--- title: The Compassionate Friends - Greater New Orleans - Home description: The Compassionate Friends Greater New Orleans Chapter Supporting Family After a Child Dies --- [![The-Compassionate-Friends-GNO-Logo-90-1](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/hs-fs/hubfs/The-Compassionate-Friends-GNO-Logo-90-1.png?width=550&height=90&name=The-Compassionate-Friends-GNO-Logo-90-1.png "The-Compassionate-Friends-GNO-Logo-90-1")](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/) - About Us - [Home](https://www.tcfneworleans.com) - [Our Mission](https://www.tcfneworleans.com#OurMission) - [Our Commitment](https://www.tcfneworleans.com#OurCommitment) - [Our Meetings](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/our-meetings) - [TCF History](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/tcf-history) - [Contact Us](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/contact-us) - [Make a Donation](https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=6JV42RBQCATXC) - Resources - [Registration - Membership Form (Download Editable PDF)](https://hubs.ly/Q02m8dQD0) - [Registration - Membership Form (Web Form)](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/register) Show submenu for Registration - Membership Form (Web Form) - [Additional Child Form (Web Form)](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/registerchild) - [Support Webinars](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/resources) - [Addiction Education](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/resources#AddictionEducation) - [Brick Form](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/resources#FaceBookAndBrickForm) - [Links](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/resources#FaceBookAndBrickForm) - [What to Expect](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/what-to-expect-why-butterflies#WhatToExpect) - [Why Butterflies?](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/what-to-expect-why-butterflies#WhyButterflies) - [Sibling's Page](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/siblings-page) - [Poems](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/poems) - Publications & Events - [Newsletter](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/newsletter) - [Memorial Garden](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/childrens-memorial-garden) - [Events](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/en-us/upcoming-events) - [TCF Pictures](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/tcf-pictures) - About Us - [Home](https://www.tcfneworleans.com) - [Our Mission](https://www.tcfneworleans.com#OurMission) - [Our Commitment](https://www.tcfneworleans.com#OurCommitment) - [Our Meetings](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/our-meetings) - [TCF History](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/tcf-history) - [Contact Us](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/contact-us) - [Make a Donation](https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=6JV42RBQCATXC) - Resources - [Registration - Membership Form (Download Editable PDF)](https://hubs.ly/Q02m8dQD0) - [Registration - Membership Form (Web Form)](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/register) Show submenu for Registration - Membership Form (Web Form) - [Additional Child Form (Web Form)](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/registerchild) - [Support Webinars](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/resources) - [Addiction Education](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/resources#AddictionEducation) - [Brick Form](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/resources#FaceBookAndBrickForm) - [Links](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/resources#FaceBookAndBrickForm) - [What to Expect](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/what-to-expect-why-butterflies#WhatToExpect) - [Why Butterflies?](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/what-to-expect-why-butterflies#WhyButterflies) - [Sibling's Page](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/siblings-page) - [Poems](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/poems) - Publications & Events - [Newsletter](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/newsletter) - [Memorial Garden](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/childrens-memorial-garden) - [Events](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/en-us/upcoming-events) - [TCF Pictures](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/tcf-pictures) Search Search - CONTACT US - CONTACT US Search Search **YOU NEED NOT WALK ALONE, WE ARE THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS**   **Our Monthly Meetings** Our meetings start at 7:00 pm and last until about 8:45 pm. We meet on the second Monday of each month. Newcomers can come about 6:45 pm for us to show you around and let you know what to expect for your first meeting. If you need more information, please call William or Millie at (504) 265-0581. [Learn More About Our Meetings](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/our-meetings) **Our Mission** The mission of **The Compassionate Friends** is to assist families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age and to provide information to help others be supportive. The Compassionate Friends is a national nonprofit, self-help support organization that offers friendship, understanding, and hope to bereaved parents, grandparents and siblings. There is no religious affiliation and there are no membership dues or fees. The secret of TCF's success is simple: As seasoned grievers reach out to the newly bereaved, energy that has been directed inward begins to flow outward and both of the bereaved are helped to heal. The vision of The Compassionate Friends is that everyone who needs us will find us and everyone who find us will be helped. ![Holding_Sun](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/hubfs/Holding_Sun.jpg "Holding_Sun")     **The Compassionate Friends** *![Logo](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo.png?width=340&height=340&name=Logo.png)*   *"**The Compassionate Friends*** *is about transforming the pain of grief into the elixir of hope. It takes people out of the isolation society imposes on the bereaved and lets them express their grief naturally. With the shedding of tears, healing comes. And the newly bereaved get to see people who have survived and are learning to live and love again."***–Simon Stephens, founder of The Compassionate Friends** **Our Commitment** The words of **TCF's** Founder, Simon Stephens resonate with those who have come to The Compassionate Friends hoping to find a purpose in a life that suddenly seems so empty. Whether your family has had a child die (at any age from any cause) or you are trying to help those who have gone through this life altering experience, The Compassionate Friends exists to provide friendship, understanding, and hope to those going through the natural grieving process. Through a network of more than 640 chapters with locations in all 50 states, as well as Washington DC and Puerto Rico, The Compassionate Friends has been supporting bereaved families after the death of a child for four decades. The National Office and its staff also provide many levels of support to our chapters, as well as individual responses to those who call on the phone, contact us through our website, or send an e-mail that simply says, *"My child has died. Help me!"* We will be here as long as you need us. That is our commitment to you. ![Butterfly1](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Butterfly1.jpg?width=1000&height=348&name=Butterfly1.jpg "Butterfly1") ![You Are Not Alone](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/hubfs/You_Are_Not_Alone-1.jpg "You Are Not Alone") [Visit the National TCF Website](https://www.compassionatefriends.org) ![tfcgnoc1615](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/hubfs/tfcgnoc1615.png "tfcgnoc1615") Click [here](https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=6JV42RBQCATXC) to Donate to The Compassionate Friends Greater New Orleans [Donate](https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=6JV42RBQCATXC) [![Logo](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Logo.png?width=100&height=100&name=Logo.png "Logo")](https://www.tcfneworleans.com/) **The Compassionate Friends** The Greater New Orleans Chapter meets monthly on the **second Monday** of each month at **7:00 pm** at the **Lafreniere Park Foundation Center Conference Room**, in Metairie, LA. New members may come at 6:45 pm. The Chapter also publishes a monthly newsletter. The Greater New Orleans Chapter hosts several events during the year. The events are the Butterfly release in April, the Children's Memorial Walk in October, and the Worldwide Candle Lighting in December. All events are held at the Children's Memorial Garden in Lafreniere Park. Visit the National Website at [CompassionateFriends.org](https://www.compassionatefriends.org/) © 2023. All rights reserved. [Legal Notice](\"#\") | [Privacy Policy](\"#\") | [Site Map](\"#\")