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Good Grief Jersey City

Good Grief Offers Free Programs to Jersey City’s Grieving Families

Melissa Parrish Press

Jersey City, NJ- Good Grief’s In Community program is now enrolling families and volunteers in our Jersey City location. In Community is a free, easily accessible peer support program for grieving children and families. Isolation and loneliness are some of the most frequently experienced effects of grief and loss, but …

Sam’s Story

Melissa Parrish Testimonials

When the doctors let my father know he had a week left to live, he was paralyzed in disbelief. He was not afraid to die; he was afraid to leave me. His unrelenting faith and strength was all for me. All the pain, sickness, sadness, and loneliness he endured was …

GOOD GRIEF’S GALA RAISES $385,000 FOR GRIEVING FAMILIES

GOOD GRIEF’S GALA RAISES $385,000 FOR GRIEVING FAMILIES

Melissa Parrish Press

(Florham Park, NJ) – “When I was 7-years-old my dad died from a terrible disease called cancer. When my brother and I got the news that our dad died, my whole life was turned upside down. Everything started to go downhill for me, and fast.” 14-year-old emcee, Bella, shared with …

Grief Expressions Summer Camp Group

Grief Expressions Summer Camp Keeps 13-Year-Old Boy’s Memory Alive

Melissa Parrish Press

(Morristown, New Jersey) – After 5 days of camp, friends and family joined 50 campers for their grand finale performance for Grief Expressions Summer Camp. Grief Expressions Summer Camp brings together 1st- 8th graders from throughout New Jersey who have experienced the death of someone important in their life. Isolation …

Good Grief Helps Grieving Families in Jersey City

Good Grief Helps Grieving Families in Jersey City

Melissa Parrish Press

At the beginning of each night at Good Grief’s In Community program, grieving children and adults participate in an “opening circle” ritual. As they pass around the “Talking Stick,” they say their name, and who died. It is incredibly powerful to look around the room and to see kids as …

Good Grief Gives the Jones Family Hope

Good Grief Gives the Jones Family Hope

Melissa Parrish Press

Jersey City, NJ- Gerard Richardson died suddenly in 2016, leaving his wife of 20 years, Tracy, and their two daughters, Tiana and Ayana alone. “Gerard was a very loved by our community, an awesome father, and my dearest friend. His death was very hard for our family,” Tracy reflected. Due …

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