Peer contacts are the lifeline of SIDS of Pennsylvania. These brave parents who have suffered the ultimate loss, the death of their infant, have reconciled their own grief and reach out to other parents to offer support during their bereavement. Our Peer Contact Network was established in 1981. Since then, the following mothers and fathers, (listed in chronological order) have offered their services.

• They let new parents know that they are not alone in their grief, that others have journeyed down that road and have survived. 

• They offer hope.

• They offer friendship. 

• They offer love. 

• They are to be commended.

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Marie McBrearty Eileen Carlins Jan Puskar Judy Contes Karen Ebert Lonnie Porterfield Cheryl Styslinger Mary Stack Vera Smith Sharon Antoline Shielah Collins Kay Falkenhan Sue Bartholomew Pam Tatara Mary Lee Stubenhofer Lee & Dan Ley Darlene Pirmez Lori Limrick Pat Dobies Anita Dezelan Karen & Gary Doughrty Judy Stadleman Mary & William Holden Linda & Mark Romasco Pat Hernandez Joe Fung Sharon Ferry

Kathy Wandrisco Cheryl Hughes Dee Dee & Jake Pelled Rosalie Bildstein Steve & Kathy Rial Karen Fadzen Judy Frye Jackie Haseltine Charlene Meyers Carolyn Meyers Michelle Rearick Jan Lehigh Alisa Scioscia Michelle Kaplon Joy & Bob Costolo Michelle Kriner Kelli Servello Mary Kay Sheppard Dan & Ann Stuart Ellen Siska Chris Linville Melissa Redmond Colleen Lembo Cathy Kolakowski Wendy Nieves Penny Mixell Katie & Dante Martino Mark Taylor

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To speak with a peer contact, please call Eileen Carlins at the SIDS office to connect you with the person nearest to you.  A Peer Contact is a bereaved parent who has surmounted the first year of grief, has completed Peer Contact Training with our organization, and is willing comfort others in pain.  Only one who has walked this terrible journey can truly understand the depth of your pain.

 

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