Supportive Services and Information - Infants Remembered in Silence - IRIS

218 3rd Avenue NW, Faribault, MN 55021

Eligibility

Primary serves residents who live in, deliver in, or return home to bury a child in Dodge, Goodhue, LeSueur, Rice, Steele, and Waseca counties. Others outside of this service area should call to see how IRIS can help

Hours

- 9 am - 5 pm Monday - Friday - Advocate Program: 24 hours/7 days a week - Support Group: 11 am - 1 pm 2nd Wednesday of each month 7 pm - 8:30 pm 4th Tuesday of each month

(507)334-4748

Voice

https://www.irisremembers.com

[email protected]

Application process

Call; email; visit website; walk in; write

Service area

Dodge County, MN
Goodhue County, MN
Le Sueur County, MN
Rice County, MN
Steele County, MN
Waseca County, MN

Other Information

Program Fees

No Fee

Hours of Operation

Open Saturday or Sunday

Open Weekday Evenings After 5 pm

Application Process

Walk In

Description

Provides help and support with: - Labor and delivery - Creating memories and keepsakes of child - Funeral options and ideas - Lending library - Speakers - Newsletters - Support group meetings - One-on-one support in-person or by phone Kinder Park in Faribault (the IRIS memorial park): - Located at 17th Street and 24th Avenue NW behind the Faribault Golf Club - Memorial planting can be done at this park - Please call for information Common Burial at Maple Lawn Cemetery - Site is for infants who die before the gestational age of 20 weeks at District One Hospital in Faribault and whose parent(s) choose this as their form of burial - Graveside services are held twice a year

Last Assured

05/06/2025

What's Here

Bereaved Parent Support Groups Mortuary Services Speakers/Speakers Bureaus Agency Based Libraries/Resource Centers Specialized Information and Referral Bereaved Parents Cemetery Property Outreach Programs

Providing organization

Infants Remembered in Silence - IRIS

Assists parents, family, friends, and professionals who have experienced the death of a child in early pregnancy, or from stillbirth, neo-natal death, birth defect, sudden infant death (SIDS), sudden unexplained death of a child (SUDC), illness, accidental death, or other types of early infant or childhood death.