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The Many Shades of Grief
Wilmington University Open to invited mental health students and professionals only. 9am-12pm Family Support Workshop for students and their clinical advisors. CEU’S will be available. Speakers include DEGAC members Chris Cannon, Nina Bennett, Don Lipstein, Stephanie Traynor, and Stephanie Hamilton.
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12th Annual Community Mental Health Conference
“Journey Toward Health and Wholeness: Mind, Body, and Spirit” Doubletree Hotel 700 King St., Wilmington, DE 19801 8:00am – 4:00pm Keynote Speaker Ihsan Hines is the founder of the suicide awareness organization, My Brother’s Keeper and is a motivational speaker … Continue reading
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Healing Pathways Bereavement Group
Six week bereavement support group for children ages 5-18 begins Wednesday October 9th at 6:30pm – 8:00pm. Please register 302-235-5544. Location: Supporting Kidds, 1213 Old Lancaster Pike, Hockessin, De
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Concert! U.S. Army Field Band & the Jazz Ambassadors
Schwartz Center for the Arts 226 S State St., Dover, DE 19901 7:00 pm. Tickets for this event are free, but need to be reserved in advance. This concert will benefit Fisher House and “Families of the Fallen” at Dover … Continue reading
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Poetry of Loss Event
Nina Bennett, published author and Co-Chair of the Delaware Grief Awareness Consortium Steering Committee, will facilitate a discussion about the value of writing as part of the grief journey. Members of the TransCanal Writers will share their poetry of loss. … Continue reading
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Poetry of Loss
Bear Public Library 101 Governors Pl., Bear, DE 19701 2:00pm-4:00pm Nina Bennett, author, and other writers will share their poems of loss. Bennett is a healthcare professional with a subspecialty in bereavement issues and secondary traumatic stress. Her chapbook, Sound … Continue reading
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Riverview Cemetery
Riverview Cemetery is the final resting place of over 900 Veterans. To honor these veterans, volunteers are needed to help raise sunken grave markers. For information contact drleeanderson@aol.com or visit www.riverviewcem.com. 3300 N. Market Street Wilmington, DE 19802 9:00am to … Continue reading
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Healing from Loss & Grief
Open to people experienced with or new to meditation; with plenty of time for discussion of personal experiences and stories of love, loss and grief. Discuss how meditation can guide us through the grief process, and practice techniques and guided meditation for people … Continue reading
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Grief, Loss and the Holidays
NAMI Delaware (National Alliance on Mental Illness)2400 W. 4th St., Wilmington, De Need to pre-register by calling 302-427-0787 x 114 or email Courtney Riches criches@namide.org
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A Service of Remembrance & Hope
Brandywine Valley Baptist Church 7 Mt Lebanon Rd, Wilmington, DE 7:30pm-8:30pm A faith based service to remember lost loved ones. There will be music, a time prayer and Remembrance. Amy Benton, the co-founder and Vice President of the Joy-Hope Foundation … Continue reading
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