The Beading Hearts Overdose Loss Support Group
Healing Broken Hearts One Bead at a Time
We Are Here to Help
We seek out opportunities for community outreach. Our mission is to offer bereavement support and raising public awareness on the intensity and grief attributed to a drug overdose loss
Support Meetings
Connect with us and make a real difference to the life of those in need. Our support groups meet weekly in-person on Long Island, New York and by online meetings.
Our Mission
We are a bereavement support group that is peer run and professionally supported. We help those to cope with the life-altering effects of the traumatic loss of a loved one to substance use or an overdose death.
You Can Help
Connect with us and make a real difference to the life of those in need.
Your generosity makes our work possible. Whether you contribute financially or as advocate for good.
Our support groups meet weekly in-person on Long Island, New York and by online meetings.
We ARE The Ripple Effect
Current Initiatives & Projects
About Us
Our Programs
We seek out opportunities for community outreach. Our mission is to offer bereavement support and raising public awareness on the intensity and grief attributed to a drug overdose loss.
Get Involved
The Beading Hearts Overdose Loss Support Group meets on a weekly basis at a location on Long Island NY, and we provide online support meetings for members living in other states.
How You Can Help
Getting Involved
Join the Team
Follow the Beading Hearts Overdose Loss Support Group on Facebook to learn more about us and to help.
Become a Volunteer
Offer your skills and time to support the nonprofit’s activities. Whether it’s helping at events, providing administrative support, or using your professional expertise, volunteering is a direct way to make a difference.
Make a Donation
The Beading Hearts Overdose Loss Support Group is a volunteer-operated nonprofit organization. We have no paid staff. We rely on our volunteers and board members to do what it takes to make our group available to all.
These Are The Faces of Our Loved Ones
Say Their Name...
Gary Gadinis
Funny, Loving, Caring, Family First
Gary Gadinis
Nov 8, 1973 – Jan 13, 2019
Sarah Cromarty
Kind-hearted, Funny, Passionate, Lost
Sarah Cromarty
Nov 4, 1980 – Oct 25, 2018
Ryan Bornschein
Sunshine of my life
Ryan Bornschein
Jun 8, 1991 – Sept 4, 2019
Connect with us and make a real difference to the life of those in need. Our support groups meet weekly in-person on Long Island, New York and by online meetings.
Mailing Address
The Beading Hearts Overdose Loss Support Group
P.O. Box 724
Patchogue, NY 11772