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Newly Bereaved Workshop Series
Growing through Grief
Coffee Hours
Journaling Workshop
Pet Loss Workshop

The Circle of Hope (COH) is a community outreach grief and loss program in Niagara Hospice, Inc. serving adults and children of Niagara County. Services are available to individuals suffering a loss through death.

The goal of the Circle of Hope is to help those who mourn to adapt to their losses in a healthy manner and develop long-term coping skills. Circle of Hope counselors recognize that grief is a normal, healthy response to loss.

The unique needs of the grieving can be addressed through counseling services, appropriate information and the warmth of a supportive presence during a very difficult time.

Circle of Hope offers:

• Individual and family grief counseling
• Community and staff education and training
• Support groups for adults and children
• Information and referral services
• Crisis intervention for schools, organizations and businesses
• Critical incident stress debriefing
• Resource materials

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Because children of all ages experience grief differently from adults, the Circle of Hope provides grief counseling services specifically for children, either individually or with their families.

In addition to scheduled outreach programs, professional staff are increasingly involved with crisis interventions, particularly in instances of a sudden or traumatic death. Counselors from Circle of Hope routinely assist school personnel when the school community is rocked by a suicide or other traumatic death. It is not unusual for private employers to contact Circle of Hope when a death of an employee deeply effects the organization.

As requests for assistance from the Circle of Hope dramatically increase and Niagara Hospice confronts the challenge of supporting a growing, successful and popular social service program, financial support is increasingly important. In an effort to keep fees for service to a minimum, Niagara Hospice accepts donations on behalf of the Circle of Hope.

Tax deductible contributions may be sent to:
Circle of Hope
c/o Niagara Hospice, Inc.
4675 Sunset Drive
Lockport, NY 14094

For more information or to make a referral to Circle of Hope, please call:
(716) 280-0777

There are several resources availabe to help cope with the loss of a loved one. Our staff has recommended the following that may be of use to you:

Breaking the Silence: A guide to Helping Children with Complicated Grief-Suicide, Homicide, Aids, Violence, and Abuse - Linda Goldman
Life and Loss: A Guide to Help Grieving Children - Linda Goldman
Final Gifts - Maggie Callanan
The Suicide of my Son - Trudy Carlson
Living with Grief when Illness is Prolonged - Kenneth Doka
Living with a Life Threatening Illness - Kenneth Doka
Children Mourning, Mourning Children - Kenneth Doka
When a Friend Dies - Marilyn Gootman
Parental Loss of a Child - Therese Rando
Helping Bereaved Children - Nancy Webb
Helping Children Cope with Grief - Alan Wolfelt
On Children and Death - Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
How Will I Get Through the Holidays? - James Miller
The Power to Prevent Suicide - Richard Nelson
Until We Meet Again - Susan Jones

Advance Care Planning
(For Independent Health members)
The Advance Care Planning service is offered in Niagara County by the Circle of Hope.

What is Advance Care Planning?