Live Like Lil Bill
A fundraiser for Supporting Kidds, Inc.
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Our son Billy passed away in 2018 at the age of 6 years old. Billy had been through more in his 6-year period than many people go through in a lifetime. Despite everything, he was so happy and so full of life. He was so determined to achieve anything he wanted to, he loved being around others and loved laughing with his friends. When we say Live Like Lil Bill, to us that has always meant living and spreading love, laughter, hope, and perseverance - all traits of Billy's.
Supporting Kidds is The Center for Grieving Children and their families. 1 in 10 children in Delaware will lose a parent or sibling by age 18. I never imagined that I would lose a son, and 2 babies for that matter. I never pictured motherhood with those types of losses. I also never pictured motherhood with watching my other son grieve their deaths. I have seen his challenges, emotions, and struggles through the years, and how his grief changes the older he gets. It changes, but it never goes away. Having a place where children and their families can get the support they need is essential to the healing process. Supporting Kidds offers their programs at no cost to families. These programs include individual counseling, grief groups at Our Center and at schools, and most importantly, COMMUNITY; so families can find support with each other. This goes right along with spreading love, laughter, hope, and perseverance. It goes right along with Live Like Lil Bill.
That is why we made a personal fundraiser page this year. To us, childhood bereavement is personal. Nobody ever thinks they will fall into the 1 in 10 children who will lose a parent or sibling by age 18. But unfortunately, chances are, someone you know will. Please donate if you can, to help Supporting Kidds be a place anyone can go for the support when they need it.
Supporting Kidds is The Center for Grieving Children and their families. 1 in 10 children in Delaware will lose a parent or sibling by age 18. I never imagined that I would lose a son, and 2 babies for that matter. I never pictured motherhood with those types of losses. I also never pictured motherhood with watching my other son grieve their deaths. I have seen his challenges, emotions, and struggles through the years, and how his grief changes the older he gets. It changes, but it never goes away. Having a place where children and their families can get the support they need is essential to the healing process. Supporting Kidds offers their programs at no cost to families. These programs include individual counseling, grief groups at Our Center and at schools, and most importantly, COMMUNITY; so families can find support with each other. This goes right along with spreading love, laughter, hope, and perseverance. It goes right along with Live Like Lil Bill.
That is why we made a personal fundraiser page this year. To us, childhood bereavement is personal. Nobody ever thinks they will fall into the 1 in 10 children who will lose a parent or sibling by age 18. But unfortunately, chances are, someone you know will. Please donate if you can, to help Supporting Kidds be a place anyone can go for the support when they need it.
About Supporting Kidds, Inc.
Mission: Our mission is to provide a compassionate pathway to healing for grieving children and their families, and to empower the community to support them in the grieving process. We believe when provided with support and information, grieving children and their families can embrace their own capacities to heal. When a child needs to heal from loss...we are here to help. We believe no child should grieve alone!
WHO:
In 2024, Supporting Kidds served 447 children ages 5-18 through 81 grief groups at our Center and in schools in Delaware! Included in that number, we also supported 82 children and teens through individual counseling, totaling 761 sessions. In total we saw 581 children through all of our programs and 127 caregivers.
In Delaware 1 in 10 or 21,000 children experience the death of a parent or sibling by age 18. By age 25, that number more than doubles to 48,000. Delaware ranks #11 highest in the country and is higher than the national average when it comes to families experiencing childhood bereavement.
WHAT:
Our main goal is to help children and teens understand the normal grief process and provide a safe space to develop positive coping skills and a sense of community. Children are given opportunities to support each other on their grief journey and encouraged to build social support and a greater sense of purpose & self-empowerment.
Grief is not an illness to be treated; it is a human process to be experienced.
Supporting Kidds follows a prevention-based model. We help facilitate the grief process, thereby inoculating children and families against developing problems from unexpressed or invalidated grief reactions. We provide children with a safe environment, validation of their losses, and the necessary tools to grow through the process and cope effectively with loss.
WHY:
We do this by intervening to reduce the current suffering of grieving children, preventing the development of behavioral and emotional problems that are associated with unresolved grief and we empower the community to support them in the grieving process. Children often lack the emotional resources, cognitive ability, decision-making power, role models, vocabulary, permission, and life experience to deal effectively with significant loss. Obstacles to grief can set the stage for increased problems later in life, such as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, difficult relationships, and a victim orientation to living. We operate to be directly responsive to the needs of the community with our ongoing groups, individual counseling, and Survival Kits that provide information to enable families and schools to help grieving children immediately.
In 2024, Supporting Kidds served 447 children ages 5-18 through 81 grief groups at our Center and in schools in Delaware! Included in that number, we also supported 82 children and teens through individual counseling, totaling 761 sessions. In total we saw 581 children through all of our programs and 127 caregivers.
In Delaware 1 in 10 or 21,000 children experience the death of a parent or sibling by age 18. By age 25, that number more than doubles to 48,000. Delaware ranks #11 highest in the country and is higher than the national average when it comes to families experiencing childhood bereavement.
WHAT:
Our main goal is to help children and teens understand the normal grief process and provide a safe space to develop positive coping skills and a sense of community. Children are given opportunities to support each other on their grief journey and encouraged to build social support and a greater sense of purpose & self-empowerment.
Grief is not an illness to be treated; it is a human process to be experienced.
Supporting Kidds follows a prevention-based model. We help facilitate the grief process, thereby inoculating children and families against developing problems from unexpressed or invalidated grief reactions. We provide children with a safe environment, validation of their losses, and the necessary tools to grow through the process and cope effectively with loss.
WHY:
We do this by intervening to reduce the current suffering of grieving children, preventing the development of behavioral and emotional problems that are associated with unresolved grief and we empower the community to support them in the grieving process. Children often lack the emotional resources, cognitive ability, decision-making power, role models, vocabulary, permission, and life experience to deal effectively with significant loss. Obstacles to grief can set the stage for increased problems later in life, such as depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, difficult relationships, and a victim orientation to living. We operate to be directly responsive to the needs of the community with our ongoing groups, individual counseling, and Survival Kits that provide information to enable families and schools to help grieving children immediately.
County Served: Kent; New Castle; Sussex
Office Location(s): Hockessin
Sector: BIPOC-Led (Board); BIPOC-Led (CEO/ED); Community Advocacy; Community Improvement; Education; Family Services; Healthcare; Human Services; Kids; Mental Health & Crisis Prevention; Neighborhoods; Public & Societal Benefit; Youth Development
