Local Information

Local Office—Social Security

3417 Tamiami Trail, Port Charlotte, FL

1-800-772-1213 or 941-624-2233

Local Office-Veterans Administration

2280 Aaron Street, Port Charlotte, FL

1-800-827-1000 941-625-4422

Bereavement Support Groups

• Life Goes On 941-625-4175
• Port Charlotte Cultural Center – Tues. Mornings, 9:30 Hospice 941-627-0848
• St. Charles Borromeo Church 941-625-0311
• Charlotte County Elder Help Line 941-637-2288 You may call on your behalf or on behalf of a neighbor, friend or loved one who is seeking help. The Elder help line will link you with the right service.

Hospice Bereavement Support Group

Provides a forum for sharing and learning from others who have experienced the similar loss of a loved one. Six-week sessions offered six times yearly, with both day and evening groups. There is no charge for this service.

West Manatee:

3355 26th St. W. Bradenton FL 34205

941-739-8940 (Call to confirm schedule and locations)

Time: Tuesday, 1:30-3:00 p.m.& 5:30-7:00 p.m.

East Manatee:

4151 37th St. E. Palmetto FL 34221

941-721-7515 (Call to confirm schedule and locations)

Time: Thursday, 2:00-3:30 p.m.

LOSS OF A CHILD

Rainbows - A program for parents to help children recover after experiencing loss, due to death or other crisis.

800-266-3206

www.rainbows.org

CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUPS

Sisters in Service Support Group

(for widows and widowers)

Affiliated with Elwood Park Baptist Church

3516 45th Street

East Bradenton, FL 34208

Contact: Mary Heckman 941-773-7740 or Aileen Sikirica 941-758-2778

Meals on Wheels PLUS of Manatee, Inc.

Meals on Wheels PLUS caregiver support groups provide participants with various types of help for their particular circumstances. The help may take the form of providing relevant information, relating personal experiences, listening to others' experiences, providing sympathetic understanding and establishing social networks.

811 23rd Ave.

E. Bradenton FL 34208

PHONE: 941-747-4655

FAX: 941-747-9871

mailto:info@mealsonwheelsplus.org

www.MealsOnWheelsPlus.org

Other Links

International Cemetery and Funeral Association

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