Footprints Ministry – a ministry created by the co-founders of Our Children’s Memorial Walkway http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/footprintsministry/index.html
Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region, http://www.hpccr.org In addition to providing health care for terminally ill patients and support for their families, Hospice & Palliative Care Charlotte Region provides individual and group grief counseling. These services are also available to members of the community. The organization also sponsors an annual grief camp for children ages 7-16, Chameleon's Journey, which is offered free of charge thanks to the generosity of the Junior League of Charlotte, and other organizations and individuals.
Mothers of Murdered Offspring (MOM-O), PO Box 32153, Charlotte, NC 28232
Mothers of Murdered Offspring is a family support organization that reaches out to families of murdered victims to help them on the road to healing. Once contact has been made with the family, one or more of the following services is available free of charge to the family of a murdered victim:
- Assistance in making funeral arrangements
- Scheduling Candlelight Memorial Services prior to the funeral service
- Preparing and distributing personalized keep-sakes at the funeral
- A balloon release a the cemetery
- Assistance with Birthday and Anniversary Memorial Services
- Case up-date information from investigators/dectectives
- Invited to the Annual Thanksgiving Candlelight Memorial Service held every second Tuesday in November (Locate TBA)
- Participate in the Annual New Years Day Balloon Release
- Someone to talk to when needed
- Referral information to other needed services
Families of murdered victims are automatically a member of MOM-O by virtue of their loss and can attend any MOM-O sponsored activities.
Contact Judy Williams @ (704) 334-5056 or (704) 517-8669 or call the MOM-O information line @ (704) 336-3515 for up-coming activities.
United Family Services, Victim Assistance, www.unitedfamilyservices.org
601 E. 5th Street, Suite 400
Charlotte, NC 28202
The impact of homicide is immeasurable and affects survivor's physical, emotional, social and psychological well being. The craziness of the survivor's world and the grieving process becomes increasingly chaotic by having to deal with the police, court dates and that ever changing, unexpected plea bargaining, and for some never locating or identifying the murderer.
Victim Assistance provides a support group for homicide survivors. A support group open to both men and women who have lost a loved one due to homicide. The group meets every other week for 6 weeks, parking is provided, and there is no charge for group sessions.
Healing Hearts ~ Bereaved Parents, HEALING HEARTS for Bereaved Parents is dedicated to providing grief support and services to parents who are suffering as the result of the loss of their child or children. The volunteers at HEALING HEARTS are here to help. We have known the pain that the death of a child brings. We have struggled with and worked on our grief and finally have made peace with that sorrow.
Our purpose is to offer understanding, suggestions for coping, support, friendship, and most of all hope to all bereaved parents. Parents who have lost a child as a result of miscarriage or stillbirth are equally welcome as those who have lost children to illness, accident or violence.
H.U.G.S.
H.U.G.S. is a support group for people who have lost a family member or friend to suicide. It is our mission to offer healing, support, understanding, and education, in order to empower the survivor through the grieving process. We will offer a safe environment where confidentiality and individual differences will be honored in a respectful and appropriate way.
Contact person: Alice McGinley
amk_1199@bellsouth.net
Phone Number: 704-541-9011
Presbyterian Hemby Children’s Hospital, www.presbyterian.org/hemby
In addition to providing remarkable comprehensive, family-centered care to children and families, Presbyterian Hemby Children’s Hospital offers various community events to meet needs of families in our area. Presbyterian Hospital, in conjunction with local organizations, offers a variety of health-related support groups, bereavement groups, and remembrance ceremonies for Presbyterian Hemby Children’s Hospital families who have a lost a child. Celebration of Life is hosted in October of each year at OCMW, offering families a staff a time to reflect, remember, and celebrate the lives of our beloved children.
