Events
Please join us for these
special events and meetings. For more information, please contact
us by email sidsma27@aol.com
Infant Loss Support Groups:
SIDS
Mid-Atlantic sponsor a support group for anyone who has lost a baby.
The 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
support group is 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
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, VA
Meets
the 2 nd Thursday of every month 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Contact:
Carolyn Mara ( 703-754-5836
Virginia
– SPAL
(Subsequent
Pregnancy After a Loss)
Contact:
Carolyn Mara ( 703-754-5836
Maryland
– MIS/SHARE
Meeting
Location:
Holy
Cross Resource Center (Rm. #6) (across from Holy Cross Hospital
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9805
Dameron Drive Silver
Spring , MD 20910
Meets
the 1 st Tuesday of every other month 7:30-9:30 p.m.
Contact:
Jeanine McGrath 301-754-7030
ext. 1081 or (c) 240-481-3903 .
For
Spanish Speakers:
Call
Maria Robles ( 703-326-9262
Para
Información en Español: Llame
por Teléfono a Maria Robles 703-326-9262
For
support with subsequent pregnancies,
Carolyn
Mara 703-754-5836
Please
call group leaders to confirm meeting times and for directions to
the meeting locations. For recorded information on all MIS services
call 301-460-6222 . To contact the clinical coordinator, Carol S.
Miller, call 703-532-2750 .
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Loss
and Grieving in Pregnancy and
the
First Year of Life

RTS
Bereavement Certification Training
November
23 and 24 2009
SIDS
Mid-Atlantic and Prince William Hospital
$150
This
comprehensive two-day program provides insights, knowledge and
hands-on experience to gain the skills necessary to interact with
families experiencing perinatal loss. Participants hear directly
from parents who have experienced a perinatal loss as well as
from professionals who care for these families. Other topics covered
include grief theory, interdisciplinary approaches, creating memories,
follow-up procedures and strategies for intervention. Each participant
receives a March of Dimes Nursing Module, “Grief and Loss in Pregnancy
and the First Year of Life” with current perinatal bereavement
resources and standards of care for pregnancy loss, stillbirth
and newborn death. The course is open to health professionals
and others who care for parents experiencing perinatal loss.
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Objectives:
Following
this conference, the participant will be able
to:
Explain
the theoretical framework for attachment, grief and
loss.
Relate
grief theory to strategies for caring for bereaved parents.
Explain
various cultural and
religious beliefs
about infant death.
Develop
strategies designed to meet the needs of grieving parents.
Certification:
Ceus
for nurses have been applied for through the Virginia Nursing
Association Ceu's for Counselors have been applied for through
the NBCC, and
for social workers through NASW
To register email Betty
Connal at bconnal@aol.com
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Please
join us for the annual SIDS Mid-Atlantic
"Celebration of Remembrance"
Sunday November 8 2009
from
5 to 8 p.m.
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.
The
church is at the corner of Route 50 (Arlington Blvd)
and
George Mason Drive.
Enter
the parking lot from George Mason Drive.
Please
bring a dish to share.
If
your last name begins with letters
A
through H, please bring a salad,
I
through P please bring a side dish,
and
Q through Z, please bring a dessert.
Family
members and friends are all welcome to attend.
Children
are especially welcome, and we will have people available to entertain
them during the service.
The
family dinner and get together will be followed by a brief
and
moving memorial service in the chapel.
If
you have a picture of your baby that you would like to include in
the slide show, please email it to bconnal@aol.com
If
you have a poem, prayer or anything you would like to read or have
read in memory of your baby, please bring it.
We
hope you all will join us for this special occasion.
RSVP
to Betty
Connal at
bconnal@aol.com
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Please
join us on Friday June 13 for the fourth annual Stratton Woods Golf
Tournament in memory of Kylie Xiu Clifford
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Reston
National Golf Club, Reston VA
1pm for
lunch and check in, 2 pm shotgun start
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$120 includes
lunch, greens fees, and "goody bag"
Get a team
together from work or your friends, have fun, and help raise money
for SIDS Mid-Atlantic to support outreach and education.
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SIDS
Walk 2007 slide show of the walk
to fight SIDS
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2007
SIDS Celebration of Remembrance slide show
SIDS
Mid-Atlantic invites you to the third annual Stratton Woods Golf
Tournament in memory of Kylie Xiu Clifford
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Friday
June 15 at Reston National Golf Club, Reston Virginia
1:00
p.m. lunch and check in, 2:00 p.m. shotgun start
$120
per person
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To register,
contact John Clifford jclifford@cox.net
Please
come to the second annual Brisan's Bash
in Memory of Brisan Winner

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June
24 2007, noon till 6 p.m.
9070
Meetze Road, Warrenton Virginia
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A
Fantastic Fundraiser for SIDS Mid-Atlantic
$5
admission for children $20 for adults
Raffles
and door prizes!
one
week vacation in Cabo San Lucas Mexico
Day
trip for four to St. Michaels Maryland from Watermark Cruises
Gift
Certificates, Gift Baskets and more
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Food
donated by Outback! Fun and games, face painting and tattoos,
water slide! Bring bathing suits
for
more information contact Michelle Winner michelle@bedbugdesigns.com
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Past Events
OUR PHOTO GALLERIES are
here.
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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
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SIDS
Mid-Atlantic Celebration of Remembrance: “ Creating Memories”
Saturday
November 19 6 to 9
P.M.
The
Unitarian Universalist Church of Arlington
This event
includes a potluck dinner and memorial. Please click
here for details.
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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.
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BOWLING FOR SIDS April
28, 2004
Worldwide candle lighting®
on National children's memorial day
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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
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Celebration of Remembrance
2004
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The 2004 Celebration of
Remembrance Memorial Service was Saturday November 13, 2004 at Messiah
United Methodist Church in Springfield, Virginia.
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Click here
for a photo gallery of this event.
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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."
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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.
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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.
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8TH ANNUAL
SIDS WALK 2004
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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.
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SIDS Mid-Atlantic "Celebration
of Remembrance"
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Sunday November 16,
2003
6 P.M. to 9 P.M.
The Unitarian Church of Arlington
4444 Arlington Boulevard
Arlington, VA
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The theme of the Celebration
of Remembrance was
"The Gifts Our Children Brought Us"
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Click here
for a photo gallery of this event.
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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.
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We will use these tablecloths
for future celebrations and add to them over the years.
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The family dinner and
get together was followed by a moving memorial service in the
chapel.
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Sids Walk 2003
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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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