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The Compassionate Friends
North Shore - Boston Chapter

Grief Support after the Death of a Child


This website is dedicated to the memory of all of our children.

 

The Mission of The Compassionate Friends is to assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others be supportive.

We are a national, nonprofit, self-help organization that offers friendship, understanding and hope to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. Our meetings are open to all family members who are grieving the death of a child, grandchild or sibling. There is no religious affiliation and no dues or fees.

WE NEED NOT WALK ALONE 

WE ARE THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS

 

CHAPTER NEWSLETTER UPDATE

We would like to inform all of our members that we will stop mailing hard copies of our monthly chapter newsletter after the November 2024 edition.  Our newsletters will continue to be accessible electronically through this link: 

https://tcfnoshore-boston.org/newsletters.aspx

 

If you have any questions, please contact our chapter leader, David Paul.  You may access his contact information through this link:

https://tcfnoshore-boston.org/contact-us.aspx

 
 

CHAPTER UPDATES

Since April 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, our chapter stopped holding in-person meetings and began holding bi-monthly online video meetings.  Starting in January 2021, we added one in-person meeting per month to our meeting schedule.  

In recent months, our in-person meetings have received greater attendance than our online video meetings. Because of this change, we have decided to hold two in-person meetings and one online video meeting each month, starting in June 2024.

The in-person meetings will be held on the first Monday and third Wednesday of each month.  The online video meetings will be held on the 4th Wednesday of each month.  If any of the meeting dates conflicts with a holiday, the meeting will be rescheduled.

Sibling online video meetings will continue to be held on the third Wednesday of each month.

More detailed information about our upcoming chapter meetings can be found below in the chapter Meeting Updates column

An email invitation will be sent to members prior to each meeting.  You may also request an invitation by emailing tcfnoshoreconnect@gmail.com to let us know that you would like to participate.

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We are currently in need of help with managing our chapter website. If anybody has interest in helping out, please contact our Website Manager via email: tcfnoshoreweb@gmail.com

Also, in order to help cover our chapter website fees, we invite our members to sponsor our website for 1 month in memory of their children, grandchildren or siblings.  The monthly website sponsor donation is $25 per member and the maximum number of sponsors per month is 2.  Sponsors may post a message to their children, grandchildren or siblings; this message will be displayed in the Website Sponsor column on the Home page of our website and will also appear in our chapter newsletter.

If you would like to sponsor our chapter website, please contact our Website Manager via email:  tcfnoshoreweb@gmail.com

Website sponsor signup sheets are also available at our in-person meetings.

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT OPTIONS

In addition to our chapter meetings, other support options are listed below:

 

1) TCF Live Chats  

The National TCF website offers scheduled Live Chat sessions on different days and with different topics.  The details can be found here: 

 National TCF Live Chat Schedule

 

2) Private Facebook Groups  

TCF offers several private Facebook groups facilitated by bereaved parents, grandparents or siblings. They can be accessed here: 

TCF Private Facebook Groups

 

3) TCF North Shore-Boston

             Facebook Page  

Our chapter has its own Facebook page that is active with members from our chapter. You can access it here:  

TCF North Shore-Boston

Facebook Page

 
 

Website Sponsor Messages

 

Our website is sponsored this December in loving memory of:

 

 

JILLIAN ANNE SULLIVAN 

 

Love, light, and everything good.

That’s what you are to me.

I love and miss you sweet Jill.

I’ll see you someday💙🥰

 

Love Mom!

   

 

 

NICHOLAS RYAN AMIRAULT

 

In memory of our dearest Nicholas

Wishing we could all be

together again on your 40th birthday,

however, we know that

you are watching over us

as we celebrate your life

and all you mean

to your family and friends.

Love you, miss you…forever,

Dad, Mom,

Holly, Marc, Lily and Ryan Nicholas

   

 

Meeting Updates

 

Our December 2024 chapter meetings will be held on:

 

 
Monday - 12/2/24 
 In-Person Meeting - 7:00 PM 
Please contact
if you would like to attend
Topic:  Open Sharing Session 
 
 
 
Wednesday - 12/18/24
In-Person Meeting - 7:00 PM
Please contact
if  you would like to attend
Topic:  Open Sharing Session
-and-
Sibling Online Video Meeting - 7:30 PM
(Email invitation to follow) 
You may also contact Aimeeb15@gmail.com
to request an invitation
Topic:  Self Care After a Loss
 

Click here for our 2024 schedule: 
Meetings & Events

In the event of inclement weather, necessitating the closing of North Reading public schools, our chapter meetings will also be canceled.

Event Updates

 

See information below on upcoming TCF events:

 

 

CANDLELIGHT REMEMBRANCE SERVICE

 

SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2024

6:30 PM

Aldersgate United Methodist Church

235 Park Street

North Reading, MA


Click here for additional information:

 
Candlelight Remembrance Service