As we celebrate Thanksgiving and the upcoming Holiday Season, we at The Healing
Center reflect on 2009 and all of our blessings. We are thankful for so much – our
wonderful volunteers, community partners, and dedicated staff that make The Healing
Center such a special place.
We are especially thankful to our supporters and donors whose generosity continues
to inspire us. Your donations enable The Healing Center to provide most of our services
free of charge and never turn away any child, teen, adult, or family. While we are
so thankful for the success of our 2009 foundation, corporate and special event
support, it is individual donations that we rely on most to provide our critical
and often life-saving services.
If you have already contributed to our Annual Appeal, May Day Walk, or “Starry Night”
Auction, we thank you so much again for your support. If you have yet to make a
contribution or are able to consider a gift this Thanksgiving or Holiday Season,
your support will make a difference in the lives of those of who have had
a loved one die. We welcome gifts in memory or in honor of family members
and friends.
To contribute, please click here.
Any amount will be greatly appreciated.
Thank you again for your caring generosity and support. Everyone at The Healing
Center wishes you and your family a blessed Thanksgiving and Holiday Season.
Take care,
Kath McCormack
Executive Director
About The Healing Center
The Healing Center is a grief-support community for adults, children and
families. People come to us with a variety of losses, including the death of a
partner, parent, sibling, child or infant. Our community offers a unique,
long-term, multi-faceted approach to grief support, combining structured therapy
sessions with informal events and social networks.
The mission of The Healing Center is to provide a safe, supportive,
confidential, and nurturing environment for people to move through their grief.
Its sole purpose is to provide support to individuals, families and youth who
are struggling with loss. Recently we established our first central facility, at
6409 1/2 Roosevelt Way N.E. in Seattle. In June 2006, we celebrated our new home
with an open house for clients, friends and supporters.
The Healing Center provides some of our services, for no fee, and others on a
sliding fee scale. No one is turned away due to an inability to pay. We welcome donations
and grants from individuals, corporations and foundations. For more information,
please contact us.
We invite you to view our
video to learn more about our mission.
Take a moment to listen to our public service announcement that
was broadcast in September, 2009.
Please save the date of October 17 for our annual “Starry Night” auction. The Healing
Center’s largest fundraiser of the year, our “Starry Night” auction funds over half
of our operating budget and enables us to provide most of our programs and services
free of charge. Click
here
to learn more...
Detlef Schrempf Celebrity Gala & Auction to benefit The Healing Center!
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Saturday, June 19, at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, the Detlef Schrempf Foundation
will host their annual gala and auction for our benefit! After months of interviews
and a lengthy application process, The Healing Center was chosen as one of two charities
to benefit from the proceeds of this event and we are honored to partner with this
well connected and generous foundation. Founded in 1996 by Detlef Schrempf and his
wife, Mari, the Detlef Schrempf Foundation is committed to supporting organizations
that provide hope, care and assistance for children and families in the Northwest.
To date the Foundation has raised more than $8 million dollars for children’s charities.
We are looking forward to this amazing event in June and hope you are too!
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It's the holiday season
The holiday season is a time of peace and happiness; a time of family gatherings,
and a bond of closeness felt more strongly than at any other time of the year.
There are also very different emotions surfacing now for those of us who have experienced
the death of a child, sibling or spouse...
A Holiday Letter
Holidays are often difficult for anyone who has experienced the death of someone
loved...
Help Yourself Heal During the Holidays
Support The Healing Center with the Space Needle’s new “Tree for All at the Needle”
holiday giving campaign! Click here
to learn more!
Second Annual May Day Walk!
Please save Sunday, May 2, 2010 for our fundraising walk! Click here to learn more.
