Archive for 'Memorial Events'
Candle lightings this holiday season
The candle lighting events listed below have already taken place. If you know of other remembrance events or gatherings, please send them to info@childrensroom.org so that we can share them with the rest of the community.
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The Visiting Nurse and Community Health’s Hospice Care invites you to their Celebration of Light Holiday Service – a service [...]
Posted: December 23rd, 2011 under Community Events, Memorial Events, News, Rituals.
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Circle of Light Community Candle Lighting
Please join The Children’s Room for an evening of remembrance, comfort and hope…
Wednesday, December 14th, 2011 ~ 6:30 to 7:30 pm
The Children’s Room
1210 Massachusetts Avenue ~ Arlington, MA 02476
In this season of light, remember the light
your loved one has brought to your life.
We warmly invite you to come and remember a loved one [...]
Posted: December 10th, 2011 under Community Events, Events, Memorial Events, News.
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Annual Memories Walk – October 2nd
Memories That Move Us – Our annual Memories Walk was a wonderful day for our community, and we thank our many supporters for being part of our biggest walk ever! Please check back soon to see more photographs from the day, featuring walkers in bright green shirts. We will also be posting more news about how this event helped [...]
Posted: September 1st, 2011 under Child Loss, College Students, Community Events, Events, Family Stories, Memorial Events, News, Parents Council, Teens, Volunteers.
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Anniversary Memorial: 9/11
We join communities throughout Massachusetts in honoring the 9/11 Anniversary. Nearly 3,000 children lost a parent who died from the attacks on September 11th, 2001.
Ten years after losing her husband, Teresa Mathai shared some of her memories and reflections with us. “Ten years ago, on September 11, 2001, when I heard my husband Joseph Mathai [...]
Posted: August 30th, 2011 under Advocacy, Child Loss, Community Events, Family Stories, Homicide, Memorial Events, News.
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Community Support for Memories Walk Amazing
We had sunshine yesterday for the annual Memories Walk, but more importantly we were surrounded by familes, volunteers, and friends who came to support the mission and programs of The Children’s Room.
The community support was simply amazing. We would like to thank everyone who walked, donated, and sent words of encouragement. And we would like [...]
Posted: October 4th, 2010 under Community Events, Family Stories, Memorial Events, News, Resources, Rituals, Teens, Volunteers.
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Our Marathon Woman – Victoria Arthur’s Run
She did it! Dr. Victoria Arthur completed the Boston Marathon (her first marathon ever) with an official time of 4:48:41. Impressive! And there is more exciting news to share: Not only did Vic reach her fundraising goal of $7500 (enough to fund five children in our program), but she is getting very close to doubling [...]
Posted: April 25th, 2010 under Family Stories, Memorial Events, News, Newsletter.
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9/11 Anniversary: Moment of Silence, Day of Service, and Unbounded Gratitude
We, The Children’s Room friends and families, will honor the Moment of Silence at 8:46am on September 11, 2009 to remember those lost, and to celebrate their lives and the lives of their families who continue the journey of hope and healing.
We share and embrace the Massachusetts 9/11 Fund’s themes of service, remembrance, and volunteerism, [...]
Posted: September 10th, 2009 under Community Events, Events, Family Stories, Memorial Events, News, Rituals.
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Posted: July 18th, 2009 under Child Loss, College Students, Community Events, Drug and Alcohol, Events, Family Stories, Homicide, Hospice, Memorial Events, News, Newsletter, Parents Council, Resources, Suicide, Teens, Training, Volunteers, workshops or conferences.
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Live Love Laugh – Cameron G. O’Connor Foundation Fundraiser
3rd Annual Fundraiser to benefit:
The Cameron G. O’Connor Foundation
…. rippling effects ….
Presents an Evening to
~ LIVE ~LOVE~LAUGH~
Saturday, March 28, 2009
7:30pm – Midnight
Sons of Italy, 19 Prentiss Road, Arlington, MA 02474
Tickets: $20.00
“The mission of the Cameron G. O’Connor Foundation is to sponsor programs that support the educational needs, athletic pursuits and emotional growth of [...]
Posted: February 20th, 2009 under Child Loss, Community Events, Family Stories, Memorial Events.
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A String of Memories
“This was my great grandmother’s memory string,” Laura told Whiskers in a loud voice. “Then it was my grandmother’s, then my mother’s, and now it’s mine.”
The Memory String by Eve Bunting is a book about a girl named Laura who tells her cat what each button stands for on her precious memory string. Since her [...]
Posted: February 11th, 2009 under Art, Books, College Students, Family Stories, Memorial Events, Rituals, Volunteers.
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