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March 1, 2004 – Thirty employers from across the United States, including the units in the United States Army and Air Force, have been recognized by compassionate friends to show more sensitivity to workers who have suffered the death of a child, a brother, or nephew, board chairman Patrick Malone said. appointed by persons who have contributed directly, these are the employers received the 2004 Compassionate Employer's approval to go above and beyond the normal policies of most companies to help their employees when the death, Aetna Health insurance home
, of a child occurred.

The criteria for the recognition compassionate employer include: โ € ข company policies that reflect a compassionate attitude toward bereaved parents, siblings and grandparents. โ € ข personal support extended by management team toward the bereaved on staff following the death of the child. โ € ข Caring attitudes demonstrated by the entire, Aetna Health insurance home
, workforce of the employer.

โ € ข Flexibility in work assignments and evaluation of job performance during the stress and pain associated personnel with the death of a child. โ € ข All other acts of compassion that bereaved parents and siblings to always remember. Recipients of the 2004 Compassionate Employer's recognition are: Advanced Technology Services, Peoria, IL; Aetna Inc., Hartford, CT, Amherst Woodworking, Northampton, MA; Avera McKennan Health Center (Hospice), Sioux Falls, SD; Cataract Surgery Center, Berkley, MI; Columbus Grove Branch in Putnam County District Library, Ottawa, OH; Cronstrom & Trbovich PC, Scottsdale, AZ; DDI Machine Inc, Spring, TX; Emerson Chevrolet-Pontiac-Buick, Auburn, ME; FANUC America, Inc.

, Hoffman Estates, IL; Financial Advantage, Everett, WA, Harborside Healthcare, Inc. Dayton, OH, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Trauma Dept., Philadelphia, PA; IBM Service Education, Atlanta, GA, James N . Gray Company, Lexington, KY; Pepsico Beverages & Foods, West Region Sales, Pleasanton, CA, Phoenix Life Insurance Co., Hartford, CT, Progress Energy, Raleigh, NC; Realty Mortgage & Investment Co.

, Albuquerque, NM; Sacramento County District Attorney's Office, Sacramento, CA; Tanglewood Resort, Pottsboro, TX, The Chubb Corporation, Warren, NJ, T-Mobile, Columbus, OH, United Community Health Center, Green Valley, AZ, United States Air Force Tanker Airlift Control and Control, Belleville, IL, United States Army, 304th Military Intelligence Battalion, 111th Military Intelligence Brigade, Fort Huachuca, AZ, and Army Training and Doctrine Command, Fort Monroe, VA, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA; Value City, Aetna Health insurance home
, Department Store, Altoona, PA; Willis Knighton Medical Center, Shreveport, LA, and welfare of women and motherhood Center, Madisonville, TN.

This is the fourth year for recognition of employers, with recipients jumping from three the first year, to 30 in this year. Last year there were 45, but that was for an extended period of time to schedule appointments have been renewed parents. โ € œFor most recent bereavement, the pain is not confined to their homes. It goes to their workplaces, their churches and their, Aetna Health insurance home
, communities, โ € said TCF Board President Malone.

โ € œHow those places respond has a big impact on how well and how quickly the grieving parents are able to manage their pain. Employers play an important role in the positive resolution of grief and it is gratifying to see these examples in both the public and private sector to respond with compassion and understanding. โ € The Compassionate, Aetna Health insurance home
, Friends is an international organization to support with nearly 600 chapters in the United States alone.

To contact the Compassionate Friends, which has chapters in all 50 states, call toll free 877-969-0010 or visit the TCF national website at www.compassionatefriends.org. Nomination forms for Compassionate employer recognition are on the website.