Local Support Groups

Grief Support Groups in the Chester County area:

The following national support groups are available to people who may be struggling with loss or other hardships. Your funeral director can offer additional information at your request.

Heartland Hospice Services offers a monthly support meeting for adults For meeting information please call Steve Lybrand, Bereavement Coordinator at Heartland Hospice, 1-877-444-5040.

Neighborhood Hospice offers a variety of grief and bereavement support. Although free of charge, donations are gratefully accepted. It is important to pre-register. For further information please call Ellen Schipul, Bereavement Coordinator 610-696-8312, x 393.

Compassionate Friends offers grief support for the death of a child. Meetings are held at 7:30 PM on the 4th Wednesday of each month at the West Grove Methodist Church, 300 N. Guernsey Road, West Grove, PA. Call 610-869-3176 for more information or email Jacqueline Caleb at jbcaleb@gmail.com or go online at www.compassionatefriends.org.

~ April 2009