CENTER FOR HOPE

HOW YOU CAN HELP US

The Center for H.O.P.E. at Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center was created to provide a place of healing and hope where children, adolescents and their families can come together in their journey of grief.

The Center for H.O.P.E. offers programs intended to meet the needs of the entire family through developmentally age-appropriate groups and short-term individual counseling. Children between the ages of 4 and 18 have an opportunity to participate in ongoing support groups with their peers where they can share their grief and sorrow. While these children meet in their groups, their parents/caretakers also come together to share their own feelings of pain and loss and learn how they can empower themselves as well as their children. We also offer an annual camp, usually held in September. In addition, we offer an eight week program to parents who are struggling to cope after the devastating loss of a child.

All of these services are provided free of charge, so that grieving children/teens and their families can benefit from this valuable program.

Our ability to continue to offer the bereavement groups as well as our annual camp are dependent upon support from foundations, companies as well as individuals and families.

Please contact us if you have any interest in:

Volunteer opportunities including:
-Office assistance including database management, mailings etc.
-Newsletter production
-Grant writing

School partnerships for fundraising including:
-Sponsoring programs such as Penny Harvests, Bake Sales
-Collecting needed supplies

How to give a special gift:

Please click on the Gift Form button, then click on the Print Form button to print, then fill out the gift form and return it with your check made payable to The Center for HOPE.

To make an online donation please click the Online Button. Please indicate the donations is for the Center for HOPE in the comments section.

When we receive your gift, a card will be sent to the person(s) or family named. The occasion, the person(s) honored, and, if you wish, your message will appear on your card. The amount of your gift will not be made known.

Your cancelled check will serve as a receipt for contribution under $250. All gifts are tax-deductible according to law.