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Kaila and Grace's Hope & Hearts Run When: Saturday, September 6th, 2008 Where: Lake Harriet Bandshell Minneapolis, MN The family event will include a 5K Run, 5K Walk, a Kids Fun Run, fun kids' activities, a raffle, music and great food! www.hopeandheartsrun.com |
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GRACE Weekend Retreat for Bereaved Families October 24th- 26th, 2008 Come join and connect with others who have walked a similar path after having experienced a pregnancy or infant loss. This retreat has been created for parents during Pregnancy & Infant Loss Awareness Month as an opportunity to break away from the fast paced routine of life and have time to spend alone in reflection, together with their spouse or partner in renewing their relationship, and with a community of other families who long to commemorate and share about their babies in heaven. Individuals, couples and children are all welcome. Parents bringing their children will have many hours of free time to share as a family. The luxurious CARIBOU HIGHLANDS LODGE in Lutsen, MN is our retreat destination. The weekend will be a time to process the stages of the grief journey as well as to take part in a variety of high and low energy activities with others. All of this is being offered at a very low discounted rate - more than half of the normal cost to stay at the Caribou Highlands Lodge. Retreat packages start at $275 per couple and are ALL-inclusive. GRACE Child Care is provided on Saturday during scheduled activities. Click here for more information. |
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October 15th ~ Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day is to promote Support, Education and Awareness for grieving parents nationwide (and worldwide.) |
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Candlelight Memorial at the Angel of Hope Statue Each year a candlelight memorial is held at all the Angel of Hope statues on December 6 at 7:00 p.m. The Christmas Box Angel of Hope was first introduced to the world in the international best selling book and hit television movie "The Christmas Box," written by Richard Paul Evans. The Original Angel of Hope statue, inspired by the book, was dedicated on December 6, 1994 in Salt Lake City, Utah. Since the placement of this first statue, it has become known as a place of hope and healing for anyone who has suffered the loss of a child. Each year individuals and agencies in support of grieving parents sponsor new statues to be placed throughout the world. For additional statue locations visit go to www.thechristmasboxhouse.org Minnesota Location: The Angel of Hope statue is located in the Maple Grove Arboretum, just north of County Road 30 at 9400 Fernbrook Lane. Additional parking is available at the Arbor View Early Childhood Center, 9401 Fernbrook Lane and at the Assembly of God Church, 14320 93rd Ave N. |
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Each year
the second Sunday in December is recognized as National Children’s Memorial Day wherein people around the world observe with appropriate ceremonies and activities in remembrance the many infants, children, teenagers, and young adults who have died. It is a nationally recognized day that hosts a special ceremony to remember and honor children who have died. As candles are lit at 7 p.m. local time, hundreds of thousands of persons commemorate and honor children in a way that transcends all ethnic, cultural, religious, and political boundaries. Believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe, the Worldwide Candle Lighting creates a virtual 24-hour wave of light as it moves from time zone to time zone. Hundreds of formal candle lighting events are held and thousands of informal candle lightings are conducted in homes as families gather in quiet remembrance of children who are no longer with them. The United States Senate has, for several years, joined in the remembrance by unanimously passing resolutions declaring the second Sunday in December of each year National Children’s Memorial Day to coincide with The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting. Here in the United States, publicity about the event is widespread, being featured in the past in Parade Magazine, Ann Landers column, Guideposts magazine, Annie’s Mailbox, and literally hundreds of U.S. newspapers, dozens of television stations, and numerous Web sites. Information on the Worldwide Candle Lighting and planned memorial candle lighting services is posted on the TCF Web site at www.compassionatefriends.org each year. There is a Remembrance Book on this site that you can write a message today for your loved one or in remembrance of someone who has been touched so deeply by the loss of their child. The Worldwide Candle Lighting gives bereaved families everywhere the opportunity to remember their child . . . that their light may always shine! A moment of remembrance of children who have lived, have died and who even in death are loved and remembered. Please show your support by participating. Light a candle in Honor of a loved one |