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HAND services In Northern California and the Central Valley


HAND offers the following services to families in Northern California and the Central Valley.

Telephone Support
1-888-908-HAND
Our phone line is staffed by professionally trained support volunteers through Contact Cares (www.contactcares.org) Please ask the counselor to leave a message for "HAND". The counselor is available to talk with you if you have immediate concerns, and will take your name and number and forward it to us. A HAND volunteer will return your call within 24 hours.



Grief Meetings
Grief meetings are held at least twice monthly in the following areas. The meetings are facilitated by trained HAND volunteers who have all experienced the loss of a baby.
Please call the phone numbers listed above for directions.

Alameda County
Meetings are held in Pleasanton on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of every month at 7:30pm
Contra Costa County
Meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Tuesdays of every month at 7:30pm. Please call for more information.
Central Valley
Meetings are held in Modesto on the 1st, 3rd, and 5th Sunday of every month from 6:30-8:30pm
Santa Clara County
Meetings are held on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of every month from 7:30-9pm

Support groups for families who are pregnant again after having had a loss are also available - Please contact the area closest to you for more information.
S.F. Peninsula/Santa Cruz County
HAND of the Peninsula
Provides Grief Support for the Peninsula, as well as the Santa Cruz County.

Hand of the Peninsula
P.O. Box 3693
Redwood City, CA 94064
(650) 367-6993
www.handsupport.org



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