- The Compassionate Friends The Columbia County Chapter, Georgia WE NEED NOT WALK ALONE. WE ARE THE COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS! The Compassionate Friends The Compassionate Friends is an international self-help, mutual-support organization for bereaved parents, grandparents, and siblings of children who have died from any cause and at any age. Mission Statement: The mission of The Compassionate Friends ...www.thecompassionatefriend.org