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Teen Troupe Performance this Friday
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Friday, June 14 7:00 pm
Belmont Hill School Kraft Theatre 350 Prospect Street, Belmont
Teens share original skits and uplifting stories after someone in their family has died. Come be educated and inspired as teens in The Children's Room Teen Performance Troupe talk about loss and healing. Learn more... |
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Liz's story
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This is Liz's second year as a member of TCR's Teen Performance Troupe. This year's final performance will take place this Friday, June 14th.
We're grateful to Liz and all of our Teen Troupe members for sharing their stories and lives with us this year.
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Liz on stage with the Teen Performance Troupe in 2012
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"How do I carry on?
This is the question that haunted me in the wake of my father's death on March 1, 2010. I was mourning my dad's loss in the daily confusion of school, sports, and regular high school drama."
I hid away my feelings because I could not do justice with my words. I yearned to keep his memory alive and to find comfort and understanding in place of my anxieties.
I desperately needed a safe place to talk about my feelings and be heard. The Children's Room was everything I could have asked for and more.
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| Advisory Board highlight | |
The Children's Room would like to welcome our newest Advisory Board members!
Meredith Hoban Dunn
Florence Koplow
Julia Mirak Kew
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Register for our Summer Workshop Series
Including NEW self-care workshop!
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Join us for one (or more!) of our educational workshops, covering a variety of issues relating to grief and loss.
Learn practical strategies for supporting children and teens coping with stressful life events. Help your community be prepared for a potential crisis by creating a "crisis" or "caring" team and a plan of action.
We are especially excited to announce our newest workshop, "Strategies for Self-care: Exploring Our Own Losses", a topic many of you have asked us to include!
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Annual Circle of Hope Fundraising Breakfast
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Thank you to everyone who helped make this year's Circle of Hope Breakfast a great success!
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Arielle (left) and Alex perform Arielle's original song
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Thanks to our incredibly generous supporters, we exceeded our fundraising goal and added friends to our Circle of Hope giving community.
The morning began with an original song performed by Arielle and Alex, past members of our Teen Performance Troupe. The event was also an opportunity to recognize and thank our incredible Miles & Memories Marathon Team.
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Jeff Keffer shares his family's story
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Jeff Keffer, Board Member and alumni parent, delivered a moving and inspirational speech on how important The Children's Room has been to him and his family. He attended peer support groups at TCR with two of his children after the death of his wife Sandy. For Jeff, The Children's Room was a "gift of love" from his late wife - a gift that "sustains many grieving children, teens and parents, buoys them with hope and helps them to persevere." For everyone who sent invitations, hosted a table, gave a donation, or simply came and listened to our stories - your contribution will have a lasting impact on the children, teens, and families we serve. Thank you! |
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Our Heartfelt Thanks
|  We are grateful to so many of you whose support makes a huge difference here at The Children's Room. A word of thanks to some special donations of time, talent, and much-needed resources: - Our five leading Circle of Hope Breakfast sponsors:
- Everyone who contributed to the success of our Annual Breakfast, with special thanks to our Circle Team, table hosts, and Circle of Hope giving community.
- Eric Handler of Funnyboat Productions for generously sharing his talents and videotaping our final 2013 Teen Troupe performance.
- All our gifted, reliable, caring volunteers (close to 100!), who we could not do without... thank you one and all.
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The Children's Room: Where courage and community come together
Our newsletter name comes from the color of our house, Lionheart Yellow.
The lion represents courage, and the heart represents what binds us.
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