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The Compassionate Friends - National

Welcome to the Eastside TCF website

Co-leaders
Dennis McMahon
Marsha Stevens

This web site is dedicated to the memory of all our children.

We speak because we want to. We speak with hope that our stories will make a difference. We speak to keep our own children alive in spirit and other children alive in flesh.

May this site provide you with words of
STRENGTH PEACE HOPE
Allowing you TIME to heal.

 

Annual TCF Balloon Release
Thursday, August 13 at 7pm

Our children deserve something special. It is with this in mind, that we hold our Balloon Release Ceremony. This is a Ceremony of friendship, unity and love. Last year we had 50 members join us on this wonderful evening in August as we honored our children who are no longer with us. This is a celebration of the love we shared with our children as we gather as one, attaching a heart-felt note to the string of a balloon and watching it soar high into the skies until we can no longer see it. What an amazing sight for all our TCF family to view. Parents, families and friends are welcome.

After the ceremony, we will have our sharing groups.

"There they go into the wild blue yonder, rising high into the sky, my heart whispered"
As the balloons faded from my sight, the tears streamed down my face. I realized I was not alone, I sighed with contentment.

National Conference

The 2009 Compassionate Friends 32nd National Conference will be held in

Portland, Oregon

August 7-9, 2009

As a Chapter, let us plan to send as many members as we can to this amazing event since it is only 3 hours away.

It is not too soon to plan this event. Please contact us if you are interested in attending, www.eastsidetcf.org