Support The Compassionate Friends

When a child has died, it seems like the world has stopped. Small tasks become like giant mountains. Purchasing those items necessary to go on with life is raised from an inconvenience to nearly insurmountable obstacles.

Now you can relive some of that burden to yourself and support The Compassionate Friend's efforts to help bereaved familiies throughout the United States by making your puchases through TCF's new online shopping mall partner, iGive.com, where up to 26% of the price of your purchase is donated back to The Compassionate Friends to help it fund its many national programs.

All you have to do to participate is sign up at www.iGive.com/TheCompassionateFriends, designating The Compassionate Friends as your charity of choice. If you then make a purchase within 45 days from any of the participating iGive.com stores, TCF will receive a $5 donation from iGive.com in addition to the normal percentage from the purchase from that store. You can enter anytime through the link toward the bottom of The Compassionate Friends national website at www.compassionatefriends.org.

Or you can use the easy iGive.com shopping window. This feature allows you to download a small software program that then pops up a shopping window anytime you visit a store participating in the iGive.com program, whether or not you enter through the link on TCF's national website. The shopping window tells you that the store is participating in the iGive.com program and also advises you of the percentage that will be donated to TCF from your purchase. All shopping is secure and your privacy is assured.

Participating stores include such well-known names as Apple iTunes, Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Dell, Drugstore.com, Eddie Bauer, e-bay, Enterprise, GAP, Home Depot, Hilton Hotels, Hotels.com, Hotwire, JCPenney, Kohl's, Land's End, L.L. Bean, Macy's, Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Office Depot, Office Max, Priceline, QVC, Radio Shack, Saks Fifth Ave, Thrifty Car Rental, and United Airlines. There are hundreds of additional large and small specialty and general merchandise stores. For a complete list, visit: www.igive.com/html/mall.cfm