FOUNDATION FOR GRIEVING CHILDREN INC
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Mission Statement
The Foundation for Grieving Children is the first national charity of its kind whose mission is to raise funds and provide grants to non-profit organizations and programs which assist, educate, counsel and comfort children, teens and families after a loved one's death. We also assist families in locating local services and advocate on their behalf, raise society's awareness of the needs of grieving children, help educate bereavement, healthcare, social service, education, criminal justice, business and other professionals to the needs of the bereaved and promote the conferences, seminars and other work of these organizations. You are also welcome to visit us at www.FoundationforGrievingChildren.org to download our free book "How To Help A Grieving Child". **To all those who have donated here, many of whom have wished to remain anonymous, we want to thank you for your kind gifts. We may not know your exact name...but please know we honor you for your love and concern for grieving children.
About This Cause
We believe grieving well is something that few of us know how to do. Little is taught in our schools from elementary to college, yet every one of us will need these skills at some time in our lives. It is the youngest in our society who struggle to better understand the grieving process, yet limited support services and resources are available to them in our country and abroad. Through your generous support, we hope to change this fact. We are blessed in our society to have many national organizations serving the needs of the chronically ill or dying, yet the Foundation for Grieving Children is the first national organization and public charity which specifically provides grants to organizations which meet the needs of children, teens, young adults and their families after a loved one’s death through illness, accident, sudden death or violence. Why We Built This Organization Most community-based organizations which assist the bereaved perform incredible work. Our Founder saw very clearly, over many years, that the one obstacle in developing, sustaining and expanding these services was funding. We are in awe at the outstanding way in which these organizations have utilized the few financial resources they acquire. We realize bereavement is not the most chosen or common charity. It can be a scary and uncomfortable thing to address. With over 2.5 million U.S. families experiencing the death of a significant person each year — and at least five children affected in some way — approximately 12,500,000 children are left trying to cope with their own personal bereavement every year. Whether a parent, sibling, grandparent, aunt, uncle, cousin, friend, neighbor, classmate, teammate, etc., a child, teen or young adult is bereft, just as an adult. They struggle with their grief, too. Consequently, there are so many families in our country and abroad who have had severe death losses, and we reach out to them and their circle of friends to help us raise funds for the children's needs. These individuals know how important it was to find help for themselves and to gain emotional stability for their families, and they want to give back to those who come after them. Other times we get gifts from friends, neighbors, business colleagues in memory of those who have died or were killed, because they saw first hand what a difficult time the family had in the recovery process. Whether you have personally experienced such tragedy or know someone who has, we welcome you to plant a financial seed in the Foundation for Grieving Children to honor them and their loved one. Why We Do What We Do Families can encounter physical, emotional, psychological, spiritual, financial and geographic upheaval after a loved one's death. Children need nurturing, attention, love and stability during the grieving process, but unfortunately, often their parents and other family members are dealing with their own grief and cannot always be emotionally present for their young ones. When support services for the bereaved are present in the community, families can gain strength by learning to grieve well together. But some children who do not have the love, nurturing and attention they need after a loved one’s death, will seek to find comfort in wrong places. Our youngest children, who do not have the language skills to express their anger and frustration, may become introverted, depressed, act out, start fights, refuse to leave the presence of a surviving parent, or struggle to attend classes and complete schoolwork. For teens and young adults, addictions to alcohol, drugs, promiscuous sex leading to untimely and sometimes unwanted pregnancies, criminal behavior including gang violence, self-mutilation, and dropping out of school, are just some of the after affects of neglected grief. Frequently, these young survivors run households, pay bills, comfort one or both parents, and often put their own grief on hold while the parent or parents are grieving. Then, some time later, when the parents are feeling stronger, the roles reverse and the teen will begin to experience their own personal grief. But peers, teachers and even their own family are now asking "shouldn't you be over this by now?" If you speak with an adult who experienced the death of a parent, sibling or someone with whom they had a significant connection as a child, they will tell you how devastated they were and how it changed their life. Studies have shown that when grief is unaddressed or intentionally suppressed because of cultural or religious reasons, these hurts are carried into adulthood only to arise in depression, poor relationships, self-esteem problems, or some form of unconstructive behavior. Adults who have unresolved childhood grief spend entire lives self-medicating with legal and illegal drugs, alcohol, shopping sprees, food, pornography, promiscuous sex, building unhealthy relationships, sometimes including physical and emotional abuse, all in an effort to comfort their pain and fill a deep void in their lives. They have often never been given permission to grieve. We cannot change the death/s individuals have experienced, but we can make a difference by providing an opportunity for our bereaved young ones to be with other bereaved children, teens and young adults, as well as trained grief counselors who truly understand their pain. We can provide funding to organizations which specialize in helping children and families who are grieving a loved one's death. And, consequently, we will help reduce the rate of alcohol, drug and sexual addictions, school drop-out rates, delinquency, criminal behavior, depressions, unwanted children, bullying, and even suicides. What Makes Us Effective To achieve these goals, we continue to build close relationships with local, community-based bereavement organizations. Developing this powerful network of grief specialists allows for effective communication and strategic planning leading to funds being supplied quickly and efficiently when crises hit a particular geographic region. Consequently, our expertise and networking capabilities give us an edge in helping where it is most needed. On occasion, we are asked, “Why give on a national basis versus to a local community-based organization?” First of all, we encourage donation in any manner you feel comfortable. But we have found, with our extensive knowledge of the highly successful organizations in this field, we are uniquely qualified to join your financial gift with many others, thus providing an effective organization with a much larger gift. If you know that bereavement is the area you would like to share your financial resources in, yet unsure who is effective, then giving to the Foundation for Grieving Children is a wise investment. We vow to be good stewards of your gift.