EMPTY ARMS BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT INC
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Mission Statement
Empty Arms Bereavement Support serves individuals and families in Western Massachusetts whose babies have died through miscarriage, stillbirth, or early infant death. By cultivating personal connections, creating a compassionate community, and fostering professional collaborations, we provide grieving parents with valuable resources and validation as they navigate the murky days, weeks, and lifetime without their baby.
About This Cause
Our Goals: Help bereaved parents get the help they need. Sometimes that means helping them ourselves, through support groups, online, or telephone support. Sometimes that means helping them to find a trusted therapist or arranging a phone call from one bereaved parent to another. Sometimes it means booking appointments for them when they are too overwhelmed to pick up the phone. Sometimes it means arranging the flowers for their baby's funeral because they can't bear to do it themselves. Whatever parents need, we work cooperatively to try to make it happen, because we know how hard this experience can be. Help professionals who care for bereaved parents have the resources they need to do their jobs well. We are blessed to have so many loving, devoted care providers here in the Pioneer Valley-- from midwives, to nurses, to doulas and therapists. Through our professional trainings and peer companion program we work to make sure that these people, who are often the first source of contact for families, feel confident in the work they are doing. Help the family and friends of bereaved parents become more knowledgeable about what the grief process is like. We know that when someone you know or love suffers the loss of a baby, you probably aren't sure what to do to help. Almost all parents who themselves lose a baby recognize how difficult it is to know what it feels like when you haven't been through it. We hope that our resources will help you to sift through the difficult emotions you may be experiencing all while being the best possible source of support for the parents whose baby has died.