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About Willow Center for Grieving Children

Willow Center for Grieving Children provides support to children, teens, young adults and their families who are grieving the death of a loved one. The preventive program provides group support coordinated by mental health professionals and trained volunteers to promote the expression of grief and loss; the understanding of death, loss and the process of grief; and decrease feelings of isolation associated with grief. Willow Center is the only organization between Boise and Spokane that is dedicated to serving the needs of grieving children, teens and their families in a free of charge, on-going open ended, support group format. Our support group programs are based on the premise of providing a safe place for kids, teens and their caregivers to share their experience of grief in a positive, supportive environment. Children are with other kids their age that have experienced a death, interacting together in activities that support expression of feelings and emotions that increase their understanding of death, loss and the process of grief, and decrease feelings of isolation associated with grief, increasing their social, emotional and academic development. This is a family focused program with the belief that to truly assist the children and teens in their process of grief, we need to engage the family/caregivers in a supportive way to build healthier coping, communication and connections for the whole family. We also run Camp Erin, a a weekend, overnight camp, for kids ages 6 -17, who have experienced the death of someone close to them. It is a weekend-long experience filled with traditional, fun, camp activities combined with grief education and emotional support - facilitated by grief professionals and trained volunteers from the Willow Center and the community.

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