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DIRECTIONS: 

Meetings are held at The Hospice Center of St. Elizabeth Medial Center, 483 South Loop Drive, Edgewood, KY. Across the street (south) from St Elizabeth Medical Center.  Coming from I-275, take Turkeyfoot Rd to Thomas More Parkway and follow it to South Loop Rd, which is just past the Visitor Entrance of St Elizabeth Medical Center. (Look for the Surgicenter, turn right).  From the south, take Dudley Rd to Medical Village Dr, across from the Edgewood City Building, turn right onto South Loop Rd. 

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2010 Children's Memorial Day Readings

A Navaho Prayer                       Adrift                        After Glow                       For Those I Love

I Measure Every Grief               Firsts                       Waterbugs & Dragonflies

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The H.O.P.E. Newsletter is back in circulation again thanks to the efforts of Tom & Sally Pfetzer who have taken over the duties as the new editors!!!!!

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Information for parents of child loss.

www.childrenofdome.com   

www.ucumberlands.edu/lamentations/

Other Support Groups in the area are:

A national mutual assistance, self-help organization offering friendship and understanding to bereaved parents, grandparents and adult siblings.

Meets the 1^st Monday of the month, 7:00pm registration, program begins at 7:30pm. If that day is a holiday, group meets the following Monday. Mercy Franciscan Terrace, 80 Compton Road, Cincinnati, OH 45215. Contact: Susan Carlson-Berne, (513) 821-9707 or Hope Bard, (513) 793-3554

Meets on the 4^th Tuesday of the month, 7:00pm at St. Timothy Episcopal Church, 8101 Beechmont Ave., Cincinnati, OH 45255. Contact: Barbara & Gary Christian (859)283-1926, Ann Hall, (859) 356-5232 or Carolyn Saeng, (513) 553-2561.

Meets the 1^st and 3^rd Wednesdays, 7:00-9:00pm at St. Maximillan Kolbe Center, 5720 Hamilton-Mason Rd., Hamilton, OH 45011. Contact: Sheila Munafo-Kanoza, (513) 874-9108.

A support group for parents who have lost an infant through miscarriage, stillbirth or early infant death. Meets on the 4^th Wednesday of the month, 7:30-9:00pm at Pleasant Ridge Presbyterian Church, Kemper Room, 5950 Montgomery Rd., Cincinnati, OH 45213. Contact Alana Roush, (513) 872-1163.

Support group for parents who have lost an older child. Meets the 2nd Monday of each month, 6:30-8:00pm at St. Elizabeth Hospice, 483 South Loop Road, Crestview Hills, KY. Contact James Ellis at (859) 301-4600.

Support for parents who are grieving the death of an adult child. Call for dates and times. Hospice of Northern Kentucky, 1403 Alexandria Pk., Ft.Thomas, KY 41075. Call Michelle Williams at (859) 441-6332 or mwilliams@hospicebg.org.

Materials, support and advocacy for victims of drunk drivers can be obtained by calling the hot-line. 4015 Executive Park Drive, #215, Cincinnati, OH 45241. Contact Andrea Rehkamp, (513) 769-6800.

Support available to parents who experienced stillbirth, miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy or neonatal death of a child. Meets the 2^nd Wednesday of each month, 7:00-9:00pm at University Hospital, 234 Goodman Street, Cincinnati, OH 45219. Contact Sally Westendorf, (513) 584-7037.

A peer-led, self-help support group. Call (513) 721-5683 or 1-888-818-7662 for times & locations .

Non-profit, volunteer organization providing support services to families and friends of S.I.D.S. children. SIDS support group meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month from 7-8:30 in D.20. Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229. Contact: Amy Simpson, (513) 636-5546.

Provides support for parents who have lost a child of any age from the disease of addiction. Meets the 1^st Tuesday of the month, 7:00-8:30pm at Eggleston United Methodist Church, 1961 Bullock Pen Rd., Erlanger, KY 41018. Contact Charlotte Wethington, (859) 356-3285.

Peer support led by parents who have lost a child due to miscarriage, stillbirth or newborn death. Meets the 3^rd Tuesday of each month, 7:30 pm at Christ Hospital, 2139 Auburn Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45219. Contact Grace DeGregoria, (513) 791-1160 for room location and directions.