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The Good Grief Support Center located in Summit, NJ, is a special place to support children and teens through the grieving process. Good Grief is a safe place to express feelings, and where families are encouraged to mourn their losses in a healthy way.

The range of healing options at Good Grief include peer support groups using art, music, play and drama, physical activities, journaling and talk. 

Important facts about the Center

• Free for all participants
• Open year-round
• Peer support groups, not counseling
• Children and Parent groups meet at the same time

For more information or to register for a support group call or email our Family Coordinator at mfleck@good-grief.org. 

Registration: Families register by attending a family orientation and submitting the Family Orientation Forms. We require every family to attend an orientation before they begin support groups.

Family Orientation: Every Monday and Thursday at 3 and 4:30 PM.  Learn about Good Grief peer support groups, meet the staff and volunteers, and receive registration forms. Please call to schedule a family orientation. 

More Information
Center activities are designed to help children express their loss experience, to share feelings and memories about the person who has died, and to identify ways of coping and growing through their grief.  Parent groups run in conjunction with children's groups.  

The Center is free of charge for all children, teens and their parents.  The initial Peer Support Groups are for children who have lost a parent, sibling or other important person in their life due to death. Support Groups for other types of loss such as divorce will be added in the near future. You may contact us to be on our New Program's waiting list. 

Groups are available for parents and their children ages 3-18, and young adults 18-30. The groups run year round and meet every other week.  Children meet in groups with children their own age.  Parent groups meet separately.  Support Groups are facilitated by trained adult volunteers who attend a 30-hour training. The volunteers are supervised by Good Grief clinical staff.  All children and families must attend an Orientation session prior to participating in the support groups. 

To volunteer or register for a support group call or email our Family Coordinator:

mfleck@good-grief.org

The Bear Makin' Ladies began making teddy bears from the clothing of those who died in the September 11th tragedy. Through their generosity, hundreds of families have been comforted by these teddy bears. Good Grief partners with these volunteers to provide families enrolled in its programs with an opportunity to do something meaningful with the often difficult task of deciding what to do with the clothing of those who have died. Good Grief families may contact the Project Managers, Maureen M. and Mary F., at bears@good-grief.org to schedule a time to drop-off articles of clothing and to learn more about this opportunity.

Sample Teddy Bear