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GRIEF COUNSELING There has been an ever-increasing desire to expand their traditional roles beyond "at-need" and "pre-need" services into "after-need" or post funeral services for the bereaved. Jerns Funeral Chapel is providing bereavement services for the families they serve. |
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LOCAL SUPPORT
Survivors of Violent Crime Victims
Local Chapter/Whatcom County
1212 Indian Street
P. O. Box 4124
Bellingham, WA 98227
733-6714 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
National Hotline: 1-800-346-7555
Call: Bereavement Coordinator @ 788-6300 x 4664
Drop-in Support Groups:
Tuesday evenings from 7:00 to 8:30 PM
Wednesdays from 2:00 to 3:30 PM
Both groups meet at:
St. Luke's Health Education Center
3333 Squalicum Parkway in Bellingham
Kids Council NW
Established in 1998, Kids’ Council NorthWest is a non-profit 501(c)(3) that provides grief support to children, teens and their families. KCNW supports Camp Willie, a Camp Fire USA resident grief camp for youth. We also provide resources and support to schools and the community and run the TreeHouse, a peer support group program for grieving children, teens and their families.
Liz Snyder
Kids’ Council NorthWest
214 North Commercial Street #100
Bellingham, WA 98225
360.734.5552
liz@kcnw.org
Web site: www.kcnw.org
A parent support group for a cancer-related loss of a child
The Whatcom County Chapter is inactive at this time. To find a group near you:
Web site: www.compassionatefriends.org
National toll-free number: 1-877-969-0010
(Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, Central Time)
Summer Camp for children who have lost a loved one
Local contact: Mica Hartley: 733-1492
Camp Fire USA: 1-425-258-5437
For information and registration:
Web site: www.campfireusasnohomish.org
e-Mail: info@campfireusasnohomish.org
Evergreen AIDS Foundation
Local Contact: 671-0703
1509 Cornwall Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225
Web site: www.evergreenaids.org
Or: 1-800-249-2437
For Displaced Homemakers with loss of primary income source
Program Coordinator: 671-2170, ext. 3415 (Whatcom Community College)
S.O.S. (Survivors of Suicide)
Contact Mica Hartley at 733-1492
Community Cancer Center
Outreach Coordinator: Carol Brumet @ 738-6706
3217 Squalicum Parkway
e-Mail: cbrumet@peacehealth.org
Grief Share
Contact: 354-5252
Meets on Sundays from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Faith Community Church
586 Birch Bay-Lynden Road
Web site: www.fcclynden.org