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Veterans' Widows International Network - member of The Military Coalition
www.vetsurvivors.com
Edmee Hills, VWIN National Chairperson - (303) 693-4745
email: VWIN95@aol.com
To join the VWIN membership, send your annual membership dues to:
VWIN - c/o
Joyce Spaulding, VWIN National Treasurer,
1953 S. Newark Way, Aurora, CO 80014
The Military Coalition - www.themilitarycoalition.org
VITAS -
www.vitas.com -
1-800-938-4827
Vitas is an organization that provides special
care for people during the last months of life. When medicine cannot cure a
disease, it still can offer services and support to make life as comfortable
and enjoyable as possible. Services may be provided at no cost to
qualified patients.
Hospice Foundation of America - 800-854-3402 - www.hospicefoundation.org
Lymphoma Research Foundation
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www.lymphoma.org
8800 Venice Blvd. Suite 207, Los Angeles, CA 90034 -
(800) 500-9976
New York Office - (800) 235-6848
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society -
www.leukemia-lymphoma.org
Research & advocacy efforts regarding health
risks of Agent Orange & other herbicide exposure
1311 Mamaroneck Ave., White Plains, NY 10605
Phone: (800) 955-4572 or (914) 949-5213
Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) - www.vva.org / 1-800-882-1316
Associates of Vietnam Veterans of America - www.avva.org - 1-800-VVA-1316
Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation - www.vietnamwomensmemorial.org - 1-866-822-8963
Agent Orange Registry Claims Office - www.va.gov/agent orange - 1-800-749-8387
National Veterans Legal Services Program - 1-202-265-8305 / www.nvlsp.org
Veterans Administration Office - www.va.gov / 1-800-827-1000
Department of Veterans Affairs,
Environmental Agents Service (for Agent Orange Review Brochures)
1-202-273-8580
Agent Orange/Persian Gulf Registry - 1-800-749-8387
Spina Bifida Program of the VA Health Administration - 1-888-820-1756
Birth Defect Research for Children -
www.birthdefects.org
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1-407-895-0802
Betty Mekdeci - email:
betty@birthdefects.org
Vietnam Veterans Aid Foundation - renamed National Veterans Foundation - www.nvf.org / 1-888-777-4443
Agent Orange Victims & Widows
Support Network -The Agent Orange Quilt of Tears
Jennie LeFevre, Former Member of the
Agent Orange Coordinating Council
For information contact: Shelia & Henry Snyder - email: ArmrdAngel@aol.com
P.O. Box 90, Davenport, Florida 33836 -
http://journals.aol.com/armrdangel/QUILTOFTEARS
AOWAC - Agent Orange Widows
Awareness Coalition -
www.aowac.org
P O Box 92131, Long Beach, Ca 90809-2131 /
(562) 421-4640
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund -
www.vvmf.org
In Memory Application for Ceremony near the DC Wall
1023 15th Street, NW, 2nd Floor, Washington DC 20005
(202) 393-0090 fax: (202) 393-0029
The Virtual Wall -
www.VirtualWall.org
Agent Orange - The Last Battle
- A documentary film on DVD by Adam Scholl and Stephanie Jobe
www.AgentOrangeFilm.com
Agent Orange Benefits Act - FAQ's
Bereavement / Grief Resources Below:
| Books and Booklets | |
| The Holy Bible, The Old and New Testament | Good Grief by Granger E. Westberg, Fortress Press |
| New Hope Grief Handbooks For
Kids & Adults by Sue Beeney, R.N. – New Hope Grief Support Community, PO Box 8057, Long Beach, CA 90808 / www.newhopegrief.org / 562-429-0075 |
Widow To Widow by Genevieve Davis Ginsburg, M.S., Fisher Books |
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Getting to the Other Side of
Grief |
A Grace Disguised by Gerald Sittser, Zondervan Publishing House |
| A Grief Observed by C. S. Lewis, HarperCollins San Francisco |
Grief Counseling and Grief
Therapy by J. William Worden, Ph.D. |
| Roses in December by Marilyn Willett Heavilin, Thomas Nelson Publishers |
December’s Song by Marilyn Willett Heavilin, Thomas Nelson Publishers |
| Let Me Grieve But Not Forever by Verdell Davis, Word Publishing |
When God Doesn’t Make Sense by Dr. James Dobson, Tyndale House Publishers |
| Lightposts for Living by Thomas Kinkade, Warner Books, (also in Audio Book) |
A Step Further by Joni Eareckson
Tada and Steve Estes, Zondervan Publishing |
| Overcoming Loneliness by David Jeremiah, Thomas Nelson Publishers |
You Gotta Keep Dancin’ by Tim Hansel, Chariot Victor Publishing |
| Care Notes Pamphlets by One Caring Place, Abbey Press (800) 325-2511 |
When Bad Things Happen to Good
People by Harold Kushner, Avon Books |
| When Going to Pieces Holds
You Together: You can Find Healing When You
Allow Yourself To Grieve by William Miller, Augsburg Publishing House |
Healing Grief by Amy Hillyard, Medic Publishing |
| Healing a Father’s Grief by William H. Schatz, Medic Publishing - (206) 881-2883 |
The Bereaved Parent by Harriot Sarnoff Schiff Crown Publishers & Penquin |
| Living When a Loved One Has Died by Earl Grollman, Bekin Press |
Your Grief: You Are Not Going Crazy by MADD Publishing |
| A Man Called Peter by Cathrine Marshall | A Gift of Hope: How We Survive
Our Tragedies by Robert Veninga, Ballantine Books |
| “Journeys” – A monthly
publication and literature by Hospice Foundation of America - (202) 638-5419 www.hospicefoundation.org |
Grief: A Climb Toward
Understanding by Phyllis Davies Sunnybank Publishers |
| A book on the death of a child
and valuable bereavement information.
Good Grief For Life’s Love Lost - by St. Mark’s in the Valley Episcopal Church, Los Olivos, CA Lucky Canyon Publishing (888) 356-5621 |
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VIDEOS |
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| Zig Ziglar Confessions of a Grieving Christian, Thomas Nelson Word Publishers | “Living With Grief After Sudden
Loss” and “Working Through Your Grief” available through Luyben Mortuaries – (562) 425-6401 |
| Shadowlands – Based on the true story of C. S. Lewis | Picking Up The Pieces produced– Titled “Someone you love is dying”, |
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SUPPORT ORGANIZATIONS |
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| The Compassionate Friends Oak
Brook, IL. (310) 368-6845 - An international support group for bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings |
Umbrella Ministries –
Support for moms who grieve the loss a child for any reason. Daisy Cathchings – (760) 328-7142 |
| Grief Resources -
Bill Hoy – (562) 430-8405 Support resources, seminars and training |
Philippian Ministries – in Texas – (214) 343-8093 |
| AOWAC, Agent Orange Widows Awareness Coalition – www.aowac.org | New Hope Grief Support Community – Sue Beeney, R.N. (562) 429-0075 - PO Box 8057, Long Beach, CA 90808 - www.newhopegrief.org |
| Friday Study Ministries –Spiritual support www.fridaystudy.org / www.firstchurchonthenet.org | Stepping Stones Ministries Personalized memorial stepping stones - Cathi Corgiat – (209) 551-8347 |
| MADD, Mothers against Drunk Drivers – based in Texas | |