The loss of a loved one is perhaps the most difficult experience that one will encounter during the course of life. The feelings and emotions that surround this type of experience can simply feel unbearable.

Children's Memorial Garden and The Compassionate Friends
The Compassionate Friends is a national nonprofit, self-help support organization which offers friendship and understanding to families who are grieving the death of a child of any age, from any cause. There is no religious affiliation. There are no membership fees or dues, and all bereaved family members are welcome.

The mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families in the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child and to provide information to help others be supportive. Please click on the title above to visit our webpage: www.oceantcf.com.

Center for Loss and Life Transition
A private organization dedicated to furthering our understanding of and compassion for the complex set of emotions we call grief. Dedicated to helping both the bereaved, by walking with them in their unique life journeys, and bereavement caregivers, by serving as their educational liaison and professional forum.

Crisis, Grief and Healing
A place where men and women can discuss, chat or browse to understand the many different paths to heal strong emotions. Resources on the site include excerpts from author Tom Golden's books on healing from loss.

GriefNet
GriefNet is an Internet community of persons dealing with grief, death, and major loss. They have many email support groups. Their integrated approach to online grief support provides help to people working through loss and grief issues of all kinds.

Grief and Loss
Grief support information and resources from the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP).

Grief Support Services
Text about this support group here

The Lighthouse
with Van Dyke Hospice and Community Medical Center
Text about this support group here... Contact Kathy Brommiland at 732-818-6826.

Ocean County-24 Hour Hotline
Text about this support service here. Contact us at 732-240-6100.

St. John's Emmaus Group
Text about this support service here. Meets at the church's parish Center in the library on the 2nd & 3rd Thursdays 10:30 till noon. Ask for Deacon Ron Kerr at 732-657-6347.

Willowgreen
A leading provider of information and inspiration in the areas of illness and dying, loss and grief, healthy caregiving, life transition, and spirituality.

Growth House
An international gateway to resources for life-threatening illness and end of life issues. Hypertext topic pages link to sites around the world. Links to hospice and home care, bereavement, death with dignity, AIDS, and related topics in life-threatening illness.

National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
Committed to improving end of life care and expanding access to hospice care with the goal of profoundly enhancing quality of life for people dying in America and their loved ones.

When a loved one or friend dies, grieving that loss can take a long time, but you are not alone. GriefShare is here with support groups, and now daily emails, that provide encouragement and reminders of the recovery process.

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