Empty Arms Western Massachusetts: Children in Our Hearts Walk This Saturday

Our Memorial Walk is this Saturday, May 7. We will meet at the Duck Brook Shelter in Look Park. Registration starts at 11am, and the walk begins at 11:30am, to be followed by a picnic lunch. Your friends, family, and supporters are all invited to walk with us--we are looking forward to a great turnout and community time together! Please follow this link for all the details.

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Quick events update for rest of May:

Wednesday, May 11 - Our monthly Subsequent Choices group meets. Please contact Carol for time and location (carolmcmurrich@comcast.net).

Saturday, May 14 - Pre-registration deadline for the Third Annual Addison Eva Monska One-Pitch Softball Tournament. Contact Jean (jeanmonska@verizon.net).

Wednesday, May 18 - Our Parenting After Loss group begins! 6pm-8pm at Forbes Library, Northampton. RSVP to Erika (ehenyey@gmail.com).

Wednesday, May 25 - Our regular bereavement support group meets.7pm-9pm at Cooley Dickinson, Conference Room D.

Welcome to Empty Arms

Empty Arms is a Western Massachusetts-based non-profit organization offering resources and support to families across the region who have experienced miscarriage, stillbirth, or infant loss. We have an established program in the Childbirth Center at Cooley Dickinson Hospital, where our organization began in 2007, and as our program has expanded CDH has continued to support us by hosting two of our monthly meetings as well as other special events.

If you are looking for support group meetings, we offer two different meetings each month. Please follow the links above for meeting times, locations and directions. We use this website and our Facebook page to keep participants updated about our meetings and other activities.

However, you don't need to attend a group to use our resources. Carol McMurrich, our founder and lead facilitator, is available for peer counseling and support. After speaking or e-mailing with you, Carol may be able to refer you to one of our telephone/e-mail support volunteers: somebody whose loss experience is very similar to your own. In this way, Empty Arms can offer peer support to those who may not yet feel comfortable with the larger support group setting.

We also have a lending library, an annual memorial walk, and occasional special events. On our "Links for Grieving Parents" page, we try to connect you to some resources we hope you will find helpful in the process of grieving your very difficult loss.

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