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Care Enough to Recommend CaringBridge

January 15, 2010 | by Amy Asbury

StoneArch Creative is teaming up with CaringBridge, a unique service that offers extraordinary support when people need it most. It helps family and friends connect by creating their own, free, personalized website during a serious health event, during long term care or during recovery. The numbers show its’ spread and popularity since its inception in 1987. Over a billion people world-wide have visited CaringBridge sites and over 20 million families have created a CaringBridge site.

CaringBridge wishes to help every family in need of their service. They have teamed up with us to develop a marketing program that will inspire hospital personnel and health care providers to recommend CaringBridge to patients and patient families experiencing a serious health matter. Surveys have shown that families appreciate when they are introduced to CaringBridge by caregivers, and that many feel the support they found in CaringBridge aided physical and emotional healing. Mike Stadelman, Director of Marketing and Communications at CaringBridge told me they chose StoneArch because of our “intimate knowledge of healthcare.” We consider it an absolute honor to be helping such a great organization and meaningful cause.

Many of us StoneArcher’s have experienced CaringBridge as a result of a friend or a loved one being hospitalized. One of our staff’s family used CaringBridge when her niece was diagnosed with retinoblastoma, and she and her family found it to be indispensible.  Her family easily stayed connected when travel was necessary for treatment, and they stay connected through CaringBridge with the many families they met experiencing similar illnesses.

If you are like me and savor stories, at this time of year in particular, of an act of kindness sparking ingenuity, read how CaringBridge got its start. And if you or someone you know, need to stay connected during a serious health event, I recommend CaringBridge.