Bereavement Camp For Families, March 13-15

Registration is now open for Visiting Nurse/Hospice Atlanta's third annual, three-day bereavement camp for families, March 13-15, 2009, at Camp Twin Lakes in Rutledge, GA. 

Thanks to the generosity of The Billie S. Been Foundation, Inc., Camp STARS for Families (Sharing Together As Real Support) is offered free of charge, aside from a small registration fee of $40 per family.  

Well-known for its Camp STARS for kids, which held its 15th annual camp in November 2008, Camp STARS for Families is designed for mothers, fathers, siblings, sons, grandparents, aunts – whoever means family to you. The camp is open to any family that has experienced a loss through death before January 2009.

At the camp, families can share their feelings of loss and grief with each other, with trained counselors, and other families in similar situations. The groups will be facilitated by Denise Greenberger from Visiting Nurse/Atlanta Hospice, and Felissa Goldstein, M.D., a child and adolescent psychiatrist with the Marcus Autism Center.  

All facilitators are trained in grief and bereavement issues. In addition, specially trained volunteers are present throughout the weekend to listen, talk and play with the campers.
Campers are given a safe environment where they can have fun together while expressing their grief. Activities include field sports, arts and crafts, fishing, boating and canoeing, relaxing massages for the adults, family evening activities, and group sharing. Each family has its own cabin.  

Attendance is limited to 30 families. For information contact Ann Serrie, Volunteer and Coordinator at (404) 848-7955 or visit www.vnhs.org. For more information
about Camp Twin Lakes, go to www.camptwinlakes.org.