i came to know about the unforgettables foundation by way of karen wilson, who is the executive director.
this is their mission, taken from their website:
• Encourage communities to recognize the financial trauma which is often associated with death of a child;
• Enable low-income families to give their children a dignified burial;
• Empower communities to memorialize children who have died;
• Educate parents and children’s caregivers to confront, control and conquer the primary risks to our children’s health and wholeness.
karen is organizing a crop with proceeds going to benefit the foundation. you can find information on the crop here: crop blog.
im not even sure how to word how i feel about this… my daughter mckenna could have died due to her burns. i have met and heard of amazingly strong families who have lost children and are still pulling through every day. a dear client of mine named anna shared her story here on my blog. not to mention the recent deaths of the coble children that put me into a downward spiral for days. no one should have to lose a child. in some small way, the unforgettables foundation tries to help the process go smoother, and with empathy.
when karen told me about the crop, i decided the best thing to do was to donate a session to be raffled off. and you dont have to be local to enter. if you are interested, the information to enter the raffle and buy tickets to the crop can be found on karens blog.
what a wonderful organization and how wonderful of you to speak out about it on your blog. i can’t imagine how excruciating it would be to lose a child how important it would be to have support at that time. i’d be happy to contribute to this cause.
thank you.
what an awesome foundation!
Once again, you are making me squeeze my kids a little tighter!
what a shame that there has to be a foundation to help families who’ve lost their babies. but blessings to you and Karen for setting something up like this to help.
God Bless You Tara…..for sharing your generous spirit and beauty in so many ways!
yay karen and yay tara for doing this important, important work.
Tara,
Thanks for the opportunity to find out more about this organization. You have certainly used your influence for good, (once again!)
Melissa
this is so important…thanks for bringing it to our attention…
What a great organization…I will buy some tickets!
Thanks for the information!
I am headed to her website to check it out.
This sounds like a wonderful organization. It’s nice to know that there is help out there for families in this unimaginable situation.
Thanks for posting the web site, I’m going to go and take a look.
Thank you so much, Tara, for posting this. I just went and registered, and am really looking forward to the crop in January (I live in Murrieta). It’s a very good organization, for a good cause – we lost our son in 1998, and while we didn’t work with the Unforgettables, it’s a cause that we want to support.
Thank you so much for that link. My friend lost her little boy of 8, suddenly and freakishly, just before Christmas. I don’t know how she carries on. I’m so excited to be having dinner with her tonight because she is pregnant again and it couldn’t happen to a nicer person. Anyway, loved all your answers in the other post, and glad you have a diagnosis. Take care.