Keeping Up with Kate's Club

"Coping with Grief During Holidays and Celebrations"

Heading into October and the holiday season, we look to the theme, "The most wonderful time of year?" A season of celebrations can look and feel different when you are grieving a loved one. And that's okay.

The article "Coping with Grief During Holidays and Celebrations" offers suggestions for acknowledging and celebrating painful feelings, and how to honor loved ones during the season. Click here to read the article.

Get ready to "Walk Through the Decades" with Kate's Club

for the 2022 Memory Walk on November 6!

As we approach our 20th anniversary, we want to draw attention to the over 6,500 children and teens Kate's Club has empowered over the years. We honor them with the theme "Walking Through the Decades."

The Memory Walk gives children and their families the opportunity to honor and walk in memory of their loved ones who have passed away, surrounded by a community of support.

Date: Sunday, November 6, 2022
Check-In: 10 a.m.
Walk Start: 12 p.m.
Venue: Piedmont Park Promenade

CLICK HERE to register for the 2022 Memory Walk today!

Welcome to the Team!

We are excited to welcome two Regional Program Coordinators who will support our work in Southwest and Coastal Georgia. Two MSW interns also joined us this fall. Meet Alneata, Angela, Candace and Lauren!

Alneata Kemp

Regional Program Coordinator, Coastal Georgia

Alneata is the Regional Program Coordinator for Coastal Georgia, and she will be based in Brunswick. Her passion for service is evident through her past work as Executive Director of Family Connection of Glynn Count and case manager through the Department of Family and Children Services. Alneata is a proud graduate of Columbia College and will earn a master's degree in social work from Albany State University in May 2023. A native of Swainsboro, she now resides in Coastal Georgia with her husband, two daughters, and precious granddaughter.

Angela Williams-Jackson

Regional Program Coordinator, Southwest Georgia

Angela is the Regional Program Coordinator for Southwest Georgia, and she will be based in Albany. She graduated from Westfield State University (formerly Westfield State College) with a B.S in Criminal Justice. Angela graduated with a M.S in Public Safety with a specialization in Criminal Justice (Graduation with Distinction). She also, has an A.S. in Early Childhood Education. Her favorite part about Kate’s Club is watching young children, teenagers and families express their grief, sharing similar experiences by helping each other walk through their journey together as a community.

Candace Spann

MSW Intern

Candace is an MSW student at Albany State University. Outside of Kate’s Club, she loves to babysit, hang out with family, read, and take walks with her dog Nala. Candace chose Kate’s Club for her placement because she loved the mission and the work that the organization does within the community, and she wanted to be a part of helping make a difference in children’s lives. She is currently planning to work with us for both years of her internship placements; her expected graduation date is May 2024.

Lauren Scott

MSW Intern

Lauren Scott is a second year MSW student at University of Georgia. She graduated in December of 2020 from UGA with a BS in Psychology and minor in Spanish. While looking for a field placement, she was immediately drawn to Kate's Club's mission and work with children and families, as she has seen firsthand how death in a family impacts the family unit. It is her belief that programs like Kate's Club help strengthen stability and unity during the bereavement process. She is very excited to be at Kate's Club for 2022-2023 for her final year of her MSW program.

Grief and Loss Training

In partnership with the

Georgia Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities

We were happy to host almost 60 professionals for our Fall Conference yesterday, September 30. Our grief and loss training provided information and resources to school employees, social workers, students and other individuals who work with children and young people.

Attendees joined us from all across Georgia for sessions on being grief-informed in practice, grief and parenting, grief through the lifespan, suicide bereavement and more. Thank you to everyone who made this event a success!

Spin for Kids is Camp Twin Lakes' annual fundraising bike race that helps provide life-changing camp experiences for children with serious illnesses, disabilities, or other life challenges. Spin for Kids offers multiple routes for participants of all skill levels.

We ride for Camp Good Mourning which is hosted each year at Camp Twin Lakes!

Kate's Club has benefitted from partnering with Camp Twin Lakes for many years. Our first Camp Good Mourning was held at CTL in Rutledge, GA with just ten campers and eight buddies, and we've now grown to having two camp sessions, hosting over 100 campers each!

If you can't head out to Rutledge to cheer on the team tomorrow, then follow us on social media for photos!

Meagan Chong

Marketing and Communications Associate

1190 W. Druid Hills Drive NE, Suite T-80

Atlanta, GA 30329

404.347.7619

meagan.chong@katesclub.org

“And when great souls die, after a period of peace blooms, slowly and always regularly. Spaces fill with a kind of soothing electric vibration. Our senses, restored, never to be the same, whisper to us. They existed. They existed. We can be. Be and be better. For they existed."

– Maya Angelous