San Francisco Suicide Prevention 24 Hour Crisis
Line:
(415)
781-0500
San Francisco HAND (Help after Neonatal Death) HANDSFflyer.pdf
Catholic Charities
Provides: Bi-Monthly, Non-Sectarian, General
Bereavement
Support
Group Meetings
Daytime
Evening
Bi-lingual
Children and Teens
Locations:
St. Gabriel's
Provides:
On-going Bereavement Group
Children/Teen Groups for Bereavement
When: First and Third Tuesdays
Time: 7:00 - 9:00 P.M.
St. Mary's Cathedral
When: Second and Fourth Wednesdays
Time: 2:30 - 4:30 P.M.
Contact: Barbara Elordi - (415) 564-7882
Hospice By the Bay
Provides:
Individual Counseling for Adults and Children
Support Groups for Adults and Children
Contact: Heather Certik - (415) 626-5900
Jewish Family and Children's Services Bereavement Center
Location: 2150 Post St.
Provides non-denominational:
General Bereavement Support Groups
Specific Types of Bereavement Support Groups
Bereavement Workshops - 8 week educational
workshops,
open to anyone
who has experienced a death of a family member or close friend,
regardless
of when the loss occurred. Subsidy requests are taken.
Community-wide Disaster Response - bereavement
specialists are ready
to help in the case of community-wide trauma or loss - earthquakes,
fires,
floods or violent crimes - They are available for crisis intervention
and
individual and group work to help people address the grief, anger and
confusion
common when a community experiences collective loss.
Professional Support and Consultation - offers peer
support and
education for professionals engaged in bereavement counseling.
Educational
workshops and consultation are available for professionals wishing to
expand
their skills.
Widow/Widower Outreach and Support - 2X/month;
daytime
group meetings
- $25 annual membership fee.
Family Bereavement Camp - with Rauch Ami and Camp
Tawonga - Friday,
May 19 - Sunday, May 21, 2000.
Contact: Shoshana Phoenixx, Chaplain at (415)
449-1200.
Bay Area Jewish Healing Center (a beneficiary of the Jewish
Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin, and Sonoma
Counties; affiliated with the Institute on Aging)
Location: 3330 Geary Blvd. 3rd Floor West, San
Francisco,
CA 94118
an annual bereavement camp entitled, "Grief and Growing:
A
Healing Weekend
for Individuals and Families in Mourning." This camp is in September and is co-sponsored by
NextSteps at Sinai Memorial Chapel, Camp Towanga, and the Bureau of
Jewish Education/Family Education Project.
Contact: Pamela Brown, Program Coordinator (415)
750-3436 or e-mail
at: pbrown@ioaging.org
Visiting Nurses and Hospice
Provides:
Individual grief support - sliding scale donation
Bereavement Support Groups - $5.00 - $25.00 donation
requested for
each meeting. No one is turned away due to inability to pay.
Family and Friends Bereavement Group - for those
who
have experienced
the recent death of a loved one due to chronic or terminal illness or
sudden
death. (Thursday evenings - 7:00 - 9:00 P.M. Ten week closed
group.)
Widows and Widowers Bereavement Group - for
Seniors
grieving the
loss of a spouse. (Monday afternoons - 1:00 - 2:30 P.M. Drop In.)
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