National Children's Grief Awareness Day is observed every year on the Thursday before Thanksgiving. Lafayette's celebration is being hosted by Healing House at Park Sans Souci tomorrow night at 5:30 p.m. They are inviting the community to participate in their community wide remembrance ceremony to show support for children who are trying to work through the grieving process.
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"Children's Grief Awareness Day" is being recognized this afternoon in Lafayette. Healing House's Ryane Broussard and volunteer Karla were interviewed today on "Mornings With Ken & Bernie".
The Healing House is a local organization that helps young children through teens learn to deal with the death of a parent or sibling. Their "Marini 2011" fundraiser continues.
The Healing House continues their fundraising efforts in a different way. They have several local places competing to get the designation of "Best Martini". Participants can vote by giving a dollar for each time they would like to vote for a particle martini.
Drink a martini or two or three for the sake of a kid! What????? Eight local restaurants are doing their part to help a local organization dedicated to getting kids help after a parent or sibling has died.
Tim Benson with the Corporate Challenge event along with Ryan Broussard of Healing House of Lafayette came into the studio to talk about how businesses can team up to get physically fit and to help out kids dealing with the grief process.