Community Grief Support

For up-to-date information about our support groups, including meeting times and locations, please visit our calendar:

Groups for children, teens, and young adults

For more information about our programs and groups adults, take a look at our Support Groups page.

Adventures Through Grief (Winchester Teens)

Using table-top, role-playing games, we will embark on journeys, tackle obstacles, and play our way to a new understanding of grief.

Who? Ages 13-17
When? 2nd and 4th Monday of each month, 5:30 – 7:00 PM
Where? Center for Hope & Healing, 314 Hope Drive, Winchester, VA

Adventures Through Grief (YA)

Using table-top, role-playing games, we will embark on journeys, tackle obstacles, and play our way to a new understanding of grief.

Who? Ages 18-24
When? 4th Wednesday of each month, 5:30 – 7:00 PM
Where? Handley Regional Library, 100 W. Piccadilly St, Winchester, VA, unless otherwise indicated

Adventures Through Grief (Loudoun County Teens)

Using table-top, role-playing games, we will embark on journeys, tackle obstacles, and play our way to a new understanding of grief.

Who? Ages 13-17
When? Every Tuesday, 6:00 – 7:00 PM
Where? Leesburg Presbyterian Church, 207 W. Market St, Leesburg, VA

Mini-Memorial Garden Workshop

For families with children. Join us for a Saturday morning of remembering, creating, planting and sharing as we create mini-gardens. Plants, rocks (to paint) and decorations will be included. No cost, but donations for supplies accepted.

Who? Families with children 
When? Once a year in Spring, Saturday
Where? Center for Hope & Healing, 314 Hope Drive, Winchester, VA

Smash & Build Workshop

Join us as we break ceramics, pick up the pieces, and rebuild the parts into something new and beautiful. For individuals and families with children who have experienced the loss of a loved one.

Who? Families with children 
When? Once a year in Fall, Saturday
Where? Center for Hope & Healing, 314 Hope Drive, Winchester, VA

Register

Participation in our groups is available to anyone in our service area and entirely free of cost, but registration is required.

To register, call 540-313-9275, email, or register below:

Get in touch

Community grief support is available to anyone who needs it.

You can reach us at griefsupport@blueridgehospice.org, give us a call at +1 (540)-313-9275, or contact us below.

Our counselors

  • Courtney McCalley, M.S.Ed, CT
    Grief Support Counselor

  • Tina Thomas, LCSW
    Children and Families Grief Support Coordinator

  • Christina Harris, LMSW clinical supervisee
    Grief Support Counselor

  • Carrie Fox, M.S. 
    Grief Support Counselor

  • Heather Ross, M.S. 
    Grief Support Counselor