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AS OF DECEMBER 2024, HAND IS OFFERING BOTH IN-PERSON AND VIRTUAL MEETINGS

1. For current information on support group meetings, check the Meetings page. To register, please email meetings@handsupport.org.

2. We are offering one-on-one peer support services via phone and email. If you wish to be connected with a HAND peer support volunteer, please complete a peer support request form.

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Upcoming Grief Support Group & Subsequent Pregnancy Support Group Meetings

 

Grief Support Group Meetings

We invite you to attend HAND grief support meetings. At these informal gatherings you can receive and give support by sharing common experiences as we work through and resolve our losses. Meetings may start out with a topic of discussion, but everyone is free to bring up any questions or aspects of their loss that may concern them.

Attending your first meeting may take courage, but parents who attend find a comforting network of support, encouragement, friendship and understanding. Nothing is required of you. There are no dues or fees. You need not speak one word. Even if you no longer need the meetings for yourself, come and share your experiences with someone who has recently suffered a loss.

Grief Support Group – San Mateo

Dates:            First and third Wednesday of every month
Time:              7:30-9:30pm
Location:

Mills Health Center
Palm Room
100 So. San Mateo Drive
San Mateo, CA 94401

To find the Palm meeting room:


Enter the Health Center at the front entrance,
 Enter the main lobby,
 Take the hallway on the left just past the reception desk,
 Go through the door on the left at the end of the hall
under the Palm Room sign.

For information, call (650) 367-6993
 or e-mail info@HANDsupport.org

Print Meeting Flyer: Click here
Map/Directions: Click here

Grief Support Group- San Francisco


Dates:                First and third Wednesday of every month
Time:                 6:30 – 8:30 pm
Contact:        For support and more information please call

HAND of San Francisco at (415) 282-7330
Location:

Davies Campus of California Pacific Medical Center, 
Castro and Duboce Streets (6 blocks north of Market)
San Francisco, CA 94114

Print Meeting Flyer: Click here
Map/Directions: Click here

Grief Support Group – Santa Cruz



Dates:             Third Wednesday of every month
Time:                   7:30 – 9:30 pm
Contact:            Kristie Shulman (831) 438-4513
Location:

Congregational Church of Soquel
4951 Soquel Dr.
Soquel, CA

Print Meeting Flyer: Click here
Map/Directions:  Click here

Grief Support Group – North Bay
Dates:              Third Wednesday of every month
Time:                7:00 – 9:00 pm
Contact:          (650) 367-6993
Location:

Marin Community Clinic
3110 Kerner Blvd. (on the Kerner Loop)
San Rafael, CA 94901

Print Meeting Flyer: Click Here
Map/Directions: Click Here

Park in the parking lot and enter through the main lobby
Meet in the waiting room to the right
Your facilitator will escort you to the conference room

 

Subsequent Pregnancy Support Group Meetings

Parents who are pregnant again after a loss have special emotional and psychological needs. Pregnancy Support Group meetings address the concerns of bereaved parents who have started or are thinking about starting another pregnancy. Fathers are especially encouraged to attend. RSVP is greatly appreciated. Email info@HANDsupport.org or call (650) 367-6993. Drop-ins welcome.

Subsequent Pregnancy Support Group Meetings – San Mateo


Dates: Second Wednesday of every month.  RSVP is Appreciated.

Time:  7:30-9:30pm

Location:

Mills Health Center
Palm Room
100 So. San Mateo Drive
San Mateo, CA 94401

To find the Palm meeting room:


Enter the Health Center at the front entrance,
Enter the main lobby,
Take the hallway on the left just past the reception desk,
Go through the door on the left at the end of the hall
under the Palm Room sign.

For information, call (650) 367-6993
or e-mail info@HANDsupport.org

Print Meeting Flyer: Click here
Map/Directions: Click here

Subsequent Pregnancy Support Group Meetings – San Francisco


If you are pregnant again after a loss, you may have unique emotional needs as you grieve your lost child(ren) while preparing for the birth of a new baby.
Partners are especially enouraged to attend.  Cherie Golant, LCSW, is the group facilitator.  She is a bereaved parent with two subsequent children.  The group is offered at no charge and on a drop-in basis.

Information:  California Pacific Medical Center’s Newborn Connections

Phone: (415) 600-2229 or email cpmcnewborn@sutterhealth.org

Dates: Third Wednesday of every month.

Time:  7:00-9:00pm

Location:

Newborn Connections’ Library
3698 California Street, 1st floor
San Francisco, CA 94118

Print Meeting Flyer: Click here
Map/Directions:  Click here

Subsequent Pregnancy Support Group Meetings – Santa Cruz


Dates:                First Wednesday of every month.  RSVP is Appreciated.
Time:                  7:30 – 9:30 pm
Contact:            Kristie Shulman (831) 438-4513
Location:

Congregational Church of Soquel
4951 Soquel Dr.
Soquel, CA

Print Meeting Flyer: Click here
Map/Directions:  Click here

 

Other Support Groups

Grupo Amparo is a Spanish language support group in San Francisco for mothers, fathers, and families who have experienced pregnancy loss or death of their babies in the first year of life. It’s free.

Call facilitator Julie Mitra at (415) 310-8201 for support and meeting info.

Grupo Amparo es grupo para madres y padres que han perdido bebes a causa de embarazo ectopico, muerte antes o despues de nacer o muerte en la infancia. Mi nombre is Juie Mitra y mi numero de telephono es (415) 310-8201. Puede dejar messaje y yo le regresare la llamada.