Charities & Helpful Organizations

Listed below are some additional resources: If you know of a link we should add, please call it to our attention and we will be more than happy to include it in our listing.

American Heart Assoc http://www.americanheart.org
American Lung Association National Headquarters1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 800. Washington, DC 20004 Call: (202) 785-3355---Georgia Chapter  http://www.lungusa.org/associations/states/georgia/
Amyloidosis Foundation  www.amyloidosis.org
American Hospice Foundation - www.americanhospice.org
Alzheimers' Association - www.alz.org/georgia/
Association of Death Education and Counseling - www.adec.org
Association of Pet Loss and Bereavement - www.aplb.org
Beyond Indigo - www.beyondindigo.com

Angels At Home     - https://www.angelsathome.org

Bugles Across America- www.buglesacrossamerica.org
CJD Foundation - www.cjdfoundation.org
Cystic Fibrosis - Georgia  Chapter http://www.cff.org/Chapters/georgia/
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation,2302 Parklake Dr. Suite 210Atlanta, GA 30345, (404) 325-6973/(800) 476-4483,Fax: (404) 325-7921Web: http://georgia.cff.org
Compassionate Friends - www.compassionatefriends.org
Counseling For Loss & Life - www.counselingforloss.com
Empowering Caregivers - www.care-givers.com
Family Grief - www.familygrief.com
Foundation for Human Enrichment - www.traumahealing.com
Funeral Poems - www.funeral-poems.org
Grief and Belief - www.griefandbelief.com
Grief Incorporated - www.griefinc.com
Grief Support Services - www.grief-support.com
Grief Watch - www.griefwatch.com
Hospice Net - www.hospicenet.org
Insight-Books - www.insightbooks.com
International Critical Incident Stress Foundation - www.icisf.org
Jewish Bereavement - www.jewishbereavement.com
National Institutes of Health - www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/bereavement.html
The Grief Store - www.griefstore.com
Violent Crime Victim Services- www.vcvs.org
Shriners Childrens Hospital- http://www.shrinershq.org:80/Hospitals/Main
Scottish Rite Children's Healthcare - ww.choa.org/default.aspx?id=40
Make-A-Wish Foundation http://ga-al.wish.org/
St.Jude Childrens http://www.stjude.org
Lou Gehrig ( A. L. S. ) http://www.alsa.org/
Neurofibromatosis http://www.nfinc.org/

Social Security - https://www.ssa.gov/apply

Who May Receive Monthly SS Benefits:

  • A widow or widower aged 60 or older (50 if disabled), or at any age if caring for an entitled child who is under 18 or disabled.
  • A divorce widow or widower aged 60 or older (50 if disabled) if the marriage lasted 10 years, or if caring for an entitled child who is under 18 or disabled.
  • Unmarried children up to 18 and attend school full time.
  • Children who are disabled before reaching age 22 as long as they remain disabled.
  • Dependent parent or parents 62 or older.

Lump-Sum Death Payment

You must apply in order to receive benefits. You may apply at any SS office or, if you wish, you may apply by telephone. Just call the toll-free number 1-800-772-1213 the operator will schedule an appointment for you or arrange for the local SS office to take your claim by telephone.