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Disclaimer: This list of organizations and agencies was originally compiled using information from a 1999 issue of "The Director" magazine, published by the National Funeral Directors Association. Since then, our list has been updated and other local organizations have been added, many of whom families have chosen to receive memorial contributions in the names of their loved ones. Most provide support, information, and/or services. This list is provided as a community service only. It is not intentionally inclusive or exclusive. Doran Funeral Homes, Inc. and Boyle Brothers Funeral Home Inc. do not endorse any or all of the organizations and/or agencies, and you should research carefully before making contributions. If you would like to add an organization to the list, please send information via e-mail. (Updated March 2007)
- ACCESS
Air Casualty Emotional Support Services
1594 New York Avenue, Suite 22
New York, NY 10028
1-877-227-6435
www.accesshelp.org - A.L.S. Association
(Lou Gehrig's Disease)
21021 Ventura Boulevard, Suite 321
Woodland Hills, CA 91364
1-800-782-4747
www.alsa.org - Alzheimer's Association
Massachusetts Chapter
311 Arsenal Street
Watertown, MA 02471
1-800-548-2111
617-868-6718
www.alzmass.org - American Association of Retired Persons (AARP)
Grief/Loss Programs
601 E Street
Washington, DC 20049
1-202-434-2260
www.aarp.org - American Association of Suicidology
4201 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Suite 408
Washington, DC 20008
1-202-237-2280
www.suicidology.org - American Cancer Society
Massachusetts Division
30 Speen Street
Framingham, MA. 01701
1-508-270-4600
www.cancer.org - American Diabetes Association
Always and Forever Memorial Program
330 Congress Street, 5th Floor
Boston, MA. 02210
www.diabetes.org - American Heart Association/American Stroke Association
Massachusetts Chapter
20 Speen Street
Framingham, MA. 01701
Heart Information 1-800-242-8721
Stroke Information 1-800-478-7653
www.americanheart.org - American Hospice Foundation
2120 L Street, N.W. Suite 200
Washington, DC 20037
1-202-223-0204
www.americanhospice.org - American Liver Foundation
New England Chapter
88 Winchester Street
Newton, MA. 02461
1-800-298-6766
www.liverfoundation.org - American Lung Association
1740 Broadway
New York, NY 10019American Lung Association of Middlesex County
5 Mountain Road, PO Box 265
Burlington, MA. 01803
1-800-LUNG-USA
1-800-586-4872
www.lungusa.org - American SIDS Institute
Sudden Infant Death Syndrome
2480 Windy Hill Road
Marietta, GA 30067
1-800-232-SIDS (7437)
www.sids.org - Arthritis Foundation
Massachusetts Chapter
29 Crafts Street, Suite 450
Newton, MA. 02458
1-617-244-1800
www.arthritis.org - Association for Death Education and Counseling
342 North Main Street
West Hartford, CT. 06117-2507
1-860-568-7503
www.adec.org - Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts
30 Lyman Street, Suite 10
Westborough, MA 01581
1-508-475-0032
Brain Injury Help Line: 1-800-242-0030
www.biama.org - Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
P.O. Box 498
Kensington, MD 20895-0498
1-800-366-2223
www.candlelighters.org - Center for Loss in Multiple Birth (CLIMB) Inc.
c/o Jean Killanta
P.O. Box 91377
Anchorage, AK 99509
1-907-222-5231
www.climb-support.org - Community Supper, Inc.
P.O. Box 2098
Acton, MA. 01720 - The Compassionate Friends
P.O. Box 3696
Oak Brook, IL 60522-3696
1-877-969-0010
www.compassionatefriends.org - Concerns of Police Survivors (COPS)
P.O. Box 3199
Camdenton, MO 65020
1-573-346-4911
www.nationalcops.org - Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
6931 Arlington Road
Bethesda, MD 20014
1-800-FIGHTCF (344-4823)
www.cff.org - Dana Farber Cancer Insititute and
The Jimmy Fund Tribute Program
1309 Beacon Street
Brookline, MA. 02446
1-800-525-4669 (1-800-52-JIMMY)
www.jimmyfund.org - Emerson Hospital and the Hospice Program at Emerson Hospital
133 Old Road to Nine Acre Corner
Concord, MA. 01742
1-978-287-3270
www.emersonhospital.org - Friends of the Acton Nursing Service, Inc. (FANS)
P.O. Box 541
Acton, MA. 01720-0010 - Household Goods Recycling Ministry (HGRM) Inc.
