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Events
Join Us for Our Back To School and Support Group Ice Cream Social
Mark your calendars for Thursday, August 20, 6:00-7:30 pm for the KCGCF Ice Cream Social! This event is designed to welcome previous support group families back to group and to introduce new families to our services, staff, and volunteers. We'll have activities and games for children 3-18. Parents/caregivers can meet each other, learn more about the program, and ask questions of our staff. RSVP for this free event!
Purchase Your Tickets Now for "When Grief Strikes"
Join us for the third annual KCGCF "When Grief Strikes" bowling event at Southland Lanes in Lexington on Sunday, September 20, 1:00-4:00 pm. It's a fun and relaxed afternoon of bowling and pizza, hands-on activities for little ones, and a chance for KCGCF program families and supporters to connect, have fun, and make new memories.
Can't Get To A Local In-Person Grief Support Group?
Camp Erin Online through the Eluna Network offers a hands-on, interactive monthly family grief support group for children ages 6 and up and their adult caregivers. This free online experience offers connection and support to those who may be in rural areas or for those families where online participation is the best option. Register here.
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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.
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Become a Sponsor for the Morning Light Breakfast
Plan to join us on Thursday, Nov. 19 from 7:30-9:30 am at Lexington's Signature Club to mark Children's Grief Awareness Day and the observance of Grieving Children and Families Month for Kentucky. This second annual leadership breakfast will feature the stories of children and families who have grown resilience through loss, spotlight the staff and volunteers who lift up and care for our grieving children, and explore the power and impact of prevention-oriented child and family level grief support.
Individuals can purchase tickets and sponsors can explore partnership opportunities here!
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News
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.
