The TEARS Foundation is a local 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that seeks to compassionately assist bereaved parents with the financial expenses they face in making final arrangements for their precious baby who has died. Many of the founders and volunteers at The TEARS Foundation have experienced the loss of their own baby, and want to reach out in this way to support newly bereaved parents in their time of devastating sorrow.
We rely on generous donations from caring people in order to have sufficient funds on hand to offer assistance as requested.
Thank you to all of our Teams who came out to the Walk & Rock at Safeco Field on Saturday! We enjoyed a beautiful, sunny day at Safeco Field! It was so moving to see the 400 butterflies lining the field at Safeco- each with the name of a baby on it who was being walked in memory of, or was helped by TEARS. We honored the lives of all of our children by scrolling their names in lights on the Mariners Board, reading their names before we walked, and showing their pictures up on the video screen. Thanks to all of your support we raised $44,000 to help more grieving parents in our community!
Thank you to all of our supporters who spent time voting for The TEARS Foundation and Sarah Slack for People Magazine's All Stars Among Us! TEARS did not win through the voting, but we celebrate with Leo McCarthy and Mariah's Challenge for winning this award! Leo lost his daughter, Mariah, to a drunk driver in 2007. Leo now spends his time challenging youth to not drink and drive, in order to save lives. Many of TEARS supporters know the deep pain of losing a child and therefore have a common bond with our friends at Mariah's Challenge. Congratulations Leo for this honor and we celebrate with you today! www.mariahschallenge.com
The Seattle Mariners sent out a press release about the newly named finalists for Major League Baseball and People Magazine's "All Stars". TEARS Foundation's Founder... Click for more details!
June 27th, 2009 ; 10 am- 4 pm Register online NOW for the TEARS Walk at Safeco Field! www.firstgiving.com/tears CLICK HERE... Click for more details!
TEARS was there for us and lifted a financial burden when our daughter died. It meant so much.
