Loss News:

As always there are many announcements from KotaPress. We hope you will find these helpful, and feel free to contact us via email at info@kotapress.com or via phone at 206-251-6706 if you need further information.

»»There are over 100 families on the waiting list for Mrs. Duck Grief Packets. We simply cannot continue this program without your sponsorship. We need a $1,000 Sponsor now in order to simply catch up with the waiting list. Your sponsorship is totally tax deductible through our umbrella organization The MISS Foundation which is a 501c3. Please make your pledge today!

Donations to our umbrella provide support for the Mrs. Duck Kindness Project providing free grief support and books to bereaved families around the world. Know that 10% of your donation will go toward medical research about the prevention of cord accidents and toward the Seattle chapter of MISS which provides free monthly support meetings and outreach to bereaved parents. The balance of your donation will support Mrs. Duck! It takes $10 to provide one support package to bereaved families. 39,000 families in the U.S. alone suffer thru stillbirth each year-- that 39,000 families we'd like to be reaching. Please help us reach them all!

»»KotaPress has landed on Vashon Island with the following new contact information:
Phone: 206-251-6706
Location: Vashon Island, WA

»»In the Company of Angels:
reading and journaling about loss and mourning
(10 weeks)

The ten-week course, taught by Allegra Wong, begins to explore the mourning process and helps participants define the seasons of grief. Through reading some of the literature of mourning and through journaling (guided exercises), loss is confronted in relationships, current events, and also in the stages of human life. http://www.writers.com/allegrawong.htm
email: ah@meganet.net

»» Gov. Gary Locke signed a proclamation to officially make October 15th "Pregnancy and Infant Loss Day" in Washington state. You can see the proclamation at:
http://www.pain-heartache-hope.com/proclamation_updates.htm

»» Want to support Mrs. Duck?! Now you can make a donation to Mrs. Duck through our non-profit umbrella organization M.I.S.S.. We at KotaPress believe so whole-heartedly in the work of M.I.S.S. that we house the Seattle chapter's web information in our Loss section and we offer them our office space as a base for the Seattle chapter. You can support the Mrs. Duck Project thru SeattleM.I.S.S. which is the Seattle, WA, local chapter for the national non-profit org M.I.S.S.ing (Mission for Infant Survival & Stillbirth In Natural Grieving/ Mothers In Sympathy & Support).

M.I.S.S. recognized by the IRS as a 501(c)3 with a tax ID number. The national office is physically located in Arizona, and the website is hosted at www.MissChildren.org. If you wish to support the Mrs. Duck Project, you can send a check or money order donation to the SeattleM.I.S.S. group with a note asking that that funds be earmarked for Mrs. Duck. They will use 80% of the donation to fund the making of more Mrs. Duck books which we give away free. 10% will go toward the local chapter so they can continue offering free support group meetings, one-on-one crisis help, and mailing outreach literature. And the last 10% will go to the national office to support their outreach and the medical research that is happening about stillbirth at The Pregnancy Institute. The SeattleM.I.S.S. is registered with the state of Washington Charities Programs. For more information, please feel free to email or call Kara at 206-251-6706.

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