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Attendees at the Annual picnic held on the Saturday following Thanksgiving. It is held at the Crime Victims Oak Garden among the trees planted in memory of loved ones in the Gazeebo donated by the San Felipe Humanitarian Alliance.
Family members may not quietly and peacefully accept what has happened...Family members have no choice--they must cooperate with the media, the police and sometimes the courts.
E.K. Rynearson, MD
Virginia Mason Medial Center
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Logo Story
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This photo is one of several taken by
our founder, Connie Saindon. She was struck by the wound in
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The heart logo comes from graphic designer, Lisa Hoffackers’ rendition of an actual photo of a cactus that was taken by Executive Director, Connie Saindon, near the Anza Borrego Visitors Center in Southern California, just days before the first group was conducted in September 1998. It seemed fitting that this cactus shaped like a heart had an actual hole in it symbolizing the broken heart that results when a loved one dies in an unnatural way. The shadow projected by the cactus is complete, inspiring us to know that there is healing beneath the pain. In keeping with the symbol, the broken heart sat among many other heart shaped cactus’, showing how this website and our projects’ hope is to help to re-build connections with others and let survivors know that they are not alone.
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