Resources

The unimaginable has happened….now what? Whether you’re looking for resources or support for yourself or someone you know, Faith’s Lodge is here to help.

Please find the support you need through the services we offer, our blog and our trusted resources.

Resources for Grieving Parents

Friends/Family of Grieving Parents

Hope Works Here

Latest Blogs

Joy as a Lifejacket

Joy as a Lifejacket

After the death of a child, many parents struggle to find joy in ways they did before their loss. Many wonder if they will ever experience happiness again. For them, it may be hard to hear that they have every right to seek and revel in joy after loss. Many parents...

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The Things No One Tells You About Losing A Child

The Things No One Tells You About Losing A Child

Written by: Hyedi Nelson, Faith’s Lodge Board of Directors Mostly because the topics of child and pregnancy loss are still relatively taboo, those experiencing these types of loss can find that it comes along with countless unexpected challenges and emotions. It’s...

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Missed Milestones in the New Year

Missed Milestones in the New Year

For many, the dawn of a new year produces an energizing and exciting feeling of the adventures and possibilities that lie ahead. While for others, it is a time of reflection and resolve. It’s different for everyone.  However, for grieving parents, a new year is often...

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Resources for Grieving Parents

These organizations offer a variety of different services for you and your family.

The Star Legacy Foundation increases awareness, supports research, promotes education, and encourages advocacy and family support regarding stillbirth, pregnancy loss, and neonatal death.
A network of volunteer professional photographers who will come to your hospital or hospice location and conduct a sensitive and private portrait session.
A haven for families who have experienced the loss of a child at any age. They provide compassionate grief support in a safe space.
Children’s Minnesota offers support groups and grief and bereavement event programs intended to give comfort and support to families.
Provides support in a safe place where children, teens, and families who are grieving can share their experiences before and after a death.
Engages a global community of bereaved parents and their health providers to improve mental health outcomes, while advancing pregnancy/infant loss awareness and support.
Provides emotional and financial support to MN and WI parents who have lost a child from miscarriage through age 20.
The SUDC Foundation provides zero cost personalized care and cultivates a community of support for bereaved families so no one grieves alone.
An international organization providing counseling, advocacy, research, and education services to families after the death of a child.
Minnesota based organization that offers phone and in-person support to grieving, infertile and adoptive families nationwide.
The Compassionate Friends provides highly personal grief support after a death. Nationwide chapters provide support groups in every state.

The organization offers peer-based support groups, individual and family grief counseling sessions, crisis support and education to grieving children, teens, young adults and their families.

A supportive community that inspires people to fight against congenital heart defects through education, research, and assistance to families.
A nonprofit grief and healing organization dedicated to helping parents and families living with the loss of a child.
Family Grief Center in MN providing free grief support to grieving children and adults.
Provides immediate and practical financial assistance and support for grieving families in MN after the death of their child.
A healthcare organization dedicated to the prevention of sudden infant death. They provide nationwide support through research, education, family support.

A community dedicated for anyone who has experienced the death of their baby. They serve parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, as well as the professionals who care for grieving families.

Fly High Foundation is dedicated to honoring infant angels by helping create lasting memories and providing appropriate emotional and financial support.

The TEARS Foundation lifts a financial burden from families who have lost a child by providing funds to assist with the cost of burial or cremation services. 

Friends/Family Resources

We understand the helpless feeling of watching someone you love grieve, but there are ways to help. While you won’t be able to bear their burden of grief, you can help them in other ways. Faith’s Lodge is just one resource for this long journey of grief.

Missed Milestones in the New Year

Missed Milestones in the New Year

For many, the dawn of a new year produces an energizing and exciting feeling of the adventures and possibilities that lie ahead. While for others, it is a time of reflection and resolve. It’s different for everyone.  However, for grieving parents, a new year is often...

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Top 10 Articles For Friends & Family of a Grieving Parent

Top 10 Articles For Friends & Family of a Grieving Parent

At Faith’s Lodge, we know grief. Since 2007, over 10,000 people have walked through our doors. With every encounter, we seek to understand how to better help bring support and hope to those coping with the death of a child.    When a loved one is coping with the death...

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Ten Ways To Help A Grieving Parent

Ten Ways To Help A Grieving Parent

Someone you know has lost a child. It’s awful. You want to help, but you don’t know how. You don’t know the right things to say or not say. Here are our suggestions for things you can do to help. 1. ListenThe number one way to supporting a grieving parent is to listen...

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Hope Works Here

Hope Works Here is an employer-sponsored benefit that guides the transition of an employee’s return to work after the death of a child. At a time when productivity and confidence may break down, Hope Works Here offers critical support to an employee in crisis.

The service includes resources and meetings with a transition coach
for both the grieving parent and their work team as well as a stay at Faith’s Lodge.