Support Groups


A Lifeline For Widowed Parents

We began our first support group for widowed parents in 2010, and have been running them ever since.  The opportunity to connect with - and support - other parents has been instrumental in their healing and moving forward with their lives.


Listen to mothers and fathers describe what being in a support group has meant to them:


Find a Group Near You

Our hope is that, one day, support groups will be available to widowed parents everywhere.


For now, here are the ones available in the United States:



*ONLINE SUPPORT GROUP*


Hummingbird Centre for Hope

Ontario, Canada

(519) 500-8535

Contact: Marny Williams Balodis

marny@hummingbirdcentreforhope.com

Learn more: www.hummingbirdcentreforhope.com/programming/legacy-academy/ 



NORTH CAROLINA


The Widowed Parent Program

Chapel Hill

(984) 974-8113

Contact: Justin Yopp (for fathers group)

Contact: Diane Bensley (for mothers group)

justin_yopp@med.unc.edu

diane.bensley@unchealth.unc.edu



ARIZONA


Hospice of the Valley

Phoenix

(480) 951-8985

Contact: Lisa Schmitt

lschmitt@thenewsongcenter.org



CALIFORNIA


Kara

Palo Alto

(650) 245-9355

Contact: James Santucci

jims@kara-grief.org



ILLINOIS


Willow House

Bannockburn

(847) 236-9300

Contact: Samantha Acosta, LSCW

SamanthaAcosta@willowhouse.org



INDIANA


Brooke's Place

Indianapolis

Contact: Lauren Griffith

(317) 705-9650

lauren@brookesplace.org



IOWA


Lutheran Church Hope

Des Moines

Contact: Dennis Murphy

(402) 290-8170

ddmurph11@gmail.com

** group for fathers only



MICHIGAN


Ele's Place

Lansing

(517) 482-1315

Contact: Kelly Koerner

Kkoerner@elesplace.org



MINNESOTA


Gilda's Club Twin Cities

Minnetonka

(612) 227-2147

Contact: Ali DeCamillis

allison@decamillis@gildasclubtwincities

Learn more at: www.gildasclubtwincities.org/find-support/get-started/



SOUTH CAROLINA


Spartanburg Regional

Spartanburg

(864) 612-0376

Contact: Beth Cutshall, LCSW

ecutshall@srhs.com

https://www.gildasclubtwincities.org/find-support/get-started/