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Bereaved Parents of North Texas (formerly The Compassionate Friends of North Texas) BPNT Newsletter l 8 Crest CT l Hickory Creek TX 75065 940-321-3302 l fax 940-497-4790 l E-mail bethreyn@centurytel.net
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| July 2002 |
© Copyright Bereaved Parents, USA Inc., 2002 |
Volume 14, Issue 7 |
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WELCOME
Welcome to you who are receiving this newsletter for the first time and to our regular members. We are a self-help organization offering nonjudgmental friendship and understanding to bereaved parents, grandparents, and siblings. BP purposes are to aid these persons in the positive resolution of their grief and to foster their physical and emotional health. Our chapter meets in a donated church facility, but no religious creed or affiliation is involved. Persons of all faiths (or no faith), creeds, and races are welcome! We have no dues, and no one is required to speak at any meeting. Listening is OK. If you need us, we’re here for you. If you do not need help yourself, please bring your compassionate understanding to those who need the support of other bereaved parents, siblings, or grandparents.
NEXT MEETINGS:
15 JULY
19 AUGUST
WHERE WE MEET
The Bereaved Parents of North Texas meets regularly on the third Monday of each month at 7:15 pm in the Flynn Hall Lounge of the First United Methodist Church, 201 S. Locust Street, Denton, Texas. (For directions, please see the map on the back page.) Babysitting available: SEE BELOW
Please Note: Our meeting in January will be held on January 13, 2003 instead of our usual third Monday. February will be back on schedule.
BABYSITTING AT BPNT MEETINGS?
Parents who need babysitting at our monthly meetings should contact Marsha San Miguel no later than the Friday before our Monday meetings. This way she can be available for babysitting. Contact Marsha at
marshasanmiguel@hotmail.com
940-453-2009 (church)
940-271-2000 (home)
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COMING UP IN JULY…
Several of our BPNT members have attended the LOVING LISTENERS Your telephone links you to a loving listener. Do you need to talk about your child's life and death with someone who truly understands your anguish? Those listed below have volunteered to listen and to try to help you. By allowing others to help you, you also are helping others. If no one answers at one number, please call another. Give us a call. It helps to talk! Shirley & R.D. Cawyer ♥ (940) 668-7117 auto/train accident LaFaun Martin ♥ (940) 665-3979 ♥ auto accident RECENT LOVE GIFTS The BPNT Chapter has the following Donation Programs: Monthly Newsletter Postage Newly Bereaved Letters Library Book Fund General Operations of the Chapter Bereaved Parents of the USA Your tax-deductible donation to BP is a good way to remember your child or to honor another family member or friend. Please mail your checks and the name or names of your memorial or honoree to Robert Ottman, Treasurer, BPNT, 415 Mimosa DR, Denton, TX 76201. Love Gifts came from:
CHAPTER OFFICERS Moderator . . . . ..Shannon Ratliff-Johnson & Virginia Gallian Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shirley Ottman Membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Tom Richardson Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bob Ottman Newsletter Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Beth Reynolds Greeters. . . . . . . . . . . . Wanda Edington & Virgie Richardson Supplies. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Louise Ferry |
Submit any poems or stories that may remind you of your loved one or
that helps you through a trying period to Beth Reynolds at the mailing
address or email address above and I will do my
best to get it into the newsletter.