My Nonprofit Reviews
Joni G.
Review for Alliance of Hope for Suicide Loss Survivors, Evanston, IL, USA
Suicide grief is lonely and long-lasting. There is still some stigma and so we don't always get the support we need from friends and family. Many of us are blamed and shunned. Then there is the awful guilt and self-recriminations that must be worked through along with learning to live without our loved ones. People become impatient with us, urging us to get over it. Some of us have been told how selfish they were to leave like this. It takes someone who knows, who has been through a suicide loss to relate to what we are going through. There is no judgment here; only compassion and empathy. Knowing that one can survive and even enjoy life again can make all the difference to someone in the throes of new loss.
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Would you volunteer for this group again?
Definitely
For the time you spent, how much of an impact did you feel your work or activity had?
Life-changing
Did the organization use your time wisely?
Very Well
Would you recommend this group to a friend?
Definitely
When was your last experience with this nonprofit?
2012
Did your volunteer experience have an effect on you? (teaching you a new skill, or introducing new friends, etc.)
Yes. There is no satisfaction as great as helping others through what you never thought you could survive. It is empowering, yet humbling.
How did this volunteer experience make you feel?
Good, of course. The other moderators are now life-long friends, I believe. I've never seen so much love and compassion in any one place.
