Dear Uplift Community,
I hope you and yours are doing well. As I wrote back in March, here at Uplift, the health and safety of our staff, volunteers, and the grieving children and families we serve is our highest priority. To that end, we are continuing to provide virtual programming in all our service lines and plan to do so through the end of 2020. We will continue to monitor the pandemic situation and adjust programming as needed.
We will be meeting virtually with the children and caregivers in our Family Services grief support groups for the remainder of the program year. Family Services clinicians offer personalized support to families, checking in with phone calls, texts, and emails, and we felt it best to finalize longer term plans to make future scheduling easier for everyone. To further ensure ease of access, we have revamped our grief support group schedule to offer a wide variety of days and times when groups are meeting.
With most Philadelphia schools continuing virtual classes, Uplift’s School and Community grief support programs and Post-Crisis Supports also remain virtual. We are heartened by the number of schools whose counselors and teachers are working to enable Uplift to have time with their students in need of grief support, as well as the community groups who are doing the same. With violence in the city continuing to surge, we are receiving far too many calls for Post-Crisis Support for schools and children rocked by students’ deaths. We’re here to make sure everyone who calls receives the help they need.
Thank you for your support that makes all of this work possible. Uplift is glad to be a much-needed resource for kids and families in Philadelphia. Thank you for joining us in this mission.
With Gratitude,
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Darcy Walker Krause
Executive Director
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Now Available - Employee Support Services from Uplift
With so much lost due to the pandemic, we are living through a communal grief experience. The expertise of the Uplift team is now available to companies, their employees, and their families as an avenue for exploring grief and the emotions it brings forth.
Click here or on the visual to the left to read an overview of available services, all of which can be personalized to best meet your company's needs. Reach out to Darcy at darcy@upliftphilly.org or 267-437-3123, ext. 3 to learn more or to schedule services.
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Philly HopeLine wins a $50,000 Love Takes Action Award from the New York Life 175th Anniversary Fund in The New York Community Trust
The Philly HopeLine and Meghan Szafran, Uplift Director of School and Community Services, have been selected as one of 35 nationwide winners of the New York Life Foundation's Love Takes Action Awards. Nominated by New York Life employee and Uplift supporter Faith Romolini from the Valley Forge Office, the Love Takes Action Awards celebrate extraordinary community members embodying the value of “agápē,” or Love Taking Action, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Meghan's work in conceiving and establishing the Philly HopeLine, and the HopeLine's impact in supporting Philadelphia students and families with free mental health support during the pandemic, were selected out of a pool of 130 nominees. We congratulate Meghan and thank her, and the entire Uplift team, for their outstanding work with the Philly HopeLine.
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Hispanic Heritage Month - Spotlighting Uplift's Spanish-Language Programming
During Hispanic Heritage Month, September 15th - October 15th, we celebrate the countless contributions of more than 60 million Hispanic Americans to the culture and society of the United States. Uplift has been recognizing Hispanic Heritage Month on our social media pages, as well as highlighting our Spanish-language Family Services and School grief groups and helpful resources.
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Save-the-Date for an UPLIFTing evening - June 10, 2021 |
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The date has moved from November to June, but the celebration will go on!
Stay tuned for more updates!
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Your gifts make possible the vital grief support Uplift continues to provide for grieving children, youth, teens, caregivers and professionals:
- Virtual grief support groups for children, caregivers, school students, and community group participants;
- Support through the Philly HopeLine, a helpline for School District of Philadelphia students and families during current school closures and through the end of the year;
- Virtual crisis supports for schools, community organizations, and city agencies in partnership with the Department of Behavioral Health and disAbility Services’ Network of Neighbors;
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A free webinar series for support staff titled Support for the Helpers: Moving Through Our Collective Grief & Trauma Experiences During the COVID-19 Pandemic;
- Virtual trainings for professionals on how to best work with grieving children;
- Creating and sharing tip sheets for speaking with children about the COVID-19 pandemic, social isolation, and safety and protection; and
- Hosting online book readings and activities for children and families.
Thank you!
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Uplift Center for Grieving Children is a non-profit tax-exempt corporation under section 501(c)(3) of the IRS Code. The official registration and financial information of Uplift Center for Grieving
Children may be obtained from the Pennsylvania Department of State by calling toll-free, within Pennsylvania, 1-800-732-0999. Registration does not imply endorsement.
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