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Rainbows Fall 2013 Registration - Help for Grieving Families

Rainbows is an international non-profit organization that fosters emotional healing among children and their parents grieving a loss from a life altering crisis, due to death, divorce, separation, illness, or other painful family transitions.  This program is offered to all residents of Union county and is conducted in Westfield.  Rainbows is available for all children ages 5 to 12, teenagers, as well as adults that have children registered in the program.

Rainbows is non-denominational and offered free of charge, regardless of school enrollment, religious affiliation or town of residence.  The start date is Monday, September 23rd, 2013 and consists of 14 one-hour sessions held on Monday nights from 6:30 to 7:45 PM - seven sessions for the fall and spring.  The sessions will be conducted at the Holy Trinity Inter-Parochial School, located at 336 First Street, Westfield, NJ 07090. 

Rainbows is based on participants providing peer support to each other.  Small groups  organized by age group meet to discuss topics ranging from anger and guilt to forgiveness.  This is not counseling or therapy, but a nurturing environment created to allow participants to share their experiences and support one another.  Ultimately participants have an opportunity to work through their grief and heal their broken hearts. For additional information regarding the Rainbows program you can visit the national web site at www.rainbows.org

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HOW TO REGISTER - To register for the Fall 2013 program please visit our web site at www.westfieldrainbows.org where you can quickly complete the online web registration form.  If you do not have internet access or would like to register by telephone please call the Westfield Rainbows Coordinator, Lindsey Mulry, at (908) 246-0694 or send an email with any questions to Lindsey at rainbowshelp@gmail.com.




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