Sentara Dwelling Well being and Hospice Camp Lighthouse to assist youngsters take care of grief

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) – Grief might be troublesome to navigate, particularly for youngsters. Sentara Dwelling Well being and Hospice is hoping to assist by bringing their Camp Lighthouse to Harrisonburg. It is a chance for youngsters, who’re experiencing the lack of a beloved one, to obtain assist from educated professionals.

“We actually felt in a distant space like Harrisonburg the place there isn’t something like this provide and there may be much less availability for grief counseling and the counseling lists are very lengthy on this space even to get youngsters in to see somebody. We felt that this can be a actually nice alternative for them to have some kind of reduction of what they’ve suffered via right here within the Valley,” Chrissie Taylor with Sentara stated.

Faculty aged youngsters from 5-17 years previous are inspired to take part. There will likely be video games, crafts music remedy, small discussions and way more.

“The main target is on the expertise of the kid and the main target helps the one who is the caregiver, the one who is left with them to maintain them after the loss,” Taylor defined. “To assist them however with higher strategies and methods to assist a grieving youngster.”

Dad and mom, guardians and members of the family are ready keep through the day. The camp is out there to youngsters locally for free of charge.

“There will likely be volunteers from the group as effectively. They are going to all need to undergo a coaching to grow to be a Lighthouse keeper to be part of this system,” Taylor added. “We now have additionally invited and are going to proceed to ask, a number of organizations who wish to volunteer their time for this date. Only for arrange, break down, monitoring youngsters the place they must be, what they should do as a result of we hope for a big turnout.”

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