Oakbrook, IL (PRWEB) March 1, 2007

Four and eighty-one employers representing 33 states are recognized by the Board of Directors of The Compassionate Friends for showing extra sensitivity to bereaved employees following the death of a child. The Compassionate Friends (TCF) is the largest nation in mourning for the self-help organization with nearly 600 chapters serving all 50 states, Washington DC, and Puerto Rico.

generally designated by the people who have directly helped, these employers are receiving Compassionate Employer Recognition in 2007 for going above and beyond the normal policies of most companies in helping their employees when death a child has occurred.

Compassionate Employer Recognition Criteria for

include, but are not limited to:

policy? that reflect a compassionate attitude toward bereaved parents, siblings, grandparents.

2? more time beyond the three-day family.

3? The flexibility in assigning tasks and evaluating job performance.

4? Provide support services and / or time to get advice or find a support group

5 acts? compassion others.

This is the seventh year

for the recognition of employers, with recipients from three the first year, 81 current wide 2007th recognized by employers of small companies with just two employees to large companies with greater number of 250,000.

The 2007 recipients of the recognition

TCF employers are compassion (by state): ALABAMA: Aldridge, Borden & Company, PC, Montgomery, ARIZONA: Child Care and Learning Center Valley, Phoenix, Arkansas: Wal-Mart ISD, Bentonville, CALIFORNIA: Campos Bros. Farms, Caruthers, DaVita, El Segundo, Jeppesen Data Plan, San Jose, Colorado: Garfield School District No. 16, the parachute, Forest Park Care Center, Westminster , CONNECTICUT: Benchmark Crescent, Groton, FLORIDA: Boynton Pump and irrigation water, Stuart, cool coastal, Inc., Fort Myers, Ebel, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida Health Care Association, Tallahassee, Florida Hospital Medical Center, Orlando, Pro-Tech Pest Control, Naples, Seminole High School, Sanford, GEORGIA: Mimosa Elementary School in Roswell, United States Department. Health and Human Services, Office of Inspector General – Audit Region IV, Atlanta, Iowa: American Tool and Engineering, Greene, Fisher Controls International, Marshalltown, Idaho: Wayside Cafe, Rupert;

ILLINOIS: ADP Dealer Services, Hoffman Estates, hair directors, Buffalo Grove, Tilton, Kelly + Bell, LLC, Chicago, Village of Streamwood, Streamwood, INDIANA: Harrison County Hospital, Corydon, Tires Plus Total Car Care, Greenwood , KENTUCKY: Pennyroyal Hospice, Hopkinsville, engineers, Inc., Lexington, Massachusetts: But Jonas Nursing Center, Winchester, Liberty Mutual Insurance Group, Boston, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Jamaica Plain, Minnesota Home Care and Hospice Fairview , Princeton Branch, Princeton Independent School District 622, North St. Paul, MISSISSIPPI: Johnson Dodge Kia, Meridian, Missouri: Centene Corporation, St. Louis, Heartland Regional Medical Center, St. Joseph, Michigan: Achievements, Inc., Libby, Critical Illness and Trauma Foundation, Inc., Bozeman, United States Army Corps of Engineers Fort Peck Project, Fort Peck, NEBRASKA: .. Nashua Corp., Omaha, National Research Corp., Lincoln, Sandhill Oil, Hyannis, United States Postal Service, Chadron, Western State Bank, Waterloo, New Jersey: DIMACS / Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ North Ear, Nose and Throat and Associates, Midland Park, the Iron Horse restaurant, Westwood, NEW MEXICO: States Probation Office – District of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New York: Ilya J. Operation Wein, MD, Williamsville, Metro North Commuter Railroad, New York, Thelen Reid Brown Raysman and Steiner LLP, New York, North Carolina Atlantic Coast Toyota lift, Winston-Salem, NC, National Gypsum Company Charlotte, Wal-Mart Wadesboro, Wadesboro, ‘/ p>

OHIO: The Wackenhut Corporation, Columbus, New York: Lexington Public Schools, Lexington, Oklahoma Cardiovascular Associates, Oklahoma City, Oregon: Fujimi Corp., Tualatin, Hoffbuhr & Associates, Inc., Medford, PENNSYLVANIA Blue Mountain Middle School, Orwigsburg, City of McKeesport, McKeesport, Eastern Lebanon County School District, Myerstown, snack Kellogg, Eastern Region, Fort Washington, School District Moon Area, Moon Township,. United States Steel Research and Technology Center, Munhall, Vincentian Home, Pittsburgh, South Dakota: Sioux Falls Center for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Sioux Falls, New York. FedEx, Memphis, Smith Air Assault Store, Inc., Clarksville, Texas Marr Eye Center, Bryan, Stebbins five companies, Ltd., Longview, Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Company, Waco, The Linc Group, LLC, Houston Manufacturing Company Williamson-Dickie, Fort Worth, VIRGINIA: Rockingham Memorial Hospital, Harrisonburg, Vermont: EPS, Inc., Burlington, Washington: 7 Cedars Casino, Sequim, WISCONSIN: City of Beloit Fire Department, Beloit, Lear Seating Corporation , Janesville,. Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, Green Bay

“When a child present, families begin a grieving process that follows through all aspects of their lives,” said Patricia Loder, executive director of The Compassionate Friends. “Today, the need for support in the workplace so often takes a back seat to market needs. Thesis of 81 entrepreneurs, large and small, public and private, are known to offer compassion and understanding that is a vital necessity in the grieving process. ”

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. To contact Friends of Compassion, call toll free 877-969-0010 or visit the TCF national http://www.compassionatefriends.org. Applications for the program in 2008 employer recognition, compassion will be accepted from July 23, immediately following The Compassionate Friends 30th National Conference in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.

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