VIRTUAL Family Nights
Grief Support for the Whole Family
The pandemic has effected our community in so many profound ways making family grief support more important than ever. Our virtual Family Nights, offered free of charge, bring grieving families together online ahead of holidays and other special days to promote sharing and communication.
CaringMatters Family Night workshops help families learn coping tools, plan for handling celebrations, and mark the absence of their loved one(s). Art activities, facilitated by trained volunteers, encourage parents and children to create something together as a way to continue conversations about their loved ones and to help keep their memories alive.
Please contact
Gilly Cannon at gillyc@caringmatters.org or 301-990-8904
to learn more or to register.
Por favor contactar
Mabilia Rastello at mabiliar@caringmatters.org o 717-800-1631
para obtener más información o registrarse.
For the virtual Family Nights, families will need a space where they can do an art project together, as well as a device, preferably a tablet or computer, to access Zoom. CaringMatters will deliver all necessary art project materials a few days prior to the online workshop.
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The workshops help families:
• Express their grief and remember their loved one who died
• Honor their loved one while bringing their family closer together
• Learn coping strategies for handling holidays and special days
Each workshop is designed to be independent of the others, so that families can come to one or more as they choose. Appropriate for families with children ages 5-18. Space is limited. Registration is required for each session.
Upcoming Family Nights will be held online
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. on Thursdays on the following dates, except for the first session, which will be on a MONDAY:
Fall Holidays & Special Days, Monday, October 28, 2024
(registration deadline: Wednesday, October 16, 2024)
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Winter Holidays & Special Days, Thursday, November 21, 2024
(registration deadline: Wednesday, November 13, 2024)
Valentine's Day & Special Days, Thursday, February 6, 2025
(registration deadline: Wednesday, January 29, 2025)
Spring Holidays & Special Days, Thursday, March 27, 2025
(registration deadline: Wednesday, March 19, 2025)
Pre-Mother's Day/Father's Day & Special Days, Thursday, May 8, 2025
(registration deadline: Wednesday, April 30, 2025)
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Download the Family Nights Flyer
Feedback from Familiy Night Participants:
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“It was such a life-giving and kind environment to share our grief, remember our loved ones, allow us to connect together as a family around loved one we lost, and to come together as a community.”
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“Family Nights is such a wonderful program and gives a way to talk about and express grief. It can be difficult to initiate these types of discussion with family, so this is a helpful way to get the dialogue going.”
Family Night Art Projects
Thank you to our Family Nights sponsor,
The Newburger-Schwartz Family Foundation.