National Students of AMF
The mission of National Students of AMF is to support college students grieving the illness or death of a loved one.
Between 22 and 30% of college students have grieved the death of a family member or close friend in the last year and between 35 and 48% of college students have grieved a death in the last two years.
In 2003, just before David Fajgenbaum left his home in Raleigh, NC to attend college at Georgetown University in Washington, DC, his mother Anne Marie was diagnosed with a terminal brain tumor. Anne Marie passed away in 2004, and as a result of a promise he made to her, David formed a peer-support and service group consisting of other grieving students. He called the group Students of AMF, a dual acronym for his mom (Anne Marie Fajgenbaum) and Ailing Mothers and Fathers.
Soon, other students across the country started hearing about the Georgetown Students of AMF model and wanted to do something similar on their campus. By 2006, 14 Students of AMF chapters existed at college campuses throughout the country and, through the efforts of David’s best friend Benjamin Chesson, National Students of AMF Support Network was incorporated as a 501(c)(3)non-profit in April 2006.
Today, Students of AMF chapters are open to all grieving college students and the letters AMF remain a tribute to our inspiration, Anne Marie Fajgenbaum. We have 37 university-recognized Students of AMF chapters, many more in development, and receive student inquiries at the rate of 3-10 per month. Our website, www.studentsofamf.org, receives over 10,000 visitors per month. National Students of AMF also sponsors the annual National College Student Grief Awareness Week and National Conference on College Student Grief.
National Students of AMF
3344 Hillsborough Street ● Suite 260 ● Raleigh NC ● 27607
919.803.6728
All proceeds raised at the Spring Soiree will benefit National Students of AMF. Thank you for taking the time to learn more about us!
