Welcome to The GriefCare Place Where Hope & Healing Live
Our programs are supported in part by a grant from The Hudson Community Foundation and The Ridgecliff Foundation
Our programs are supported in part by a grant from The Hudson Community Foundation and The Ridgecliff Foundation
The GriefCare Place opened its doors in June of 1997. It offers a SAFE PLACE where those grieving the death of a loved one can find support, education, understanding, and a caring place to heal. The center serves individuals of all ages, offers a home-like atmosphere and is a non-denominational faith based organization where those of strong faith or those of none can come comfortably.
The GriefCare Place educates participants about grief and provides caring volunteers who walk alongside and companion them during the grieving/healing process.
The GriefCare Place charges no fees and is funded entirely by fundraising events, donations, and memorial gifts. Since it is a charitable, non-profit organization, all donations are tax deductible under IRS section 501(c)(3). Financial support is a continuous need, greatly appreciated, and is responsibly spent.
"Make no mistake, we do not meet just to cry our own tears and tell the story of pain.
We come together to learn how to bring new meaning and life rom the ashes of our lives and to help others do the same and not just the inferior crippled life that you might expect, considering the trauma from which we are recovering,
but good life - filled with deeper meaning and greater ability to love - precisely because of the pain that has been transformed."
Author Unknown
Inland Empire, CA
The Compassionate Friends
1. Holidays after a loss are always hard. Go easy on yourself.
2. It might be a hard day, but you have survived hard days.
You will survive today.
3. You have permission to change your mind about plans,
take breaks, leave early, and prioritize taking care of yourself.
4. You are not responsible to meet anyone else's holiday wants at the expense of your own. You might disappoint people, but people will survive disappointment.
5. Guilt about enjoying the holidays sometimes comes up in grief. If it does remember:
Your connection to your loved one does not live in your pain. It lives in your love for them, your memories, and the way they live on in your life!
Your grief and your love for the person you've lost will always live fully and deeply alongside your joy.
MEETING SCHEDULE
Until Healing Comes
1st and 3rd Tuesdays
Other Adult Losses
2nd Wednesday
After Suicide
Temporarily Suspended
Widowed Men
2nd and 4th Mondays
Bereaved Parents
1st and 3rd Mondays
Widowed Women
3rd Wednesday
1:00 and 7:00 pm
Finding Our Footing
4th Tuesday
All group meetings begin at 7:00 pm
There is no pre-registration
or cost to our attendees
The GriefCare Place
4499 Darrow Road
Stow, OH 44224
Questions: 330.686.1750 or
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Mon-Thu: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
Closed Friday
Closed Saturday
Closed Sunday