This group provides support, friendship and understanding for parents and siblings bereaving the death of a child.  For details about their twice a monthly meetings, call a leader of the group at 704/882-4503 any day from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. (Click for overview of Death of a Child resources)

CMOMs provides a wide variety of services and support for parents of multiples including connecting mothers who have experienced the death of one or both twins with other members who have had the same experience.  For more details about meetings in southeast Charlotte, click here to see their web site or call their information line at 704/341-9979 any time any day.  (Click for overview of Death of a Child resources)

This group schedule includes a variety of activities which sometimes contains a support group.  Their focus is both on the loss of a child as well as other family members.  They also start and run a GriefShare course for folks who have lost anyone close to them as well as individual encouragement.  The Footprints newsletter is worth reading.  For individual assistance or more info, click here to see their website or call Jerry at 704/509-6603 any day 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.   (Click for overview of Death of a Child resources)

A group of mothers and fathers of murdered offpsring who are banding together to support each other and make a difference in reducing violence in our community.   They help families find resources any time after the loss of a loved one.   Amongst other services, MOM-O has special get togethers twice a year for those who have lost a child to murder.  For more information, call Judy at 704/376-9986 any day 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. (Click for overview of Death of a Child resources)

A group for parents who have lost a child to any cause.  For details, call Hospice at 704/335-3902 at Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  (Click for overview of Death of a Child resources)

A group of mothers and fathers who have lost a child at any age to any cause.  To learn about their meetings, call a member of the group (Tom) at Hospice of Cabarrus County at 788-9434 (Concord) Monday througvh Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.  (Click for overview of Death of a Child resources)

Caring Hearts (2006) (1093)
Hannah's Sisters (Miscarriage & Stillbirth) (1995)
Hearts Haven (2001)  (1550)
Rachel's Children (1999)  (1497,708/709)
SIDS Alliance (Charlotte Meeting) (2000)  (109,708)

These folks provide a wide variety of services on a sliding scale for children and adults who have lost a family member or friend.  These services include groups and individual counseling for parents who have lost children of all and any ages (including during and after pregnancy) and for children through young adults who are grieving the death of a family member or friend.  There are no limits to which the manner that the person died.  Call 376-2580 Monday through Thursday 9-5 or Friday 9-3 for details; their address is 1320 Harding Place, Charlotte, NC 28204; click to go to their website at www.kindermourn.org.  (Click for overview of Death of a Child resources)

This service provides comprehensive data and referral assistance for nonprofit and government resources in the NC counties of Mecklenburg, Cabarrus, Union, and Anson counties and in or near the city of Mooresville, NC.  If you are calling on a landline or residential phone in one of those counties, dial 2-1-1.  If that fails, if you are calling on a cell phone, or if you are calling from anywhere else in NC, call 866/744-7778.  For calls from out of NC, use their local number of 704/377-1100. Although they are open 24 hours a day, you may wish to call weekdays from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. for non-emergency questions.

The friendly staff at this full service library can help you research any medical topic using their up-to-date computers, databases, journals and books.  No previous research experience or medical knowledge is required. Click here for details or call them at 704-384-6393.

MedLinePlus

This service of the National Library of Medicine of the National Institutes of Health is one of the better one-stop shops for beginning your search on the internet for medical information.  For those of you who live in Mecklenburg and Union counties in NC, we recommend that you contact the Health Library for more personal assistance from the experts there in searching for reliable medical information. Click here for their details.

Click to link to any of these lists of national groups: 

The Self-Help Sourcebook OnLine Index
The Genetic Alliance
NORD (National Organization for Rare Diseases) Database

Click here to branch to the American Self-Help Clearinghouse listing of toll-free phone numbers for a wide variety of topics.