...From the Editor

I’m sure that many of you were anxiously awaiting this edition of Healing Hearts News as much as we were struggling to figure out how best to get it published. There was some talk about combining the November and December issues but we changed out minds and decided to create a condensed November issue and then put all our best material in the December issue next month.

Facebook
Thank you to all who have visited & posted on the Healing Hearts page on Facebook!! We hope that everyone will continue to visit and share their thoughts and memories. For those who have not checked it out -- you can visit the Healing Hearts web site and click on the badge at the bottom of the home page or use the search on Facebook and put in ‘Healing Hearts.’ Feel free to post your thoughts and feelings or pictures of your loved one. We love having the opportunity to put faces to the names and stories of the people on our mailing list.

Burden Bears
Once again, the Healing Hearts Board of Directors have chosen to continue the tradition of publishing a coupon redeemable for a free Healing Hearts Burden Bear. This coupon will appear in the December 2011 issue of the newsletter and we will work throughout the year to raise enough funds to cover the costs.
If you would like to help us with the fund-raising, you are welcome to purchase a Burden Bear by sending us a note along with a payment of $23.00 (15.00 plus 8.00 for shipping) for each bear to:

Healing Hearts
PO Box 56
Black Diamond WA 98010

You can also use the form on our web site to purchase a bear at:

www.healingheart.net/forms/bearorder_form.html

Subscription Renewals
If you have misplaced your subscription renewal form—or maybe you prefer to make your payment online, there is a link to the renewal form on the home page. It can be found near the bottom of the page on the right side. There is also a link to an Acrobat PDF version of the form for those who would prefer to print a copy and mail their payment.

Sponsor an issue of Healing Hearts News and dedicate it to your loved one—When you donate $250, recognition of your gift and your dedication will be attached to the front of the newsletter.

To sponsor the newsletter or for more information, just download a copy of the sponsorship form in Acrobat .PDF format and mail it to us along with your payment. You can also contact us by phone or email to request a form. ...Or make your payment and request using the Sponsorship Payment Form on our web site.
Contact us at newsletter@healingheart.net for more information.

    Another thought on a different subject, as more families are using e-mail and finding “spam” to be a greater and greater problem, more of us are using filters in order to keep their inboxes uncluttered. I definitely understand the need for this but need to ask a favor. If you are currently receiving your newsletters via e-mail and are using a filtering service, please make sure to include us on your “friends” list so that your newsletter messages won’t be blocked. The e-mail address we have used to send newsletters from is newsletter@healingheart.net. Thanks for your help.

Saving for a Rainy day

        ...Future Printing Equipment

With an eye to the future, we at Healing Hearts started thinking and planning for our possible growth and the options for keeping the newsletter presses rolling.

     We currently own the printing equipment that's used each month. The machine that we are using is still in great shape even after using it for the past several years and should keep right on chugging for several more to come.

     But like any machine, some day it will either have to be replaced or another option for printing considered. If  we buy new replacement equipment it is our thought that growth will mean that the replacement will need to be up to a greater volume of print and the cost will likely be the same or more than our original investment for the current printer.

     With all of this in mind, we have decided to set up a fund to start saving money for our future publishing needs—whether for new equipment or other printing option—so that Healing Hearts News will be able to continue. The goal amount we have in mind is $15,000.

     So...if you choose to sponsor an issue of Healing Hearts News as mentioned above, a portion of the money will be set aside in the printer fund for this purpose. Donations directly to the printer fund will also be accepted. Just include a separate note with your payment payable to Healing Hearts to let us know that you would like to support Healing Hearts in this way. The donation button found on the Healing Hearts web site can also be used to donate to the fund. Just put 'Printer Fund' in the comment section of the checkout form on the Paypal site.

    Feel free to contact us at
newsletter@healingheart.net  with any questions.

Thank-you to the following families for their gift given in memory of their precious loved one(s).

• Valerie Bonatis
  mom-in-law of Rob Howe
  (5/15/1963 - 4/23/1997)
  
  
• Jody Pardee Curtis
  mother of Sky Pardee
  (9/21/1978 - 10/16/2000)
  
  
• Constance Martin
  mother of Eric Lyle
  (12/28/1974 - 11/23/2008)
  mother of Melissa Lyle
  (1/29/1972 - 6/3/1989)
  & mother of Kirk Martin
  (6/10/1977 - 8/31/1998)
  
  
• Edna Jelley
  mother of Steve Jelley
  (10/29/1961 - 5/26/1996)
  
  
• Jan Nethery
  mother of Tee Nethery
  (7/30/1980 - 7/29/1994)

• Steve & Sherry Outinen
  parents of Jill M Outinen
  (3/12/1979 - 12/30/1993)
  
  
• Steve & Mary Smyth
  parents of Matthew Smyth
  (6/21/1984 - 10/28/2003)
  
  
• Cindy Killingsworth
  mother of Blake Lusk
  (10/2/1980 - 5/10/2008)
  
  
• Debra Burford
  mother of Tracy A Burford
  (2/16/1978 - 5/12/2005)
  
  
• Keith & Lori Barnett
  parents of Joseph J Barnett
  (5/11/2004 - 5/11/2004)
  
  
• Jacque Lynn Glaeser
  mother of Mickey Hale
  (6/27/1974 - 10/10/2006)
  
  
• Betty Normore
  mother of Paula J Normore
  (9/10/1986 - 1/19/2001)
  
  

    Their generous donation makes it possible to continue reaching out to hurting families through this newsletter, the group sessions, and the web site. Thank-you!!

New Subscribers...

Below is a list of families who have joined the Healing Hearts family since our last issue. Please remember each in prayer.

Jenna Krugh, Upper Sandusky OH
Melissa Theisen, Peculiar MO
Kim Karpuloen, Kerrville TX
Joanne Cassillo, Northport NY
Elsie Bruce, Bakersfield CA
Pamela Gravette, Lutz FL
Arlene Rossi, Erial NJ
Janet Torres, Staten Island NY
Brittanni, Surprize AZ
Shannon Eirich, Anaheim CA
Joyce Wells, Tarpon Springs FL
Julie Rudsit, Univeristy Place WA
Connie Eagle, Salisbury NC
Terry & Cathryne Cassingham,
Auburn WA
Albert Manyathi, Johannesburg S. Africa
Aroha, Dannevirke New Zealand
Michelle Murray, Pickering ON Canada
Tracey Wilson, Peterborough ON Canada
Crystal Zelinger, Greeley CO

.......Welcome to each of you.

Newsletter Archives

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May the Lord wrap you in His abundant love and peace and may He put caring and understanding people in your path as you continue this journey we call grief.

Love in Christ…..Pat Mankle

Contact info:
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Healing Hearts
19627 SE 284th St
Kent WA 98042

(253) 639-0373