The Compassionate Friends is a national nonprofit, self-help support organization which offers friendship, understanding and hope to families who are grieving the death of a child of any age, from any cause. There is no religious affiliation. There are no membership fees or dues, and all bereaved family members are welcome. The Compassionate Friends assists families in the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child and to provide information to help others be supportive.
Compassionate Friends of Ocean County Chapter meetings are held at 7:00 pm on the FIRST Tuesday of each month at the St. Luke located at 1674 Old Freehold Road (corner of Church Road) in Toms River, NJ.
Compassionate Friends of Ocean County
PO Box 219, Island Heights, NJ 08732
732-363-3894
Compassionate Friends of Ocean County Chapter meetings are held at 7:00 pm on the FIRST Tuesday of each month at the St. Luke located at 1674 Old Freehold Road (corner of Church Road) in Toms River, NJ.
Compassionate Friends of Ocean County
PO Box 219, Island Heights, NJ 08732
732-363-3894
Our Credo
We need not walk alone. We are The Compassionate Friends.
We reach out to each other with love, with understanding, and with hope.
The children we mourn have died at all ages and from many different causes,
but our love for them unites us.
Your pain becomes my pain, just as your hope becomes my hope.
We come together from all walks of life, from many different circumstances.
We are a unique family because we represent many
races, creeds, and relationships. We are young, and we are old.
Some of us are far along in our grief, but others still feel a grief so fresh and so
intensely painful that they feel helpless and see no hope.
Some of us have found our faith to be a source of strength, while some of us are
struggling to find answers. Some of us are angry,
filled with guilt or in deep depression, while others radiate an inner peace.
But whatever pain we bring to this gathering of The Compassionate Friends,
it is pain we will share, just as we share with each other our love for the
children who have died.
We are all seeking and struggling to build a future for ourselves, but we are
committed to building a future together. We reach out to each other in love to
share the pain as well as the joy, share the anger as well as the peace, share the
faith as well as the doubts, and help each other to grieve as well as to grow.
We Need Not Walk Alone. We Are The Compassionate Friends.
©2007 The Compassionate Friends
We need not walk alone. We are The Compassionate Friends.
We reach out to each other with love, with understanding, and with hope.
The children we mourn have died at all ages and from many different causes,
but our love for them unites us.
Your pain becomes my pain, just as your hope becomes my hope.
We come together from all walks of life, from many different circumstances.
We are a unique family because we represent many
races, creeds, and relationships. We are young, and we are old.
Some of us are far along in our grief, but others still feel a grief so fresh and so
intensely painful that they feel helpless and see no hope.
Some of us have found our faith to be a source of strength, while some of us are
struggling to find answers. Some of us are angry,
filled with guilt or in deep depression, while others radiate an inner peace.
But whatever pain we bring to this gathering of The Compassionate Friends,
it is pain we will share, just as we share with each other our love for the
children who have died.
We are all seeking and struggling to build a future for ourselves, but we are
committed to building a future together. We reach out to each other in love to
share the pain as well as the joy, share the anger as well as the peace, share the
faith as well as the doubts, and help each other to grieve as well as to grow.
We Need Not Walk Alone. We Are The Compassionate Friends.
©2007 The Compassionate Friends
National Organization
http://www.compassionatefriends.org/
The Compassionate Friends
48660 Pontiac Trail
#9300808
Wixom, MI 48393
877-969-0010
[email protected]
Camille Williams, New Jersey Regional Coordinator
(856-728-8685)
http://www.compassionatefriends.org/
The Compassionate Friends
48660 Pontiac Trail
#9300808
Wixom, MI 48393
877-969-0010
[email protected]
Camille Williams, New Jersey Regional Coordinator
(856-728-8685)
Our Mission
When a child dies, at any age, the family suffers intense pain and may feel hopeless and isolated. The Compassionate Friends provides highly personal comfort, hope, and support to every family experiencing the death of a son or a daughter, a brother or a sister, or a grandchild, and helps others better assist the grieving family.
©2012 The Compassionate Friends
When a child dies, at any age, the family suffers intense pain and may feel hopeless and isolated. The Compassionate Friends provides highly personal comfort, hope, and support to every family experiencing the death of a son or a daughter, a brother or a sister, or a grandchild, and helps others better assist the grieving family.
©2012 The Compassionate Friends
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