Events
Please join us for these
special events and meetings. For more information, please contact
us by email sidsma27@aol.com
Support
Groups for Families who have experienced the loss of a baby through
Miscarriage,
Infant Death or Stillbirth
SIDS
Mid-Atlantic and Preemies Today sponsor two support groups for anyone
who has lost a baby. One group meets the first Thursday evening
of every month from 7 to 9 pm at McLean Presbyterian Church, 1020
Balls Hill Road , McLean , Virginia in the Parlor. The
second group, HOPE, Helping Other Parents Endure, meets the third
Tuesday of every month from 7 to 9 pm at the Gainesville Church
of God, 14215 Lee Highway, Gainesville VA 20155
The
support groups are free and open to anyone affected by the loss
of a baby due to any cause. It is always helpful for the newly bereaved
families to have the support of families who have “been through
it.”
For
more information on coping with the death of a baby, please contact
SIDS Mid-Atlantic at 703-955-6899
or sidsma27@aol.com or www.sidsma.org
or www.novababyloss.org
MIS/SHARE
Grief Group Meeting Schedule
(
301-460-6222 (24-hour message line)
Virginia
– MIS/SHARE
Meeting
Location:
St.
Luke's United Methodist Church
7628
Leesburg Pike, Falls Church Virginia
Meets
the 2 nd Thursday of every month 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Contact:
Carolyn Mara ( 703-754-5836
For
support with subsequent pregnancies, 
Carolyn
Mara ( 703-754-5836
For
Spanish Speakers:
Call
Maria Robles ( 703-326-9262
Para
Información en Español:
Llame
por Teléfono a Maria Robles
(
703-326-9262
.
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SIDS
Mid-Atlantic Trainings
February
10 2012
Keys to a Healthy Baby, Infant
Development and Shaken Baby Syndrome
10
am to 1 pm
Inmed
Partnerships for Children, Ashburn Virginia
February
24 2012
Safe Sleep for Baby, Perinatal Substance Abuse, and When a Baby
Dies
10
am to 1 pm
Inmed Partnerships for Children, Ashburn Virginia
February
29 2012
Safe Sleep for Baby
11
am to noon
Inova HealthSource, Fairfax Virginia
March
14 2012
Sudden Infant Death and Shaken Baby Syndrome for Child Care Providers
7
to9 pm
Fairfax South County Government Center, Richmond Highway,
Fairfax Virginia
March
23 2012
Prematurity and Perinatal Depression
10
am to 1 pm
Inmed Partnerships for Children, Ashburn Virginia
April
27 2012
Five A's Smoking Cessation Training
10
am to 1 pm
Inmed Partnerships for Children Ashburn Virginia
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Please
join us for the annual SIDS Mid-Atlantic
"Celebration of Remembrance"
November 20 2011
at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington
4444
Arlington Boulevard
Arlington,
Virginia
Family
and friends of babies who have died from any cause
are
welcome to attend.
Our
Babies: slide show from Celebration of Remembrance
.
.
.
SIDS
Walk 2007 slide show of the walk
to fight SIDS
.
.
.
Past Events
OUR PHOTO GALLERIES are
here.
.
Second Annual Stratton
Woods Charity Golf Classic
In Memory of Kylie Xiu Clifford June 16th Click here
First Annual Brisan's
Bash June 24 Click
here
.
.
.
SIDS WALK 2005
Sunday September 11
Almost 3000 babies a year—as
many people who died at the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
on September 11, 2001—die of SIDS in the United States every
year.
72 babies in Virginia and 55 babies in Maryland died of SIDS last
year, and another 110 babies died of “other” sudden
infant death causes, such as accidental suffocation in unsafe beds,
infection, and undiagnosed metabolic or cardiac disorders. We walk
in memory of these children and to raise funds to prevent other
infant deaths.
.
BOWLING FOR SIDS April
28, 2004
Worldwide candle lighting®
on National children's memorial day
.
December 12, Sunday,
at 7 pm local time for one hour. A 24-hour remembrance for all children
who have died, held by The Compassionate Friends. www.compassionatefriends.org
.
Celebration of Remembrance
2004
.
The 2004 Celebration of
Remembrance Memorial Service was Saturday November 13, 2004 at Messiah
United Methodist Church in Springfield, Virginia.
.
Click here
for a photo gallery of this event.
.
David Ratliff, father
of Chloe, sang the song he wrote in her memory: "Chloe's Playground."
Ornaments for each baby in the shape of stars were created by Patti
Smith, grandmother of Louis Copps.
"Perhaps they are not stars, but rather openings in heaven where
our loved ones shine down to let us know they are happy"
Dona Dei, Parish Nurse, led us in prayer:
" Blessed are those who
kindle the flame of creation
Blessed are those who spark the imagination
Blessed are those who weave threads of life throughout the generations
Welcome little ones, children of God, loved by God,
Who turn our longing for healing into illumination."
.
.
Kylie Xiu Clifford
Memorial Playground
September 19, 2004 at
2pm.
Floris Elementary School, Herndon, VA
Click here
for Kylie's memorial page on this site.
Click here
to see pictures from the dedication.
.
WAWA/SIDS MA benefit
Golf Tournament
The golf tournament that Wawa is
hosting for us.
September 17, 2004 10am to 5pm
The Crossings Golf Club in Richmond,
VA.
.
8TH ANNUAL
SIDS WALK 2004
.
Benefiting
SIDS Mid-Atlantic, Wawa, Inc., and the CJ Foundation for SIDS
Sunday, September
12, 2004. Thank you for helping us to pursue the mission of
a future in which no parent is faced with the tragedy of losing
a baby to SIDS.
Locust Shade
Park, Triangle, VA; First Landing State Park, Virginia Beach, VA;
Buddy Attick State Park, Greenbelt, MD.
Here are
SIDS Walk posters PDF 1, PDF
2.
Click here
for a photo gallery of the Walk at Locust Shade Park in Triangle.
.
SIDS Mid-Atlantic "Celebration
of Remembrance"
.
Sunday November 16,
2003
6 P.M. to 9 P.M.
The Unitarian Church of Arlington
4444 Arlington Boulevard
Arlington, VA
.
The theme of the Celebration
of Remembrance was
"The Gifts Our Children Brought Us"
.
Click here
for a photo gallery of this event.
.
We invited families
to share in the celebration in writing or verbally by contributing
to a new tradition. We had a tablecloth available to write a few
lines describing how your baby's brief life enriched your life,
the special meaning your baby has in your life, and how your relationship
with your baby has continued.
.
We will use these tablecloths
for future celebrations and add to them over the years.
.
The family dinner and
get together was followed by a moving memorial service in the
chapel.
.
.
.
Sids Walk 2003
.
SIDS Mid-Atlantic,
CJ Foundation for SIDS, and Wawa , Inc. participated in the seventh
annual SIDS Walk Sunday (click
here to see photos of the event) September 14, 2003 at two
locations, Locust Shade Park in Triangle and First Landing State
Park in Virginia Beach. As you can see in the pictures, it's an
enjoyable and memorable event for families.
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