For the second year in a row, The Vivs graciously put on a Holiday Benefit & Bash at the Regent Theater to support The Children’s Room.
Thanks to The Vivs and everyone who came out for this fun evening – the $1,500 you raised supports a child in our program for a year!
The Vivs 2nd Annual
Rock & [...]

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.
……………………………

The Visiting Nurse and Community Health’s Hospice Care invites you to their Celebration of Light Holiday Service – a service [...]

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 [...]

The Children’s Room will be closed on Thursday, November 24th and Friday, November 25th to observe the Thanksgiving holiday. We will resume our normal business hours starting Monday, November 28th.
We wish everyone a peaceful and restorative time spent with loved ones and great food!

Thursday, November 17th, 2011
Children’s Grief Awareness Day is observed every year on the Thursday before Thanksgiving Day. We invite you to take this opportunity to learn more about how children grieve and find resources to help support grieving children in your family or community.
Grief affects more children than most of us realize, and children express [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

The NAGC’s 15th annual symposium took place in Boston this year! This symposium brought together professionals in the child bereavement field to share their best practices concerning programming, research, measurement, fundraising and other topics. This colorful photograph shows artwork created by attendees from our NAGC workshop, “Winter Always Turns to Spring.”
Over 300 representatives from child [...]

Tours of The Children’s Room are open to those in our communities who would like to learn more about how peer support groups help grieving children, teens, and families.
Guests hear a heartfelt welcome from a board or staff member, then take a 45 minute walk through the house.
People tell us after the tour that [...]

With the wind at their backs, and inspiration in their hearts, Maritza, Martin, Tina, and Donna completed all 26.2 miles of the Boston Marathon on Monday! Their dedication to months of training, running in memory of loved ones, and supporting grieving children and families impressed us all.

Tina, running in memory of her mother, wore her [...]