Volunteer Opportunities From: Midland College Legacy Scholars Program

A peer support group for children and families bereaved by suicide.

Grief after suicide can feel isolating and complicated. Holding Hope offers a supportive space where families can connect, feel understood, and begin to navigate their grief together.

Holding Hope is a peer support group that supports children and families who have experienced a suicide loss. The group focuses on connection, understanding, and support throughout this grief journey. This program meets for six consecutive weeks.

Volunteers are needed from 5:30-7:30 PM. Volunteers must be available for at least 4 out of 6 sessions. All volunteers must attend volunteer training and submit to background checks.

Volunteer Training will be held from 10 AM - 1 PM on the following dates:

January 31st

March 21st

May 23rd

June 20th

August 15th

If you are unable to attend any of these trainings but would still like to volunteer, please contact us to schedule an alternate training time.

Holding Hope Monday night sessions will be held on the following dates:

August 31

September 7, 14, 21, 28

and October 5.

Rays of Hope Children’s Grief Centre is a community outreach of Hospice of Midland. We serve children 4 years to 18 years who have experienced a loss due to death, divorce, separation, incarceration, deployment, foster care, or other painful transitions. Through facilitated peer support groups, children share experiences, use creative arts as tools of expression, and acquire coping skills to work through the tough issues that accompany grief. Because we are an outreach of Hospice of Midland, services are provided at no charge to participants.

To learn more visit:

www.raysofhopemidland.org

Facebook-@raysofhopemidland

Instagram-@raysofhopemidland

Twitter-@rays_of_hope_

LinkedIn: company/raysofhopemidland

Tools of Expression, also known as TOE, is a peer support group for children ages 4-18 who have experienced a loss or change such as death, divorce, separation, incarceration, deployment, and foster care. Through the use of the creative arts, TOE classes focus on peer support and the expression of feelings. TOE classes rotate monthly. One month may focus on music, while another focuses on drama, photography, journaling, or other creative expressive tools.

TOE classes are held on Monday nights at 6PM from April-August.

Volunteers are needed from 6-7PM. All volunteers must attend volunteer training and submit to background checks. Volunteer Training will be held from 10 AM - 1 PM on the following dates:

January 31st
March 21st
May 23rd
June 20th
August 22nd

If you are unable to attend any of these trainings but would still like to volunteer, please contact us to schedule an alternate training time.

Rays of Hope Children’s Grief Centre is a community outreach of Hospice of Midland. We serve children 4 years to 18 years who have experienced a loss due to death, divorce, separation, incarceration, deployment, foster care, or other painful transition. Through facilitated peer support groups, children share experiences, use creative arts as tools of expression, and acquire coping skills to work through the tough issues that accompany grief. Because we are an outreach of Hospice of Midland, services are provided at no charge to participants.

To learn more visit:
www.raysofhopemidland.org
Facebook-@raysofhopemidland
Instagram-@raysofhopemidland
Twitter-@rays_of_hope_
LinkedIn: company/raysofhopemidland

General office work for volunteers would consist of answering phones, helping to set up for classes, printing, copying, re-stocking curriculum for classes, etc.

 

Office hours are 10AM-5PM.