Center for Grieving Children

The Center for Grieving Children is a safe place where grieving children, teens and families in the Fox Valley area receive compassionate peer support, education, opportunities to remember and commemorate their loved one, and the chance to express their experiences and feelings in an accepting environment. The Center facilitates healing, removes isolation and builds a sense of hope.

Program Structure

The Center conducts evening programs once or twice each month. These gatherings begin with a shared meal and participants then break up into age groups with adults having their own group as well. (Parental or other adult involvement is generally required.) A trained volunteer facilitator leads group members through a variety of activities that may include time for talking and sharing memories, using arts and crafts, journaling or playing games. Participants are welcome to come as frequently and for as long as they need.

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