"Supporting Kidds: The Center For Grieving Children & Their Families"
The only organization of its kind in our area. This non-profit group provides support and educational programs for grieving children, their families, and the larger community in which they live. Their stated mission is: to provide a compassionate pathway to healing for grieving children and their families, and to empower the community to support them in the grieving process. You can get in touch with the staff of Supporting Kidds by any of the following means.
1213 Old Lancaster Pike,
Hockessin, DE 19707
(302) 235-5544
www.supportingkidds.org
"The Compassionate Friends"
This national organization has a local chapter here in Wilmington. They provide support and educational programs for bereaved parents following the death of a child of any age. For more information you can contact:
Kevin Dolan or Lyn Forester
(302) 376-0300
The Compassionate Friends Brandywine Hundred Chapter meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday of the month at 7pm at:
Silverside Church
2800 Silverside Road
Wilmington, DE 19810
www.compassionatefriends.org
www.BrandywineTCF.org
"Loving Arms"
Provided by Christiana Hospital, this program provides support and educational programs for parents who have suffered the loss of a baby through miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death, or infant death.
Christiana Hospital
Stanton-Ogletown Road
Newark, DE
302-733-4367
"Family Life Services Catholic Charities"
Wilmington, DE (302)-295-0657
SOS (Survivors Of Suicide)"
Provides individual and group support for those who have experienced the death of a loved one due to suicide. For more information you can contact:
Karen Covey Moore
(302) 478-2575, x19
"SAMS (Sudden, Accident, Murder)"
Provides bereavement support and educational programs for those who have experienced the sudden, accidental, or murder death of a loved one.
Mental Health Association
812-D Philadelphia Pike
Wilmington, DE 19809
(302) 656-8308
(800) 278-6423