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Photo Album new!	About Grief Mentoring The greatest need a person has once the initial shock has worn off is the support of others who have experienced a similar loss. In Giving Sorrow Words, How to Cope with Grief and Get on with Your Life, Candace Lightner, the founder of MADD, says, Talking about your feelings with someone who is willing to listen can be enormously consoling, especially if that person has experienced a death similar to the one you are grieving. ACCESS gives access to such support through our Volunteer Grief Mentor Program. The ACCESS Volunteer Grief Mentor Program gives assistance to families and friends by providing a convenient and accessible telephone volunteer network that places survivors in touch with others who have experienced a similar tragic loss. AirCraft Casualty Emotional Support Services brings together people with similar experiences to help one another. This program: Provides a toll-free phone and email help line Responds to initial contact calls and letters from victims, survivors, and their families Informs victim/survivor of available services Maintains an up-to-date list of volunteers who are willing to provide on-going support to victims via the telephone and email Sends victim/survivor an information packet regarding grieving process Maintains regular phone or email contact with caller when necessary If you have survived or lost a loved one in an airplane crash and think that you can help others walk through the difficult grief process we would appreciate your help and expertise. "Volunteer Grief Mentors" provide communication and understanding to victims who have survived or lost loved ones in an air crash by telephone and through email. Your experience can ease the grieving process of present and future airline disaster victims by providing helpful and necessary insight on what to expect in the days, months, and years to come. When a victim can identify with a volunteer, they will not feel as alone and isolated, that their feelings are "normal". We are all aware of the common bond that we share through such an incident. All of our different perspectives are so important since we have all had such a varied, yet similar base of experiences. "Volunteer Grief Mentors" are prepared to respond to the grief needs of victims who have had a similar tragic loss or experience in their lives ( For example: mothers to mothers, orphans to orphans, or survivors to survivors). You will be matched accordingly to give these people in the depths of their grief the courage to survive. After all-- you are a survivor. The three basic concepts that each Volunteer Grief Mentor relays is that: They are not alone, someone else understands your pain. Reactions and feelings toward different situations are not abnormal, irrational or crazy. They can feel confident that there is a reliable structure in place which will provide them with practical information and resources which will help them cope with their grief when they request it. Can you volunteer? | top
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