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KinderMourn’s Mission Possible

Posted By Planet Janet On Saturday, August 8, 2009 @ 03:42 In Philanthropy, nonprofits and volunteerism - CHARLOTTE,, CHARLOTTE, N.C., Getting personal, Pregnancy and neonatal loss | No Comments

Some people know this about me, and some don’t. My first baby, Cooper, died on his due date in February 2001.

> Read Cooper’s story, as I told it at [1] KinderMourn’s Memorial service in December 2007.

[2] KinderMourn literally saved my life. If it weren’t for their Empty Arms support group and my grief counselor, Christine Crawford…well, let’s just say it wouldn’t be pretty. So when I opened the paper to see KinderMourn featured in the Observer today as a focus of [3] Charlotte Mission Possible, I jumped for joy.

[4] > Read a snippet of the Observer article.

The United Way debacle has really hurt this organization, and that directly hurts local families who really need KinderMourn’s guidance through grieving.[5]

[6] > Want to help?

Charlotte non-profits are all tightening their belt straps, and some are even closing. There’s no easy answer, but I think there’s hope. If only each of us would vow to do one charitable activity or make one charitable donation per month (don’t focus on size or amount, now — just do whatever you can), can you imagine [7] how Charlotte would look in 2015?

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URLs in this post:
[1] KinderMourn’s Memorial service in December 2007.: http://blog.planetjanetonline.com/__oneclick_uploads/2009/08/12-16-07-km-memoria
l-service.pdf
[2] KinderMourn: http://kindermourn.org
[3] Charlotte Mission Possible: http://charlottemissionpossible.org
[4] > Read a snippet of the Observer article.: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/408/story/874792.html?q=kindermourn
[5] : http://www.kindermourn.org/developmentprograms.html
[6] > Want to help? : http://www.kindermourn.org/developmentprograms.html
[7] how Charlotte would look in 2015: http://blog.planetjanetonline.com/2009/02/02/if-you-could-see-charlotte-in-2015-
what-would-you-do-make-a-difference/

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