The Warm Place - Grief Support Center for Children

10

Apr

WARM Way Newsletter- Spring 2014

Check out our annual WARM Way newsletter, featuring an essay by one of our WARM Place teens and a special cover story highlighting our 25th Anniversary! If you didn’t receive your newsletter in the mail make... More
7

Feb

How to Talk to Children About Death

When a child experiences the death of someone they love, they will have many questions. Depending on their age level, they will have varying capacities of understanding the 5 major concepts of death.... More
13

Jan

Heart Pillows

At the start of every group session at The WARM Place, the children sit in a circle on the floor with the facilitators and pass around a heart-shaped pillow. On their turn, they... More
20

Oct

Walk 2 Remember Them

The WARM Place’s board President, Katherine Giuliani, and her daughter, Parks Blackwell, founded and funded this family fun run/walk in memory of Park’s father, John Blackwell. It was a 1 mile trip around... More

Grief is very isolating. The children come to The WARM Place feeling they are the only ones who have experienced a loss.

They meet with other children who have had a similar loss and are able to share their stories in a nurturing environment.

The more they verbalize their feelings and hear other children’s stories, it helps them process the loss not only in their heads but also in their hearts, and that is how the healing begins.

Shirley Bowen
Executive Director