Rainbows Support Program: Help for Grieving Children and Teens

Who: Children who have experienced a loss through death, separation or divorce ages kindergarten through grade 12.

Why: To help children and teens cope with emotional pain of divorce, death, and other family losses.

What: A 13-week program of healing. Weekly attendance is a must.

Where: Asbury United Methodist Church, 1401 Camden Avenue, Salisbury MD. (Visit Asbury’s Website )

Rainbows is an international, not-for-profit organization, founded to help children and teens cope with loss. Since 1983, it has served more than 700,000 children, teens, and adults.

The Goals of Rainbows:

  • To furnish each child with an understanding of his new family unit
  • To assist in building a stronger self esteem
  • To help each child move towards a healthy resolution of the changes that have taken place in his or her life.

    This is accomplished through peer support, nurturing adults, a secure, safe environment, acceptance, discovery of personal coping tools and expression of grief feelings.

    How to know that Rainbows is the right program for you:

  • Does your immediate family look different from the past?
  • Have you experienced loss through death, separation, or divorce?
  • Could your child or a family friend use a boost in self-esteem because of a loss?
  • Do you need help in getting used to the changes that comes with loss?
  • Are you in grades K-12?

    Contact:

    Asbury United Methodist Church
    1401 Camden Ave
    Salisbury MD 21801
    410-749-2131 ext 105 or Pat Phillips at 410-742-6171

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