bereavement resources
A Note to the reader
Our hearts ache for your loss. Whether you are the parent, grandparent, or friend - the ripple effects of infant loss are wide and deep. We are praying for you in this new season ahead.
Peyton Smith Foundation
A nonprofit providing support to families who experience the loss of a child.
Instagram: peytonsmithmemorialfoundation
Facebook: Peyton Smith Memorial Foundation
Nancy Guthrie Respite Retreat
Respite Retreat is a weekend for married couples to spend unhurried time with other couples who understand the devastation of losing a child.
Laurel Box offers curated, beautiful gifts for families who have experienced loss
Hope Mommies
Hope Mommies is a Christian nonprofit for mothers grieving infant loss; offer gift box
Labor of Hope
Labor of Hope helps families who received a critical or life-limiting diagnosis during their pregnancy.
They provide doulas, photographers, and celebration of life assistance. All which are free of charge; for families who know baby will be in NICU
Mother of Wylde
Mother of Wylde offers Christian keepsakes for baby bereavement; not a nonprofit but great potential family gift
Foreknown Ministries
Foreknown Ministries is a Christian nonprofit for baby bereavement; offers retreats; offers grieving curriculum for families
NICU Helping Hands
NICU Helping Hands offers the service "The Angel Gown" program where they give free baby burial gowns to babies all across the country
Love to Know
Love to Know is a website that **offers links to baby burial gowns
Now Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation
Now Lay Me Down to Sleep Foundation offers photos of babies immediately after passing so parents have images of their child; 501c nonprofit
The Tiny Miracles Foundation
Tiny Miracles Foundation offers bereavement support, and also a TON of online resources listed.
Baby Steps Foundation
Baby Steps Foundation offers mold kits to cast the baby's hands or feet before they have to say goodbye. We have provided headstones and urns for various families.
In 2021, we started mama boxes. These are care packages that features books written by fellow loss moms, a weighted bear and self care items. They also will pay for cremation at specific hospital in Washington.
M. E. N. D
M.E.N.D. is a Christian nonprofit; that offers support groups; magazine; commemoration services, keepsakes
International Stillbirth Alliance
The International Stillbirth Alliance offers bereavement support and information on prevention and advocacy
Share Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Share Pregnancy and Infant Loss offers bed-side companions, phone support, resource packets, private online communities, face-to-face and online support group meetings, comfort kits, memorial events, training for caregivers, and so much more
The Still Remembered Project
The Still Remembered Project offers peer support groups for bereaving mothers—
Can do keepsake gifts, memory boxes
Walters Bears
Custom weighted bears in honor of your baby
Adalyn Rose Foundation
The Adalyn Rose Foundation serves as a baby bereavement nonprofit offering support and care packages toward families who have lost a child
Books:
Near to the Broken-hearted by: Dan & Anna Martin
The One Year Book of Hope by: Nancy Guthrie
Heaven by: Randy Alcorn
From Grief to Glory by: James W. Bruce III
The Gospel According to Job by: Mason
A Shepherd Looks at Psalm 23 by: Phillip Keller
Note: As bereavement nonprofits and businesses are everchanging - this list is too! Our goal is to keep this list up to date as possible with the most helpful bereavement resources to share with families. Please email us at info@holcombministries.org if you have additional resources, you suggest we add to this list.
