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Identity Crisis
By Rachel Ezzo During my time as a staff member at Kate’s Club I have talked about and written much about grief. I have shared my stories about grieving my aunt, my sister, and even my dog. I have lead presentations with children about grieving and how to support a grieving friend. I have shared…
Read MoreNational Suicide Prevention Week
By: Lane Pease, Program Director September 8th – 14th is National Suicide Prevention week. At Kate’s Club, we regularly work with families who have lost a family member to suicide. The families come with the normal feelings of grief, but also experiencing intense feelings of guilt, anger, and shame. Recently, my own community lost several…
Read MoreBeyond The Lens: Photography as Therapy
Our mission at Kate’s Club is to empower children and teens facing life after the death of a parent or sibling. One of the ways that we empower our kids is by giving them different means to express themselves and to work through the emotions they are feeling. This past March our teens took party…
Read MoreSharing Memories with the Next Generation
My sister was smart. Mom said she wanted to be cremated and scattered on a dune in coastal North Carolina. We scattered most of her there and of course the sand dune is now part of the Atlantic Ocean. My sister arranged for a bit of the cremains to be buried in Alabama where Mom’s…
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