The Yawkey building entrance is now closed.

As of April 29, BMC’s Yawkey building doors are closed as an entrance. All patients and visitors on our main campus must enter the hospital via the Shapiro, Menino, or Moakley buildings, where they will be greeted by team members at a new centralized check-in desk. Learn more.

American Childhood Cancer Organization

American Cancer Society - Available to assist families when a member has cancer

Bereaved Parents of the USA - A national non-profit self-help group that offers support, understanding, compassion and hope to bereaved parents, grandparents or siblings after the death of a child.

BMC SIDS Outreach Bereavement Program - Available to support parents who have lost an infant to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

BMC Child Witness to Violence Project

Camp Kasem - A summer camp for kids with a parent who has (or has had) cancer.

Cancer Really Sucks - An adolescent specific website.

Centering Corporation and Grief Digest Magazine - A comprehensive resource list for families, caregivers and medical staff.

Childrens Hospice International

Comfort Zone Camp

Good Grief Program at BMC

Grief Net - An "e-mail support group" in which peers provide support while also being monitored by trained therapists and a licensed psychiatrist.

Joanna's Place - Assists with teaching children constructive ways to deal with grief, loss and emotional trauma.

Louis D. Brown Peace Institute

Mass Commission on End of Life Care

Miss Foundation - An international volunteer-based organization providing C. A. R. E. (counseling, advocacy, research, and education) services to families experiencing the death of a child.

National Alliance for Grieving Children & Families

Riprap - This site is developed especially for teenagers who have a parent with cancer.

The Childrens Room

The Compassionate Friends - Supporting families after a child dies and offers monthly support groups in many areas.

The Dougy Center for Grieving Children &Families - A nationally renowned center for work with grieving children and teens.

The Sibling Support Project - a site for the siblings of people who have special health, developmental or mental health concerns.

The Sibling Connection - A non-profit organization based in St. Louis, MO that provides useful articles and resources for bereaved siblings.