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    Comfort Zone Camp

    Nation’s largest bereavement camp, free to kids 7-17, and young adults 19-23.

    To be added to our resources list, contact:
    HelloGrief@comfortzonecamp.org

    National Resources:

    National Alliance for Grieving Children (NAGC)
    Promotes awareness of the needs of children and teens grieving a death and provides education and resources for anyone who wants to support them.

    Compassionate Friends
    Assists families toward the positive resolution of grief following the death of a child of any age, and to provide information to help others be supportive.

    • Michigan

    Ele’s Place; Ann Arbor & Lansing
    www.elesplace.org
    Weekly peer support group programs for children and their parents or guardians who are coping with the death or life-threatening illness of a parent, sibling, or other close family member or friend.

    SandCastles Grief Support Program/ Camp Erin; Detroit
    www.HenryFord.com/SandCastles
    SandCastles is a grief support program for children from ages 3-18 and their families, meeting twice a month in Clinton Township, Detroit, Downriver, Livonia, Rochester, St. Clair Shores, Southfield and West Bloomfield.  Camp Erin Detroit is a bereavement camp for children and teens who have experienced the death of someone close to them.

    Open Arms: A Grieving Children’s Program; Detroit
    www.stjohn.org/openarms
    Weekly support groups for illness, accident, and suicide. Meal and transportation available for children and their parents. Camp “Good Grief,” a five-week day camp for children ages 7-14, is available.

    Journeys; Kalamazoo
    www.hospiceswmi.org/journeys
    Youth grief and loss counseling program for children and teens from the Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan.

    New Hope for KIDZ and TEENS; Northville
    www.newhopecenter.net
    A Christian-based bereavement center that provides support groups, seminars, and individual counseling for children, teens, and adults.

    Camp Live, Laugh, Love; Oscoda
    www.camplivelaugh.org
    A weekend summer camp for grieving children ages 8-13.  Free to any child in the state of Michigan, with a focus on children from Central Michigan and northward.

    Lory’s Place; Saint Joseph
    www.lorysplace.org
    Grief groups for children and teens of all ages.