Links to useful resources

Local Resources

Duke Community Bereavement Services
Professional bereavement care available to ALL members of the community.
http://dhcc.dukehealth.org/modules/dhccbereave/index.php

University of North Carolina Bereavement Services
http://www.unchpastoralcare.org

Project Compassion
Project Compassion creates community and provides support for people facing serious illness, caregiving, end of life and grief in Durham, Orange, and Chatham counties in North Carolina.
http://www.project-compassion.org

Online and National Resources

WidowNet
An information and self-help resource for, and by, widows and widowers. Topics covered include grief, bereavement, recovery, and other information helpful to people, of all ages, religious backgrounds and sexual orientations, who have suffered the death of a spouse or life partner.
http://www.widownet.org

Widowfriends
A small offshoot site of WidowNet, which provides a chat room to allow widows and widowers to expand their friendships by “meeting” and “talking”.
http://www.widowfriends.com

Chapter Two
An interactive website and nonprofit organization exclusively dedicated to young widows and widowers.
http://www.youngwidow.org

Young Widows and Widowers
YWOW is a community of younger widows and widowers that started in the Hampton Roads area of Southeast Virginia. We have members all over the United States.
http://www.ywow.org