Offering Compassion, Understanding, and Hope
The Compassionate Friends is a self-help organization offering support and understanding to families who have experienced the death of a child. You need not walk alone through your grief journey. We are not here to treat, fix or lead, but to listen, share and companion through the grief journey.
Our Mission
When a child dies, at any age, the family suffers intense pain and may feel hopeless and isolated. The Compassionate Friends provides highly personal comfort, hope, and support to every family experiencing the death of a son or a daughter, a brother or a sister, or a grandchild, and helps others better assist the grieving family.
Our Vision
The vision of The Compassionate Friends is that everyone who needs us will find us and everyone who finds us will be helped.
Support Group Meetings
For parents, grandparents & siblings over 18
1st Thursday of the month • 7–9pm
St. Timothy Lutheran Church • 510 N. 93rd St, Omaha, NE
Memorials & Events
Angel of Hope Childrens Memorial at Boys Town
Walk to Remember • Worldwide Candle Lighting
Angel of Hope Children’s Memorial
Families can come to find solace in the statue’s presence, and lay their grief in the outspread arms of an Angel. Engraved bricks honoring children are placed in the patio.
The members of the Greater Omaha Chapter of the Compassionate Friends shared a vision of a quiet place where families could go to remember their children. It stands as a symbol of hope for all parents and loved ones who have experienced the death of a child, no matter what age.
Directions
From Dodge Street, exit at 137th onto Sheehan Parkway. Turn right onto Flanagan Boulevard. Turn right on Bucher Drive. The memorial is across from Chambers Chapel.