We are a local chapter of a nation-wide non-profit self-help organization offering friendship and understanding to families who are grieving the death of a child of any age, from any cause. All bereaved family members are welcome. Our purpose is to promote and aid families in the positive resolution of the grief experience upon the death of their child or sibling, and to foster the physical and emotional health of bereaved parents, surviving children and grandparents. Only a person who has experienced the trauma of losing a child can fully understand the pain and the suffering. Our greatest strength as bereaved families is the unity we find in shared experiences that removes feelings of isolation, gives us a place to “belong” and gives us hope that together, we can make it. It is okay to express any feelings during our meetings, and all that is expressed is considered confidential. No religious creed or affiliation is involved. There are no dues and no one is required to talk at any meetings. Listening is okay!

We have regular meetings monthly at First Presbyterian Church, 407 Walnut Street (in the back), Leavenworth, KS  
These meetings are on the second Tuesday of each month, at 6:30 PM. See Meeting Schedule for additonal information.

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We need not walk alone. We are The Compassionate Friends.
We reach out to each other with love, with understanding, and with hope.
The children we mourn have died at all ages and from many different causes, but our love for them unites us. Your pain becomes my pain, just as your hope becomes my hope.
We come together from all walks of life, from many different circumstances.
We are a unique family because we represent many races, creeds, and relationships.
We are young, and we are old. Some of us are far along in our grief, but others still feel a grief so fresh and so intensely painful that they feel helpless and see no hope.
Some of us have found our faith to be a source of strength, while some of us are struggling to find answers. Some of us are angry, filled with guilt or in deep depression, while others radiate an inner peace. But whatever pain we bring to this gathering of The Compassionate Friends, it is pain we will share, just as we share with each other our love for the children who have died.
We are all seeking and struggling to build a future for ourselves, but we are committed to building a future together. We reach out to each other in love to share the pain as well as the joy, share the anger as well as the peace, share the faith as well as the doubts, and help each other to grieve as well as to grow.
We need not walk alone. We are The Compassionate Friends. ©2007