The Unexpected Journey (In Person and Virtual)
**Please message the page or email jasmin@emptyarmspls.com to indicate your interest in attending and we will send you the relevant information.**
A peer support group for parents who are navigating life after the death of their child. Open to parents whose little one died due to SIDS/SUDC, in NICU/PICU, due to a terminal illness, or an accidental death, within the first six years after birth. No matter how long it's been since the death of your little one, know this is a safe place to bear your heart and soul and talk about your journey or simply sit and listen to others who find themselves on a similar path of navigating life after loss.
The Unexpected Journey (In Person and Virtual)
**Please message the page or email jasmin@emptyarmspls.com to indicate your interest in attending and we will send you the relevant information.**
A peer support group for parents who are navigating life after the death of their child. Open to parents whose little one died due to SIDS/SUDC, in NICU/PICU, due to a terminal illness, or an accidental death, within the first six years after birth. No matter how long it's been since the death of your little one, know this is a safe place to bear your heart and soul and talk about your journey or simply sit and listen to others who find themselves on a similar path of navigating life after loss.
The Unexpected Journey (In Person and Virtual)
**Please message the page or email jasmin@emptyarmspls.com to indicate your interest in attending and we will send you the relevant information.**
A peer support group for parents who are navigating life after the death of their child. Open to parents whose little one died due to SIDS/SUDC, in NICU/PICU, due to a terminal illness, or an accidental death, within the first six years after birth. No matter how long it's been since the death of your little one, know this is a safe place to bear your heart and soul and talk about your journey or simply sit and listen to others who find themselves on a similar path of navigating life after loss.
The Unexpected Journey (In Person and Virtual)
**Please message the page or email jasmin@emptyarmspls.com to indicate your interest in attending and we will send you the relevant information.**
A peer support group for parents who are navigating life after the death of their child. Open to parents whose little one died due to SIDS/SUDC, in NICU/PICU, due to a terminal illness, or an accidental death, within the first six years after birth. No matter how long it's been since the death of your little one, know this is a safe place to bear your heart and soul and talk about your journey or simply sit and listen to others who find themselves on a similar path of navigating life after loss.
No Foot Too Small: Memorial and Awareness Walk
Join us at 11AM in Kinsmen Park for our 8th annual No Foot Too Small walk. If you would like to avoid the crowd you can come and go as you please until 3PM. If you’d like to order a shirt or a hoodie for the walk, register before September 1st. Registrations close on September 30th at 11:59PM.
Empty Arms Office - Shirt/Hoodie Pick ups, Memorial Flag Drop-Offs, Pledge Drop-Offs (Copy)
Pick up for t-shirts and hoodies ordered with NFTS registrations, prior to September 1st deadline.
Memorial Flag drop-offs( to have them displayed the day of the walk, on October 1st, as well as pledges, can be dropped off at the Empty Arms office at 237 5th Ave N
Empty Arms Office - Shirt/Hoodie Pick ups, Memorial Flag Drop-Offs, Pledge Drop-Offs
Pick up for t-shirts and hoodies ordered with NFTS registrations, prior to September 1st deadline.
Memorial Flag drop-offs( to have them displayed the day of the walk, on October 1st, as well as pledges, can be dropped off at the Empty Arms office at 237 5th Ave N
The Unexpected Journey (In Person and Virtual)
**Please message the page or email jasmin@emptyarmspls.com to indicate your interest in attending and we will send you the relevant information.**
A peer support group for parents who are navigating life after the death of their child. Open to parents whose little one died due to SIDS/SUDC, in NICU/PICU, due to a terminal illness, or an accidental death, within the first six years after birth. No matter how long it's been since the death of your little one, know this is a safe place to bear your heart and soul and talk about your journey or simply sit and listen to others who find themselves on a similar path of navigating life after loss.
NFTS: In-person registrations
Deadline for t-shirt and hoodie orders with your registrations for our 8th annual No Foot Too Small: Memorial and Awareness Walk, taking place at Kinsmen Park on Saturday, October 1st, at Kinsmen Park. Regular registrations through our website, without a t-shirt or hoodie will continue until 11:59PM on September 30th. You can register in-person, at the Empty Arms office, 237 5th Ave. N, on a Wednesday from 9AM to 5PM
Gone Too Soon
This monthly support group is held both in-person and virtually, using the Zoom platform.
For more information, or to register for this month’s meeting, click here.
The Unexpected Journey
This monthly support groups is held both in-person and virtually using the Zoom platform.
For more information, or to register, click here.
Holiday Auction and 50/50
The 2021 Empty Arms Holiday Auction will run from November 20th - 28th.
This annual auction features dozens of incredible items from local makers and businesses, and just in time for gift giving!
The auction is a great way to support local families while checking off items on your holiday shopping list. Because the auction takes place entirely online, you can join our Facebook group to view and bid on items as they’re added!
Gone Too Soon
This monthly support group is held both in-person and virtually, using the Zoom platform.
For more information, or to register for this month’s meeting, click here.
A Night to Remember Gala
Empty Arms Perinatal Loss Support Services is a comprehensive bereavement support program serving Saskatchewan families who come to the Jim Pattison Children’s Hospital and are touched by pregnancy loss and/or infant death. Our mission is to help families of pregnancy loss and infant death to build a strong foundation, ensuring the family’s journey is healthy, complete, and with as few regrets as possible.
We are both proud and humbled to provide the following services to the families we serve, all of which are fee of charge: birth and bereavement companion support by certified individuals; professional remembrance photography; supported use of a CuddleCot, in-hospital or at home; memory making options and guidance, and mementos; collecting/providing keepsakes; postpartum lactation information; postpartum information and support; several monthly in-person support groups; online support groups; peer mentor networking; resource lists/lending library for family members and friends; and more.
