Grief Support for Parents

Grief Support for Parents

Fox Valley Volunteer Hospice is offering Cherished Children, a support group for parents whose child has died, from May 15 to June 26, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the FVVH offices, 200 Whitfield Drive in Geneva. Registration is due by May 9. The group helps parents cope with the sorrow and emptiness in their hearts.  Cherished Children provides a safe place where parents who are left to deal with an unimaginable depth of emotions can cry, question, remember, and find ways to hold on to cherished memories.  An intake interview is required prior to registration.  There is no charge, but a refundable deposit.  To register, call Carol Ann Richeson at (630) 232-2233, ext. 224.  Spanish interpretation is available.

Fox Valley Volunteer Hospice, a nonprofit organization offering support for those with life-threatening illnesses and the bereaved.  In addition to adult and children’s grief support groups, Fox Valley Volunteer Hospice offers support for those with life-threatening illnesses, medical equipment loans, community education on end-of-life care and grief, and a community lending library. All services are provided free of charge.  The agency supports all of Kane and Kendall counties, and parts of DuPage, Cook and McHenry counties.  For more information, see www.fvvh.org.