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The Compassionate Friends, providing support for bereaved families after the death of a child, is one of the 100 nonprofits to be awarded $25,000 for receiving the most votes from its members and friends in the first round of the Chase Community Giving program. The Compassionate Friends now moves into round 2 voting January 15-22 where the charity with the most votes will receive a $1 million grant while five runners-up will each receive a $100,000 award. This is an opportunity to help a great organization with only minutes of your time. For the latest information, visit

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• August 26, 2010: Guest Charles Corr: Helping Children Cope with Death and Grief
  by Healing the Grieving Heart on August 26, 2010 – 6:54 am
  

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• August 19: Guest Rev. Robert Phillips: Topic: Speaking the Unspeakable
  by Healing the Grieving Heart on August 19, 2010 – 6:33 am
  

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• Guest: Dr. Sandra Straub: Topic: Death 101
  by Healing the Grieving Heart on August 12, 2010 – 6:13 am
  

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• Guest: Dr. Kent Koppelman: Topic: Death of a Child
  by Healing the Grieving Heart on August 2, 2010 – 7:15 am
  

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• July 29, 2010: Guest Irene Kendig: Transforming Thoughts About Death & Dying
  by Healing the Grieving Heart on July 29, 2010 – 7:30 am
  

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Recent Comments

• David Roberts: Hello Alicia: Please accept my condolences on the death of your son. I am glad that you are reaching out for help and support...
• Alicia: Hello. I’d like to write Good Morning, but I just don’t know if it is one. I lost my 20 year old son on May 3rd 2010. It is...
• David Roberts: Hello Shirley: Thank you for your validating comments about my article. Please accept my heartfelt condolences on the death of your...
• David Roberts: Hi Nelly: Please accept my condolences for the death of your daughter. The death of our children is unnatural because it defies the...
• Louise Lagerman: Dear Brenda words cannot express to you how sorry I am that you lost your daughter. What saved me was bonding with other grieving...
• K Paul Stoller, MD, FACHM: I will contact you offline, but contact your family physician and I will walk him through the process of getting you...
• CT: I have been married almost 30 years. When my husband was 7/8, he witnessed his mother die (intantly) in a car accident. He never had...