Below is a short list of organizations and support groups we hope will aid any spouse at any time or family member after the loss of a loved one.

The American Widow Project 

Gold Star Wives

Loved Ones Lost

New Hope

 

For Grieving Children

Sesame Workshop on Grief

KinderMourn

The Grieving Child

Teen Grief through New Hope

Helping Children After a Disaster provided by AACAP

Helping Children after a Disaster PDF Booklet from the Penn State Hershey Medical Center and the College of Medicine

 

 

 

Upcoming Events/Retreats Around the U.S.

Survivor Seminar & Good Grief Camp 7/22/10-7/24/10 Fort Hood, TX

Soul Widow Retreat - 7/30/10-8/1/10 Tyron, NC

Survivor Seminar & Good Grief Camp 10/1/10-10/3/10 Minnesota

Survivor Seminar & Good Grief Camp 10/8/10-10/10/10 Washington D.C.

Survivor Seminar & Good Grief Camp Event 11/1/10 Ft. Benning, GA 

Survivor Seminar & Good Grief Camp Event 11/5/10-11/7/10 Chicago, IL

 

Webinar: Child Traumatic Grief - Issues & Intervention Related to Military Children 10/7/10

 

List of Family Retreats: OperationPurple Family Retreats for 2010

Wounded Warriors Healing Adventures 2010, 8/23/10-8/27/10, Port Angeles, WA

 

Survivor Benefits

VA

T.A.P.S.

 

 

 

 

 


 

Eternal Father, Lord of hosts,
Watch o’er all those who guard our coasts.
Protect them from the raging seas
And give them light and life and peace.
Grant them from Thy great throne above
The shield and shelter of Thy love.

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