In order to continue providing all of these invaluable services, Empty Arms is holding our annual gala, A Night to Remember. Tickets to the event are $100, which include a $50 donation receipt, your entry into the historic Boom Town at the WDM, a delicious plated meal, the chance to win one of our fabulous door prizes, and access to our amazing silent auction tables. Also back by popular demand this year is our dessert auction!
Although 100% of the proceeds will be going towards families experiencing pregnancy and infant loss, the event itself will be a beautiful, uplifting, and fun-filled evening.
A Night to Remember Gala
Join us for the 2020 Night to Remember Gala! Tickets on sale soon!
No Foot Too Small
Empty Arms is pleased to present our 5th annual memorial and awareness walk, No Foot Too Small.
The purpose of this event is to raise awareness of the incidence of pregnancy and infant loss (1 in 4) while simultaneously honouring the little ones we hold in our hearts. Parents, grandparents, siblings, friends, neighbours, all are welcome to join!
The walk will once again take place at Kinsmen Park in Saskatoon. Given the history of extremely cold weather this day, we are pleased to announce that we have taken the following measures to help keep you and your guests warm and dry this year:
Propane stand heaters
(Limited) tent coverage
Registration option with hooded sweatshirt
Warm beverages (coffee, tea, hot chocolate)
Registration for the walk will begin at 10:00am, with our traditional lunch (by donation) upon completion of the walk.
**We encourage families to make signs to carry with them on their walk, honouring their little ones.
YANA
You Are Not Alone Infertility Support Group
Come to be with others who get what you’re going through! Come to encourage and be encouraged, to share or listen.
Gone Too Soon Support Group
The loss of a baby, at any gestation or age, can be very lonely and intensely emotional experience. 'Gone Too Soon' is a peer support group for parents who have lost their precious babies due to miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death.
No matter where you are on your journey of grief, we invite you to come and share your story, or simply find comfort in the fact that you are not alone.
Please let us know if you are planning on attending by RSVP-ing on the Empty Arms Facebook event’s page. We only ask you to do this because if we are expecting a larger group we will change locations to the Edwards Family Center.
Processing Grief Through Art, with Jill Christensen
Join Jill Christensen, Calm After the Stork Counselling Services for a friendly evening of art and connection. Pregnancy and infant loss can be heavy and art offers a way to process your emotions in a different way.
No expert art skills required, just an openness to explore and play.
Space is limited. Please message the Empty Arms page or email jasmin@emptyarmspls.com to register!
New Life After Loss
A get-together for parents who are navigating pregnancy and/or parenting after loss.
As always, babies and toddlers welcome.
Baby Bracelet Making
Come out and create some baby bracelet mementos, which will then be gifted to loss families in the hospital. A quiet evening of creating, where we can honour our own babies, while creating keepsakes for other babies gone too soon.
Space is limited. Please RSVP by messaging the Empty Arms page or by emailing jasmin@emptyarmspls.com
The Unexpected Journey
A peer support group for parents who are navigating life after the death of their child. Open to parents whose little one died due to SIDS/SUDC, in NICU/PICU, due to a terminal illness, or an accidental death, within the first two years after birth. No matter how long it's been since the death of your little one, know this is a safe place to bear your heart and soul and talk about your journey or simply sit and listen to others who find themselves on a similar path of navigating life after loss.
Gone Too Soon Support Group
We are happy to now be offering a second meeting of Gone Too Soon, on the first Thursday of every month. ♥
The loss of a baby, at any age, can be very lonely and intensely emotional experience. 'Gone Too Soon' is a peer support group for parents who have lost their precious babies due to miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death.
No matter where you are on your journey of grief, we invite you to come and share your story, or simply find comfort in the fact that you are not alone.
Please let us know if you are planning on attending by RSVP-ing here, commenting, or PMing the Empty Arms page. We only ask you to do this because if we are expecting a larger group we will change locations to the Edwards Family Center.
A Night To Remember Gala 2019
A Night to Remember
Cocktails 5:30pm
Supper 7pm
Speaker 9pm
End of Night 10pm
Empty Arms Perinatal Loss Support Services is a comprehensive bereavement peer support program serving Saskatoon and area families touched by pregnancy loss and/or infant death. Our mission is to help families of pregnancy loss and infant death to build a strong foundation, ensuring the family’s grief journey is healthy, complete, and with as few regrets as possible.
We are both proud and humbled to provide the following services to the families we serve, all of which are absolutely free of charge: birth and bereavement companion support by certified individuals; professional remembrance photography; supported use of CuddleCot, in hospital or at home; memory making options and guidance; collecting/providing keepsakes; postpartum lactation support and consultation; postpartum information and support; several monthly in-person support groups; online support groups; peer mentor networking; resource list/lending library for family members and friends; and more.
In order to continue providing all of these invaluable services, Empty Arms is holding our 4th annual gala, A Night to Remember. Tickets to the event are $100, which includes your entry into the historic Boom Town, a delicious plated meal, the chance to win one of our fabulous door prizes, and access to our amazing silent auction tables. Also, back by popular demand this year is our dessert auction!
Although 100% of the proceeds will be going towards helping families experiencing pregnancy and infant loss, the event itself will be a beautiful, uplifting, and fun-filled evening.
Ticket Sales for this years Gala are closed.
Thank you all for your support and see you there!
Bake Sale Fundraiser at RUH
Come say Hi, see what goodies we have available for purchase, learn about Empty Arms and the Gala this year. All proceeds from the Bake Sale go to support our baby loss Moms & Dads.
Meet our President Lacey Benoit :)