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.
“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 who’s message is “Living on Purpose” and love is his method. CEU’s Available, $20 adult, $10 for students, Register online at www.mhinde.org/nCMHC.asp
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
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 Air Force Base. In recent news, that during the partial government shutdown, Fisher House Foundation has offered to cover the $100,000 payments that the government typically pays out to families within three days of a soldier’s death. For more information or to reserve your tickets, visit www.schwartzcenter.com, call the Schwartz Center Box Office at 302-678-5152, or email Kim@schwartzcenter.com
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 Effects, was published in 2013from Broadkill Press as part of their Key Poetry Series. Nina’s poem “Deja Vu” took third place in the Out & About magazine poetry contest, and her poem “They Do” was nominated for 2012 Best of the Net. Her articles and poetry have appeared in numerous print and online journals and anthologies. Nina is a contributing author to the Open to Hope Foundation, and a Co-Chair of the Delaware Grief Awareness Consortium. Proceeds from Nina’s book, Forgotten Tears, are donated to agencies dedicated to supporting bereaved families. Free and open to the public.
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.
Location: Bear Public Library, 101 Governor’s Place, Bear, De 19701
For more information please contact: Nina Bennett at nbennett@christianacare.org
| 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 noon |
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 seeking healing from loss and grief. Highly interactive.
Location: Empowered Yoga Meditation Center, 2000 Pennsylvania Ave., Suite 208,
Wilmington, DE 19806
Contact Bootsie Huff at (302) 650-2460
maryhuff@therapeutic-consulting.com
www.therapeutic-consulting.com
| 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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| 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 will speak on “How to approach the bereaved”. There will be a special focus to honor those families served by Joy-Hope Foundation as well. Free and open to the public. |
