The Bereaved Parents of the USA

Bereaved Parents of the USA (BPUSA), founded in 1985, is a nationwide organization designed to aid and support bereaved parents and their families who are struggling to survive their grief after the death of a child. Any bereaved parent, sibling, or grandparent is eligible to become a member of the BP/USA. Members are free to attend monthly meetings of their chapter, or any other chapter, as often and as long as necessary to meet their needs. The BPUSA is non-denominational. There is no religious creed involved. Members are free, however, to state their beliefs and the role those beliefs have played in their lives. The Anne Arundel County Chapter is a chapter of BPUSA.

Goals of the BPUSA

• To educate families about the grief process and all its complexities as it applies to the death of a child at any age and from any cause
  
• To aid and support those who are suffering such a loss, regardless of race, creed or financial situation
  
• To provide monthly meetings with sharing groups and occasional informative programs
  
• To provide a library at each meeting place where members may borrow books with up-to-date information about the grief process
  
• To supply the telephone numbers of other bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents who are able to offer support to other more newly bereaved families
  
• To inform and educate members of the helping professions who interact with bereaved parents as to the nature and duration of parent/sibling/grandparent bereavement

Why BPUSA Exists

Most families feel a need, after they have endured the most severe of life's crises, to
have some order restored in their lives. BPUSA provides an atmosphere where
personal change, growth and resolution of grief is most apt to occur.

BPUSA Credo