Community Grief Awareness Event

A Community Grief Awareness event toprovide grief education and support to the community will be heldSaturday, September 30, 2023, from 10:00 am-1:00 pm at St. Peter andPaul Lutheran Church, 1010 Madeleine Street, Houghton. There will bebreakout sessions for school aged youth and adults. You can registerthrough the link: https://rb.gy/e3wmg,QR code on a flyer or calling 906-482-4438.


Mark Miron will provide a keynote,Grief in Motion by Roberta Rosenberger and Grief 101 will be providedfor all adult participants. Adult participants will then have anopportunity to attend two breakout sessions. Youth will have theirown sessions divided into two groups: K-6^th and 7^th– 12^th grade. Education and activities will focus onidentifying grief, telling their story, adapting to loss, andconnecting with others. Questions and closing remarks will end theevent.


The event is sponsored by: Aspirus AtHome – Home Care and Hospice, Baraga County Home Care and Hospice,Community Coalition on Grief and Bereavement, Copper CountryCommunity Mental Health, Copper Country Intermediate School District,Copper Shores Community Foundation, Houghton Keweenaw CommunitiesThat Care, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community Health Systems, MichiganState University Extension, Gogebic Ontonagon Intermediate SchoolDistrict, Omega House, and UP Health System Home Care and HospicePortage. The event is funded by Copper Shores Community Foundation,Omega House, and Superior Health Foundation.