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Programs & Initiatives

Tangible comfort and sustained support for every step of the journey.

child loss support organization

PROGRAM 1

Child Loss Support

Memory & Remembrance bags placed gently into the hands of families leaving a hospital without their baby. We work closely with bereavement teams so each delivery is private, unhurried, and dignified.

Hand-stitched keepsake blanket

Memory journal

Candle and beeswax taper

Handwritten note from a bereaved parent

Resource guide for the first 30 days

1,840+

remembrance bags placed since 2019

Handled with care. We work with bereavement teams so every delivery is private and unhurried.

PROGRAM 2

NICU Families

Comfort bags for the parents living between an incubator and a parking garage. Small, practical things that say: someone sees how long this has been, and how heavy it is.

Soft socks and lip balm

Refillable coffee tumbler

Journal & pen

Lotion and hand cream

NICU survival guide written by other NICU moms

2,200+

NICU bags delivered last year alone

NICU support for families
bereavement care packages

PROGRAM 3

Community Network

Grief is not a hospital event. We host quarterly peer circles and maintain a vetted referral network of grief counselors and perinatal mental health specialists, at no cost to the family.

Monthly virtual peer circles

Vetted counselor referrals

Sibling-loss support

Anniversary outreach

Faith-sensitive and secular options

38

active partner clinicians in our referral network

PROGRAM 4

Ongoing Outreach

We don't disappear after discharge. Healing Hearts boxes arrive in the weeks and months after, on anniversaries, on holidays, on the days no one else remembers.

Healing Hearts follow-up box

Anniversary remembrance card

Holiday care packages

Sibling-inclusive Little Sibling bags

Direct line to our family-care coordinator

92%

of families say follow-up support was the most meaningful piece

NICU comfort bags
support after child loss

DISTRIBUTION NETWORK

Hand-delivered, not shipped from a warehouse.

Our bags reach families through real partners: L&D nurses, NICU social workers, hospital chaplains, funeral directors, and community grief leaders. Every bag is hand-placed by someone who knows the family's story.

Providing bags of comfort and support to families navigating child loss and NICU journeys. Because no one should carry this alone.

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