.jpg)
Events
Join Us For Our Special Grieving Children and Families Month Events
Author Event
Stories are an amazing way to engage children and teens with difficult topics as they work towards healing and new coping skills. Join us for this hands-on event to find new connections! No registration needed for the Power of Story event (and come home with a free book!).
.png)
Memory Meal
Designed for families with children and young adults with loss, this free Memory Meal will be hosted at UK Extension in Lexington. Families may bring a side dish or dessert that remind them of the person who has died, and Extension will create a memory cookbook for families attending to help us connect and remember together. Sign up here for Sunday, November 23, 5:30-7:30 pm
.png)
Free Children's Museum Event
The KCGCF is excited to partner with the Lexington Children's Museum to offer a free day of play to families with loss in observance of Grieving Children and Families Month. Join us from 11 am - 1 pm on Sunday, Nov. 16 for a pizza lunch, memory activity, and family entrance to the Lexington Children's Museum! Learn more and sign up here.
Supporting Grieving Children
For Caregivers (Online):
Raising a child or teen who is grieving can feel strange and confusing. There are new behaviors, fears, challenges, and responses. On Friday, Nov. 21 from 1-2 pm (EST), the TAG Center is presenting on online session to help caregivers understand and support grief and loss reactions. Register here!
For Families (In Person):
Join us on Thursday, Nov. 20, 5:50-7:30 pm for a meal and a family activity to honor Children's Grief Awareness Day. Dinner and childcare for little ones provided. Call to register: 859-277-2700
Be A Morning Light Sponsor
The KCGCF will host a breakfast on Children's Grief Awareness Day, Thursday, Nov. 20. Together, we can improve the experiences and outcomes of our grieving children. Support this important event!
Register for Virtual Teen-Led Grief Support Groups
Registration for our Peer Healing group is now open! Peer Healing is a teen-led grief support group for teens 13-18 that meets once a week on Wednesday nights for 8 weeks. Games, conversation, and connection will help teens who have experienced a death loss find a healing space and skills that will help them as they navigate their new normal. Learn more about our Peer Healing groups here.
.png)
.png)
News
Partnership with UK Departments Hosts Peer Grief Support on Campus
The KCGCF is continuing its partnership with UK's Department of Community and Leadership Development and the Center for Support and Intervention to with a program aimed at creating peer support mechanisms for students with loss on UK's campus. The project, led by Dr. Nicole Breazeale and Stephanie Love from UK, launched in September 2024 and has enrolled a record number of participants in the fall 2025 semester.
KCGCF Advocates in Frankfort For More Supports for Grieving Children and Teens
The KCGCF was honored to be able to present testimony to the Kentucky House Interim Joint Committee on Families and Children. KCGCF staff, FCPS staff, and a bereaved teen all presented on the impacts of death loss for children and teens and gave a call to action to build more supports statewide. Watch the testimony here. We were also glad to have WKYT cover the testimony and create their own news piece here.
