The past few years have brought unprecedented challenges for children and youth, leaving many grappling with significant loss and the subsequent impact on their mental health.
Golden Hope Ministries is a peer-to-peer grief support group in Cedar Lake that helps children in Lake County heal from the loss of a family member or friend.
Golden Hope Ministries is a peer-to-peer grief support group in Cedar Lake that helps children in Lake County heal from the loss of a family member or friend.
Author of the article: Riley Cassidy
Publishing date: Jun 04, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 2 minute read • Mother Jennifer Brown (from left to right), daughter Kia Brown, and grandmother Cheryl Chapman present some of the crafts and socks that they sold to raise $1,820 for the Airdrie and District Hospice Society for the Hike for Hospice this year. Photo by Riley Cassidy
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An Airdrie youth managed to overcome pandemic restrictions to continue her yearly support of the Airdrie and District Hospice Society, raising $1,820 in the past year.
14-year-old Kia Brown has supported the Hike for Hospice for five years now, starting when she was nine years old. She has since kept up the yearly tradition of raising funds for the Hospice Society.