435 Central Street
Acton, MA. 01720
978-635-1763
www.hgrm.org - International T.H.E.O.S. Foundation
(International widow and widowers group)
322 Boulevard of the Allies, Suite 105
Pittsburgh, PA. 15222-3510
1-412-471-7770 - Leukemia Lymphoma Society of America
1311 Mamoraonek Avenue
White Plains, NY 10605Massachusetts Chapter
495 Old Connecticut Path
Framingham, MA. 01701
1-914-949-5213
1-800-688-6572
www.leukemia.org
- The Living Bank Organ and Tissue Donor Registry
P.O. Box 6725
Houston, TX. 77265
1-800-528-2971
www.livingbank.org - Make-A-Wish Foundation of America
3550 North Central Avenue
Phoeniz, AZ 85012Make-A-Wish Foundation of Massachusetts
One Bullfinch Place, 2nd Floor
Boston, MA 02114
1-800-772-9474
1-617-367-WISH (9474)
www.wish.org - March of Dimes Birth Defects Association
Massachusetts Chapter
1253 Worcester Road, Suite 400
Framingham, MA. 01702
1-800-996-2724
1-508-663-2100
www.modimes.org - Massachusetts Easter Seals Society
State Headquarters
484 Main Street, 6th Floor
Worcester, MA. 01608
1-800-922-8292
www.eastersealsma.org - Massachusetts Lions Eye Research Fund Inc.
c/o PDG William T. Murphy
P.O. Box 6050
New Bedford, MA. 02742-6050
www.mlerf.com - Maynard Community Chest, Inc.
P.O. Box 369
Maynard, MA. 01754
www.maynardchest.org - Mothers Against Drunk Driving Victim Assistance
P.O. Box 541688
Dallas, TX. 75354-1688Massachusetts State and Greater Boston Chapter
100 Concord Street
Framingham, MA 01701
1-800-GET-MADD (438-6233
1-508-875-3736
www.madd.org - Muscular Dystrophy Association
P.O. Box Jerry
Phoenix, AZ 85062-1111
1-800-FIGHTMD
1-800-344-4863
www.mdausa.org - National Kidney Foundation of MA, RI, NH and VT
129 Morgan Drive
Norwood, MA. 02062
1-781-278-0222
www.kidney.org - National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization
1700 Diagonal Road, Suite 625
Alexandria, VA. 22314
1-703-837-1500
www.nhpco.org - National Multiple Sclerosis Society
733 Third Avenue
New York, NY 10017Massachusetts Affiliate
101A First Avenue
Waltham, MA. 02451
1-800-FIGHTMS (344-4867)
1-781-890-4990
www.nationalmssociety.org - New England Organ Bank
One Gateway Center
Newton, MA. 02158
24 hour assistance:
- MA/NH/RI 1-800-446-NEOB (6362)
- CT1-203-785-4237
- ME1-800-870-5230
- VT1-802-656-8454
www.neob.org - Open Table
(Concord SupperProgram/ Food Pantry)
P.O. Box 42
Concord, MA. 01742
978-369-2275 - Parents of Murdered Children, Inc.
100 East Eighth Street, B41
Cincinnati, OH 45202
1-888-818-POMC (7662)
www.pomc.com - Salvation Army, Massachusetts Division
147 Berkeley Street
Boston, MA. 02116
1-617-542-5420
www.salvationarmy-usaeast.org - SIDS Alliance
(Sudden Infant Death Syndrome)
1314 Bedford Avenue, Suite 210
Bethesda, MD 21208
1-800-842-3541
www.sidsalliance.org - Society of Military Widows, National Headquarters
5535 Hemstead Way
Springfield, VA. 22151
1-800-842-3451
www.militarywidows.org - TBI/Tissue Banks International
815 Park Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201
1-410-752-3800
www.tbionline.org - United Cerebral Palsy Association
1660 L Street N.W., Suite 700
Washington, DC 20036UCPA of MetroBoston
71 Arsenal Street
Watertown, MA. 02472
1-800-USA-5UCP
www.ucp.org - Wings of Light, Inc.
(Support and information network for aircraft accident survivors and others directly affected by aviation accidents)
16845 North 29th Avenue, Suite 1
Phoenix, AZ. 85053
1-800-613-8531
www.wingsoflight.org
- Commonwealth of Massachusetts
HIV/AIDS Bureau
250 Washington Street, 3rd Floor
Boston, MA. 02108
1-617-624-5300
www.state.ma.us/dph/aids/hivaids.htm - Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Office of the Attorney General
Victim Compensation and Assistance Division
One Ashburton Place, 19th Floor
Boston, MA. 02108-1968
1-617-772-2200 ex 2908
www.ago.state.ma.us/victimsvc/
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Social Security Administration
On-line information 24 hours, 7 days a week
www.ssa.gov
or call 1-800-772-1213 between 7am and 7pm weekdays, excluding federal holidays - Tragedy Response Center of Massachusetts
On-line information 24 hours, 7 days a week
Kennedy.senate.gov/trc/ - Veterans Administration
On-line information 24 hours, 7 days a week
www.va.gov
or call 1-800-827-1000 weekdays, excluding federal holidays
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GriefNet
An excellent site supervised by Dr. Cendra Lynn, a practicing clinical psychologist in Michigan, featuring many e-mail support groups and web links. It also has a memorial page where one can commemorate the loss of a loved one.
www.griefnet.org
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National Funeral Directors Association
www.nfda.ord - Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association
www.massfda.org
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