Hospice News July 9, 2024
North Carolina-based Hospice of Davidson County (HODC) will soon unveil a summer grief camp for bereaved children and teens.
Dubbed Camp Comfort, the new grief program launches this Thursday for children in 1st through 5th grade. Additional camp sessions will be held July 25 and July 31 for adolescents and teens in middle school and high school, respectively.
Addressing the unmet bereavement needs of children and their families was a main priority for rolling out the grief camp, according to Cole Warner, director of support services at HODC. The grief camp has been several years in the making, but the pandemic slowed its developmental progress, Warner said. Though the hospice includes children activities and therapies within its scope of bereavement...