Service Name: COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS - CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CHAPTER (BEREAVED PARENT SUPPORT GROUPS)

Organization Name: THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS

Location

Location Name: COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS - CONTRA COSTA COUNTY CHAPTER

  • Accessibility: Handicap Accessible
  • Physical Address: 1650 Ygnacio Valley Road, Mullen Commons Next To St. Vianney Church, Walnut Creek, CA, 94598
  • Mailing Address: P.O. Box 5523, Walnut Creek, CA, 94596
  • Description: Mutual support groups whose members are parents who have experienced the loss of a child due to a miscarriage or stillbirth, or through illness or accident in infancy, during childhood or later in life. The groups meet in-person, by telephone or via the Internet; and focus on helping participants accept their loss, express their grief, move through the bereavement process and put their lives back together. Included are groups for parents who have lost a child to sudden infant death syndrome, or whose children have been murdered.
  • Website: http://www.compassionatefriends.org
  • Email: nationaloffice@compassionatefriends.org
  • Phone(s):
  • Hours: 4th Tuesday (except December), 7:30pm - 9pm at Mullen Commons; Phone: 24 hours daily
  • Eligibility: Individual who is grieving the death of a child of any age, from any cause.
  • Requirements: None
  • Areas Served:
    • Contra Costa United States
  • Categories:
  • Contacts:
    • Nancy Juracka, Chapter Leader/facilitator, tcfccc@yahoo.com
    • Ann Khadalia, Regional Coordinator, annkhadalia@comcast.net
    • Shari O'Loughlin, Chief Executive Officer, nationaloffice@compassionatefriends.org

2-1-1 is a free and confidential service that helps people across
North America find the local resources they need. We’re here for you
24 hours a day, 7 days a week.