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Friends for Survival
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  • Upcoming
    • Meetings
    • Webinars
    • Events
  • Support Resources
    • Get Our Newsletter
    • BLOG: Read Articles
    • For First Responders
    • Memorial Quilts
    • Speaking Engagements
    • Fables and Facts
    • Children & Teens Grief
    • Links to Other Agencies
    • Helpful Books
    • Helpful Handouts
    • Gratitude Wheel
  • About
    • Board & Staff
    • Who We Are & History
    • Connect With Us
    • Financials
    • Job Openings
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    • Make A Donation
    • Donate: Legacy Endowment
    • Donate: A Vehicle
    • Donate: Your time
    • Be A Facebook Fundraiser

Support Group Meetings

In our meetings and webinars, we share our struggles with grief after a suicide death. We can help each other by listening, without judging, and by sharing our own grief experiences.  Our meetings are peer support, not therapy sessions.  


Also, we do not share the specific details of how our loved one died, as this has the potential to traumatize other group members. If you need to talk about this, please call our office and talk with us one-on-one.


Our virtual and in-person meetings are 90 minutes.

Having Trouble Coping?

The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is a national network of local crisis centers that provides free and confidential emotional support to people in suicidal crisis or emotional distress 24/7 in the United States. 


               DIAL " 988 "

Monthly Handouts

June Handout: Escaping and Avoiding (pdf)

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July Handout: No one told me about vacations. (pdf)

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August Handout: A Need to Talk it Out (pdf)

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Virtual Support Group Meetings

 Pre-registration required.   Please register at least one hour prior to meeting start to get the Zoom meeting link. 

Second Monday

Fourth Wednesday

Third Wednesday

June 12 @ 3pm PT / 6pm ET


Doors will open 15 minutes before the meeting. Meeting doors close at 3:10pm PST

Register

Third Wednesday

Fourth Wednesday

Third Wednesday

June 21 @ 4pm PT / 7pm ET


Doors open 15 minutes before meeting start. Meeting doors close at 4:10pm PST

REGISTER

Fourth Wednesday

Fourth Wednesday

Grieving Moms Group #1 (first Thursday)

June 28 @ 7pm PT / 10pm ET


 Doors will open 15 minutes before meeting start. Meeting doors close at 7:10pm PST

Register

Grieving Moms Group #1 (first Thursday)

Spouses & Partners Group (second Thursday)

Grieving Moms Group #1 (first Thursday)

July 6 @ 6:30pm PT/9:30pm ET


New: we will have a special breakout room for moms who have lost their only child.

 

Doors will open 15 minutes before meeting start. Meeting doors close at 6:40pm PST

Register

Grieving Moms Group #2 (third Thursday)

Spouses & Partners Group (second Thursday)

Spouses & Partners Group (second Thursday)

June 15 @ 3pm PT / 6pm ET


New: we will have a special breakout room for moms who have lost their only child.


 Doors will open 15 minutes before meeting start. Meeting doors close at 3:10pm PST

Register

Spouses & Partners Group (second Thursday)

Spouses & Partners Group (second Thursday)

Spouses & Partners Group (second Thursday)

June 8 @ 6pm PT / 9pm ET


 Doors will open 15 minutes before meeting start. Meeting doors close at 6:10pm PST

Register

Grieving Men Group (first Tuesday)

Grieving Men Group (first Tuesday)

Grieving Men Group (first Tuesday)

August 1 @ 5:30pm PT / 

8:30pm ET

A new virtual meeting just for men with any type of loss by suicide. Grieving Men will be facilitated by Jon Meltzer, Ian Howard and Norm Andrews. 

Register

In-Person Support Group Meetings

  All locations are drop-in meetings.   No RSVP required. 

Please contact our office at  916-392-0664 for specific meeting locations.  Our monthly newsletter also lists our monthly meeting information.   


In-Person Meetings now being held:


Cameron Park, CA - 2nd Tuesdays @ 6:30pm - 8pm

  • Dates: June 13, July 11, August 8, September 12
  • Call our office 916-392-0664 for meeting address.


Carmichael, CA - 3rd Tuesdays @ 7pm - 8:30 pm.  

  • Dates: June 20, July 18, August 15, September 19
  • Call our office 916-392-0664 for meeting address.


Lincoln, CA - 2nd Thursdays @ 6pm - 7:30 pm 

  • Dates: June 8, July 13, August 10, September 14
  • Call our office 916-392-0664 for meeting address.


Modesto, CA - 3rd Mondays @ 7pm - 8:30 pm 

  • Dates:  June 19, July 17, August 21, September 18
  • Call our office 916-392-0664 for meeting address.


Yuba City, CA - 4th Tuesdays @ 6:30pm - 8pm 

  • Dates: June 27, July 25, August 22, September 26
  • Call our office 916-392-0664 for meeting address.


Legacy Survivors - Utah Chapter, UT - 2nd Wednesdays @ 6pm MST

  • Dates: June 14, July 12, August 9, September 13
  • Call our office 916-392-0664 for meeting address.

Additional Support Resources

The Alliance of Hope Community Forum

Thousands of loss survivors come together in our online forum to exchange information, understanding, and hope. This healing space, available 24/7, is moderated by a mental health counselor and trained volunteers. 

Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors (T.A.P.S.)

 TAPS has supported thousands of survivors of military suicide loss by offering them hope, healing, and renewed opportunities for personal growth. If you’ve lost a military loved one to suicide, you've come to the right place. We've got you. 

 

American Foundation for Suicide Prevention

(United States, Australia, Brazil, Canada and China)

 

Survivors of Bereavement by Suicide (United Kingdom)


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