light Grief & Wellness Care: Providing compassionate, no-cost bereavement doula support to families experiencing miscarriage, stillbirth, infant loss, pregnancy complications, and perinatal hospice. Support includes emotional, physical, practical, and informational care, as well as NICU support, memory-making, and guidance through birth, loss, and the months that follow.

• Audrey and Mckenna: "The Audrey and McKenna foundation will build, personalize, and ship, hand-crafted, hardwood cremation boxes completely free of charge to a family in need who has lost a child from gestation to the age of 5, in the last six months." ​​

• No Footprint too Small: No Footprint Too Small is a 501c3 nonprofit organization located in Lincoln, Nebraska. Our mission is to provide comprehensive perinatal support to mothers, fathers, and families who are affected by pregnancy or infant loss.​

• The Sunny Side Foundation: At the Sunny Side Foundation, we are dedicated to fostering a culture of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI).  We believe that every individual and family affected by pregnancy or infant loss deserves support, regardless of their background, ethnicity, race, gender, ability or any other characteristic.

• Umbrella Ministries: Umbrella Ministries is a nonprofit that offers faith‑based support, encouragement, and community to mothers grieving the loss of a child through care groups, events, conferences, and resources to help them find hope and healing.

• Montana Families - Ramsey Keller Memorial: Ramsey Keller Memorial helps ease the financial burden of infant loss by covering funeral costs for families in Montana who have lost a baby under the age of one.

• Washington Families - 

  • CHOICE (Community Health Organization Improving Care and Equity):
    CHOICE is a nonprofit organization serving Central Western Washington that works to improve health equity, healthcare access, and community well-being. They connect people and communities with healthcare, social services, and other local resources while supporting community-driven health improvement efforts.

  • ​Elevate Health: A Pierce County nonprofit collaborative that brings organizations together to improve community health and well-being through partnerships, resources, and community-based programs.​

  • HealthierHere: A nonprofit collaborative that partners with organizations across sectors to advance health equity and improve health and well-being in King County, Washington.

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GRIEF COUNSELING

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• Jill Komura: Olympia, WA​

• Robin S Lipsker: Chehalis, WA​

• Susan M Cyr: Edmonds, WA​

• Sense of Hope Counseling: Arlington, WA​

• Josh Weed: Kent, WA​

• Susan Nevada Barnes Nebeker: Yakima, WA

• Radiant Resilience: Centralia, WA

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FOR KIDS

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• Wild Grief Olympia

Wild Grief believes in the healing power of both nature and of peer support. At Wild Grief, they combine the two. They provide guided hikes at all levels, hour-long, day-long, and multi-day all focused on supporting each other while on our grief journeys. Grief is what they feel after the death of someone close in our lives and then the grief journey begins – we have to go through it and it is disorienting and often deeply painful.
That is why their motto is Go Outside. Go Together. Go Through it.
Wherever you are on your grief journey, we hope you can join them on the trail.​

• Sound Care Kids

Sound Care Kids is a support program for families with children who have experienced the death of a significant person in their lives. Groups meet in four six-week sessions each year.​

• BRIDGES

BRIDGES is a grief support center serving families with children ages 4 through 18 who have experienced the death of a parent, sibling, relative or friend or have someone in their life living with a serious diagnosis. We offer peer support groups facilitated by trained volunteers.​

• Camp Erin

Camp Erin, created and funded by The Moyer Foundation, is the largest nationwide network of free bereavement camps for children and teens ages 6-17 who have experienced the death of someone close to them.

• Safe Crossings Foundation

A Seattle‑area nonprofit dedicated to helping grieving children and families heal after the death of a loved one by funding and supporting comprehensive grief‑support programs, resources, camps, and services across the Puget Sound region.

NACG

National Alliance for Children’s Grief is a nonprofit that raises awareness about the needs of grieving children and teens and provides education, toolkits, and support resources for families and professionals who help them navigate loss.